Art History 102 UNL Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Which of the following does NOT affect the damage to Leanardo’s Last Supper?

A

The World War II bombing of the monastery in which it is located.

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2
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In the Brera Altar piece, Fedrico da Montefeltro

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faces an empty space that his recently deceased wife would have occupied

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3
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true or false? the renaissance can be seen as a period of exploration of the world both large and small?

A

true

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4
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God’s crown in the Ghent Altarpiece?

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has a variety of light effects and a lot of detail.

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5
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Bosch’s style especially for human bodies, is typical of?

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earlier artist of the northern renaissance

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6
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the large number of multiple copies of printed work from wood blocks or metal plates led to which of the following?

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all of these statements about prints are true

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7
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Rogier van der Weyden’s prado Deposition was made for?

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A chapel belonging to a guild

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Which of the following features of Leanardo’s Last Supper Breaks with tradition?

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Judas is seated on the same side of the table as the other disciples.

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9
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The term “nepotism” can be applied to which of the following?

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the appointment of a pope’s nephew or other relative at the papal court.

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10
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Which of these Italian cities is NOT associated with High Renaissance art?

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Ravenna

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Vitruvian Man

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refers to the idea that a well-proportioned body will touch the edges of a circle and a square.

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12
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Di sotto in su is:

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the use of foreshortening and perspective to create illusion

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13
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true or false? The Northern Renaissance refers to the area of Europe that includes Spain and Italy.

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false

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14
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Van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece is a?

A

polyptych

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15
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Which of the following is true of woodcut printmaking?

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none of these are true

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16
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true or false? After completing the School of Athens, Raphael received very few papal commissions.

17
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true or false? The patron of Raphael’s Galatea was a friend and banker to Popes Julius II and Leo X.

18
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Michelangelo suggest the ideal beauty of paradise (the garden of eden) by?

A

the perfection of the bodies in motion.

19
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which of the following NOT seen in Raphael’s painting Galatea?

A

a portrait of Michelangelo as Heraclitus

20
Q

true or false? Italian Renaissance art helped shape Northern Renaissance art, especially in its later stages, in the 16th century.

21
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true or false? Giovanni Bellini used Flemish oil painting technique to suggest the play of the light on surfaces.

22
Q

Jacopo Pontormo’s Decent from the Cross?

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implies in its central empty space, the narrative of separation and loss.

23
Q

Giovanni Bellini’s San Zaccaria Altar piece?

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displays, in some figures, sfumato and chiaroscuro like that of Leonardo.

24
Q

true or false? Egg tempera is the medium almost always used by the 16th century Venetian painters?

25
Which of the following is important in terms of contributing to the development of Venetian painting?
the venetian taste for luxury materials.
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impasto refers to:
areas in a painting where the paint is applied heavily.
27
mannerism was an artistic period in which?
artifice was more evident than nature.
28
The council of trent came to which of the following conclusions about art?
art is useful in churches, but art works should be accurate, clear, and free of gratuitous nudity.
29
the figure at the bottom right-hand corner of Parmigianio's Madonna of the Long Neck:
creates an antithesis with both the tall columns and the tall madonna.
30
Titian's Pesaro Family Madonna.
all of these statements are correct.