EXAM Flashcards
It is an intaglio printmaking process in which lines are cut into a metal plate in order to hold the ink.
C. Engraving
He is described by the art historian Giorgio Vasari as “a man of great ingenuity and learning, and a most
excellent painter.”
D. Andrea Mantegna
It is the art characteristic Mantegna adapted from his teacher Francesco Squarcione.
B. Classical Antiquity
It is the art characteristic Mantegna adapted from the arts of Masaccio.
D. Naturalism
Where can you find the Oculus painting?
C. Camera degli Sposi
- Who are the people depicted in the painting?
C. The Gonzagas
It is described as the technique of depicting an object or human body in a picture to produce an
illusion of projection or extension in space.
B. Foreshortening
Parnassus
Lamentation of Christ
Antonio Pisanello was born in _______ at ________.
A.1395 at Pisa, Italy
The following are Pisanello’s genre except:
B. Sculpture
This painting shows the Virgin seated in a church interior, hands folded in prayer.
C. Antonio Pisanello Annunciation
Agony of Christ
The type of Madonna and Child that Pisanello used in his Apparition of the Madonna to St. Anthony Abbot and George.
D. Desiderio da Settignano Virgin and Child
It is a large fresco of Pisanello painted in the crown and spandrel of an arch.
A. Antonio Pisanello St. George, the Princess, and the Dragon
This drawing serves as an example of Pisanello’s creative process and can be seen in the fresco of St.
George, the Princess and the Dragon.
B. Antonio Pisanello Study of Head
Antonio Pisanello “Apparition of the Madonna to St. Anthony Abbot and George” has undergone some
imaginative modern repainting, especially the _______ surrounding the image of the Virgin and Child in the sky.
B. Aureole
The more monumental side of Pisanello’s art still requires evaluation. It is a painting that he finished after a
decade.
D. Antonio Pisanello Tournament Battle
In addition to being a painter of panels and frescoes, Pisanello was an innovative ________________.
B. Bronze cast medalist
The first half of the fifteenth century saw the growth and development of portraiture as a genre. What is the
portrait Pisanello made during the said century?
B. Antonio Pisanello Lionello d’Este
What is the real name of Antonio del Pollaiuollo?
D. Antonio di Jacopo Benci
What is the meaning of Pollaiuiollo?
A. Poultry
Who trained Antonio who was working on the Gates of Paradise?
B. Lorenzo Ghiberti
Who is the brother of Antonio?
C. Piero Pollaiuollo
What do you call the study of the human body?
D. Anatomy
What is the meaning of PUTTI?
D. Naked child
What is the name of his artwork in engraving?
C. Battle of ten nudes
Who is the opponent of Hercules who drew strength from Earth?
B. Antaeus
Who is the mother of Antaeus?
A. Gaia
What painting was a companion piece to “Hercules and Antaeus”, representing the Labours of Hercules?
A. Hercules and the Hydra
He was nicknamed as “ Little Barrel”?
B. Sandro Botticelli
It is a technique primarily uses of egg yolk?
C. Tempera
What type of painter is Sandro Botticelli?
A. Italian
It is the popular wood used by Tuscany in panel painting?
C. Poplar wood
A painting that depicts the Biblical story of the Three Magi following a star to find the newborn Jesus?
C. Adoration of Magi