Quiz 15

Question 1

Art is always an exaggeration of______?

Answer 1

what is important

Question 2

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

Answer 2

physical form

Question 3

T/F: Medieval Christian art emphasizes abstract ideas?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

name the four components of Giotto’s style:

Answer 4

a. Narrative Quality b. left to right movement of dramatic line c. human emotion d. outdoor setting

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Human nudity

Question 6

Who first formulated (wrote about) the laws of linear perspective?

Answer 6

Brunelleschi

Question 7

In about 1425, Masaccio (1401-1428) painted an unusual subject entitled the Tribute Money. why was this subject relevant to the politics of 15th century Florence?

Answer 7

they weren’t paying taxes

Question 8

How does the setting of Van der Weyden’s (1399-1464) Portrait of a lady differ from the setting of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa?

Answer 8

It doesn’t have an outdoor background

Question 9

For what technical development is Durer best known?

Answer 9

Engraving

Question 10

Giotto mastered Chiaroscuro as no previous artist. What is Chiaroscuro?

Answer 10

modeling form by graduations of light and shade

Question 11

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

Answer 11

the lay

Question 12

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

Answer 12

True

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Particular as opposed to generalized

Question 14

Renaissance art shows a shift in patronage from the catholic church to petty despots and_____?

Answer 14

Merchant princes

Question 15

Donatello (1386-1466) was a sculptor from Florence who sculpted “the first freestanding, life-size nude sculpture since antiquity. “what was the subject of this bronze statue?

Answer 15

David

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Beauty draws us to God

Question 17

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

Answer 17

earthward

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Divine presence of Christ

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Domestic interior vs. outdoor settings

Question 20

What is aerial perspective?

Answer 20

subtle blurring of details

Question 21

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

Answer 21

False

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Human eye

Question 23

Which two geometric shapes enclose “Vitruvian Man”?

Answer 23

a circle and square

Question 24

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

Answer 24

behind the head of Jesus

Question 25

What shapes govern the design of the Alba Madonna?

Answer 25

Triangle, circle, and trapezoid

Question 26

In the school of Athens which two philosophers are depicted at the center of the composition?

Answer 26

Plato and Aristotle

Question 27

Whom did Raphael use as models for the school of Athens?

Answer 27

Renaissance artists

Question 28

With what great sculpture did Michelangelo launch his career?

Answer 28

Pieta

Question 29

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

Answer 29

head and hands

Question 30

Uncovered in 1506, what was the Lacoon?

Answer 30

Hellenistic sculpture

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Adam and God

Question 32

What commission did Michelangelo accept in 1546?

Answer 32

complete the dome and east end of the cathedral in Rome

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Broken and subtle tones of color