Exam 18: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

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Witches are shown nude and in macabre sc...

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A) The Anabaptists
B) Martin Luther
C) Interests of the Catholic Church
D) John Calvin

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A) a specific location
B) Roman monuments
C) religious figures
D) buildings in detail

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Patronage had a significant impact on 16...

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A) Lucas Cranach
B) Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Allegory of Good Government
C) a map in the Nuremberg Chronicle
D) a Roman wall painting

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The representation of both Adam and Eve ...

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He blended Late Byzantine, Ven...

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A) Idolatry
B) Iconography
C) Iconoclasm
D) Iconology

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A) Lucas Cranach the Elder
B) Albrecht Dürer
C) Matthias Grünewald
D) Hans Holbein

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A) Virgin Mary
B) disease and miraculous cures
C) craft guilds
D) Protestant Reformation

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A) Italian art
B) French art
C) Medieval art
D) Gothic art

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A) Classicism of 16th-century Italy
B) Mannerism
C) Expressiveness of Grünewald
D) Intellectualism of Leonardo

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It led to a realignment of the geopoliti...

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A) Pieter Bruegel
B) Hans Holbein
C) Albrecht Dürer
D) Jan Gossaert

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A) Mannerism
B) Flemish
C) The Venetian school
D) Medieval

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A) financial transactions
B) beauty and physical health
C) fine garments
D) scientific experiments

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The implications of Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation had a significant impact on the work of artists Matthias Grünewald and Albrecht Dürer. Both artists were influenced by the religious and social changes brought about by Luther's ideas, and their work reflected their responses to these changes. Matthias Grünewald, a German Renaissance painter, is best known for his masterpiece, the Isenheim Altarpiece. This altarpiece was created for a hospital that treated patients suffering from the plague and ergotism, and it reflects Grünewald's deep empathy for human suffering. The altarpiece also includes scenes from the life of Christ, which were likely influenced by Luther's emphasis on the Bible as the ultimate authority in Christianity. Grünewald's work can be seen as a response to Luther's call for a more personal and emotional connection to religious imagery, as well as a reflection of the suffering and compassion central to Luther's theology. Albrecht Dürer, on the other hand, was a highly influential German artist known for his prints and paintings. Dürer's work was characterized by his meticulous attention to detail and his interest in humanism and the natural world. While Dürer's work was not as explicitly religious as Grünewald's, he was also influenced by the Reformation. Dürer's famous woodcut, "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," reflects the apocalyptic themes present in Luther's teachings and the growing sense of anxiety and uncertainty in the wake of the Reformation. In terms of their responses to Martin Luther, Grünewald and Dürer both embraced the new religious and cultural climate of the Reformation. Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece can be seen as a direct response to Luther's emphasis on the suffering of Christ and the need for a more personal and emotional connection to religious imagery. Dürer's work, while not as explicitly religious, reflects the apocalyptic and existential themes present in Luther's teachings. In conclusion, the implications of Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation had a profound impact on the work of Matthias Grünewald and Albrecht Dürer. Both artists responded to the changing religious and social landscape of their time, and their work reflected their engagement with Luther's ideas. While Grünewald's work focused on the emotional and personal aspects of religious imagery, Dürer's work reflected the apocalyptic and existential themes present in Luther's teachings.