Question 1

Discuss the change in style between Michelangelo painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling and his Last Judgment for the altar wall of that same building. To what factors do you attribute the differences between these works?

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Question 2

Explain the various characteristics of Mannerist art using three key examples. In what ways did Mannerist art develop from High Renaissance art and in what ways is Mannerist art new?

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Question 3

Examine Palladio's Villa Rotonda. What aspects of this building are classically inspired and how does the building communicate a relationship between human stature and the surrounding landscape?

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Question 4

Discuss della Porta's handling of the facade of Il Gesù. What was classically inspired and what was innovative about his design? What problems was he addressing?

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Question 5

The Venetian artist Tintoretto reportedly wanted "to paint like Titian and to design like Michelangelo."

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This statement is true. Tintoretto was inspired by the works of both Titian and Michelangelo and sought to combine their styles in his own art.

Question 6

How and why did art in Venice develop so differently than art in Florence or Rome?

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Question 7

What events are believed to have contributed to the end to the High Renaissance?

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Quiz 17: The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy