Chapter 21 (Early Italian Renaissance)

Question 1

In 1401, Ghiberti’s entry won the competition for the design of the baptistery doors for the Florence Cathedral partially based stylistically on its ____.

Answer 1

a new spatial illusionism

Question 2

____ was one of the first Renaissance buildings conceived as a central-plan structure.

Answer 2

Pazzi Chapel

Question 3

The duke of Mantua commissioned the frescoes of the Camera degli Sposi from Mantegna for which of the following purposes?

Answer 3

To glorify himself and his family

Question 4

Which of the following architects wrote influential treatises on painting and architecture?

Answer 4

Alberti

Question 5

In Masaccio’s Trinity the vanishing point can be found at which of the following?

Answer 5

at the foot of the Cross

Question 6

Nanni di Banco achieved a unified spatial composition by placing the figures ____ and in relation to one another.

Answer 6

in a semicircle

Question 7

In the treatment of space and narrative, Ghiberti’s Isaac and his Sons recall ____.

Answer 7

painting techniques

Question 8

Employed by Ghiberti on his Gates of Paradise, presenting several episodes ______ was a medieval narrative method.

Answer 8

in a single frame

Question 9

In Ghiberti’s Isaac and His Sons, the artist’s study of ancient art is especially apparent in the ____.

Answer 9

figure of Rebecca

Question 10

In Perugino’s Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, the artist has reminded the viewer of the link among Constantine, Saint Peter, and the basilica of Saint Peter. Which of the following is the vehicle used as that reminder?

Answer 10

The triumphal arches in the background

Question 11

By ____ Donatello revolutionized relief sculpture in his image of Saint George and the Dragon.

Answer 11

creating an atmospheric effect using incised lines

Question 12

____ took a fundamental step forward in his representation of Saint Mark by the contrapposto pose.

Answer 12

Donatello

Question 13

Which of the following artists was the winner of the famous competition for the bronze doors of the Florence baptistery?

Answer 13

Ghiberti

Question 14

____ was the Dominican monk who denounced the secular humanism of the Medici and others.

Answer 14

Savonarola

Question 15

Which of the following accounts for the decline in the role Florence played in the support of the arts at the end of the 15th century?

Answer 15

Savonarola’s brief span of power

Question 16

Which of the following artists actively collected Classical sculpture?

Answer 16

Ghiberti

Question 17

Which of the following was the Dominican painter-friar who combined elements of the new style of art with traditional religious devotional works that did not conflict with the content of the works?

Answer 17

Fra Angelico

Question 18

Which of the following describes the style of Fra Angelico?

Answer 18

Simple and direct

Question 19

Author of the Commentaries, ____ is considered the first Renaissance art historian.

Answer 19

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Question 20

By placing figures on a triangular base, ____ departed from the convention of frontality.

Answer 20

Pollaiuolo

Question 21

Which Italian city played the most important role in the development of Renaissance ideas and art forms in the early 15th century?

Answer 21

Florence

Question 22

Which of the following artists was most interested in depicting the human body in violent action?

Answer 22

Signorelli

Question 23

In Masaccio’s Trinity there is a coffered barrel-vault reminiscent of which of the following?

Answer 23

A Roman triumphal arch

Question 24

In Masaccio’s Trinity he embodies two principal Renaissance interests. One is realism based on observation. Which of the following is the other?

Answer 24

It is the application of the new science of perspective.

Question 25

The development of linear perspective is generally credited to ____.

Answer 25

Brunelleschi

Question 26

In Masaccio’s Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, Adam’s feet clearly come into contact with the ground. Which of the following is the interpretation for this?

Answer 26

It marks the human presence on earth.

Question 27

Although tied to International Gothic style conventions, among the naturalistic details found in the Adoration of the Magi are ____.

Answer 27

animals seen from a variety of angles and convincing foreshortening

Question 28

How did Masaccio create a sense of bulk for his figures in the Tribute Money?

Answer 28

Through modeling with an identifiable light source within the picture

Question 29

Often synonymous with the Renaissance, the ____ were great art patrons.

Answer 29

Medici family

Question 30

The 15th-century Italian artist whose work showed the most influence of the International style was ____.

Answer 30

Gentile da Fabriano

Question 31

Ghiberti’s competitive panel for the baptistery doors of the Florence Cathedral shows classical references that reflect influences of humanism. Which of the following is a classical reference seen on Ghiberti’s panel?

Answer 31

The naked figure of Isaac