Deck 17: Renaissance Artists

Question 1

The Venetian architect celebrated for having resuscitated the Classical ideals of symmetry and centrality in numerous buildings and villas throughout Northern Italy was

A)Bramante.
B)Palladio.
C)Michelangelo.
D)Ghiberti.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Explain the impact of Greco-Roman classicism on the art and architecture of the Renaissance.

Answer 2

The period of the Renaissance was based on a backward-looking scholarly movement,which built upon old classical texts and artistic models from ancient Greece and Rome.This movement,known as Classical humanism,became the foundation from which all the Renaissance artists built upon.Perhaps most importantly,the Classical principles of symmetry and proportion influenced all Renaissance arts,from painting,to sculpture,to architecture and music.
For example,the revitalization of the nude in Renaissance art reflects the classical attention to correct anatomical proportions and contrapposto stance.Donatello's David was inspired by the classical statuaries of Rome,for instance,where he studied.The gently detailed proportions of Renaissance nudes stood in stark contrast to the medieval representations of the human body as a vehicle for sin;instead,the Renaissance nude praised the body as an object of pleasure.

Question 3

In the commercial cities of Italy and the Netherlands,the arts became tangible expressions of increased

A)urbanization.
B)piety.
C)affluence.
D)crime and sin.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Architect,sculptor,and painter,Michelangelo brought a ________ dimension,both in size and execution,to the treatment of traditional Christian and classical subjects.

A)sympathetic
B)heroic
C)understated
D)rough

Question 5

________ helped to popularize the madrigal and other vernacular song forms.

A)Church choirs
B)Troubadours
C)Concerts
D)Printed sheet music

Question 6

An early master of the new Renaissance technique of linear perspective,________ died young but left many innovative church frescos in Florence.

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

Question 7

Which of the following was responsible for the colossal and innovative dome on the cathedral (il Duomo)in Florence,Italy?

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

Question 8

In 1510,Pope Julius II commissioned which of the following artists to execute a series of frescoes for the Vatican Stanza Della Segnatura,including The School of Athens?

A)Michelangelo
B)Raphael
C)Leonardo
D)Ghiberti

Question 9

The Renaissance technique of marrying the manipulation of the musical composition to follow the literal meaning of a given text is called

A)melodizing.
B)sounding.
C)syncopation.
D)word painting.

Question 10

The first freestanding life-sized sculpture of a human since antiquity was created by which of the following?

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

Question 11

In Venice,Titian achieved fame for his ________ renderings of sensuous female nudes occupying landscapes and rich interiors.

A)painterly
B)pointillist
C)expressionist
D)impressionist

Question 12

Discuss the new developments in Renaissance music and dance.

Question 13

Provide some examples of High Renaissance art and architecture.

Question 14

Which of the following painted The Birth of Venus sometime after 1482?

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

Question 15

Renaissance artists were disciples of

A)God.
B)nature.
C)religion.
D)orthodoxy.

Question 16

________,the quintessential artist-scientist,tried to reconcile empirical experience with abstract principles of design.

A)Brunelleschi
B)Michelangelo
C)Leonardo
D)Ghiberti

Question 17

Guglielmo Ebreo wrote the first known treatise on which of the following disciplines?

A)choral arranging
B)instrumental music
C)bronze casting
D)dance

Question 18

Describe the main features (in style and subject matter)of Early Renaissance art and architecture.

Question 19

Which innovative musical instrument developed in the Renaissance used multiple quills fixed to a keyboard that would pluck pre-tuned strings when depressed?

A)clavichord
B)harpsichord
C)spinet
D)piano

Question 20

Discuss the changing notions of art and patronage during this time in history.