Late Renaissance and Mannerist Art · MANNERISM 4. List three distinctions that can be made between...

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AP ART HISTORY EARLY EUROPE & COLONIAL AMERICAS – LATE RENAISSANCE & MANNERIST ART

PART A. Define each of the following terms in your own words. 1. Arcadian 2. canvas 3. engraving 4. entombment 5. woodcut PART B. Answer the following questions. NORTHERN RENAISSANCE 1. How is Dürer’s support for Lutheran doctrine reflected in Adam and Eve?

2. Who painted the Isenheim Altarpiece? List three characteristics of the artist’s style. For what type of institution was the altarpiece created?

3. Name one source that Bruegel drew on for his landscape Hunters in the Snow. What classical

influences can you find?

MANNERISM 4. List three distinctions that can be made between the Mannerist and Italian High Renaissance style.

5. What is the symbolism of the composition in Pontormo’s Entombment of Christ?

VENETIAN RENAISSANCE 6. What concerns distinguish the art of Venice from that of Florence and Rome?

7. What does the term ‘poesia’ mean in reference to Venetian painting? Identify a work that exemplifies this term.

8. Which of Titian’s paintings established the compositional essentials for the representation of the female nude in much of later Western art?