Deck 13: The High Renaissance in Italy

Question 1

Which Italian city was famous for its oil paintings?

A) Florence
B) Mantua
C) Venice
D) Palermo

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What did Michelangelo add to Bramante's original design of St. Peter's Basilica?

A) a covered walkway
B) a large, ribbed dome
C) a series of stained-glass windows
D) a burial site

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In Raphael's painting School of Athens , who are the two philosophers in the center?

A) Epicurus and Thales
B) Socrates and Plato
C) Socrates and Aristotle
D) Plato and Aristotle

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which sculptor's Abduction of the Sabine Women uses a complex spiral composition?

A) Michelangelo Buonarroti
B) Benvenuto Cellini
C) Giovanni da Bologna
D) Leonardo da Vinci

Question 5

Which term best describes Palestrina's music?

A) dissonant
B) conservative
C) disturbing
D) virtuosic

Question 6

Who painted Venus of Urbino ?

A) Giorgione
B) Sanzio
C) Titian
D) Strozzi

Question 7

How did Raphael arrange the figures in Madonna of the Meadow ?

A) in a column
B) in a pyramidal arrangement
C) in circular fashion
D) in a quadrangular arrangement

Question 8

Which composer is considered the "bridge" between the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

A) Palestrina
B) Strozzi
C) Giorgione
D) Josquin

Question 9

Which city is most associated with the High Renaissance in Italy?

A) Venice
B) Rome
C) Padua
D) Florence

Question 10

Who sang in the Sistine Choir?

A) unaccompanied female voices
B) accompanied female voices
C) unaccompanied male voices
D) a mixture of male and female voices

Question 11

Who was the leading architect of northern Italy during the High Renaissance?

A) Andrea Palladio
B) Michelangelo Buonarroti
C) Donato Bramante
D) Benvenuto Cellini

Question 12

In the Sistine Chapel, what are the subjects of the famous ceiling frescoes?

A) scenes and figures from Dante's poetry
B) scenes and figures from the Bible
C) scenes and figures from Greek mythology
D) scenes and figures from Roman history

Question 13

What musical techniques did Josquin des Prez develop?

A) overlapping voices and expressive use of lyrics
B) elaborate keyboard and lute accompaniments
C) virtuosic use of traditional Gregorian chant melodies
D) composition for multiple choirs

Question 14

How did High Renaissance painters in Venice differ from painters in Florence and Rome during the Renaissance?

A) Venetians painted religious subjects, while southern painters focused on secular subjects.
B) Venetians painted frescoes, while southern painters focused on oil painting.
C) Venetians emphasized color, while southern painters focused on line.
D) Venetians painted nudes, while southern painters focused on clothed figures.

Question 15

What was the nickname of Pope Julius II?

A) Il Re Magnifico
B) Il Sovrano Straordinario
C) Il Pastore Forte
D) Il Terribilis

Question 16

What did Lavinia Fontana's painting Noli Me Tangere depict?

A) the Virgin Mary
B) Mary Magdalene
C) an autumnal landscape
D) a wealthy patron

Question 17

Which Pope commissioned Bramante in 1506 to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica?

A) Pope Julius II
B) Pope Leo X
C) Pope Clement VII
D) Pope Adrian VI

Question 18

In The Creation of Adam , why is the finger of God reaching out to man?

A) to give him a warning
B) to punish him
C) to reveal truth to him
D) to bring him to life

Question 19

Which Venetian painter, a master colorist, was active as an artist for 70 years?

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

Question 20

Which Renaissance sculptor believed that his role was to carve away the excess in a block of marble to liberate the figure within?

A) Donatello
B) Raphael
C) Michelangelo
D) Bramante

Question 21

Which musician composed over 100 masses and directed all music for the Vatican during the final 20 years of his life?

A) Palestrina
B) Josquin
C) Willaert
D) Gabrieli

Question 22

Which artist left a 13,000-page collection of notes containing drawings of human anatomy, inventions, geometric shapes, and a human fetus?

A) Castiglione
B) Leonardo
C) Michelangelo
D) Palladio

Question 23

What term refers to Baldassare Castiglione's ideal of effortless mastery?

A) universale
B) toccare
C) mannerism
D) sprezzatura

Question 24

What was the most famous book by Benvenuto Cellini?

A) A Game of Chess
B) The Pastoral Life
C) his autobiography
D) his collected notebooks

Question 25

Who was Sofonisba Anguissola? What is she known for and what did she depict in her work?

Question 26

Which artist was summoned to Rome to create a monumental tomb for Pope Julius II?

A) Leonardo
B) Palladio
C) Giovanni da Bologna
D) Michelangelo

Question 27

What are the Mannerist characteristics of Michelangelo's design for the vestibule of the Laurentian Library?

Question 28

One of the most famous panels on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, partly because of its use of negative space, is

A) The Creation of Adam .
B) The Last Supper .
C) The Last Judgment .
D) Moses .

Question 29

How does the content of Mannerist art compare with the content of other art of the Renaissance? Why are Pontormo's Entombment (c. 1528) and Bronzino's Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time (c. 1546) good examples of Mannerist art?

Question 30

What is the term for financial support given for artistic projects?

A) patronage
B) indulgence
C) obligation
D) leverage

Question 31

What book did Castiglione write during his time at the court of Urbino from 1504 to 1516?

A) The Book of the Courtier
B) The Prince
C) The Last Judgment
D) The Last Supper

Question 32

Which artist created the famous portrait of Baldassare Castiglione now hanging in the Louvre Museum in Paris?

A) Michelangelo
B) Raphael
C) Titian
D) Strozzi

Question 33

________ is known for its adventurous liturgical music, often centered in St. Mark's Basilica.

A) Florence
B) Naples
C) Venice
D) Milan

Question 34

An educated female companion and entertainer, the __________ played an important role in Venice's social fabric.

A) courtier
B) geisha
C) abbess
D) courtesan

Question 35

What musical innovations came from Venetian composers in the 16^th century?

Question 36

_____________ corresponded with Michelangelo and wrote more than 400 poems, mostly Petrarchan sonnets.

A) Vittoria Colonna
B) Veronica Franco
C) Baldessare Castiglione
D) Benvenuto Cellini

Question 37

Which artist created the Madonna of the Rocks and The Last Supper ?

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

Question 38

How did Cellini's life compare with the ideal set forth by Castiglione?

Question 39

In Italian, the word terribilità means which of the following?

A) a horrific monster
B) awe-inspiring power, intractable will
C) a devastating tragedy
D) of extremely poor quality

Question 40

Which Venetian poet wrote verses in terza rima, including seductive poetic dialogues?

A) Vittoria Colonna
B) Veronica Franco
C) Benvenuto Cellini
D) Baldessare Castiglione