Deck 7: Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Question 1

Brunelleschi defined the laws of ______ as a tool for creating the appearance of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface.

A) color
B) perspective
C) chiaroscuro
D) the ars nova

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The Hundred Years' War was instigated by

A) English claims to French lands and the French crown.
B) disagreements between the English and the papacy.
C) the French invasion of England.
D) the Great Schism.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

"The Black Death" describes the pandemic caused by

A) malaria.
B) influenza.
C) bubonic plague.
D) smallpox.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Of the Black Death, it is correct to say that it

A) took the lives of at least one third of Europe's population.
B) was transmitted entirely by fleas.
C) strengthened the bonds of feudalism.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following writers provided a defense of women in the Book of the City of Ladies?

A) Chaucer
B) Christine de Pisan
C) Petrarch
D) Ficino

Question 6

The first of the Classical humanists in the Age of the Renaissance, and the so-called "father of humanism," was

A) Leonardo.
B) Pico.
C) Petrarch.
D) Ficino.

Question 7

Giotto's frescoes are considered innovative landmarks for their

A) flat imagery.
B) portrayal of day-to-day subjects.
C) user of light and shade to model form.
D) application of oil paints to wall surfaces.

Question 8

"The Great Schism" refers to the

A) rebellion of the peasants after the Black Death.
B) rivalry between church and state.
C) rivalry between two contesting popes.
D) All the answers are correct.

Question 9

Giotto used the technique of chiaroscuro to

A) give three dimensionality to the figures in his paintings.
B) flatten and stylize the figures in his paintings.
C) enhance the realistic details of his sculptures.
D) mass-produce manuscript illuminations.

Question 10

During the High Renaissance, the center of artistic productivity shifted from

A) Florence to Rome.
B) Rome to Florence.
C) Venice to Florence.
D) Florence to Paris.

Question 11

Botticelli's landmark painting, The Birth of Venus

A) was the earliest application of the laws of linear perspective.
B) represents the beginning of oil painting in Italy.
C) reflects the revival of Classical themes in European art.
D) is filled with overt Christian symbolism.

Question 12

The English withdrew from France, ending the Hundred Years' War, after facing a revitalized French army under the leadership of

A) Jean Froissart.
B) Wat Tyler.
C) Hugh Capet.
D) Joan of Arc.

Question 13

Leonardo's Mona Lisa is unusual in that

A) the sitter is shown in profile.
B) it is painted in the oil medium.
C) it is much larger than earlier portraits.
D) the sitter appears in a landscape setting.

Question 14

According to Castiglione, the Renaissance lady must

A) have a knowledge of letters, music, and painting.
B) be modest and discreet.
C) exercise grace.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 15

The Magna Carta was significant in

A) the rise of constitutional monarchy in England.
B) the beginnings of the Great Schism.
C) ending the Hundred Years' War.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 16

In The Prince, Machiavelli called for

A) rulers to be honest and virtuous above all else.
B) the unification of Italy under a strong ruler.
C) loosening the bonds of the state to allow subjects greater freedom.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 17

Ars nova is the name given to the

A) revival of Latin and Greek letters in Italy.
B) new use of light and shade in painting.
C) architectural developments of the early fifteenth century.
D) expressive new musical style of the fourteenth century.

Question 18

Ficino's contribution to Classical humanism lay in the translation and interpretation of the works of

A) Plato.
B) Aristotle.
C) Cicero.
D) Augustine.

Question 19

The word "Mona" in Mona Lisa

A) is the sitter's first name.
B) is the sitter's family name.
C) designates the sitter's place of birth.
D) means "my lady".

Question 20

The new realism in the arts of the fourteenth century is found in the

A) paintings of Giotto.
B) writings of Chaucer.
C) woodcuts of the Dance of Death.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 21

What Renaissance landmarks or personalities have influenced most dramatically the culture of the West? How so?

Question 22

The music of the Age of the Renaissance

A) was usually polyphonic.
B) featured numerous secular songs.
C) was popularized by being recorded in printed handbooks.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 23

The composer Josquin des Prez, was one of the most effective practitioners of which expressive musical technique, in which music conveys the literal meaning of a text?

A) Monody
B) Ars nova
C) Word painting
D) Syncopation

Question 24

Discuss the Age of the Renaissance as a period of rebirth: what was "reborn," and how did this phenomenon make itself evident in the arts?

Question 25

Select five landmark works between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries that best reflect, in your view, the concept of "rebirth."