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The illustrations in the Psalter of Saint Louis seem to have been influenced by what?
stained glass
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Who is the God of Spring and renewed vegetation?
Xipe Totec
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The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry is considered the "pinacle of ________" ?
manuscript illustration
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Who defined the flapper era?
John Held Jr.
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What was made for Princess Anicia Julianna in Italy in the 1st century?
De Materia Medica
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Who was the greatest charicaturist of his time?
William Hogarth
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What is the most illustrated of all Greek manuscripts?
the Sacra Parallela of Saint John of Damascus
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De Materia Medica was a __________ encyclopedia.
botanical/medical
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What is Harrison Cady best known for?
his Peter Rabbit comic strip
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The Book of Kells is written in what language?
Latin
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The Book of Kells is from what time period?
Early Medieval
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The Lindau Gospels are from what period?
Ottonian period (9th century)
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How long was Harrison Cady's career span?
70 years
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Who was the preeminent American commercial artist?
J.C. Leyendecker
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From what psalter is the illuminated manuscript "Hellmouth" from?
Winchester Psalter
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William Blake developed his own style of ______ .
printing
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Who created the Kewpie dolls?
Rose O'Neill
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Who wrote the English work, "The Canterbury Tales?"
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Who was the first English printer?
William Caxton
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When was The Canterbury Tales printed?
1483
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The Canterbury Tales was who's 1st major printed volume?
William Caxton
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Who is considered the best English illustrator of the 19th century?
Walter Crane
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Rebecca at the Well is from ______ .
The Book of Genesis
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Who illustrated "Betrayal and Arrest of Christ" and "David Before Saul."?
Jean Pucelle
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Randolph Caldecott had a strong artistic connection with which famous book author?
Washington Irving
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Who created the Gibson Girls?
Charles Dana Gibson
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What is the earliest known work that deals with English history?
the Worchester Chronicle (1140 AD)
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Who published his first cartoon in Harper's Bazaar in 1880?
Edward W. Kemble
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The Khludov Psalter was intended for use in the ______ .
Hagia Sophia
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The Codex Borbonicus is an example of a ________ calendar.
Mayan
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Who was Charles Parson?
an art editor at Harper's magazine in NY
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What was the first printing of the bible in moveable type?
The Gutenberg Bible (1456)
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The Lindau Gospels are an example of ___________ propaganda.
imperial
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"_______" is the oldest surviving treatus on birds.
(Italian, 1st century)
Plate of 24 Birds
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Xipe Totec is from what culture?
the Aztecs
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The Nuremberg World Chronicle has over how many illustrations?
1,800 illustrations
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The Nuremberg World Chronicle was written by who?
Hartman Schedel
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Who illustrated The Prayer Book of Phillip the Fair?
Master Honore
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Who invented the power press?
Isaac Adams
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What is the technique of printing that uses varying sizes and colors of dots?
the half-tone process
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How many volumes does the Book of Kells have?
4
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Who did "The Prison Series?"
Giovanni Piranesi
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The Prison Series were doing using what method?
copper plate etching
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When was the Prison Series published?
1750
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William Blake's prints were all printed in one tone, then colored in after. What process is this?
relief etching process
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Who is a self-taught illustrator who is considered to be the first true American illustrator of the American spirit?
Felix Carr Darley
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Who created the personification of the ideal woman image?
Charles Dana Gibson
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Who is the most celebrated of all Civil War illustrators?
Winslow Homer
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Some of the oldest literary illustrations are of Euripides, on papyrus.. and date back from the ____ century.
3rd
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Who published the first illustrated books in France?
William Koenig
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Who was the Father of wood engraving in America?
Alexander Anderson
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What style did Toulouse-Latrec use?
Post-impressionism
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The Paris Psalter has how many full-page illustrations?
8
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What is the oldest existing complete illustrated gospel book from Ireland?
The Gospel Book of Durrow
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What uses the grisaille technique, and is considered to be one of the most magnificent surviving manuscripts?
The Joshua Roll
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The Joshua Roll is from what time period?
Early Byzantine (10th cen)
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The Vatican Vergil is from the _______ century.
4-5 century
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When was The Dance of Death series printed?
1538
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Who was the first American woman cartoonist?
Rose O'Neill
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Who "defined the American man"?
J. C. Leyendecker
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True illustration must be ___________ .
tied to a text.
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The Hypnerotomachia Polipili dates from ______ .
1499
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Who is believe to have illustrated the Hypnerotomachia Polipili?
Botticelli
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When was the Art Nouvea era?
1890-1914
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The Art Nouveau era was in response to the ____________ .
Industrial Revolution
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Illustration is for ______ production.
mass
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Which artist had a sketchbook filled with figure drawings, architectural plans and mechanical devices?
Villard de Honnecourt
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Who is the Father of American illustration?
Howard Pyle
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Rebecca at the Well is an example of a _______ narrative.
continuous
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De Materia Medica was done by who?
Pedanius Dioscorides
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The earliest illustrated papyrus scroll (1980 BC) was made for a ________ .
pharoah
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Who did "Young Man Frightened By Snakes?"
Nicander of Colophon
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"Young Man Frightened By Snakes" is from what time period?
Early Byzantine
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Which artist might have helped illustrate the Nuremberg World Chronicle?
Albrecht Durer
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Where was the Windmill Psalter published?
London
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What is considered to be the "most valuable work?"
The Book of Kells
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The Book of Kells dates from when?
8-9th century
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Who came up with the half-tone process?
William Fox Talbot
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Most prayer books and book of hours were dedicated to whom?
Mary, the Virgin
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Who helped finishing the Duke's Book of Hours after the Limbourg Brothers died?
Jean Colombe
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What is Randolph Caldecott best known for?
children's picture books
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"February" from The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry illustrates the earliest __________ .
snow scene
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What is considered to be the greatest publication of the 15th century?
The Nuremberg World Chronicle
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Who is the Dean of Western Illustration?
George Catlin
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Which book is the most circulated of all "block books"?
Ars Moriendi ("The Art of Dying")
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Page with Initial Q is from a psalter from a ________ nunnery.
German
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Page with Initial Q just might be the first ever _________ .
self portrait
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Who was one of the greatest book publishers of the 16th-17th centuries?
Johannes Theodorus de Bry
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Some of Durer's first series of woodcuts were in what series of satirical prints?
Narrenschiff
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Which Gothic cathedral is shown in the image "Joshua Bidding the Sun to Stand Still" -- from the Psalter of Saint Louis IX ?
San Chapel
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Who were considered to be the best American illustrators of the 20th century?
The Leyendeckers
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What publisher reawakened the ideals of book design?
Kelm Scott Books
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Who did the illustrations in Fables, showing animals doing human things?
Jean Baptiste
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