Chapter 17: Early Renaissance Art in Europe
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1) The term "renaissance" is
A)
Italian for "rebirth" and refers to a period of revival of certain Roman and Greek ideals.
B)
French for "rebirth."
C)
French for "good news," and refers to the economic revival of the 15th century.
D)
The full first name of Stimpy's pal.
2) The most outstanding examples of the new Flemish style of painting included all of the following EXCEPT:
A)
Rogier van der Weyden
B)
Jan van Eyck
C)
Robert Campin
D)
Jean Fouquet
3)
is mural painting on wet plaster.
4) A volumetric rendering means forms have been modeled by:
A)
geometric shapes
B)
light and shades
C)
pure color
D)
heavy outline
5) Masaccio created the barrel-vaulted niche seen in the
Trinity
through _______ perspective.
A)
atmospheric
B)
linear
C)
multi-viewpoint
D)
empirical
6) Answer the following questions based on this image:
The medium of this statue is:
A)
bronze
B)
ivory
C)
marble
D)
terra cotta
7) The artist is:
A)
Brunelleschi
B)
Donatello
C)
Ghiberti
D)
Nanni di Banco
8) Which of the following is
NOT
true of this work?
A)
It was created as a private commission for the Medici, so it was more daring than usual.
B)
The nudity was much admired because it evoked the heroid nudity of classical art.
C)
The subject of David appealed to Florentines because he was an underdog, as were they.
D)
The erotic, androgynous, almost feminine feel to the work appeals to a society in which the sexuality of men and boys was admired.
E)
Because David is a classical Greek hero, the subject appealed to Florentine humanists.
9) This statue is approximately
A)
one foot tall.
B)
half life-size.
C)
life-size.
D)
monumental--well over life-size.
10) One-point perspective is the same thing as "linear perspective."
True
False
11) Which image is NOT a part of the Ghent altarpiece?
A)
Adam and Eve
B)
Annunciation
C)
Crucifixion
D)
God the Father.
12) The Italian term for the fifteenth century is the
.
13) Ghiberti's
Gates of Paradise
serve as the east doors of:
A)
San Lorenzo
B)
Siena Cathedral
C)
Or San Michele
D)
Florence Baptistry
14) Prior to his career as an architect, Filippo Brunelleschi worked as a(n)
A)
engraver
B)
painter
C)
sculptor
D)
writer
15) Which of the following artists did
NOT
sculpt a work for one of the niches at Or San Michele?
A)
Brunelleschi
B)
Donatello
C)
Ghiberti
D)
Nanni di Banco
16) Answer the following questions about this image:
This work is part of a(n)
A)
altarpiece
B)
Bible
C)
Book of Hours
D)
painted chapel.
17) The artists are
A)
The Van Eyck brothers, Hubert and Jan.
B)
The Pollaiuoli brothers, Antonio and Piero.
C)
The Limbourg Brothers, Jean, Pol, and Herman.
D)
The della Robbia brothers, Luca and Giovanni.
18) This page functions as a:
A)
calendar.
B)
genealogical record.
C)
inventory of Jean, Duke of Berry's property.
D)
visualized prayer.
19) Art historians are impressed with this image becuse:
A)
it is the only surviving work of the artists.
B)
it realistically depicts the lives of peasants in that period.
C)
it is the first landscape in European art.
D)
it is an early example of the use of one-point perspective.
20) The peasant being warmed by the fire is no lady!
True
False
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