Deck 16: Renaissance and Baroque Europe

Question 1

What was Raphael's contribution to the arts of the Renaissance? Which qualities in his works led Europeans to admire him as their greatest painter?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Identify three stylistic characteristics of Mannerism?

Answer 2

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Question 3

What was the significance of linear perspective for Renaissance artists?

Answer 3

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Question 4

The Holy Trinity fresco, by Masaccio, is considered to be the first painting based on the use of:

A) sfumato
B) tenebrism
C) linear perspective
D) isometric perspective

Question 5

What was the primary subject matter for Rococo artists?
Essay Questions

Question 6

Caravaggio's dramatic portrayal of scenes at night, as seen in The Conversion of Saint Paul, was called:

A) tenebrism
B) foreshortening
C) rococo
D) sfumato

Question 7

The first woman to gain widespread notoriety as an artist in the Renaissance was:

A) Rosa Bonheur
B) Sofonisba Anguissola
C) Hildagard of Bingen
D) Marietta Robusti

Question 8

How does Sandro Botticelli's Birth of Venus reflect the then-popular neo-Platonist philosophy?

Question 9

Rococo paintings mainly showed:

A) historical scenes
B) peasants coping with their daily lives
C) dramatic portraits
D) life without troubles

Question 10

Many Baroque characteristics developed as propaganda for the:

A) French Revolution
B) Counter Reformation
C) oppressed minorities
D) ruling classes

Question 11

Identify the three cities where High Renaissance art flourished?

Question 12

Many Renaissance artists benefited from the patronage of the _______ family.

A) Borgia
B) Rockefeller
C) Medici
D) Merisi

Question 13

What was the controversy regarding the restoration of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling?

Question 14

In Jan van Eyck's The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami, the woman is wearing green because:

A) she wasn't a virgin
B) it symbolized money
C) it symbolized fertility
D) it symbolized Christianity

Question 15

Michelangelo's David has a pose influenced by the sculpture of the ancient:

A) Romans
B) Egyptians
C) Sumerians
D) Greeks

Question 16

Discuss the development of the Renaissance in Northern Europe.

Question 17

Leonardo da Vinci's technique of blurred edges, called _______, can be seen in his Mona Lisa.

A) sfumato
B) chiaroscuro
C) tenebrism
D) camera obscura

Question 18

Define Renaissance.

Question 19

In the Netherlands, the major patrons of such artists as Vermeer and Rembrandt were:

A) the nobility
B) the wealthy merchant class
C) civic organizations
D) the middle classes

Question 20

Discuss the origins of the Renaissance, mentioning and explaining humanism, exploration, discovery and rediscovery, and science in relation to the developments in art.

Question 21

Explain the difficulties faced by women artists from the Middle Ages onward. Do you think these obstacles still exist? Why or why not?

Question 22

Explain the creation and appearance of Bernini's The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. How were the dominant characteristics of the Baroque period shown in this work?