Deck 17: Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Question 1

Which Flemish sculptor was an exception to the rule that Mannerism was a primarily Italian style?

A) Cellini
B) El Greco
C) Parmigianino
D) Giambologna

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Who painted Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time?

A) Tintoretto
B) Cellini
C) Bronzino
D) Parmigianino

Answer 2

Bronzino

Question 3

The painting Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time exemplifies the Mannerist fondness for

A) erotic imagery.
B) Christian allegory.
C) natural landscapes.
D) somber colors and subjects.

Answer 3

erotic imagery.

Question 4

How does Giambologna's Mercury differ from the Davids of Donatello and Verrocchio?

A) It differs little from one viewpoint to another.
B) It presents smooth, fleshy surfaces.
C) It presents a more rigid pose.
D) It makes greater use of open space.

Question 5

Who painted Madonna of the Long Neck?

A) Pontormo
B) Giambologna
C) Parmigianino
D) Anguissola

Question 6

Who painted Entombment for the Church of Santa Felicità in Florence?

A) Giambologna
B) Pontormo
C) Bronzino
D) Tintoretto

Question 7

The columns on the façade of San Giorgio Maggiore are

A) Ionic.
B) Corinthian.
C) Doric.
D) Composite.

Question 8

Sofonista Anguissola was best known for painting

A) landscapes.
B) portraits.
C) obscure religious allegories.
D) rural scenes.

Question 9

Which of the following qualities is characteristic of Mannerist art?

A) symmetrical arrangements that create an overall aura of stability
B) open spaces with human figures overwhelmed by natural landscapes
C) elongated, exaggerated human bodies in complex poses
D) the close study, imitation, and idealization of nature

Question 10

Which Mannerist artist was charged with two murders and wrote an autobiography while under house arrest for sodomy?

A) Tintoretto
B) Vasari
C) Berlioz
D) Cellini

Question 11

In which of the following countries did the Protestant Reformation gain the LEAST ground?

A) England
B) Norway
C) Spain
D) Switzerland

Question 12

A striking quality of the Entombment at the Church of Santa Felicità in Florence is its

A) juxtaposition of fixed and agitated poses, and of gloomy and pastel colors.
B) accentuation of the fleshiness of the human figures.
C) rejection of the sculptural, carved appearance of drapery made popular by Michelangelo.
D) creation of a well-defined space in which all of the human figures appear distant from each other.

Question 13

How did Tintoretto's Last Supper differ from those of Veronese and Leonardo?

A) Tintoretto's work was more inclined toward mystical melodrama.
B) Tintoretto's work demonstrated a greater interest in the psychology of the subjects.
C) Tintoretto's work revealed a closer observation of nature.
D) Tintoretto placed the table at which Jesus sat parallel to the picture plane.

Question 14

The Counter-Reformation responded to the challenge of Protestantism by emphasizing

A) Christ's role as a merciful redeemer.
B) divine punishment for sin.
C) the essential good of humankind.
D) the benevolent qualities of nature.

Question 15

How did Paolo Veronese respond when the Holy Tribunal attacked him for including vulgar and "heretical" imagery in hisLast Supper?

A) He burned the work and begged for mercy.
B) He painted over the offending material.
C) He changed the painting's title.
D) He endured torture and imprisonment rather than repent.

Question 16

At the Council of Trent, the Roman Catholic Church decided on all the following rules regarding art EXCEPT that

A) art should emphasize the parallels between the Old and New Testaments.
B) art should appeal to reason rather than the emotions.
C) art should be didactic and ethically correct.
D) art should portray religious subjects accurately and ignore Classical events.

Question 17

Francesco Mazzola is better known as

A) Giambologna.
B) El Greco.
C) Pontormo.
D) Parmigianino.

Question 18

Which Mannerist artist was known for his sculpted work with gold and enamel, such as a salt cellar he made for King Francis I?

A) Cellini
B) Vasari
C) Bronzino
D) Ridolfi

Question 19

In Madonna and Child with Angels , Mary's body twists gracefully in a form known as

A) figura pieta.
B) figura rossi.
C) figura putto.
D) figura serpentinata.

Question 20

One of the figures in Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time was a small infant known as a

A) picta.
B) serpentinata.
C) putto.
D) rossi.

Question 21

How did the design of the church of San Giorgio Maggiore solve the problem of relating the façade to an interior with a high central nave and lower side aisles?

A) by elevating the side aisles to match the nave
B) by superimposing a tall façade on a shorter, wider one
C) by lowering the nave to match the side aisles
D) by removing the façade completely

Question 22

The works of Andrea Palladio had a notable influence on Thomas Jefferson, among many others.

Question 23

Palladio's villas typically were based on plans of what shape?

A) cross
B) circle
C) pentagon
D) square

Question 24

Who painted the Burial of the Count of Orgaz?

A) Tintoretto
B) El Greco
C) Parmigianino
D) Bronzino

Question 25

A characteristic of Mannerist art is its often complex and obscure iconography.

Question 26

The subject matter and composition of the Burial of the Count of Orgaz shows

A) a close proximity between the material world on earth and the spiritual world of Heaven.
B) the punishment inevitably doled out to sinners who pursue worldly wealth.
C) a fondness for playful eroticism even in seemingly dour occasions.
D) an implicit argument that the material world is the only reality and no soul lives on after death.

Question 27

Who wrote Four Books of Architecture (1570)?

A) Vitruvius
B) Tintoretto
C) Cellini
D) Palladio

Question 28

Who designed the church of San Giorgio Maggiore?

A) Palladio
B) Ruiz
C) Tintoretto
D) Veronese

Question 29

The main source of patronage for Mannerist artists was the pope and other church officials.

Question 30

The Roman Inquisition actively sought out and censored art that did not meet the standards of the Catholic Church.

Question 31

Some contemporaries of Michelangelo denigrated his works, such as the Pietà and the Last Judgment, as being "filth" more suited for a bathroom than a chapel.

Question 32

The Villa Rotunda at Vicenza exhibits all the following features EXCEPT

A) a domed central chamber.
B) strict symmetry.
C) stained-glass windows.
D) porticoes enclosed by walls pierced by an arch.

Question 33

Although Mannerist art rejected much of the Classical Renaissance style, it retained Classical proportionality.

Question 34

Scholars remain unsure of the meaning of several of the iconographic figures in Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time.

Question 35

Unlike other artists of the Counter-Reformation, El Greco retained a lively interest in High Renaissance style and Classical subject matter.

Question 36

From 1577 onward, El Greco worked in which country with which he is most associated?

A) Italy
B) France
C) Greece
D) Spain

Question 37

What architectural feature used by Palladio became a characteristic aspect of Baroque architecture?

A) the broken pediment
B) the flying buttress
C) the vaulted arch
D) the cruciform layout

Question 38

Domenikos Theotokopoulos is better known as

A) Cellini.
B) Parmigianino.
C) El Greco.
D) Giambologna.

Question 39

Although a few sixteenth-century women gained notice for their paintings, there is no record that any woman of the time was ever commissioned to do sculptures.

Question 40

Marietta, the daughter of the artist Tintoretto, assisted her father in his works and painted portraits on her own.

Question 41

What characteristics of El Greco's art makes is an exemplar of Counter-Reformation painting?

Question 42

How did the religious tumult of the sixteenth century affect Mannerist art?

Question 43

What were the chief characteristics of Mannerism? How do those characteristics represent a break from the Classical Renaissance?

Question 44

How did Mannerists depict the human body? What might be the significance of such depictions?

Question 45

What impact did the Council of Trent have on art painted in the second half of the sixteenth century?

Question 46

What use did Mannerists make of erotic imagery and themes?

Question 47

What characteristics of Mannerism can be detected in the works of Andrea Palladio?