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The Renaissance
Fine Arts
TEST
Mrs. Higdon
“Man is rightly called and judged a great miracle and a wonderful creature indeed.”
–Pico della Mirandello
1. The _______________ is a “rebirth” of classical Greek and Roman culture.
a. Humanism
b. Renewal
c. Renaissance
d. Hedonism
2. Which does NOT describe the Renaissance time period?
a. focused on human life and accomplishments
b. concerned with heaven and hell more than in Middle Ages
c. period of exploration and adventure
d. period of exceptional human creativity
3. Which of the following does NOT describe the intellectual movement of humanism?
a. stressed preparation for the afterlife
b. believed in the worth of each human life
c. sought earthly wisdom
d. stressed the value of the here and now
4. Who opened the door for modern astronomy by suggesting that mathematical calculations
would be simpler if one accepted the sun as a stationary point?
a. Raphael
b. Copernicus
c. Marco Polo
d. Carl Sagan
5. ______________ caused education to increase among the middle class people.
a. Greek and Roman ideals
b. The Protestant reformation
c. The compass
d. The printing press
6. The posting of 95 theses upon a church door in Wittenburg Germany protesting the abuses of
power and privilege by church hierarchy led to
a. The Renaissance
b. The Counter Reformation
c. The Reformation
d. The formation of the Anglican Church
7. The papal response to Martin Luther’s revolt was the __________________. Convened by
Pope Paul III, the Council of Trent reaffirmed every element of Roman doctrine attacked by
reformers and revived the Inquisition.
a. The Renaissance
b. The Counter reformation
c. The Reformation
d. The formation of the Anglican Church
8. Renaissance art differed from medieval art because ____________________.
a. Medieval art lacked attention to background.
b. Renaissance art had more nudes.
c. Renaissance art focused on secular as well as religious subjects.
d. All of the above.
Matching
a. linear perspective
b. visual perspective
c. atmospheric perspective
9. Based on the optical fact that colors become dimmer and outlines become hazier as they recede
into the distance.
10. Suggests depth of space by overlapping shapes and by smaller size and distant objects.
11. Based on the principle that all lines converge on a single vanishing point.
12. The cultural epicenter of the Renaissance was ______________.
a. Paris
b. Florence
c. Milan
d. Rome
13. The greatest architect of the Renaissance was ______________.
a. Ghiberti
b. Botticelli
c. Michelangelo
d. Brunelleschi
14. The first nude sculpture completed since Greek and Roman times was completed by
a. Donatello
b. Leonardo
c. Raphael
d. Michelangelo
15. Massachio’s Tribute Money tells the story of a man catching a fish, finding money in the fish,
and paying the Roman tax collector. This is called _________________.
a. linear perspective
b. word painting
c. storytelling
d. continuous narration
16. Botticelli’s _______________ has a subject derived from classical mythology.
a. Sistine Chapel
b. The Birth of Venus
c. Oedipus Rex
d. Zazzy Zeus
17. Which Flemish artist is known for his symbolism and oil based painting, particularly with such
a work as the The Arnolfini Wedding?
a. El Greco
b. Michelangelo
c. Botticelli
d. Jan Van Eyck
18. One of the most controversial, pessimistic painters of the Renaissance is _____________.
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Donatello
c. Hieronymus Bosch
d. Michelangelo
19. Which of the following works of art contains hundreds of naked men and women and animals,
busy with silly activities?
a. Birth of Venus
b. The Last Judgment
c. Garden of Delights
d. Mona Lisa
20. Which painting did Leonardo da Vinci carry with him everywhere?
a. The Last Supper
b. Mona Lisa
c. Ginevra
21. Which work of art is the only one signed by Michelangelo?
a. Pieta
b. David
c. The Creation of Adam
22. Which work of art by Michelangelo stands 17 ft tall?
a.. Pieta
b. David
c. The Creation of Adam
23. The private chapel of the Popes is called the ______________. In four years, Michelangelo
painted over 700 square yards of barrel-vaulted ceiling with over 300 figures.
a.. The Dome of Florence
b. The Wedding Chapel
c. the Sistine Chapel
d. T he Louvre
24. ____________, one of the greatest painters of Western art, is well-known for his Madonnas.
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Raphael
c. Michelangelo
d. Donatello
25. Which of Raphael’s paintings has the figures of Plato and Aristotle?
a. Madonna Alba
b. The Last Supper
c. The Work of Man
d. The School of Athens
26. The _______ was the preferred instrument of the middle class in the Renaissance.
a. harp
b. lute
c. harpsichord
27. _____________ was known as “The Prince of Music.”
a. Henry Purcell
b. Durer
c. Jasquin de Pres
28. High notes symbolize heaven, low notes symbolize hell is an example of
_________________.
a. counterpoint
b. opera
c. word painting
29. Who composed over 300 masses?
a. Raphael
b. Purcell
c. Palestrina
30. A playful love song is known as a _________.
a. motet
b. madrigal
c. mass
31. The leading operatic composer of the Renaissance is ______________.
a. Palestrina
b. Donatello
c. Purcell
32. The term a capella refers to ________________.
a. music set to poems
b. secular music
c. vocal music, no instruments
True or False
33. Subject matter rather than style determined if a composition was sacred or secular.
34. By the end of the sixteenth century, the printing press had allowed music publishers to be in
business everywhere.
35. Kings and other royalty competed for the finest composers, singers, and instrumentalists
during the Renaissance.
Matching
36. Cervantes
37. Sir Thomas More
38. Machiavelli
39. Shakespeare
40. Castiglione
a. Much Ado about Nothing
b. Don Quixote
c. Utopia
d. The Prince
e. The Book of the Courtier
Identifications
a. Raphael’s The School of Athens
b. Michelangelo’s David
c. Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus
d. Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper
e. Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Wedding
ab. Donatello’s David
ac. Micelangelo’s The Creation of Adam
ad. Ghibert’s Baptistery doors of Florence Cathedral
ae. Massacio’s Tribute Money
bc. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
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“The frailest and most vulnerable creatures is man, and at the same time the most
arrogant.” - Montaigne