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WorksheetsHispanic Styles
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
This place is the last Muslim stronghold in Spain which fell in 1492. During this time, the Mudejars deteriorated even more rapidly. They were now forced to leave the country or convert to Christianity.
Salamanca
Escorial
Granada
Madrid
Characteristics of the Mudejar style (choose all that apply)
Frequent use of the horseshoe arch and the vault
Ornamentation of wood and ivory, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles
Use of Christian symbolism as influenced by the previous monarchs
Mixture of Arabic and Spanish artistic elements
The style which was considered as the Spanish Renaissance
Plateresco
Desornamentado
Churrigueresco
Herreresco
Plateresco was characterized by an intricate and minutely detailed relief ornament that is generally applied to the surface of buildings for extravagant decorative effect and with regard for structural articulation
True
False
What kind of artist is El Greco?
Realist
Impressionist
Fauvist
Mannerist
The architect of the Granada Cathedral who was also a sculptor and whose achievements are recognized as among the finest of the Spanish Renaissance
Diego Velázquez
Jose de Churriguera
Diego de Siloé
Juan de Herrera
A period of austere renaissance style
Mudejar
Plateresco
Churrigueresco
Desornamentado
Golden Age of Spanish Art
Churrigueresco
Herreresco
Desornamentado
Plateresco
What styles parallels the Churrigueresco style in Spain? (check all that apply)
Rococo
Classicism
Baroque
Empire
Artist of Las Meninas, a dialogue between artist and viewer, with its double mirror imagery and sketchy brushwork that brings every figure and object in the room to life.
El Greco
Diego Velázquez
José Benito de Churriguera
Francisco Joya
Sculptor of the El Transparente, which was considered to be the pinnacle art work of the Spanish Baroque and it is incorporated on the back of the Main Altar with a Spanish and Genovese marble altarpiece that shows the Apotheosis of the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist.
Francisco Joya
José Benito de Churriguera
Juan de Herrera
Narciso Tomé
Architects of El Escorial
José Benito de Churriguera
Narciso Tomé
Juan Bautista de Toledo
Juan de Herrera
Characteristics of Spanish furniture (check all that apply)
structurally simple, lacking the architectural details found in Italy
featured iron braces and mounts and exposed nail heads
tooled or plain leather upholstery were used
rectangular with heavy proportions
A monk’s chair of medium height, square legs, stretchers and bracket feet and fretted front splat below the seat to which leather was attached using large ornamental studs
Vargueño
Sillon de Chadera
Sillon Frailero
Papeilera Vargueño
Spanish storage chest
Arca
Vargueño
Armaria
Brazier
