Northern Renaissance and Dutch Golden Age Study Quiz

Type of printmaking method which involves carving out negative space on a wood block and printing off of the raised edges

• Intaglio

• Engraving

• Woodcut

• Etching

This type of printmaking involves printing an image from ink embedded into the grooves of a metal plate.

• Intaglio

• Woodcut

• Engraving

• Monotype

This devise is believed to have helped Johannes Vermeer with painting. It consists of a box with a pin hole and lense attached to it, and it projects an image onto its back wall--which when reflected again with a mirror can be used as a tracing tool.

• Camera Obscura

• Film Camera

• Telescope

• Projector

This type of painting started in Northern Europe and slowly spread south to places like Italy. Because it is slow drying, the artist can make multiple corrections, and apply delicate glaze techniques which allow for a great degree of detail.

• Fresco Painting

• Gesso

• Oil Painting

• Watercolor Painting

This type of Dutch art often involves Still Life. The artist uses a variety of objects to represent the transience of life, and the inevitability of death, even among the wealthy. We often see expensive food in a state of rotting or flowers that cannot bloom at the same time

• Religious

• Genre

• Humanism

• Vanitas

This type of Dutch painting often portrays unidealized common people in the middle of everyday tasks and activities, such as playing a card game, or eating dinner.

• Genre

• Classical

• Renaissance

• Vanitas

Identify the Artist

• Johannes Vermeer

• Jan van Eyck

• Albrecht Durer

• Hans Holbein

Identify the Artist

• Jan van Eyck

• Johannes Vermeer

• Albrecht Durer

• Hans Holbein

Identify the Artist

• Jan van Eyck

• Jan van Eyck

• Albrecht Durer

• Judith Leyster

Identify the Artist

• Jan van Eyck

• Johannes Vermeer

• Albrecht Durer

• Judith Leyster