Exam Actual Flashcards
Who did NOT write in the vernacular
d’Vitry
Did Petrarch write in the vernacular?
Yes
chiastic stance in Greek statuary
Contraposto
The Italian term Trecento is often used to refer to
14th century
The piece of artwork that best summarized the Renaissance ideals of learning and intellectual inquiry is
Raphael’s School of Athens
The setting of Baccaccio’s Decameron is
plague-ridden Italy
The common people called them plague-boils. From these two parts of the body, the deadly swellings began in a short time to appear and to reach indifferently every part of the body. Then, the appearance of the disease began to change into black or livid blotches which showed up in many on the arms or thighs and in every other part of the body.
Boccaccio
Who wrote…
Ashamed at times, that your fair qualities,
Lady, are still unsaid by me in rhyme,
I think of when I saw you first, yon time,
Such that from thenceforth none beside can please,
But find the weight too heavy for my knees,
The work for my poor brushes too sublime;
Therefore the mind, that knows its power to climb,
In trying at the task, begins to freeze.
Of times ere now, I op’ed my lips to say,
But then my breath stopped short without effect,
Indeed, what voice could rise to such a height!
Of times I have begun to write some lay,
But then the pen, the hand, the intellect
Stopped, conquered at the entrance on the fight.
Petrarch
Who wrote…
He had good horses, yet was far from smart.
He wore a tunic made of coarse thick stuff,
Marked by his chainmail, all begrimed with rust,
Having just returned from an expedition,
And on his pilgrimage of thanksgiving.
With him there was his son, a young squire,
A lively knight-apprentice, and a lover, with hair as curly as if newly waved;
I took him to be twenty year of age.
In stature he was of an average length,
Wonderfully athletic, and of great strength.
Chaucer
Who developed the concept of linear perspective?
Brunelleschi
Michelangelo resisted painting the Sistine chapel because
he considered himself primarily a sculptor, not a painter
The establishment of the printing press served to
increase literacy and inspire new literary forms
Father of Humanism
Petrarch
In whose writings are humanist philosophies really explained?
Pico della Mirandola
Renaissance humanists placed great emphasis on the idea that
learning improves and ennobles people
Which of the following is not characteristic of Petrarchan sonnets?
-personification
-blazon
-conceit
-rhyme scheme
-foreshortening
-quatrain
foreshortening
Michelangelo’s David was
-a symbol of civic pride
-idealized figure
-example of the pagan tone of Florence
-all of the above
all of the above
Ars nova is a term that originally described
a new system of rhythmic notation
Why did the Church become critical of the use of elaborate musical settings in the service? (Select the one that is not true.)
The words of the liturgy were obscured.
Composers were often paid for their music, and the Church didn’t receive a portion of the royalties.
The traditional chant melodies were unrecognizable.
Elaborate polyphony distracted the minds of the congregation and tended to turn the Mass into a virtual concert.
composers were often paid for their music and the Church didn’t receive a portion of the royalities
Copernicus tried to prove that
planets orbit the sun
The first example of the 5 movements of the Ordinary of the Mass set polyphonically by a single composer was written by
Guillaume de Machaut
the practice of chromatically altering certain pitches in music performance during the Renaissance is known as
musica ficta
Josquin des Prez is known for his development of
4 voice motet
the music of Josquin des Prez is known for
-having different groupings of voices
-having music express the meaning of the words
-points of imitation
-being a bridge between the music of the Middle ages and the Renaissance
-all of the above
all of the above
Which of the following is NOT true regarding mensuarl notation, the European system of musical notation use from c. 1260 to 1600
-it evolved as a way to notate complex rhythms
-it was predicated on a single underlying musical pulse, the heartbeat
-it was based on various divisions of time called the modus, the tempus, and the prolatio
-it relied heavily on the 6 rhythmic modes as a shortcut for the notation
it relied heavily on the six rhythmic modes as a shortcut for the notation
Giotto is famous for his
frescoes
In Boticelli’s Birth of venus, Venus represents
the Classical ideal of the female figure
Which of the following is NOT a painting by Botticelli?
-La Primavera
-The Battle of San Romano
-The Birth of Venus
-Adoration of the Magi
-Venus and Mars
The Battle of San Romano
Why is Jan Van Eyck’s painting Giovanni Arnolfi and his Bride considered to be one of the greatest ever?
the mirror
The division of the Catholic Church during the late Medieval period that caused several claimants to the papacy is known as the
Great Schism
By using a secular song, L’Homme Armé, as the cantus firmus of a mass, Dufay
was doing something very common
Which of the following is a characteristic of Florentine Renaissance painting
-close observation of real people
-concern for precise perspective
-concern for psychological states of mind
-use of geometry in composition
-all of the above
all of the above!
The artist who worked both on St. Peter’s Basilica and the Medici Chapel was
Michelangelo
What was NOT a new feature of 14th century music
an intimate connection between poetry and music
Dufay wrote music for
the duomo in Florence
One of the effects of the Black Death on Europe was
inflation
One of the reasons Florence was the engine behind the Renaissance was
its importance as a center for trade and banking
Which of the following are characteristics of the Rucellai palace as a porto-typical Renaissance building?
-horizontally-oriented
-the arches, pilasters, and entablatures replicate the architectural elements of ancient Rome
-symmetry
-geometric patterns
all of the above
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Mannerism?
-disjointed space
-tense or overextended figures
-idealized proportions
-odd colors
-none of the above
idealized proportions
Duccio was a
painter
Machiavelli believed what two things about the church
- had no right to govern in politics
- should be restricted to the spiritual realm
The significance of Cimabue’s Crucifixion lies in
the attempt to show the weight and strain of the figure
The words tempus and prolatio are related to
rhythm and meter
Which of the following is not one of the three major literary works of the Trecento?
-Oration of the Dignity of Man
-The Decameron
-Divine Comedy
-Canterbury Tales
Oration of the Dignity of Man
After the power of the Medici declined, the cultural center of the Renaissance shifted from Florence to_____
Rome
Which of the following is an incorrect statement about Machaut’s music?
He planned the five divisions of the Ordinary as one musical composition rather than as separate pieces.
He composed music “from the top down,” meaning that the topmost voice is the most important voice, rather than the tenor voice is the most important.
He wrote secular music for various poetic formes fixes, like the ballade and the rondeau.
He was the first composer to write in a predominantly homophonic style, paving the way for later Renaissance composers to do the same.
He was the first composer to write in a predominantly homophonic style, paving the way for later Renaissance composers to do the same.
How did the Catholic church make is money?
-remittances of dues from sees around the world
-sale of relics to different churches
-sale of indulgences
-simony
-all of the above
all of the above
in which kind of mass are the movements linked primarily by sharing the same motive or opening phrase
motto mass
Which kind of mass has the same melody (usually borrowed) in the tenor voice in every movement?
cantus firmus mass
Boticelli’s adoration of the magi is note for the portrayal of
-platonic scholars in Florence
-the Holy Family in contemporary clothing
-the Medici family as Nativity characters
-the artist, a kind of self-portrait
-Aristotle and Michelangelo
-the Holy Family in contemporary clothing
-the Medici family as Nativity characters
-the artist, a kind of self-portrait
Which is true about wood cuts and prints?
-the stamp is made quickly and easily
-the artist makes a lot of money with prints
-artists can do a practice run
-prints advertise the artist’s work because they travel
-they are inexpensive to make
-the artist makes a lot of money
-artists can do a practice run
-prints advertise the artist’s work because they travel
-they are inexpensive to make
In 1517, Martin Luther publicly
attacked the Roman Catholic Church
T/F Prince Frederic of Saxony kidnapped Martin Luther and was instrumental in his excommunication.
False
Donatello’s David is significant because it was
-the first free-standing nude figure since Roman antiquity
-more pagan than biblical in spirit
Donatello’s St. Mary Magdalene represents
a meditation on faith and the ravages of life
The exaggerated artistic style that developed out of High Renaissance art is called
Mannerism
Fourteenth-century Italy artists
-looked to Classical models
-were not very good at perspective
-still had Byzantine influence
-began to paint in the International style
-all of the above
all of the above
