Quiz 4

Question 1

Leonardo da Vinci’s painting are characterized by

Answer 1

sfumato and figure groupings that display a range of emotional responses, but not portraits that emphasize more than individual psyche

Question 2

Michelangelo’s Sisine Chapel ceiling fresco includes

Answer 2

prophets and sibyls

Question 3

Which artist applied for a position by telling his prospective patron that he could “contrive various and endless means of offence and defense”?

Answer 3

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 4

Sansovino was succeeded as chief architect of the Venetian republic by

Answer 4

Palladio

Question 5

the sculture of moses was comissioned for the tomb of

Answer 5

Juluus II

Question 6

titian meeting of bacchus and ariadne was commissioned by

Answer 6

Alfonso d’este

Question 7

which architect(is) displayed mannerism characteristics

Answer 7

giulo romano

Question 8

giorgione’s paintings are known for their

Answer 8

Arcadian landscape settings and poetic themes, and smoky shadow

Question 9

The term terribilita is most often used to refer to the works of which artist?

Answer 9

Michelangelo

Question 10

which of the following was one of the favorite compositional devices of painters of the high rennaisance

Answer 10

Pyramid

Question 11

sansocinos state library in venice employs

Answer 11

all of these choices

Question 12

tintoretto is described as the most ______ of the ventian painters

Answer 12

Mannerist

Question 13

the plan and interior elevaqtions of il gesu have been compared to

Answer 13

Alberti’s Sant Andrea

Question 14

the neo platonic ideals of the medici circle may be reflected in th art of

Answer 14

Michalangelo and raphael

Question 15

the facades of palladio’s villa rotunda include

Answer 15

temple porches

Question 16

sofonisba anguissola portrait of the artist’s sisters displays

Answer 16

a relaxed informality unlike most mannerist portraiture

Question 17

mannerist art is characterized by

Answer 17

imbalanced compositions, enlongated figures, and complex and sometimes indecipherable meanings

Question 18

titian madonna of the pesaro family is known its

Answer 18

steep diagonal composition

Question 19

how did michelangelo adjust bramante’s plan for the new saint peter’s

Answer 19

he added a double columned potico

Question 20

venetian painting is known for its

Answer 20

colorism and texure, but not rational design