Midterm questions Flashcards
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The city of god was written to demonstrate that
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history had a direction willed by god
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“For I go about doing nothing but persuading you all, young and old not to care for your bodies for money more than for the excellence of your souls, saying that virtue does not come from money, but that it is from virtue that money comes and every other good of man, both private and public.” is from…?
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Plato’s Apology
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The Gothic style of architecture was begun at _____ by Abbot Suger
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Saint Denis
4
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A meander is a
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maze-like pattern found of greek vases
5
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the Aenid was designed to
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honor rome, honor augustus, be the roman national epic, (all of the above)
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This was the nature of my sickness. I was in torment, reproaching myself more bitterly than ever as I twisted and turned in my chain. I hoped that my chain might be broken once and for all, because it was only a small thing that held me now. All the same it held me.
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St. Augustin
7
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The most prosperous and successful of the great athenian dramatists was
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sophocles
8
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The life of Benedictine monk can be summarized in the motto
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pray and work
9
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Socrates sought to find great men he though were wise than him in order learn from them. Instead, he discovered that
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The didn’t know that they didn’t know
10
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thomas aquinas tried to reconcile
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reason and revelation
11
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roman civilization is divided into two main periods:
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republican Rome and Imperial Rome
12
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Which of the following is not true o the dipylon amphora
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was used for storing wine
13
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medieval philosophical thought is known for primarily being
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synthetic and hierarchical
14
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for which greek dramatist was the chorus used mainly to punctuate the action by dividing it into separate episodes?
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euripedes
15
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Rich evidence about the daily life of ancient rome is provided by _______
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the ruins of pompeii the writings of suetonius, the letters of cicero the elder, (all of the above)
16
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“He smashes through the steel and skull and bones and bursting both his eyeballs from his head he tumbles him down lifeless at his feet…”
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song of roland
17
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the collection of writings called ____ was one in which polykleitos devised a mathematical formula for respresenting the perfect male body
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the canon
18
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praxiteles was
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one of the first to introduce sensuality into the female sculpted figure
19
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julius casesar’s ‘commentaries’ (literary work) are primarily about
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his military campaigns
20
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in the apple bough the coolness
Murmurs, and the grey leaves flicker
Where sleep wanders.
In this garden all the hot noon
I await thy fluttering footfall
Through the twilight
this is quoted from
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Sappho
21
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the musical term for a single unaccompanied melodic line is
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monophony
22
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which of the following is not a central characteristic of art in classical greece
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rigid, stylized stances
23
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Augustine’s confessions is an important work because it _______
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is the beginning of self-reflective biography in the west, balances immense learning with immense self-scrutiny, is concerned with the most profound philosophical questions, (all of the above)
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One of the great Roman buildings to survive the Barbarian invasions in the Pantheon. It features _______
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granite columns with corinthian capitals, a grand portico, and a dome
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which of the following sculptures best reflects the central characterstics of Classical Greek art?
Discobolus
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the decorative scheme of a gothic cathedral was an attempt to
tell an integrated story about salvation
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... you cannot step twice into the same stream...
the originator of the philosophy stated above was _______
heraclitus
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Organum is
adding newly-composed polyphonic voices to plainchant
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the creation story of Genesis
says God existed, before anything else, says God's creation is all good, places humans as the highest creation. (all of the above)
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One of the principal ideals of Abbot Suger was the symbolism of
light
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the main theme of the Iliad is ____-
Achilles' anger and its consequences
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In the Iliad, the gods ___
enforce the rules, but tend not to intervene
33
The torah, the prophets, and the writings constitute the ____
bible of the hebrews
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Carmina Burana is _______
a collection of medieval student poems
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greek vases from 1000 BC to 700 BC typically feature
abstract geometric designs
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the roman variety of chant made obligatory through the carolingian empire was known as _____
Gregorian chant
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the trouvere was
a performer of secular music
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"This world... was created by no god or man; it was, it is, and it always will be an undying fire which kindles and exintinguishes itself in the regular
author was:
heraclitus
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in the early medieval period, irvory carvings were often used for _____
book covers
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a puzzling experession found on the faces of figures from the Greek Archaic period is called ______
an 'archaic smile'
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the most significant architectural feature of the hagia sophia si ______
the dome on pendentives
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the sculpture known as kritios boy is renowned for representing _____
the turning point from the archaic to the classical period
43
The apollo of beii is an example of
statuary
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romanesque architecture saw a marked increase in the use of
exterior sculptures
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the laocoon group is an exmaple of
freestanding hellenistic art
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in the hagia sophia, the light entering the church symbolically represents ______
divine wisdom
47
thales of miletus beleived that the world
had its origins in water
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the medieval epic poem that celebrates a battle between the franksih army and a muslim force at the spanish border is
song of roland
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the work of a famous greek sculptor that combines realistic action with an idealized geometry (i.e, two intersecting arcis is)
discobolus by Myron
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in the medieval architecture, the "tympanum" is another name for ___
a space over a door
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a work produced by a great greek sculptor in which th eartist meant to illustrate the precise mathematical formula for the ideal male form is titled
doryphorus
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the stoics believed that
the world is governed by reason
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the playing out of a biblical scene in the liturgy of the medieval church led directly to the ________
beginning of western drama
54
we know about the persian wars from an account written by
herodotus
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the five movements of th emass ordinary are the kyrie gloria credo _____ and agnus dei
sanctus
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Hubris is ______
excessive ambition
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"I tell about war and the hero who first from Troy's frontier, displaced by destiny, came to the lavinian shores
quoted from
Virigl's Aeneid
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the mosaics at Ravenna
illustrate the beliefs of the worhsippers, emphasize the promise of salvation, teach illiterate believers, are often symbolic (all of the above)
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euripides was known for his plays about
strong female characters pushed to their limits
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a plainchant setting that has many notes for each syllabel is best described as ______
melismatic
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the earliest significant prose writer in western civilization was
herodotus
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the period of the patriarchs, the period of the conquest and the united monarchy are part of the history of the ______
hebrews
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be praised my lord for brother fire, who lights up the night He is beautiful and carefree, robus and fierce
quoted by
saint francis of assissi
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pythagoras was a _____
philosopher and mathematician
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the trivium and the quadrivium were
the basic areas of study in the medieval period
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when Oedipus declares, "none there is among you as I" it is an example of the technique of
dramatic irony
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early christians were often buried in underground cemeteries called ______
catacombs
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the roman emperor _______ established a capital for the easter roman empire at byzantium
Constantine
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the feeling of emotional cleansing experienced by the audience in ancient greek dramas was called
catharsis
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music that consists of only a single melodic line is called _____
monophonic
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of the orders of column capitals in classical architecture, the simplest is
Doric
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the prescribed form of worship in the Christian church is known as the _____
liturgy
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a philosopher, Aristotle was the great ______
systematizer
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separate, eight sided buildings near cathedrals or churches in Byzantine ear were commonly used for _____
baptistries
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A leader of greece during the golden Age, connected with the great achievements of Athens at this time, was _______
pericles
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the 12th-century mystic, musician, and nun whose visionary works include Scivias and a song sequence called Symphonia was ______
hildegard von Bingen
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songs, performed by jongleurs, that told of great and heroid deeds were known as
chansons des gestes
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the horarium is _____
the series of religious observances throughout the day
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Bernard of clairveaux was upset at _____
the overly fantastic nature of romanesque sculpture
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Memento mori is _____
a reminder of death
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Krie Eleison is
greek meaning "lord have mercy"
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the word gothic originally meant
rude and barbarous
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the earliest greek copy of the new testament is called the
codex sinaiticus
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the semi-circular part of a gothic cathedral behind the altar is called the ______
apse
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which of the following in not one of charlemagnes reforms?
dress codes for frankish aristocrats
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contraposto is a term used to indicate
a chastic stance in greek statuary
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the medieval french musician who wrote music as part of the notre ame school was
leonin
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in a polyphonic work, the voice that retains the pitches of the original chant fragment is known as the ______
tenor
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in the medieval period, organum was _____
a type of polyphinic musical work
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st. francis of assissi was a mendicant which means he
begged for his support and traveled much
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thomas aquinas trod a middle path between
fideism and rationalism
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a common theme in sacred gothic architecture is ______
light
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hildegard's monophonic alleluia o virga mediartrix is an example of ______
composed plainchant
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in the play everyman what saves everyman at the final judgment
good deeds
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the chivalric code of the medieval period
was largely ceremonial
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the sections in song of roland are known as
laisses
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italiant term trecento is used to refer to
14th century
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single artwork that best summarizes renaissance ideals
raphael's school of athens
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decameron setting is
plague-ridden italy
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1517 martin luther publicly
attacked the roman catholic church
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boccaccio and chaucer both
satirized the church
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chiaroscuro was trait of the style of
caravaggio
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"The common people called the 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 blothces which showed up in many on the arms or thighs and in every other part of the body"
written by?
Boccaccio
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statue of moses conveys
terribilita
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florentine renaissance art reflects a concern with and technical ability ot handle
space and volume, models from ancient rome, human realism (a, b, and c)
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artemisia gentileschi's painting of Judith and HOlofernes is notable for ____
being violent, sensuous, dramatic forshortening, chiaroscuro (all of the above)
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donatello's david significant cause?
the first free-standing nude since roman antiquity, more pagan than biblical in spiritu (both a and b)
108
michaelangelo resisted painting the sistine chapel because
he considered himself a sculptor
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thou shalt have the power to degenerate into the lower forms of life, which are brutish. Though shalt have the power, out of thy soul's judgement, to be reborn into the higher forms, which are divine
oration on the dignity of man
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the king james version of 1611 is an english translation of ______
bible
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donatello's saint mary magdalene represents
a meditation on fiath and the ravages of life
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artistic virtuoso _______ is know for designing fountains, churches, and palaces, as well as some of the most dynamic sculptures of his day
bernini
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term michelangeloesque refers to
combining muscularity, grace, and powerful emotion
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Botticelli's adoration of the magi is noted for its portrayal of
the medici family at the nativity
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boticelli's birth of venus represents
platonic idealism, christian mysticism, the classical ideal of the female figure (a, b, and c)
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renaissance humanists placed great emphasis on the idea that ______
learning improves and ennobles people
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the author of the canterbury tales
all of the above (deep knowledge of latin, important civil servant, made translation of the romance of the rose, served as a customs agent in london)
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the establishment of the printing press served to _____
undermine universities, undermine position of latin as only scholarly language, increase literacy and inspire new literary forms (a, b, and c)
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canterbury tales includes
legends about a saint, ribald tales, an exemplum, animal fables, (all of the above)
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"The lady of the court as well as being able to recognize the rank of the person with whom she is talking should possess a knowledge of many subjects..."
author?
castiglione
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in addition to being one of the most carefully mathematical paintings ever created da vinci's last supper is notable for ______
brilliant fresco, all lines converge, capturing a psychological moment, combining biblical and classical themes, (all of the above)
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because of the dampness of the local climate, venetian artists favored
oil paint
123
michelangelo's david was an
symbol of civic pride in florence, idealized figure, example of the pagan tone of Florence (a, b and c)
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one of the reasons hymns were popular in protestant church services was because of their emphasis on ______
the "word"
125
Pico della mirnadola tried to _____
synthesize all human knowledge to yield basic truth
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Which of the following was the most versatile and varied Baroque painter?
Rubens
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the last great development of gothic art was known the ______
international style
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the exaggerated style that developd out of high renaissance art is called _______
mannerism
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the limbourg brothers painted the _______
tres riches heures du duc de berry
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placid, domestic interiors filled with diffuse light are characteristic of ______
vemeer
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ars nova is a term that originally describd _______
a new system of rhythmic notation
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a major difference between machiavelli and erasmus was their opinion regarding _______
Christianity and classicism
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copernicus questioned the assumption that ______
reality is as it appears
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the first example of five movements of the ordinary of the mass set polyphonically by a single composer was written by ______
guillaume de Machaut
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the first artist to study and portray his own personality and feelings in a lifelong series of self portraits was ______
rembrandt
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the principal composers of the early renaissance were mostly from ________
Northern Europe
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the most important center to roman music in the high renaissance was _________
Saint Mark's in Venice
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the greatest english artistic achievements in the renaissance were in teh field of _________
drama
139
decameron is the greek word for _______ days
ten
140
the first real genius in the history of operatic composition was _______
monteverdi
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Unlike visual artists, renaissance musicians in Florence _______
had no classical models to imitate
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Josquin des prez is known for his development of __________
the four-voice motet
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petrarch regarded his most impotant works as the ones he wrote in _______
latin
144
the ordinary "common folk" who attended Elizabethan performances of Shakespeare's plays were called
groundlings
145
"For there is such a differencebetween how men live and how they ought to the he who abandone what is done for what ought to be done learns his destruction rather than his preservation."
quoted by
machiavelli
146
the music of josquin des prez is known for
overlapping voices, having music express the meaning of the words, having a homogeneous structure, beinga bridge between the music of th emiddel ages and the renaissance (all of the above
147
which of the following is not a painting by botticelli
the battle of san romano
148
of the following who was not a leader in the reformation movement
thomas more
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the division of the catholic church into two hostile camps during the late medieval period is known as the ______
great schism
150
castiglione's 'courtier' conducts himself with the quality of ________
sprezzatura
151
which of the following is 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)
152
of the following how was NOT an Elizabethan composer
Guillaume DuFay
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the practice of chromatically altering certain pitches in musical performance during the renaissance is known as _______
musica ficta
154
one enormously influential seventeenth-century literary effort created by a committee was
the english translation of the bible
155
pico della mirnadola was one of the first christian scholars to take an interest in the ______ culture
hebrew
156
which of the following is not in the vatican
medici chapel
157
the artist who worked both on st. peter's basilica and the medici chapel was _______
michelangelo
158
the play's the thing/wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Shakespeare
159
the metaphysical poets were concerned with
describing emotional experience with unusual imagery
160
which of the following is not a characteristic of mannerism
idealized proportions
161
a letting style developed by florentine scribes of the medici is known as ____
italics
162
durer was one of the first to produce multiple copies of his art through ______
woodcuts and engravings (a and c)
163
one of the effects of the black death on europe was ________
the death of between 1/3 and 2/3 of the entire populations
164
john milton jr, got into political trouble for
supporting the puritan cause
165
one of the reasons florence was a center of the renaissance was ______
its importance as a center for trade and banking
166
of the following, who was not a sixteenth-century composer
guillaume de machaut
167
duccio was __________
a painter
168
paradise lost ______
touches on the whole range of human emotion, invites comparison with homer and virgil, is classical in insiration, emphasizes human guilt (all of the above)
169
machiavelli believed that the church
had not right to govern in politics, should be restricted to the spiritual realm (c and d)
170
Baroque musicians felt that one of the most appropriate greek myths on which to base an opear was ______
orpheus and euridice
171
the significance of Cimabue's Crucifixion lies in
the attempt to show the weight and strain of the figure
172
when the political power of th emedici devlined the artistic center of the renaissance shifted from florence to _______
rome
173
of the following, who was a seventeenth century english poet
john milton, john Donne, Richard Crashaw (all of the above)
174
Christine de Pisan was ______
one fo the europe's first professional female writers, popular in her own time (b and c)
175
one of the most powerful families of the florentine renassance was the ______ family
medici
176
who of the following was not an italian baroque artist of the counter reformation
poussin
177
the sculptor of the madonna of the stairs is _______
michelangelo
178
in the school of athens, the two central figures are ________
plato and aristotle
179
which of teh followingw as not a 17th century baroque musical form
organum
180
in shakespeare's hamlet, who says, "This above all, to thine own self be true
polonius
181
Louis XIV was also known as the ______
sun king
182
the painter domenikos theotokopoulos was better known as ______
el greco
183
the italian composer who popularized cori spezzati at st. marks in venice was _______
Giovanni Gabrieli
184
Velazquez is known mostly for his
intimate scenes of life in the spanish court
185
the late renaissance attempt to revive and recreate greek tragedy resulted in the development of _______
opear
186
castiglione's work extended a profound influence on the dramas of english renaissance playwrights including ________
shakespeare
187
who was the first composer to make a career exclusively from composing instrumental music
Corelli
188
"That with no middle flight intends to soar above the Aonian mount, while it yet pursues things unattempted yet in prose of rhyme
written by:
Milton
189
Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas was first performed at _____
a girl's school in Chelsea
190
the coronation of poppea was ________
monteverdi's last opear
191
which of the following happened first
the reformation
