The following is taken from the 1998
Advanced Placement Art History examination.
______1) The painting is by a) Botticelli b)
Masaccio c) Duccio d) Fra Angelico
______2) The technique of the painting is a) fresco b) gouache c) oil on canvas d) tempera on panel
______3) The date of the painting is approximately a) 1100-1150 b) 1200-1250 c)
1300-1350 d) 1400-1450
______4) The painting demonstrates a) a classicizing style b) strong Byzantine influence c)
Gothic emotionalism d) a planar arrangement of
Romanesque figures
______5) The painting was part of a) an altarpiece b) a narrative wall painting c) an icon d) a choir screen
______6) The painting was made expressly for the cathedral in a) Padua b) Siena c) Pisa d)
Florence
______7) In addition to the central Madonna and child, the work includes a) the philosophers of
Athens b) allegories of the seasons c) patron saints of the city d) members of the Medici family
The following is taken from the 2005
Advanced Placement Art History examination.
______8) The work show is by which Italian artist? a) Giotto b) Duccio c) Andrea Mantegna d) Andrea del Castagno
______9) The work dates from approximately a)
800 b) 1300 c) 1600 d) 1700
______10) The work is clearly derived from the a) Byzantine style b) Minoan style c) tenebrism of Rome d) perspective of Alberti
______11) The city with which the artist is most closely associated is a) Milan b) Florence c)
Mantua d) Siena
______12) The medium of the work is a) fresco b) tempera c) oil d) encaustic
______13) A feature of the work that derives from previous artistic practice is the use of a) gold leaf b) canvas c) vellum d) silverpoint
______14) The term that best describes this style of painting is a) Baroque b) Romanticism c) pre-
Renaissance d) Roman
______15) The artist whose style most resembles this work is a) Antonio del Pollaiuolo b) Nicola
Pisano c) Simone Martini d) Paolo Uccello
The following is taken from the 2007
Advanced Placement Art History examination.
______16) T h e structure s hown in the s lide on the left is located in a) Rome b) Florence c)
Venice d) Raven na
______17) The dome on the s tructure on th e left wa s d e signed by a) Alberti b) B rama nt e c)
Berni n i d) Brunelles c hi
______18) The dome on the s tructure on t h e le f t i s crowned by a a) predella b) raking cornice c) trifor i u m d) lantern
______19) The por t al s on th e s truc t ure on the right i n clude triangular a) linte ls b) jamb s c) gables d) lancets
______20) The st ru c tur e on the right most clo s ely reflect s t h e F re nch Go t hic s tyle in the design of its a) west façade b) b e ll tower c) cr ossing dome d) marble incrust a tio n
______21) Th e Ital i an t er m for the bell tower s ee n in both im a ge s is a) b a ldacch i no b) duomo c) loggia d) campanile
______22) Both of these structures were begun in the late a) tenth century b) eleventh century c) twelfth cen t ury d) thirteenth century
______23) These two structures were built in two different locales that can best be de s cribed a s a) rival city-states b) feudal estates c) seats of royal power d) monastic communities
______24) One of the major reason s for the g r and size of these two structures was to a) accommodate large numbers of pilgrims trave l ing t o Santiago de Compostela b) challenge the authority of the Pope in Rome c) convey economic and cultural superiority d)
honor a l ine of royal kings buried there
______25) The work shown is by which Italian artist? a) Giotto b) Duccio c) Andrea Mantegna d) Andrea del Castagno
______26) The work dates from approximately a) 800 CE b) 1300 CE c) 1600 CE d) 1 7 00 CE
______27) The work is clearly derived from the a) Byzantine style b) Minoan style c) tenebrism of Rome d) perspective of Alberti
______28) The city with which the artist is most closely associated is a) Milan b) Florence c)
Mantua d) Siena
______29) The medium of the work is a) fresco b) tempera c) oil d) encaustic
______30) A feature of the work that derives from previous artistic practice is the use of a) gold leaf b) canvas c) vellum d) silverpoint
______31) The term that best describes this style of painting is a) Baroque b) Romanesque c) proto-Renaissance d) Roman
______32) The artist whose style most resembles this work is a) Antonio del Pollaiuolo b) Nicola
Pisano c) Simone Martini d) Paolo Uccello
The following is taken from the 2008
Advanced Placement Art History examination.
The slides show two views of the same fresco cycle in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. Identify the artist. Explain how the subject and meaning of the fresco cycle relate to its location.
The following is taken from the 1994
Advanced Placement Art History examination.
This fresco of the Lamentation by Giotto has often been considered revolutionary. Discuss the innovations he made in the handling of form and space and in the treatment of narrative.
The following is taken from the 2013
Advanced Placement Art History examination.
Attribute the painting in the artist who painted it.
Justify your attribution by discussing specific visual characteristics of the painting that are commonly associated with the work of that artist.
The following is taken from the 2006
Advanced Placement Art History examination.
Identify the artist of this painting. In which art historical period would you place the painting?
Justify your decision.
Answers: 1-C, 2-D, 3-C, 4-B, 5-A, 6-B, 7-C, 8-
B, 9-B, 10-A, 11-D, 12-B, 13-A, 14-C, 15-C, 16-
B, 17-D, 18-D, 19-C, 20-A, 21-D,22-D, 23-A,
24-C, 25-B, 26-B, 27-A, 28-D, 29-B, 30-A, 31-
C, 32-C