The following summarizes what a student should have learned from reading this chapter of A History of Western Art.

It is assumed that students can identify all works by title, artist (if known), culture (or nationality) and time period, medium, and style. It is also assumed that students will look up and be able to define the bolded key terms. In addition, further examples of what a student should be familiar with are listed below.

After reading Chapter 15, you should be able to do the following:

1. Describe the role of humanism in the Renaissance.
2. Discuss the theme of fame in Renaissance art.
3. Compare the work of Giotto, Masaccio, Castagno, Piero della Francesca, and Mantegna.
4. Describe Brunelleschi’s architectural innovations.
5. Draw and label the plan of Santo Spirito.
6. Find the following on a map of Italy: Florence, Rome, Pisa, Venice, Padua, Mantua, Urbino, and Naples.
7. Describe linear perspective, and cite examples of its appearance in the chapter. Compare linear perspective with aerial perspective.
8. Discuss the influence of Greek and Roman sculpture and Classical mythology on fifteenth-century Italian artists.
9. Discuss the theme of David and Goliath, the equestrian portraits, and state portraits.
10. Compare the monumental and spiritual trends of fifteenth-century Italian painting.
11. Describe the development of illusionism from Giotto to Mantegna.
12. Locate the following on a map of northern and central Europe: England, France, Holland, Flanders, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Burgundy, Paris, Brussels, Bruges, Ghent, and Amsterdam.
13. Compare Gentile da Fabriano’s Procession and Adoration of the Magi with Robert Campin’s Mérode Altarpiece. Consider style, iconography, and medium.
14. Describe the iconographic program of the Ghent Altarpiece.
15. Characterize the differences and similarities between Italian and Northern fifteenth-century painting.
16. Describe the development of Northern painting, from Robert Campin to Hugo van der Goes.