Chapter 15: The Renaissance
Test Bank
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Giovanni Arnolfini and His bride
A. Limbourg Brothers B. Robert Campin C. Jan van Eyck*
2.
3.
The Merode Altarpiece
A. Limbourg Brothers B. Robert Campin* C. Jan van Eyck
A painting about a marriage
A. Limbourg Brothers B. Robert Campin C. Jan van Eyck*
4.
Botticelli
A. Northern Renaissance B. Italian Renaissance* C. Mannerism
5.
Pontormo
A. Northern Renaissance B. Italian Renaissance C. Mannerism*
6.
Dürer
A. Northern Renaissance* B. Italian Renaissance C. Mannerism
7.
Alberti
A. Northern Renaissance B. Italian Renaissance* C. Mannerism
8.
Grünewald
A. Northern Renaissance* B. Italian Renaissance C. Mannerism
9.
Donatello
A. 15th Century Italian Renaissance* B. Italian High Renaissance
Mannerism
10.
Michelangelo
A. 15th Century Italian Renaissance B. Italian High Renaissance*
C. Italian Mannerism
11.
Leonardo da Vinci
A. 15th Century Italian Renaissance B. Italian High Renaissance*
C. Italian Mannerism
12.
Piero della Francesca
A. 15th Century Italian Renaissance* B. Italian High Renaissance
C. Italian Mannerism
C. Italian
13.
Pontormo
A. 15th Century Italian Renaissance B. Italian High Renaissance
C. Italian Mannerism*
14.
Raphael
A. 15th Century Italian Renaissance B. Italian High Renaissance*
C. Italian Mannerism
15.
Mona Lisa
A. Leonardo* B. Michelangelo C. Raphael D. Bramante E. Titian
16.
Architect to whom initial commission for renovation of St. Peter's was given
A. Leonardo B. Michelangelo C. Raphael D. Bramante* E. Titian
17.
The Venus of Urbino
A. Leonardo B. Michelangelo C. Raphael D. Bramante E. Titian*
18.
The School of Athens
A. Leonardo B. Michelangelo C. Raphael* D. Bramante E. Titian
19.
A Venetian
A. Leonardo B. Michelangelo C. Raphael D. Bramante E. Titian*
20.
Born in the little town of Vinci
A. Leonardo* B. Michelangelo C. Raphael D. Bramante E. Titian
Completion/Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
21. ____________ is a French word meaning "rebirth."
{{Renaissance}}
22.
Flanders corresponds to modern-day ____________ and ____________
{{Belgium/Netherlands}}
23.
French term meaning "trick the eye" ____________
{{trompe l'oeil}}
24.
Books of ____________ in Flanders were used by nobility as prayer books and
included psalms and litanies to a variety of saints.
{{Hours}}
25.
In Northern Europe the most emotionally-charged images were made in
____________
{{Germany}}
26.
Dürer's Adam and Eve conveys his admiration for the ____________ style.
{{Classical}}
27.
The Early Italian Renaissance took root and flourished most successfully in the
city of ____________
{{Florence}}
28.
Brunelleschi was one of the pioneers in the development of a system to create the
illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, a system called linear
____________
{{perspective}}
29.
In the realm of architecture, Brunelleschi's clear restatement of ____________
elements would influence architecture for decades to come.
{{Classical}}
30.
The most important and innovative sculptor of mid-fifteenth century Italy was
____________
{{Verrocchio}}
31.
Piero della Francesca's Resurrection reveals the artist's obsession with
____________
{{order and geometry}}
32.
During the latter years of the fifteenth century in Italy, a painter whose work
stands in opposition to the prevailing trends is ____________ a master of line.
{{Botticelli}}
33.
Some of the purest examples of Renaissance Classicism lie in the buildings
designed by ____________
{{Alberti}}
34.
In Leonardo's Last Supper the viewer is first attracted to the central triangular
form of Jesus by ____________ that converge at the head of Jesus.
{{orthogonals}}
35.
Raphael clearly assimilated lessons from the older High Renaissance artist,
____________
{{Leonardo}}
36.
As was the case in Donatello's David, Michelangelo's version was conceived of as
a ____________ form.
{{closed}}
37.
The artists who lived and worked in Venice were the first in Italy to perfect the
medium of ____________ painting.
{{oil}}
38.
Titian's Venus of Urbino is one of the most beautiful examples of the oil
____________ technique.
{{glazing}}
39.
Perhaps no other Venetian artist anticipated the Baroque style as strongly as
____________
{{Tintoretto}}
40.
During the latter sixteenth century some Italian artists took the ideals of the High
Renaissance and turned them around, creating a style called ____________
{{Mannerism}}
Discussion Questions
41. Compare and contrast the paintings of the Madonna Enthroned by Cimabue and
Giotto. Be sure to discuss the related concepts of stability and weight.
42.
Describe Donatello's combination of Classicism and realism.
43.
What argues against the theory that El Greco suffered from astigmatism?
44.
Describe the similarities and differences among the statues of David by the
following artists. For each statue describe the state of mind or emotion projected
by the depiction of the young warrior.
a. Donatello
b. Verrocchio
c. Michelangelo
45.
What impact did the development of printmaking have on art history and on
society generally?
46.
Compare and contrast the Last Supper by Leonardo and by Tintoretto.
47.
In Michelangelo's Creation of Adam the fingers of Adam and God do not touch.
Why might Michelangelo have left this space between the two fingers?
48.
Discuss Titian's pioneering use of color as a compositional device.
49.
Explain the major compositional features of Leonardo's Last Supper.
50.
Explain why Robert Campin's Merode Altarpiece is filled with many ordinary,
household objects