Deck 15: The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride

Question 1

Michelangelo placed The Drunkenness of Noah as the first scene viewers see upon entering the Sistine Chapel because it

A)is the last in the Genesis chronology.
B)was intended to emphasize God's forgiveness.
C)was intended to remind them of their own frailty.
D)blends into the wall fresco of the Flood.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In his Pietà,Michelangelo presents Mary as young and beautiful instead of middle-aged to

A)make her resemble images of Mary Magdalene.
B)emphasize the enormity of her loss.
C)justify her small size compared to Jesus's size.
D)make her a timeless image of purity and chastity.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to the ancient Roman Vitruvius,the ideal human body should be eight times the size of the

A)distance between wrist and elbow.
B)clenched fist.
C)distance between the ankle and the knee.
D)human head.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Michelangelo left Florence for Rome in 1505 because

A)he wanted to study Rome's Classical architecture.
B)Pope Julius II commanded him to come to Rome.
C)he was exiled from Florence along with the Medici.
D)his friend Raphael was working in Rome.

Question 5

Early Venetians abandoned the mainland for the swampy lagoon islands to

A)flee the invading Lombards from the north.
B)hide from the papal tax collectors.
C)be closer to Constantinople.
D)escape the plague that devastated the mainland.

Question 6

All of the following are major areas of humanist learning that Julius II commissioned Raphael to paint on the Vatican's Stanza della Segnatura EXCEPT

A)theology.
B)law and justice.
C)philosophy.
D)mathematics.

Question 7

Michelangelo placed the Separation of Light from Darkness at the far end of the Sistine Chapel over the altar,because it

A)was intended to symbolize the viewers' distance from creation's goodness and truth.
B)is the first event in the Genesis narrative.
C)was intended to emphasize the limitless power of the altar of God.
D)includes linear perspective that draws viewers' eyes to the altar.

Question 8

When the papacy returned to Rome in 1420,popes restored the city in an effort to

A)move visitors with its extraordinary sights.
B)encourage more people to move to Rome.
C)persuade the church to support the municipality.
D)persuade the city-states to support the church.

Question 9

What musical interval corresponds with Vitruvius's theory of proportion?

A)the octave
B)the dyad
C)the Pythagorean third
D)the perfect fourth

Question 10

Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Pope

A)Sixtus IV.
B)Leo X.
C)Clement VII.
D)Julius II.

Question 11

Michelangelo's Laurentian Library steps create the visual effect of a

A)circle inscribed within a square.
B)cascading waterfall.
C)group of eight rectangles.
D)nautilus shell's spirals.

Question 12

The people were eager to buy the indulgences that Julius II sold to finance the St.Peter's project,because they wanted to

A)shorten their stay in purgatory.
B)be in the pope's good favor.
C)avoid military duty in the Holy Roman army.
D)be forgiven of their sins.

Question 13

In the School of Athens,Raphael represents Plato pointing upward to signify the location of

A)God.
B)the realm of ideal forms.
C)the setting of his book,The Republic.
D)his allegorical cave.

Question 14

In the School of Athens,Aristotle directs his palm down to

A)call attention to Diogenes the Cynic on the step below him.
B)manipulate the viewer's gaze to the vanishing point at his feet.
C)indicate that knowledge comes from study of the natural world.
D)emphasize his Nicomachean Ethics,which conflicts with Plato's Republic.

Question 15

Josquin des Prez's polyphonic compositions for the Sistine Chapel Choir were very popular because of the

A)simplicity of their a cappella performance.
B)common language of their lyrics.
C)expressiveness of the voices.
D)familiarity of their melodies.

Question 16

Ca' d'Oro in Venice differs from the Medici palace in Florence in that it prioritizes the

A)projection of state authority and power.
B)effects of massiveness and monumentality.
C)representation of cultural diversity.
D)celebration of personal wealth and social status.

Question 17

Donato Bramante applied the Vitruvian circle inscribed with a square to his church designs to

A)imitate Classical Greek architecture.
B)symbolize the perfection of God.
C)increase the interior space.
D)remove associations with the pagan basilica.

Question 18

In architecture,Renaissance Venetians favored the

A)Romanesque style.
B)Gothic style.
C)Neoclassical style.
D)Florentine style.

Question 19

Machiavelli saw the role model for his perfect prince in the Florentine ruler

A)Lorenzo de' Medici.
B)Girolamo Savonarola.
C)Cesare Borgia.
D)Cosimo de' Medici.

Question 20

As inspiration for The Prince,Niccolò Machiavelli studied

A)Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
B)Roman rulers and citizens.
C)Alexander the Great's campaigns.
D)Virgil's Aeneid.

Question 21

Venetian artists begin favoring oil paint over tempera,because it

A)did not flake off of the walls in the humid Venetian climate.
B)was less expensive to mix.
C)gave their work more luminosity and realistic details.
D)dries more quickly.

Question 22

Villa La Rotunda was modeled upon the

A)Parthenon.
B)Baths of Caracalla.
C)Domus Aurea.
D)Pantheon.

Question 23

In The Nobility and Excellence of Women and the Defects and Vices of Men,Lucretia Marinella claims that men who denigrate women are motivated by

A)desire for control.
B)sexual desire.
C)anger and envy.
D)feelings of inadequacy.

Question 24

Discuss the High Renaissance use Vitruvius's ideas of symmetry,proportion,and ratio in art,architecture,and music,citing one example for each area.

Question 25

Almost all of Madalena Casulana's known musical works are

A)in the form of the frottole.
B)polychoral.
C)composed for the toccata.
D)in the form of the madrigal..

Question 26

Villa La Rotunda is considered by many to be Andrea Palladio's masterpiece because its

A)design is perfectly symmetrical.
B)ratio is the same as that of the Parthenon.
C)monumental facade projects authority and power.
D)asymmetry creates a light,airy effect.

Question 27

In Titian's Sacred and Profane Love,sacred love is represented by

A)Cupid.
B)the nude woman.
C)the fully dressed woman.
D)the cavorting rabbits.

Question 28

The role of most women in Renaissance Italy was to

A)manage domestic affairs.
B)support their husbands' public roles.
C)produce heirs for their husbands.
D)educate their children.

Question 29

List the four frescoes of the Vatican's Stanza della Segnatura and discuss the balance that Raphael achieved both with and in them.

Question 30

Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso satirizes the earlier work of

A)Lancelot.
B)The Aeneid.
C)The Divine Comedy.
D)The Song of Roland.

Question 31

Adrian Willaert's innovations with the New Music's madrigals helped secular song by

A)enabling it to be performed by a single voice.
B)raising it to the level of the religious motet.
C)creating the form that would become opera.
D)allowing it to be adapted for religious services.

Question 32

Giorgio Vasari criticized Venetian artists such as Giorgione and Titian for their

A)lack of buon disegno.
B)overadherence to religious subjects.
C)use of nudity to sexually arouse viewers.
D)overemphasis on the details of everyday life.

Question 33

Among Venice's most educated citizens and dominating the literary scene was a group of

A)"honest courtesans."
B)Persian merchants.
C)humanist churchmen.
D)Chinese traders.

Question 34

In Renaissance Italy,the education of women was,to some degree,necessitated by

A)changes in roles in in church activities.
B)the need for extra income.
C)an increase in family sizes.
D)the rise of the merchant class.

Question 35

Discuss Pope Julius II's rationale for including two Classical pagan scenes and two Christian scenes on the walls of the Stanza della Segnatura,located in the Vatican Palace.

Question 36

The most influential of the Renaissance women patrons was

A)Paola Tinagli.
B)Isabella d'Este.
C)Veronica Franco.
D)Andrea Palladio.

Question 37

Identify and explain two reasons the Church desired the restoration of Rome.

Question 38

The Venetians considered themselves blessed by Saint Mark,because

A)he is the patron of sailors and fishermen.
B)he was a pacifist,as were the Venetians.
C)his relics resided in Venice's cathedral.
D)he supposedly performed miracles in Venice.

Question 39

Analyze the scenes and their arrangement on the Sistine Chapel ceiling,commenting on Michelangelo's creation of them.

Question 40

Explain the symbolism in Titian's Reclining Nude (Venus of Urbino).

Question 41

Portraiture became very popular during the Renaissance.Explain how this demand connects with the ideas of humanism,referencing specific works.

Question 42

Show how Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso parodies the epic and satirizes the ideas of chivalry.

Question 43

Outline the main advice that Niccolò Machiavelli offers rulers in The Prince.

Question 44

The Prince has been called "a pioneering text in political science." Explain that statement,supporting your claim with specifics from Machiavelli's work.

Question 45

Examine the changes in traditional new developments in music during the High Renaissance.

Question 46

The humanist ideas of the High Renaissance provided women with some new opportunities and roles.From patrons such as Isabella d'Este to feminist writers such as Laura Cereta and Lucretia Marinella to the Venetian courtesans such as Veronica Franco,discuss the High Renaissance woman.

Question 47

Compare the Venetian city architecture (the Doge's Palace,the Ca' d'Oro)with the country villa (Palladio's Villa La Rotunda).

Question 48

Identify Venice's three social classes,and within their context explain the significance of scuola membership.