Unit 1 Art Notes - Chapter 1

Question 1

1. The beginning of Renaissance art and ideas appear in which Italian city?

a. Milan
b. Florence
c. Rome
d. Venice

Answer 1

b. Florence

Question 2

2. Most of the population in Florence worked in which 2 industries?

a. wool production
b. guilds
c. banking
d. teaching

Answer 2

b. guilds
c. banking

Question 3

3. Which 2 of the following statements are not true about the Renaissance Period?

a. It was a time of rebirth
b. Art was used to show wealth and status
c. Artists had upper class status
d. The Catholic Church dominated
e. Italy recovered from the Black Death last

Answer 3

c. Artists had upper class status
d. The Catholic Church dominated

Question 4

4. What are some characteristics of Renaissance architecture? Pick all that apply.

a. use of symmetry
b. influenced by ancient Greece and Rome
c. love of Gothic art
d. mathematical precision
e. public oriented

Answer 4

a. use of symmetry
b. influenced by ancient Greece and Rome
d. mathematical precision

Question 5

5. Did Brunelleschi design only domes? What was the purpose of the Foundling Hospital?

Answer 5

Yes, Brunelleschi employed innovative machines to build some of the world’s biggest domes.
The purpose of the Foundling Hospital was built as a safe, public orphanage for the abandoned children.

Question 6

6. What was the origin of rustication in Renaissance architecture?

Answer 6

In Renaissance architecture, the origin of rustication was found as early as the platform of the tomb of Cyrus II (the Great) at Pasargadae in Persia (560 BC) and was commonly used for Greek and Hellenistic retaining walls and terraces. It was similarly used by the Romans, who also rusticated such utilitarian structures as aqueducts.

Question 7

7. What are the Greek and Roman elements of architecture that are revived in the Renaissance?

Answer 7

Renaissance architecture adopted the ‘Classical style’ by using columns with capitals of specific ancient designs, triangular pediments, round arches, and domes.