Deck 13: Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation

Question 1

Painted models for works in another medium are called __________.

A)cartoons
B)tapestries
C)predellas
D)hemicycles

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Palladio's Villa Rotonda was inspired by __________.

A)St.Peter's Basilica
B)the Roman Pantheon
C)the Sistine Chapel
D)the Château of Fontainebleau

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The artistic movement in which artificiality,grace,and elegance was valued over ordered balance and lifelike references is known as __________.

A)Mannerism
B)the High Renaissance
C)the Counter-Reformation
D)the Northern tradition

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The technique in which the transition from highlight to shadow creates the illusion of three-dimensional form is called __________.

A)sfumato
B)chiaroscuro
C)trompe l'oeil
D)contrapposto

Question 5

The technique used to create a smoky haze is called __________.

A)chiaroscuro
B)contrapposto
C)sfumato
D)trompe l'oeil

Question 6

The atmospheric clarity and brilliant colors in Raphael's The Madonna of the Goldfinch demonstrate the influence of __________.

A)Titian
B)Leonardo da Vinci
C)Michelangelo
D)Perugino

Question 7

Which of the following artists envisioned his sculpture as already existing within the marble,needing only his tools to "set it free"?

A)El Greco
B)Giorgione
C)Lucas Cranach the Elder
D)Michelangelo

Question 8

Bronzino's Allegory with Venus and Cupid exemplifies the Mannerist style of painting because it depicts __________.

A)figures with exaggerated poses
B)figures set in rationally ordered space
C)a traditional mythological scene
D)naturalistic and Classicizing female nudes

Question 9

During the High Renaissance,Venetian paintings were characterized by their __________.

A)irrational spatial environments
B)brilliant color and lighting effects
C)artificial poses and enigmatic gestures
D)exclusively religious iconography

Question 10

In The Last Supper,Tintoretto used strong colors and bright highlights to __________.

A)portray serene idealism
B)create a trompe l'oeil effect
C)convey intense spirituality
D)emulate the style of Michelangelo

Question 11

Michelangelo organized the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel within __________.

A)an illusionistic architectural structure
B)a central,pyramidal composition
C)stucco reliefs of garlands
D)blind windows and pilasters

Question 12

Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is characteristic of High Renaissance Italian art because it features __________.

A)linear perspective
B)contrapposto
C)exaggerated poses
D)luminous colors

Question 13

Veronese's Feast in the House of Levi was controversial because of its __________.

A)dramatic lighting
B)depictions of nude figures
C)Classical idealism
D)profane anecdotal details

Question 14

In the sixteenth century,paintings of nude reclining women became acceptable __________.

A)if they depicted Old Testament heroines
B)under the guise of Classical mythology
C)due to the rising popularity of putti
D)due to more relaxed moral and social standards

Question 15

Which of the following was painted in the refectory of the monastery of Sta.Maria delle Grazie in Milan?

A)Raphael's School of Athens
B)Leonard da Vinci's The Last Supper
C)Michelangelo's Creation of Adam
D)Titian's "Venus" of Urbino

Question 16

In Raphael's School of Athens,the figures break Classical conventions in their __________.

A)serene idealism
B)foreshortened poses
C)stylized body forms
D)heroic nudity

Question 17

Giorgione's landscape paintings were inspired by __________.

A)the Counter-Reformation
B)the Mannerist style
C)biblical themes
D)ancient pastoral poetry

Question 18

Which of the following features of St.Peter's basilica was designed by Michelangelo?

A)longitudinal plan
B)colonnaded plaza
C)three hemicycles
D)rectangular porticos

Question 19

Raphael quickly gained fame and patrons from his paintings of __________.

A)the Virgin and Child
B)the life of Jesus
C)pastoral scenes
D)foreign diplomats

Question 20

In Titian's "Venus" of Urbino,the dog symbolizes __________.

A)heroism
B)seduction
C)fidelity
D)civic duty

Question 21

Which of the following aspects of Dürer's Adam and Eve represents Northern artistic conventions?

A)the proportions of the figures
B)the inclusion of animals
C)the descriptive detail
D)the idealized bodies

Question 22

A series of paintings on a single allegorical subject is called __________.

A)an altarpiece
B)a cycle
C)a predella
D)a cartoon

Question 23

Bruegel's Return of the Hunters represents the __________.

A)religious values of the Protestant reformers
B)consequences of living a sinful life
C)atmosphere of November and December
D)interest in Classical forms and narratives

Question 24

Which of the following exemplifies the style of late Mannerist painting in Italy?

A)El Greco's Burial of Count Orgaz
B)Tintoretto The Last Supper
C)Hagenauer's and Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece
D)Lavina Fontana's Noli Me Tangere

Question 25

Caterina van Hemessen is known for her __________.

A)sculpture
B)tapestries
C)engravings
D)portraiture

Question 26

A grand country palace in France is called a __________.

A)villa
B)martyrium
C)predella
D)château

Question 27

Which of the following artists employed the emotionalism of Byzantine art and loose brushwork to express the intense spirituality of religious revival in Spain?

A)Tintoretto
B)El Greco
C)Grünewald
D)Michelangelo

Question 28

During the Reformation,religious art was often __________.

A)sold to foreign courts
B)commissioned by Protestants
C)destroyed by iconoclasm
D)painted on the walls of churches

Question 29

In the painting for the Isenheim Altarpiece,Grünewald conveys a sense of emotional spirituality by __________.

A)depicting a grisly Crucifixion in a darkened landscape with expressive figures
B)using linear perspective to arrange the figures in rationally ordered space
C)merging Classical idealism with the descriptive detail of Northern art
D)combining traditional biblical scenes with fantastic and anecdotal imagery

Question 30

Dürer's Four Apostles is an example of __________.

A)Protestant imagery
B)a self-portrait
C)the Mannerist style
D)a cycle of paintings

Question 31

El Greco began his career as a __________.

A)Byzantine icon painter
B)portraitist in the Netherlands
C)court painter in England
D)goldsmith and sculptor

Question 32

Sofonisba Anguissola's Self-Portrait can be described as Mannerist because __________.

A)the monograph forms a riddle
B)of the irrational sense of space
C)of its weird color palette
D)the figure is idealized

Question 33

The first School of Fontainebleau established an Italianate tradition of Mannerist painting that spread to other centers in __________.

A)Italy and Spain
B)Spain and Venice
C)France and the Netherlands
D)Germany and Flanders

Question 34

Followers of the Reformation believed that the ultimate religious authority was __________.

A)the pope
B)Martin Luther
C)the Bible
D)the Catholic Church

Question 35

Which of the following artists served as a court painter to Henry VIII in order to escape the religious and political turmoil in Germany?

A)El Greco
B)Hieronymus Bosch
C)Albrecht Dürer
D)Hans Holbein the Younger