Spring Final

Question 1

The chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals was to….

Answer 1

tell the stories of the Bible.

Question 2

In a gothic church, the ____________ was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds.

Answer 2

flying buttress

Question 3

The figure of Saint Theodore found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a _____________________.

Answer 3

contrapposto position

Question 4

The Gothic church at _____________ features the highest ratio of glass to stone.

Answer 4

Sainte-Chapelle

Question 5

_____________________ is credited with painting the fresco known as the Allegory of Good Government.

Answer 5

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Question 6

By the twelfth century, _________ was the center of textile production in the Western world and played a central role in European trade markets.

Answer 6

Florence

Question 7

According to an old story, one day Cimabue discovered a talented shepherd boy by the name of ______________________ and tutored him in the art of painting. The pupil soon surpassed the teacher.

Answer 7

Giotto di Bondone

Question 8

_________________ is credited with painting the Masetà (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the council chamber of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico.

Answer 8

Simone Martini

Question 9

____________________ produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral.

Answer 9

Filippo Brunelleschi

Question 10

Brunelleschi’s investigation of optics in Arab science also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s Perspectiva, which integrated the classical works of:

Answer 10

 Euclid
 Ptolemy
 Galen

Question 11

In Masaccio’s The Tribute Money, the Apostle Peter appears three times:

Answer 11

 Christ tells St. Peter to Catch a fish
 St. Peter catching a fish in the Sea of Galilee
 St. Peter paying the tax collector

Question 12

Humanists in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized Venus, in Botticelli’s Primavera as an allegorical figure representing…..

Answer 12

the highest moral qualities.

Question 13

Leonardo de Vinci’s __________________ is located on the north wall of the refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie.

Answer 13

The Last Supper

Question 14

After being elected pope, Julius II commissioned architect ___________________ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace Saint Peter’s Basilica with a new church.

Answer 14

Donato Barmante

Question 15

The characteristics that contributed to the making of the Tempietto are:

Answer 15

 It’s classical reference
 It’s incorporation of original classical Roman columns into its architectural scheme
 The mathematical orderliness of its parts

Question 16

Throughout the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo includes the della Rovene heraldic symbols of ___ and ______ to symbolize the patronage of Pope Julius II.

Answer 16

oak; acorn

Question 17

_______ and _____ are the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens.

Answer 17

Aristotle; Plato

Question 18

Many scholars consider ____________ the Master of Flémalle and, therefore, the creator of the Mérode Altarpiece.

Answer 18

Robert Campin

Question 19

__________________ created the Garden of Earthly Delights.

Answer 19

Hieronymus Bosch

Question 20

The Isenheim Altarpiece was created by _________________.

Answer 20

Matthias Grünewald

Question 21

_____________ created The Large Turf, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of nature.

Answer 21

Albrecht Dürer

Question 22

_______________________ painted a portrait of England’s King Henry VIII dressed in the clothes he wore when he married Anne of Cleves.

Answer 22

Hans Holbein the Younger

Question 23

The Mérode Altarpiece is a three-part work, or ________.

Answer 23

triptych

Question 24

The altarpiece’s ________ are depicted in the left panel of the Mérode Altarpiece.

Answer 24

patrons

Question 25

The reflection____________, the artist, can be seen in the mirror at the back of the room depicted in the double portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami.

Answer 25

Jan van Eyck

Question 26

The term _____________ was assigned to those who painted draperies over the “offensive” areas of the nude figures in Michelangelo’s Last Judgment.

Answer 26

braghettoni

Question 27

________ painted the Resurrection, which includes distinct mannerist qualities and is decorous to the extent that draperies carefully conceal all inappropriate nudity.

Answer 27

El Greco

Question 28

Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio) painted ________________________ for the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome.

Answer 28

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Question 29

Artemisia Gentileschi painted five separate versions of the biblical story of _______ and ___________ and was admitted to the Florentine Academy of Design.

Answer 29

Judith; Holofernes

Question 30

The View of Haarlem from the Dunes of Overveen is considered a “_________” painting.

Answer 30

landscape

Question 31

Jan Steen was particularly successful with genre scenes, including ________________.

Answer 31

The Dancing Couple

Question 32

________________ painted The Arrival and Reception of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles.

Answer 32

Peter Paul Rubens

Question 33

_______________ painted Arcadian Shepherds.

Answer 33

Nicolas Poussin

Question 34

_________________ served as a model for one of the figures featured in Theodore Gericault’s The Raft of the “Medusa”.

Answer 34

Eugene Delacroix

Question 35

Claude Monet painted Impression: Sunrise, which played a significant role on “_____________________”.

Answer 35

giving Impressionism its name

Question 36

_____________ “preferred to paint the crowd” and created Luncheon of the Boating Party.

Answer 36

August Renoir

Question 37

_____________ depended on a pointillist style to paint a Sunday on La Grand Jatte, which depicts a crowd of Parisians enjoying an island in the Seine River.

Answer 37

Georges Seurat

Question 38

Vincent van Gogh utilized a technique known as ________ to create Night Café.

Answer 38

impasto

Question 39

_____________ painted Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon, which became notorious “as an assault on the idea of painting as it had always been understood.

Answer 39

Pablo Picasso

Question 40

Cubism was born out of collaboration between ________________ and ________________.

Answer 40

Pablo Picasso; Georges Braque

Question 41

First Position

Answer 41

heels touching, feet forming a straight line

Question 42

Second Position

Answer 42

heels wide apart, feet forming a straight line

Question 43

Third Position

Answer 43

one foot in front of the other with heel against the instep

Question 44

Fourth Position

Answer 44

feet apart, one in front of the other, heels in line

Question 45

Fifth Position

Answer 45

one foot in front of the other with the heel against the joint of the big toe