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Practice Test Chap. 21-22
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1. In 1401 an important competition was held to determine the design of the Baptistery doors for the Cathedral of
Florence. Even at this early date Renaissance traits were evident. Which of the following is one of those traits?
a. adherence to the 14th century frame
b. a new pictorial illusionism
c. maintaining artist anonymity
d. humility of civic pride
2. The theme for the competition for the Baptistery doors was the Sacrifice of Isaac. How did this theme parallel the
current state of affairs for the city?
a. City fathers were encouraging self-sacrifice in the face of the tense political situation.
b. City fathers were encouraging self-sacrifice in order to commission the doors.
c. City fathers were encouraging self-sacrifice for the Medici in order to gain funding for the
commission of the doors.
d. City fathers were encouraging self-sacrifice in order to petition Rome for the monies to
commission the doors.
3. Ghiberti's competitive panel shows classical references that indeed reflect the influences of humanism. Which of
the following is a classical reference seen on Ghiberti's panel?
a. the drapery flowing from the body of Isaac
b. the elongated S curve of Isaac's body
c. the profusion of cloth puddled around Abraham
d. the naked figure of Isaac
4. How does Gentile da Fabriano reconcile the Adoration of the Magi with the current trends in Florentine
Renaissance art?
a. He included a classical nude in the predella scene of the Flight into Egypt.
b. He used a "modern" architectural setting for the Adoration scene.
c. The background scene of the Adoration is the classical Roman countryside.
d. He depicted animals from a variety of angles and foreshortened their forms convincingly.
5. How did Masaccio represent bulk for his figures in the Tribute Money?
a. through modeling with a specific light source outside the picture
b. through modeling with a flat neutral light
c. through modeling with an identifiable light source within the picture
d. through modeling
6. In Masaccio's Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden the slanted light coming from an outside source creates a
deep relief. What does this light source create?
a. Nothing because it has no bearing on the fresco at all.
b. It focuses the viewer's attention on the subsequent scene of Cain Killing Abel.
c. It becomes a strong unifying agent.
d. It focuses the viewer's attention on the angel forcibly removing the couple from Eden.
7. In Masaccio's Trinity, he embodies two principal Renaissance interests. One is realism based on observation.
Which of the following is the other?
a. It is the application of mathematics to pictorial organization of perspective.
b. It is the use of antique elements as components of the work.
c. It is the introduction of the donors into the context of the work.
d. It is using architecture as a frame.
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8. Which of the following artists was the winner of the famous competition for the bronze doors of the Florence
Baptistery?
a. Donatello
b. Ghiberti
c. Brunelleschi
d. Nanni di Banco
9. Which of the following was the Dominican painter-friar who combined elements of the new style of art with
traditional religious devotional works that did not conflict with the content of the works?
a. Piero della Francesca
b. Pollaiuolo
c. Fra Angelico
d. Fra Filippo Lippi
10. Which Italian city played the most important role in the development of Renaissance ideas and art forms in the
early fifteenth century?
a. Venice
b. Florence
c. Siena
d. Rome
11. Which of the following accounts for the decline in the role Florence played in the support of the arts at the end of
the 15th century?
a. death of Lorenzo de'Medici
b. incursion of the French armies
c. death of Masaccio
d. Savonarola's brief span of power
12. Which of the following was the most prominent patron of fifteenth-century Florentine art?
a. Medici family
b. Pazzi family
c. Riccardi family
d. Gonzaga family
13. The Classical principle of contrapposto, or weight shift, was reintroduced into Western art by the sculptor
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a. Ghiberti
b. Verrocchio
c. Pollaiuolo
d. Donatello
14. Which of the following describes the style of Fra Angelico?
a. lush and opulent
b. scientifically precise
c. simple and direct
d. fulsome and complex
15. Leonardo painted the Virgin of the Rocks, and it is said this work is a masterpiece in expressing emotional states.
He modeled the figures with light and shadow--a technique he learned from earlier works. Which 15th century
Italian artist would have influenced Leonardo?
a. Piero della Francesca
b. Fra Angelico
c. Masaccio
d. Gentile da Fabriano
16. In Leonardo's Last Supper, the curved pediment above the head of Christ represents which of the following?
a. the Parthenon
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b. pagan Rome
c. a halo
d. mere ornamentation
How did Michelangelo's David become a political statement?
a. The sheer size of the work illustrated the wealth of Florence
b. David was the patron saint of the Gonzagas
c. The Pope contributed to the commission
d. The placement of figure near the west door of the Palazzo della Signoria
How has Michelangelo portrayed David?
a. At the moment of victory
b. With stern watchfulness before the battle
c. By celebrating the defeat of Goliath
d. By watching Goliath die
The Sistine ceiling represents which of the following themes?
a. the chronology of Christianity
b. the history of the papacy
c. the history of Julius II
d. the chronology of the Early Christian Church in Rome
In the scene, Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling God and Adam confront each other in the
primordial void. Adam is part of the earth while the Lord transcends the earth. Which of the following
interpretations best describes this depiction?
a. the medieval interpretation of the event
b. the Late Gothic interpretation of the event
c. the humanist interpretation of the event
d. the Italian 15th century interpretation of the event
What is an Arcadian reverie?
a. Greek countryside
b. Florentine countryside
c. Idyllic place of rural, rustic peace and simplicity
d. Elysian Fields
Michelangelo's fascination with the human body was a lifelong pursuit. In his David he presented a perfect body
with an attuned mind, prepared and ready for action. Which of the following descriptions of this work would
support this statement?
a. It is a combination of Greek perfection and psychological insight.
b. It is a combination of Hellenistic excess and restrained emotion.
c. It is a combination of athletic tension and emotional excess.
d. It is a combination of athletic tension and psychological insight.
Increasingly artists of the High Renaissance paid particular attention to the subject's personality and psychic state.
This could also be said to describe the portraiture of which of the following artists?
a. Raphael
b. Michelangelo
c. Giulio Romano
d. Cellini
The dome Bramante designed for St. Peter's in Rome would have resembled which of the following?
a. Pantheon, Rome
b. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul)
c. Florence Cathedral
d. St. Mark's, Venice
Of the following, who was one of the most important Roman patrons of Michelangelo?
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a. Lorenzo de' Medici
b. Federigo da Montefeltro
c. Julius II
d. Ludovico Sforza
Which of the following was one of the favorite compositional devices of painters of the High Renaissance?
a. a flat triangle
b. a trapezoid
c. a pyramid
d. an oval
The Neo-Platonic ideals of the Medici circle were most congenial to the thinking of which of the following
artists?
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Michelangelo
c. Raphael
d. Bronzino
Which sculptor believed that the artist must proceed by first finding the idea--the image--locked in the stone and
then release it by chipping away the stone?
a. Michelangelo
b. Benvenuto Cellini
c. Giovanni da Bologna
d. Christoforo Foppa Caradosso
Which painter created dynamic compositions, often by means of swirling clouds and fitful light?
a. Giorgione
b. Tintoretto
c. Giovanni Bellini
d. Raphael
Titian's Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne was most likely inspired by ________.
a. Classical art
b. the tradition of romance poetry
c. the sermons of Savonarola
d. Scholastic philosophy
Which of the following sculptural conventions did Michelangelo use for the figure of Moses in order to create an
expression of "awful wrath"?
a. The straight forward pose
b. The figure is staring down at viewer
c. The figure is looming over the viewer
d. The bulging muscles and swollen veins of the figure
Which of the following developed in 15th century Italy but fully matured in 16th century Italy?
a. fresco
b. manuscript illumination
c. perspectival systems
d. architectural standards
Which artist applied for a position by telling his prospective patron that he could do the following, "contrive
various and endless means of offence and defence... In time of peace I believe I can give perfect satisfaction and
to the equal of any other in architecture and the composition of buildings ... and in guiding water from one place
to another?"
a. Raphael
b. Leonardo da Vinci
c. Michelangelo
d. Titian
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a. Florence
b. Mantua
c. Rome
d. Parma