Deck 8: Sixteenth-Century Art

Question 1

The response of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation,known as the Counter-Reformation,was planned between 1545 and 1563 at the:

A) Peace of Augsburg.
B) Council of Trent.
C) Synod of Wittenburg.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In Michelangelo's Florence Pietà,the normal Renaissance harmony is broken by the unstable composition and the ____________.

Answer 2

elongated figures

Question 3

On the interior of Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights triptych,the wings show:

A) a vision of Hell.
B) the creation of Eve.
C) God the Father.
D) the Garden of Eden.
E) all of these.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece was painted for the chapel of a monastic hospital that specialized in treating:

A) dangerous Christian mystics.
B) patients with skin diseases.
C) renegade Catholic converts.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 5

The Raft from the Muisca culture of northern South America functioned as a votive offering.

Question 6

Sophonisba Anguissola is credited with creating a new category of still-life painting.

Question 7

Brueghel's December Landscape emphasizes nature by the manner in which the season,as expressed by the landscape,controls the activities of the peasants.

Question 8

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Japan,the arts were inspired by the Zen Buddhist apprehension of the spiritual identity of all things and by aesthetic standards that stressed:

A) allusiveness.
B) restraint.
C) subtlety.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 9

In Michelangelo's Creation of Adam fresco,what aspect suggests the vital energy soon to be released?

A) Adam's powerfully muscled figure
B) the lightning bolt streaking across the sky
C) Adam's laurel crown
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 10

In Soami's Dry garden of the Daisenin of Daitokuji,the waterless boulders,stones,and gravel suggest a course of water:

A) racing along a mountain riverbed.
B) falling over a waterfall.
C) flowing into a broad river.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 11

In Titian's Venus of Urbino,the identification of the nude female figure as Venus is supported by symbolism of the ____________ and the ____________.

Question 12

Mannerist artists sought to create ____________ and ____________ constructions to demonstrate their intellectual and technical virtuosity and the sophistication of their patrons.

Question 13

The Mannerist qualities in Michelangelo's The Last Judgment are believed to result from:

A) the leaden psychological climate of Rome.
B) the Reformation.
C) the brutal sack of Rome in 1527.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 14

What political qualities were associated with Michelangelo's David because of its being carved in Florence in 1501-04?

Question 15

Giorgio Vasari considered the art of the Middle Ages to be very worthy and highly estimable.

Question 16

In Raphael's Philosophy,what does Aristotle's right hand gesture with palm down over the earth mean?

Question 17

What explains the appearance of the "onion" domes placed on Russian orthodox churches,such as St.Basil's?

Question 18

In most printmaking media,the surface of the print form can be re-inked to produce a number of additional prints,called a(n) ____________.

Question 19

In Brueghel's Peasant Wedding Feast,the composition is based on the strong right-to-left ____________ of the table.

Question 20

Leonardo became famous for his ability to:

A) create a sense of mystery.
B) gently model through careful blending.
C) represent subtle shadows.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 21

Why was Veronese's Last Supper considered so controversial by the Inquisition tribunal in 1573?

Question 22

Describe Bramante's plan for the new St.Peter's.What was his inspiration,and what is the symbolic meaning of his plan for the new church?

Question 23

Why is Titian's technique known as having a painterly quality?

Question 24

Discuss the iconographic scheme for Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.