Deck 8: The Early Renaissance in Europe

Question 1

What part of the plan of Santo Spirito dictated the dimensions of the church?

A) nave bay
B) apse
C) crossing square
D) narthex

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Florentine Pollaiuolo is known for ____.

A) figures that appear ecorché
B) the representation of figures in action
C) his work for the Medici
D) all of these choices

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which pictorial strategy did Rogier employ in the Deposition?

A) hierarchy of scale along the central axis
B) compositional unity through movement
C) linear perspective
D) all of these choices

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The calendar in Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry depicts ____.

A) nobility
B) peasantry
C) seasonal tasks
D) all of these choices

Question 5

Fra Filippo Lippi's Madonna and Child with Angels represented spiritual perfection through ____.

A) mathematical ratios
B) worldly sensuous beauty
C) trompe l'oeil realism
D) all of these choices

Question 6

The façade of Alberti's Sant'Andrea combines ____.

A) a triumphal arch and a tholos
B) scrolls and a temple front
C) a triumphal arch and a temple front
D) a tholos and scrolls

Question 7

The classical principle of contrapposto,or weight shift,was reintroduced into Western art by the sculptor ____.

A) Ghiberti
B) Claus Sluter
C) Pollaiuolo
D) Donatello

Question 8

In Masaccio's Holy Trinity,the vanishing point can be found ____.

A) between the dove of the Holy Spirit and God the Father
B) above the head of God the Father
C) at the foot of the Cross
D) on the head of the Crucified Christ

Question 9

Alberti believed that ____.

A) classical forms required modernization
B) Gothic architecture was the epitome of structural logic
C) columns represented the perfection of God
D) harmonic proportions achieved beauty in architecture

Question 10

Who won the 1401 competition to design the Baptistery doors for the Cathedral of Florence?

A) Ghiberti
B) Brunelleschi
C) Donatello
D) Masaccio

Question 11

In Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride,which of the following is an allusion to God?

A) the dog
B) the bedpost
C) the whisk broom
D) the mirror

Question 12

Masaccio made the figures in his Tribute Money appear bulky by modeling with a/an ____.

A) specific light source outside the picture
B) flat neutral light
C) identifiable light source within the picture
D) light source shining directly on the figure of Christ

Question 13

Why is it unlikely that the Well of Moses created by Claus Sluter spouted water?

A) There was no water source in the Carthusian monastery
B) The Carthusians were committed to silence and prayer
C) The Well of Moses was never finished
D) The Well of Moses did not include a water spout or basin.

Question 14

The disguised symbolism in the Mérode Altarpiece includes the ____.

A) candle
B) lilies
C) towels
D) all of these choices

Question 15

Who was the Dominican painter-friar who combined elements of the new Renaissance style of art with traditional religious devotional works?

A) Piero della Francesca
B) Pollaiuolo
C) Fra Angelico
D) Fra Filippo Lippi

Question 16

Which of the following is a classical reference on Ghiberti's 1401 competition panel?

A) the drapery flowing on the body of Isaac
B) the elongated S curve of Isaac's body
C) the classical costumes worn by the figures
D) the naked figure of Isaac

Question 17

Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights is a/an ____.

A) triptych
B) diptych
C) breviary
D) illumination

Question 18

Why did the city fathers select the Sacrifice of Isaac as the theme for the competition panels in the 1401 competition?

A) They were encouraging self-sacrifice in the face of the tense political situation
B) They were encouraging self-sacrifice in order to commission the doors
C) They used the theme to embody Sienese self-sacrifice
D) They encouraged the sacrifice of old values at the dawn of the humanist era

Question 19

Brunelleschi's detailed study and recording of Roman architectural monuments became the catalyst for the development of ____.

A) groin vaults
B) linear perspective
C) pointed arches
D) atmospheric perspective

Question 20

What does the fountain created by Claus Sluter for the cloister of Chartreuse de Champmol symbolize?

A) redemption
B) judgment
C) sanitation
D) hope

Question 21

Why is Rogier van der Weyden's Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin thought to be a comment on the painting profession?

Question 22

Identify this sculpture and explain its subject and its significance for the history of art.

Question 23

How does this work reflect the values of fifteenth-century Flanders?

Question 24

What appears on the ground floor of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi?

A) cornice
B) rustication
C) triumphal arch
D) dressed masonry

Question 25

List at least five symbols in Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride.Explain their meanings.

Question 26

The Camera Picta appears in the ____ family palace.

A) Gonzaga
B) Medici
C) Riccardi
D) Pazzi

Question 27

What is the "problem" with Alberti's façade of Sant'Andrea in Mantua?

Question 28

Which of the following families once owned Donatello's David?

A) Medici family
B) Pazzi family
C) Riccardi family
D) Gonzaga family

Question 29

Identify the central theme of the Ghent Altarpiece.

Question 30

How does this work reflect the interests of its patron?

Question 31

Identify the artist or artists,country,and describe the style of this work.

Question 32

Describe one-point linear perspective.

Question 33

Why was Mantua an important center of artistic production in the fifteenth century?

Question 34

Identify this painting and explain what it represents.

Question 35

Define atmospheric perspective.

Question 36

Explain the advantages of oil paint over tempera.

Question 37

The development of linear perspective is generally credited to ____.

A) Donatello
B) Alberti
C) Masaccio
D) Brunelleschi

Question 38

How does Perugino's Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter represent the power of the papacy?

Question 39

Which of the following architects wrote influential treatises on painting and architecture?

A) Brunelleschi
B) Michelozzo
C) Alberti
D) Botticelli

Question 40

Explain how an engraving is made.

Question 41

How does the work employ the principles developed by Filippo Brunelleschi?

Question 42

Select four examples that illustrate the Northern European desire to place religious scenes in contemporary settings.Explain your selections.

Question 43

How does this work reveal the influence of ancient Rome?

Question 44

Contrast the style of fifteenth-century Burgundian and Flemish and Italian painting.How are they similar? How are they different? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 45

Analyze the role and representation of patrons in fifteenth-century painting.Use examples to support your essay.

Question 46

How does the Holy Trinity by Masaccio express Renaissance humanism? Include in your essay examples from two other artists who express the same humanist ideals.Did they express humanism in the same way? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 47

Compare and contrast the stylistic and thematic characteristics of Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece and Masaccio's Holy Trinity.

Question 48

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 49

How did social and historical issues affect art in fifteenth-century Burgundy,Flanders,and the Holy Roman Empire? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 50

How does the renovation of this church by Alberti demonstrate his ideas about Classical form and harmonic relationships between parts?

Question 51

Explain how this painting reveals that the artist had interests beyond linear perspective.

Question 52

Explain how this image tells its story.

Question 53

Assess the extent to which Alberti realized the principles of his theoretical writings in the architecture of specific buildings he designed.

Question 54

How did the competition for the baptistery doors of the Cathedral of Florence herald the path of Renaissance art in fifteenth-century Italy? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 55

Evaluate Donatello's contribution to the sculpture of the fifteenth century.Use examples to support your essay.