Deck 19: The Renaissance Through the Baroque

Question 1

Sandro Botticelli's paintings,such as The Birth of Venus,reflect his interest in a philosophy called

A)Neoplatonism.
B)Enlightenment.
C)Neoclassicism.
D)Romanticism.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist.What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?

A)his turbulent compositions
B)his calm,balanced compositions
C)his use of mythological themes
D)the didactic nature of his paintings

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of High Renaissance painting?

A)The Limbourg Brothers' October
B)Masaccio's The Tribute Money
C)Botticelli's The Birth of Venus
D)Raphael's School of Athens

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Whose David was the first life-size nude sculpture since antiquity?

A)Michelangelo's
B)Donatello's
C)Raphael's
D)Leonardo da Vinci's

Question 5

What sets northern European artists apart from most artists of the Italian Renaissance is their interest in

A)the size and scale of their paintings.
B)rendering believable space in realistic detail.
C)a denial of aerial or scientific perspective.
D)portraiture.

Question 6

The Baroque can be characterized as/by:

A)highly didactic Christian art.
B)developing in the 15^th century and promoting the ideas and aesthetics of classical antiquity.
C)developing in 18^th century France and promoting civic responsibility and sacrifice.
D)17^th century theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.

Question 7

Early Renaissance architect Brunelleschi is best known for

A)introducing complex narrative into painting and indicating a single,fixed light source that increased the overall naturalism of his compositions.
B)developing linear perspective and designing the dome over the huge crossing in Florence Cathedral.
C)reviving "sculpture-in-the-round" and reintroducing the nude figure.
D)painting the 38 panels in the Arena Chapel that depict the life of Christ.

Question 8

Michelangelo's painting,The Last Judgment,for the Sistine Chapel,typifies a style that came to be known as

A)Expressionism.
B)Northern painting.
C)Mannerism.
D)Baroque.

Question 9

Florence became a cultural center of the Renaissance in a large part due to

A)the number of painters living there.
B)its location on a major shipping route.
C)the Medici family.
D)the size of the city.

Question 10

In Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks painting by Yin Hong,from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century,the peacock symbolizes

A)the non-Chinese invading army.
B)the reality inside the mind.
C)the dichotomy of the northern and southern schools of Chinese painting.
D)the Chinese emperor.

Question 11

The Limbourg Brothers' manuscript Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry signified the return of what,lost in art since antiquity?

A)"cast shadows"
B)chiaroscuro
C)human figures
D)images of architecture

Question 12

The sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini created Ecstasy of St.Theresa,a centerpiece of a chapel in Rome.It is typical of which style?

A)Baroque
B)Renaissance
C)Rococo
D)Mannerist

Question 13

The "Big 3" of the Italian High Renaissance were

A)Brunelleschi,Donatelli,and Masaccio.
B)Robert Campin,Roger van der Weyden,and Jan van Eyck.
C)De Chirico,Dali,and Magritte.
D)DaVinci,Michelangelo,and Raphael.

Question 14

Coatlicue is a deity from which culture?

A)Mayan
B)Aztec
C)Olmec
D)African

Question 15

Which of these is an example of Baroque painting?

A)Masaccio's The Tribute Money
B)Botticelli's The Birth of Venus
C)Raphael's School of Athens
D)Caravaggio's The Calling of St.Matthew

Question 16

In School of Athens,Raphael represents the two significant schools of philosophy,signified by the portrayal of what two figures in the center of the composition?

A)Christ and Michelangelo
B)Socrates and Euripides
C)Plato and Aristotle
D)Descartes and Hippocrates

Question 17

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is thought to have had appeal to the Renaissance imagination in part because the portrait reveals

A)subtractive color mixing.
B)the personality of the sitter.
C)Neoplatonist influence.
D)perfect linear perspective.

Question 18

What did the early-Renaissance sculptor Donatello do that hadn't been done since Classical Antiquity?

A)he developed linear perspective
B)he made paintings with complex narratives
C)he used mythological themes
D)he sculpted nude figures

Question 19

In the 1330s,Petrarch conceived of a philosophy that emphasized the value of the individual and the pursuit and study of classical languages,literature,history,and philosophy.Today we call these disciplines the

A)divine arts.
B)fine arts.
C)temporal arts.
D)humanities.

Question 20

The style of Burial of Count Orgaz is highly eclectic and individual.The artist is

A)Michelangelo.
B)El Greco.
C)Bronzino.
D)Albrecht Dürer.

Question 21

Leonardo was known in his time for his work as an artist and as a(n)

A)military engineer and weapons-designer
B)architect
C)ambassador
D)patron of the arts

Question 22

Until the nineteenth century,most Westerners based their concepts of China upon whose travel accounts?

Question 23

Teotihuacan was an important cultural center for which Mesoamerican culture?

A)Aztec
B)Olmec
C)Maya
D)It is not known which culture used it.

Question 24

Who was the most influential artist of the Baroque period in Europe?

A)Michelangelo
B)Durer
C)Caravaggio
D)Bernini
E)Leonardo

Question 25

Machu Picchu was a "getaway" for which culture's rules?

A)Aztec
B)Inca
C)Maya
D)Olmec

Question 26

Name the three leading innovators of the arts in early fifteenth-century Florence.

Question 27

How did "spirituality" find its way into nonreligious subject matter in Baroque painting? Cite one or two examples that support your answer.

Question 28

Using examples from the chapter,discuss the significance of the Renaissance.

Question 29

Compare and contrast a painting from the High Renaissance and one that displays the Mannerist style.

Question 30

Filippo Brunelleschi is credited with having developed what artistic tool?

Question 31

Renaissance painters in the north had the benefit of a new painting medium.What was it and what were its benefits?

Question 32

Florentine Renaissance art prioritized disegno,drawing and delineation of forms,while Venetian Renaissance art prioritized

A)abstract forms.
B)the same as the Florentines,disegno.
C)the sensuousness of light and color.
D)spontaneity and experimentation.