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Quiz 15 Flashcards

1
Q

Art is always an exaggeration of ______________.

A

reality

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2
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What does Egyptian art consistently suggest to be of great importance?

A

social status

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3
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What does Greek art consistently suggest to be of great importance?

A

physical form and fittness

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4
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T/F: Medieval Christian art emphasizes abstract ideas

A

True

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5
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Name the four components to Giotto’s style:
1. Narrative Quality
2. Left to right movement of dramatic line
3.
4.

A
  1. emotions

4. outdoor settings

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6
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IN 1401 Lorenzo Ghiberti defeated Filippo Bruneeleschi in a competition to decorate the doors of the St. John Baptistery in Florence. What did Ghiberti include that Brunelleschi did not?

A

nudity

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7
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Who first formulated the laws of linear perspective?

A

Brunelleschi

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8
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In about 1425, Masaccio painted an unusual subject entitled “The Tribute Money” Why was this subject relevant to the politics of 15th century Florence?

A

people resisted paying taxes

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9
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How does the setting of Van der Weyden’s Portrait of a lady differ from the setting of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa?

A

Outdoor vs. Indoor

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10
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For what technical development is Durer best known?

A

engraving

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11
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What are the dates of Giotto?

A

1266-1337

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12
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Giotto mastered chiaroscuro as no previous artist. What is chiaroscuro?

A

shading

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13
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“Giotto’s figures are convincingly human” To whose spirit of piety and individualism does this give substance?

A

the lay people

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14
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T/F: Tres Riches Heures includes realistic detail that some might consider obscene

A

True

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15
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What type of “new consciousness” is shown in 14C production of the first portraits since antiquity?

A

consciousness of the particular images

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16
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Renaissance art shows a shift in patronage from the catholic church to petty despots and _____________

A

merchant princes

17
Q

Donatello was a sculptor from Florence who sculpted “the first freestanding, life-size nude sculpture since antiquity” What was the subject of the bronze statue?

A

David

18
Q

What Neo-Platonic notion seems particularly to be set forth by Botticelli’s Birth of Venus?

A

Physical beauty draws us to god

19
Q

How does the Pazzi Chapel direct one’s gaze differently than in a medieval cathedral?

A

it fixes the beholder on earth

20
Q

Virtually all details in the Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini are symbolically significant. What does the burning candle represent?

A

the divine presence of Christ

21
Q

How do settings generally differ between the Early Renaissance and the High Renaissance?

A

indoor vs. outdoor

22
Q

What is aerial perspective?

A

the stuble blurring of details and diminution of color intensity in object perceived at a distance

23
Q

T/F: Leonardo’s notebooks helped inspire the beginnings of scientific thinking in the late Renaissance

A

False

24
Q

According to Leonardo, what’s the most dependable instrument for obtaining true knowledge of nature?

A

the human eye

25
Q

Which two geometric shapes enclose “Vitruvian Man”?

A

Circle and Square

26
Q

Where did Leonardo fix the vanishing point in his Last Supper?

A

behind the head of Jesus

27
Q

What shapes govern the design of The Alba Madonna?

A

triangle, trapezoid, circle

28
Q

In The School of Athens, which two philosophers are depicted at “the center of the composition”?

A

Plato and Aritstotle

29
Q

Whom did Rapheal use as models for The school of Athens?

A

fellow artists

30
Q

What are the dates of Michelangelo?

A

1475-1564

31
Q

With what great sculpture did Michelangelo launch his career?

A

Pieta

32
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What parts of David did Michelangelo enlarge in deliberate violation of classical proportions?

A

his head and hands

33
Q

Uncovered in 1506, what was the Laocoon?

A

a celebrated Hellenistic sculpture

34
Q

To what two figures in Fiero referring as a “visual analogue of Pico’s Oration”?

A

God and Adam

35
Q

What commission did Michelangelo accept in 1546?

A

to complete the dome and east end of St. Peters Cathedral

36
Q

How does Titian’s use of color differ from Raphael’s?

A

Broken suttle shades of color

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