Deck 7: Fifteenth-Century Art

Question 1

In Sandro Botticelli's Realm of Venus,the unpredictable nature of love is suggested by the:

A) blindfolded Cupid.
B) rancid lemons.
C) stormy sky.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In his portraits of the rulers of Urbino,Piero della Francesca suggests:

A) the vast extent of ducal power.
B) their elevation above the everyday.
C) their almost omnipotent presence.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Donatello's treatment of St.Mark is non-medieval because it emphasizes:

A) divine inspiration.
B) a pantocrater type.
C) human attributes.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What about Robert Campin's Annunciation triptych suggests that the patron's wife was added at the time of their marriage?

Question 5

Humanistic studies in Renaissance Italy involved what disciplines in its curriculum?

Question 6

Both della Francesca's Resurrection and van der Weyden's Deposition show a characteristic not seen in painting since Roman times,which is:

A) abstract decoration.
B) naturalism.
C) miniaturization.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 7

In the Self-Portrait of Shen Zhou,the gesture of the hands suggests that the picture was painted from life.

Question 8

Originally,the Inka mountain retreat of Machu Picchu included:

A) ceremonial plazas.
B) housing for various classes.
C) sectors devoted to agriculture.
D) temples.
E) all of these.

Question 9

On his Pietà,Michelangelo carved his signature on the ribbon that crosses Mary's chest.

Question 10

As seen in the Mandala of Jnanadakini from Tibet,a mandala is the Buddhist symbol for the structure of the ____________.

Question 11

In the Medici Palace courtyard,Michelozzo reveals the new attitudes of the Renaissance by the:

A) classical-style arcade.
B) references to antiquity.
C) lucid regularity.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 12

Giorgio Vasari argued that the transition to the High Renaissance occurred with the art of ____________.

Question 13

What about Jan van Eyck's Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami suggests that an oath is being taken?

A) hanging pillows
B) position of the couple's hands
C) view outside the window
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 14

In the February calendar page by the Limbourg Brothers,subtle details characterize the comprehensive ____________ developing in Flemish painting at the beginning of the fifteenth century.

Question 15

In Mantegna's Camera Picta for the Gonzaga Ducal palace at Mantua,most of the vault is painted with gold decorative patterns and ____________.

Question 16

In Leonardo's Last Supper,the calm figure of Christ exists:

A) at the focal point of the perspective.
B) to form a symbolic triangle.
C) on the axis of symmetry.
D) to give visual stability to the composition.
E) all of these.

Question 17

In Brunelleschi's Church of Santo Spirito,instead of towering Gothic verticality,we perceive a measured ____________ and ____________.

Question 18

In his Trinity,Masaccio has advanced Giotto's artistic innovations by combining them with superfluous abstract detail.

Question 19

In the Chief's Stool from the Taino culture,the figure carved on the front represents a Taino deity.

Question 20

In Flanders oil painting,most colors are modeled downward toward black.

Question 21

Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is based on a passage from the Roman writer Vitruvius,who suggested what regarding the human body and geometry?

Question 22

What factors contributed to the sad state of Leonardo's Last Supper before restoration?

Question 23

What common features would appear to characterize the art of the 15ᵗʰ century,particularly in Flanders and Italy,but also in Japan,and what themes continue to be employed by artists of this time? Please cite examples.

Question 24

On the interior of The Altarpiece of the Lamb,what aspects are considered to unify the painting and to be the work of Jan van Eyck?

Question 25

Discuss the idea of the Renaissance.What does it mean literally,historically,culturally,and artistically?