According to the text, which painter was hailed as Siena's foremost painter in the early fourteenth century?
A.Duccio di Buoninsegna
B.Giotto di Bondone
C.Cimabue
D.Cennino Cennini
A.Duccio di Buoninsegna
Painter's creds as follows:
-(1278-1318) Siena's foremost painter whose creative synthesis of Byzantine and French Gothic sources transformed tradition in which he worked
-Combined evocation of 3D form w/ graceful continuity of linear pattern
-Commissioned for Siena Cathedral ("Maesta")
-"Raising of Lasarus"
-"Betrayal of Jesus"
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a. encaustic b. calligraphy c. staining d. fresco
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a. pictorial balance b. rhythm c. symmetry d. actual balance e. visual weight
Which of the following was not part of Gottschalk's racial and cultural heritage?
A. American Indian. B. English. C. French. D. Jewish.