Directions: Read chapter 17 and answer the following
questions. You may write or type your responses. Please answer the questions in
your own words and with your own efforts.
1. Explain the Italo-Byzantine style and its
influence on 14th century painters.
2. Discuss the Allegory of Good Government in the
City and the Country in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. Consider the technique,
the style, the subject matter, and the commission itself.
3. Who was Petrarch? State his contributions.
4. Define the designation “humanism”. Did it have
an impact on the arts?
5. Discuss the creation of Duccio’s Maesta. Address
specifics, such as its purpose, its size, the style, the technique, and subject
matter. What is its present day condition?
6. Explain the role of guilds in 14th century
Europe.
7. Discuss the achievements of Giotto.
8. Discuss the choice of subject matter and the
placement of the images in Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel.
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