Deck 12: Precursors of the Renaissance

Question 1

"The mortal pestilence" described by Boccaccio refers to

A)the sinfulness of Florence.
B)the failure of the Bardi and Peruzzi banks.
C)the triumph of Death.
D)the Black Death.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which is NOT true of Giotto's Last Judgment?

A)Christ is seated in a mandorla.
B)Enrico Scrovegni's portrait is included.
C)Christ faces the saved.
D)only the figures in hell are nude.
E)the angels above Christ are in military dress.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which is NOT true of St.Francis of Assisi?

A)He wrote The Canticle of Brother Sun.
B)He came from a wealthy family.
C)He received the stigmata as punishment for his sins.
D)He established the Friars Minor.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The length of Mary Magdalen's hair in Giotto's Crucifixion is an example of

A)a Renaissance coiffure.
B)her seductive nature.
C)an iconographic convention.
D)a typological symbol.

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT part of the Classical revival?

A)anecdotes about artists
B)comparisons with antiquity
C)three-dimensional form
D)translating Latin texts
E)a rejection of Italian history

Question 6

Giotto's Virtue of Justice

A)reflects emerging ideas about good and bad government.
B)is represented as blind.
C)shows Justice seated in a Renaissance building.
D)has no relationship to Classical antiquity.

Question 7

The Roman soldiers in the foreground of Giotto's Crucifixion

A)are torturing Christ.
B)are arguing over possession of his cloak.
C)are repenting their sins.
D)are leaving the scene.

Question 8

In the Arena Chapel,the Virtues and Vices

A)are in the top row of scenes.
B)are in between the narrative scenes.
C)are below the narrative scenes.
D)are on the ceiling.

Question 9

In the Arena Chapel scene of the Annunciation

A)Gabriel tells Mary she will be the mother of Christ.
B)God tells Mary she will be the mother of Christ.
C)Mary tells Joseph she will be the mother of Christ.
D)Mary has a dream telling her she will be the mother of Christ.

Question 10

What event in Padua fostered an interest in Classical thought and literature?

A)Giotto's frescoes in the Arena Chapel
B)a tempera panel found in the Scrovegni Chapel
C)the opening of a Roman theater
D)professional interest in Roman law

Question 11

Which of the following had the LEAST influence on Giotto?

A)International Style
B)Cimabue
C)Gothic French sculpture
D)art of ancient Rome

Question 12

The monastic order that put an emphasis on nature and the individual was

A)Cistercian.
B)Benedictine.
C)Dominican.
D)Franciscan.

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT a 14th-century humanist?

A)Boccaccio
B)Petrarch
C)Giotto
D)Dante
E)Cimabue

Question 14

Which is NOT a feature of the Divine Comedy?

A)It was written in Latin.
B)Virgil is Dante's guide through hell and pergatory.
C)It is divided into three parts.
D)It is a source for Italian history.

Question 15

In contrast to Duccio's Maestà,Lorenzetti's Effects of Good Government

A)is secular.
B)is more Byzantine in style.
C)is more Christian in its iconography.
D)was commissioned by the Nine.
E)is a reflection of the influence of International Gothic.

Question 16

The Arena Chapel in Padua

A)is part of a larger church.
B)is Gothic in style.
C)illustrates Dante's Divine Comedy.
D)represents three sets of lives.

Question 17

Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Good Government was commissioned for the Palazzo Pubblico of

A)Siena.
B)Urbino.
C)Florence.
D)Rome.

Question 18

Which is NOT true of Giotto's Crucifixion?

A)It refers to typology.
B)It takes place in Jerusalem.
C)It depicts the effects of gravity.
D)Christ's form is elongated.
E)It emphasizes the distinction between the Romans and Christ's followers.

Question 19

The painter Cimabue was deeply influenced by

A)the court of Charlemagne.
B)Byzantine icons.
C)Giotto.
D)Claus Sluter.

Question 20

Giotto was important because he

A)went back to nature as his guide, as had the Greeks and Romans.
B)used direct experience to judge truth.
C)believed that what we see is the basis of art.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 21

Philip the Bold of Burgundy built the

A)Chartreuse de Champmol.
B)Hopital des Invalides.
C)Palazzo Pubblico of Siena.
D)Town Hall of Ghent.

Question 22

Philip the Bold's court was located at

A)Siena.
B)Berry.
C)Dijon.
D)Flanders.

Question 23

Which of these is NOT a correct match?

A)Limbourg brothers - Very Rich Hours
B)Dante - The Canticle of Brother Sun
C)Orcagna - Triumph of Death
D)Martini - Annunciation

Question 24

Who is the sculptor of the Well of Moses?

A)Giotto
B)Claus Sluter
C)Tilman Riemenschneider
D)Cimabue

Question 25

Which is NOT an example of royal patronage?

A)Simone Martini's Saint Louis Altarpiece
B)the TrésRiches Heures du Duc de Berry
C)the Well of Moses
D)the Maestà

Question 26

The patron of the Trés Riches Heures was

A)Jean, Duc de Berry.
B)Giovanni Arnolfini.
C)Tommaso Portinari.
D)Philip the Bold.

Question 27

Books of Hours were made for

A)the clergy.
B)the peasants.
C)artists.
D)the aristocracy.

Question 28

Claus Sluter's work was like

A)Simone's in its lightness.
B)Giotto's in its massiveness.
C)Cimabue's in its Byzantine finish.
D)Michelangelo's in its Greek classicism.