Chapter 17: A little more Renaissance

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1) The artist responsible for painting Primavera is:

    A) Botticelli

    B) Donatello

    C) Masaccio

    D) Uccello



2) The painting Primavera depicts:

    A) a garden of love

    B) the Spring

    C) the goddess Venus

    D) all of the above

    E) none of the above.



3) In the painting Primavera, the figure of Venus is nude. True False

4) Answer the following questions about this image
The work of art depicted is a(n)

    A) drawing

    B) engraving

    C) etching

    D) grisaille

    E) woodcut



5) The artist of this work is Martin Schongauer. True False

6) The work depicts the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which are

    A) Famine, War, Pestilence, and Heresy.

    B) subjects taken from classical mythology.

    C) portents of the end of the world, taken from the Book of Revelations.

    D) Famine, Pestilence, Disease, and Death.



7) Which statement is NOT true of this medium?

    A) Artworks are more widely available to a greater range of people.

    B) Woodcuts and engravings are much more difficult than drawing.

    C) Color is frequently added by hand to the black and white print, especially in the 15th century.

    D) Prints allowed illustrations to be added to books for the first time.

    E) Prints are less expensive than paintings, generally speaking.



8) Many people claim that there is no true "renaissance" in the north of Europe during the 15th century. True False

9) After Brunelleschi's work on Florence Cathedral, that building was called the , which became the Italian term for all cathedrals.

10) Documents from the early Quattrocento indicate that Brunelleschi was intensely involved in a rivalry with the artist:

    A) Donatello

    B) Ghiberti

    C) Jan van Eyck

    D) Uccello



11) Which of the following achievements is NOT attributed to Brunelleschi?

    A) Abraham sacrificing Isaac

    B) the dome on Florence Cathedral

    C) Gattamelata

    D) Discovery of one-point perspective

    E) Pazzi Chapel



12) Which of the following works is NOT a classical subject revived in the Italian Renaissance?

    A) Scenes from the life of Hercules

    B) One-point perspective

    C) Equestrian monuments

    D) Heroic nude figures.

    E) Venus as a goddess of love.