Deck 9: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Europe

Question 1

Giorgione's paintings are known for their ____.

A) perspectival space
B) poetic themes
C) external light sources
D) disegno

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which artist displayed Mannerist characteristics?

A) Raphael
B) Titian
C) Leonardo
D) Pontormo

Answer 2

D

Question 3

El Greco's art is characterized by ____.

A) Byzantine and Venetian influences
B) elongated figures and undefined space
C) fervent Spanish Catholicism
D) all of these choices

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What anamorphic element appears in Holbein's French Ambassadors?

A) skeleton
B) seal of Francis I
C) death's-head
D) seal of Henry VIII

Question 5

The Escorial is a ____.

A) palace and monastery
B) country home and school
C) chateau and royal academy
D) villa and convent

Question 6

The façades of Palladio's Villa Rotunda include ____.

A) domes
B) pilasters
C) temple porches
D) colossal order

Question 7

The plan of Escorial is supposedly based on the ____.

A) cross of St.Peter
B) sword of St.Paul
C) arrows of St.Sebastian
D) gridiron of St.Lawrence

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT included in Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece?

A) Presentation
B) Lamentation
C) Crucifixion
D) Resurrection

Question 9

How did Michelangelo adjust Bramante's plan for the new St.Peter's?

A) He added an axial nave.
B) He added a hemispheric dome.
C) He constructed a central-plan church.
D) He added a double-columned portico.

Question 10

Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece is characterized by ____.

A) High Renaissance clarity and disegno
B) Lutheran iconography
C) a flat gold background
D) an exacting rendering of pain

Question 11

Leonardo da Vinci's paintings are characterized by ____.

A) sfumato
B) monumental nude figures
C) Mannerist elongation
D) colorito

Question 12

The term terribilità is most often used to refer to ____.

A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Michelangelo
C) Raphael
D) Bronzino

Question 13

How does Dürer's Four Apostles reveal his Lutheran sentiments?

A) He places Peter behind the Gospel writers
B) The inscription warns against papal excesses
C) He employs his theory of human proportion
D) The inscription appears in Latin

Question 14

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco includes ____.

A) characters from Ovid's Metamorphoses
B) prophets and sibyls
C) scenes from the life of Christ
D) Christian martyrs

Question 15

Titian's Madonna of the Pesaro Family exemplifies Titian's ability to ____.

A) convey light through color
B) display disegno
C) organize symmetrical compositions
D) use the di sotto in su viewpoint

Question 16

Pieter Bruegel's Hunters in the Snow is one of six paintings of the ____.

A) Church calendar
B) seasons of the year
C) Flemish regional labors
D) proverbs

Question 17

Venetian painting is known for its ____.

A) colorism
B) monumental figures
C) rational design
D) disegno

Question 18

What work of architecture displays Mannerist characteristics?

A) El Escorial
B) The Tempietto
C) Villa Rotunda
D) The Palazzo del Te

Question 19

Mannerist art is characterized by ____.

A) artifice
B) ambiguous spaces
C) unusual treatments of common themes
D) all of these choices

Question 20

Which artist applied for a position by telling his prospective patron that he could "contrive various and endless means of offence and defense"?

A) Raphael
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Michelangelo
D) Titian

Question 21

How does the Isenheim Altarpiece represent suffering and salvation?

Question 22

Explain the subject and purpose of Bruegel's Netherlandish Proverbs.

Question 23

What features of this painting identify it as Mannerist?

Question 24

What are disegno and colorito?

Question 25

Which subject is not represented in the Stanza della Segnatura fresco paintings by Raphael?

A) rhetoric
B) law
C) theology
D) philosophy

Question 26

How does Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks reflect the artist's groundbreaking feat?

Question 27

How does this building reflect classical influences?

Question 28

How is Titian's Venus d'Urbino significant for its title,composition,and material?

Question 29

How did Dürer promote Italian ideas in Northern Europe?

Question 30

Leonardo's Last Supper breaks with traditional iconography by ____.

A) placing Judas on the same side of the table as Christ and the other Disciples
B) including the Magdalene next to Christ
C) including the Virgin seated at the table
D) including a money bag as symbol of Judas' betrayal

Question 31

Explain how Michelangelo adjusted Bramante's plan for the New St.Peter's and his purpose for the changes.

Question 32

Quinten Massys's Money-Changer and his Wife warns viewers to ____.

A) prepare for the Last Judgment
B) save money and donate to the church
C) avoid sin and work hard
D) balance worldly and spiritual concerns

Question 33

How did El Greco's travels contribute to his style of painting?

Question 34

Pieter Aertsen's Meat Still-Life is an allegory of ____.

A) greed
B) prosperity
C) salvation
D) papal authority

Question 35

Why is this work Mannerist?

Question 36

How does the Stanza della Segnatura reflect Western learning?

Question 37

What features identify this work as High Renaissance?

Question 38

How does this work exemplify Venetian painting?

Question 39

The first known Northern European self-portrait by a woman is by ____.

A) Levina Teerlinc
B) Judith Leyster
C) Caterina van Hemessen
D) Lavinia Fontana

Question 40

How is Christ in the House of Levi typical of Veronese's approach to art?

Question 41

Explain the contributions Leonardo da Vinci,Raphael,and Michelangelo made to art.Use examples to support your essay.

Question 42

Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date.Give the reasons for your attributions,using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.

Question 43

Why is this work significant?

Question 44

How does this work reflect the ideas and morals of The Netherlands?

Question 45

Compare Raphael's School of Athens with Veronese's Christ in the House of Levi.How did each work reflect its artistic and social environment?

Question 46

Contrast the work of Dürer with Pieter Bruegel.How are they similar and in what ways are they different? How did the political climate affect their work? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 47

How did Italian architects working in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries adjust classical architecture to suit their needs? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 48

Compare Michelangelo's David with Donatello's David.Discuss the change,if any,in the representation of the image.How did these two images reflect the artists and their periods?

Question 49

What elements in this work make it recognizable as Catholic rather than Protestant?

Question 50

How does this work depart from the principles of the Italian High Renaissance?

Question 51

How is Giulio Romano's Palazzo del Te considered a parody of Classical style?

Question 52

How did Venetian and Mannerist artists differ from High Renaissance artists working in Florence and Rome? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 53

Explain the use of allegory and proverbs in sixteenth-century art.Use examples to support your essay.

Question 54

Select four examples of art and architecture that illustrate the relationship of art and politics in sixteenth-century Europe.

Question 55

Select four works of art and explain how they embody the major stylistic and thematic issues in sixteenth-century European art.

Question 56

Who painted this,and what is being represented?