Deck 14: The Renaissance

Question 1

The term "Renaissance Man" is applied to someone who ________.

A)was born during the Renaissance
B)is skilled in many different fields
C)is in a Shakespearean play
D)had their portrait painted between the years of 1500-1525
E)all of these are correct

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A major papal patron during the High Renaissance who commissioned the frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling was _______.

A)Pope John Paul II
B)Pope Julius II
C)Pope Leo X
D)King Charles I
E)Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following figures was not a part of the base of Claus Sluter's The Well of Moses?

A)Daniel
B)David
C)Jesus
D)Zechariah
E)Isaiah

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What was Brunelleschi's inspiration for his Dome of the Florence Cathedral?

A)Amiens Cathedral in France
B)Islamic architecture
C)Ancient Roman architecture, such as the Pantheon
D)the pyramids of Ancient Egypt
E)Michelangelo's dome of Saint Peter's Basilica

Question 5

Which German artist was known as "The Leonardo of the North?"

A)Pieter Bruegel
B)Jan van Eyck
C)Hans Holbein
D)Albrecht Dürer
E)Frans Hals

Question 6

Iconoclasm means ______.

A)the communication of signs and symbols
B)the destruction of religious imagery
C)a circular format
D)worshipping false gods
E)a popular subject matter

Question 7

The cause of the dark colors on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is largely the result of _______.

A)a fire in the early twentieth century that caused minimal damage to the chapel
B)the mixing of dark colors by Michelangelo himself
C)animal glues used as varnishes by past restorers
D)paint used by critics who thought the colors Michelangelo used were too bright
E)none of these are correct

Question 8

To the Venetian artist Titian, color was _________.

A)secondary to the subject matter
B)used as a central compositional element
C)muted to achieve neutral tones
D)used arbitrarily
E)used only for a sculptural element

Question 9

A tondo is _________.

A)a Renaissance philosophy of learning
B)the underlying structure of a stable composition
C)the grace and ease of Renaissance subject matter
D)thick layers of paint
E)a circular format in painting

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of the Renaissance?

A)beauty
B)proportion
C)expressionism
D)grace
E)sense of human virtue

Question 11

The High Renaissance style is characterized by figures who _________.

A)are stiff
B)have a cold clarity
C)have hard edges
D)have a subtle, muted light and looks like a dream
E)all of these are correct

Question 12

The word renaissance means __________.

A)to know something thoroughly
B)rebirth
C)to create something from nothing
D)to reinvent
E)celebration

Question 13

What was the name of the chapel that Giotto created his famous frescoes? Why was it named that?

Question 14

The main difference between the art of Northern Renaissance and that of the Italian Renaissance is ______.

A)the religious subject matter
B)the use of oil paint
C)the obsession with detail
D)the importance of the artist as genius
E)the inclusion of perspective

Question 15

The prominent ruling family in Florence, the__________ family, made their money in banking and were great patrons of the arts.

A)Scrovegni
B)Bernini
C)Ghiberti
D)Medici
E)Brunelleschi

Question 16

Peaches ripening are often seen as a symbol of ________.

A)ego
B)flamboyancy
C)sophistication
D)fertility
E)scarcity

Question 17

When Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the ceiling on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, he was still working on __________.

A)the Pieta
B)David
C)the sculptural tomb for Pope Julius II
D)the planning of the campidoglio
E)St.Peter's Basilica

Question 18

The sculptor who won a commission to design the doors of the baptistery in Florence was ________.

A)Lorenzo Ghiberti
B)Filippo Brunelleschi
C)Michelangelo
D)Donatello
E)Nanni di Banco

Question 19

Which of the following paintings is one of the first genre paintings?

A)The Last Supper
B)School of Athens
C)Landscape with the fall of Icarus
D)The Isenheim Altarpiece
E)none of these are correct

Question 20

Giotto's genius as a painter was recognized by his friend and contemporary ______ in the epic poem ______.

A)Dante; Divine Comedy
B)Chaucer; Canterbury Tales
C)Petrarch; Canzoniere
D)Machiavelli; The Prince
E)Castiglione; The Book of the Courtier

Question 21

Why did the painting Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride by Jan van Eyck serve as both portrait and official document?

Question 22

Explain how the use of space and the depiction of the figure changed from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.Identify at least 5 changes that occurred.

Question 23

Explain who the mythological figures are in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.

Question 24

Both Ghiberti and Brunelleschi submitted panels for the baptistery doors in Florence, but only one won the commission.Compare and contrast these two panels.Address the subject matter, how space was used, and the movement in the works.

Question 25

What are three distinctions between the art of the early Renaissance and the art of the high Renaissance? Compare and contrast two works of art in the same medium, one selected from the early Renaissance (1400-1470) and one selected from the high Renaissance (1500-1525).

Question 26

Explain how David by Michelangelo is seen as a symbol of Florence.

Question 27

What are two ways in which Venetian painting was different from the paintings elsewhere in Italy?

Question 28

The Renaissance was a time of many "firsts" (innovations and developments) in art.Choose one innovation or development.List the artist associated with that development, and discuss its significance.

Question 29

What is grazia and why is it important to the philosophy of the Renaissance?