Deck 13: The Early Renaissance

Question 1

________ is credited with the Renaissance invention of linear perspective.

A)Ghiberti
B)Brunelleschi
C)Uccello
D)Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Masaccio

A)maintained strict monochrome paintings and avoided contrast in light and dark.
B)used complex, dramatic settings.
C)embellished his scenes with sumptuous drapery.
D)clearly defined his light sources so that shadows were logical and realistic.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a feature of Brunelleschi's design for the Church of Santo Spirito?

A)Latin cross plan
B)a flat ceiling
C)chapels on three sides
D)stained-glass windows
E)round arches

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which is NOT a feature of Bruni's tomb?

A)Its sculptor was Marzocco.
B)Lions are a part of its iconography.
C)It merges Christian and Classical motifs.
D)The effigy of Bruni lies on a bier.

Question 5

Which is NOT a feature of the Hospital of the Innocents?

A)arcades
B)round arches
C)Doric columns
D)pediments
E)bays

Question 6

Which two cities were most at the forefront of early humanism?

A)Venice and Rome
B)Florence and Padua
C)Rome and Florence
D)Siena and Florence
E)Siena and Padua

Question 7

Who of the following was NOT a condottiere?

A)Federico da Montefeltro
B)Sir John Hawkwood
C)Erasmo da Narni
D)Niccolò da Tolentino
E)Leon Battista Alberti

Question 8

Leonardo Bruni was

A)a humanist.
B)chancellor of Florence.
C)a historian.
D)all of these: a humanist, a historian, and chancellor of Florence.
E)None of these answers is correct.

Question 9

Brunelleschi did many things,but he did NOT

A)design the dome of Florence Cathedral.
B)study ancient buildings and monuments in Rome, rediscovering antique proportions and measurements.
C)work in Florence.
D)use the Colosseum as his model for the Ospedale degli Innocenti.

Question 10

The term paradiso as used in reference to Ghiberti's doors means

A)the Garden of Eden.
B)the illustration of Dante.
C)the space between a cathedral and its baptistery.
D)the dome of the cathedral.
E)the dome of the baptistery.

Question 11

Which best describes Renaissance humanism?

A)study of human nature
B)human-based culture
C)revival of Classical texts
D)a Christian bias

Question 12

Which are some of the reasons for Ghiberti's victory in the competition of 1401?

A)His relief was less expensive to cast and more monumental than Brunelleschi's.
B)His relief was less expensive and more graceful.
C)His relief was more expensive, but also more elegant.
D)His relief was more monumental, more original, and he had political connections.

Question 13

Which of the following is true of one-point perspective?

A)Orthogonals converge at the vanishing point.
B)Orthogonals run from right to left on the picture plane.
C)Orthogonals are at right angles to the floor of the painted space.
D)Orthogonals are not used.

Question 14

In the 15th century,the ________ of Florence were the great patrons.

A)Urbini
B)Innocenti
C)popes
D)Medici

Question 15

Which is NOT a new,Renaissance feature of Masaccio's Holy Trinity?

A)a barrel-vault with coffers
B)architectural forms established by Brunelleschi
C)donors
D)a memento mori
E)one-point perspective

Question 16

Which best defines "foreshortening"?

A)reduction in scale
B)placing a smaller object in front of a larger object
C)a twist at the waist
D)depicting a form in perspective

Question 17

The artist whom Vasari accused of being too obsessed with perspective was

A)Piero della Francesca.
B)Mantegno.
C)Uccello.
D)Masaccio.
E)Brunelleschi.

Question 18

The medal of John VIII Palaeologus was cast by

A)Alberti.
B)Matteo de' Pasti.
C)the Byzantine emperor.
D)Pisanello.

Question 19

Ghiberti's style is

A)aligned by orthogonals of true perspective.
B)realistic.
C)classically inspired.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 20

Which author goes with which text?

A)Dante - History of the Florentine People
B)Brunelleschi - Commentarii
C)Alberti - Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
D)Masaccio - De Pictura (On Painting)
E)Bruni - Laudatio of the City of Florence

Question 21

The Camera Picta (or Camera degli Sposi)of the Ducal Palace in Mantua decorated

A)an audience chamber.
B)the chapel.
C)a room for a wedding.
D)the marchesa's private study.

Question 22

Which does NOT appear in the Arnolfini Portrait?

A)a dog
B)a mirror
C)sandals
D)fruit
E)a vase of lilies

Question 23

The Ghent Altarpiece is a

A)diptych.
B)panel.
C)polyptych.
D)triptych.

Question 24

________ was NOT included in Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece.

A)The Adoration of the Lamb by All Saints
B)The figure of God/Christ
C)Christ on the cross
D)Adam and Eve

Question 25

St.Luke was the patron saint of

A)artists.
B)book binders.
C)weavers.
D)stonemasons.

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a correct match?

A)Rimini - Tempio Malatestiano
B)Brancacci Chapel - Florence
C)Sant'Andrea - Mantua
D)Gattamelata - Ravenna
E)Sir John Hawkwood - Florence Cathedral

Question 27

Masaccio created the barrel vault in the Holy Trinity by using ________ perspective.

A)atmospheric
B)linear
C)intuitive
D)herringbone

Question 28

The frescoes of the Camera Picta of the Ducal Palace in Mantua were painted by

A)Fra Filippo Lippi.
B)Andrea Mantegna.
C)Leonardo da Vinci.
D)Sandro Botticelli.

Question 29

The artist that refined oil painting with techniques including mixing pigment with linseed oil and using tiny brushes was

A)Jan van Eyck.
B)Paolo Uccello.
C)Gentile da Fabriano.
D)Leonardo da Vinci.

Question 30

Which does NOT appear in Botticelli's Birth of Venus?

A)a scallop shell
B)the mother of Venus
C)waves
D)a nymph
E)flowers

Question 31

Hugo van der Goes's Portinari Altarpiece has

A)rich colors and a somber mood.
B)a confined sense of space.
C)a flat, gold background worked with a pattern punch.
D)dim colors and a somber mood.

Question 32

Which of the following is a correct match?

A)Masaccio - Famous Men and Women
B)Brunelleschi - one-point perspective
C)Castagno - Holy Trinity
D)Alberti - medal of John VIII Palaeologus
E)Mantegna - Rucellai Palace

Question 33

In Mantegna's Parnassus,which god does NOT appear?

A)Apollo
B)Vulcan
C)Mars
D)Juno
E)Venus

Question 34

Which of the following is nearest to the sense of chiaroscuro?

A)gradual shading
B)high contrast of light and dark
C)shadow
D)silhouetting

Question 35

Match the artist with the work.

A)Robert Campin -Ghent Altarpiece
B)Botticelli -Mérode Altarpiece
C)Rogier van der Weyden - St.Luke Depicting the Virgin
D)Ghirlandaio -Portinari Altarpiece

Question 36

The subject of Man in a Red Turban is believed to be

A)Cosimo de Medici.
B)Jan van Eyck.
C)Philip the Bold.
D)Rogier van der Weyden.

Question 37

Atmospheric perspective depicts near and far according to

A)diminution in size.
B)increase in size.
C)degrees of clarity.
D)haziness in the sky.

Question 38

The most outstanding examples of the new Flemish style of painting included all of the following EXCEPT

A)Giovanni Bellini.
B)Jan van Eyck.
C)Hans Memling.
D)Rogier van der Weyden.

Question 39

Which is NOT a 15th-century development?

A)illusionism
B)mythological subject matter
C)one-point perspective
D)an increase in literacy
E)stained-glass windows

Question 40

Grisaille means

A)imitation sculpture.
B)gesso.
C)foreshortening.
D)contrapposto.
E)oil painting.