Question 1

How did Gentile da Fabriano reflect the International style in the first half of the fifteenth century?

Accepted Answer

He created gorgeous surfaces and sumptuously costumed figures representing all the pomp and circumstance of chivalric etiquette. He used rich color and gold to enhance the scene. But Gentile da Fabriano also inserted into this work, for example the Adoration of the Magi, current elements that indicated that he was aware of the experimental trends in 15ᵗʰ century Florentine art.

Question 2

How does the work represent logical space?

Accepted Answer

Masaccio, Holy Trinity . We look down on the tomb and up at the architecture and Trinity. Masaccio uses perspective to differentiate between the sacred and the profane realms. Yet he delineates for the viewer the logical placement of the figures in rational space based on factual observation.

Question 3

How is this portrait significant?

Accepted Answer

Ghirlandaio Giovanna Tornabuoni . In this portrait the artist summarizes the state of Florentine art. Ghirlandaio has presented a careful character reading of the young woman. The portrait also tells the viewer the value of the cultivation of beauty and courtly manners as well as the humanist tradition was held in Florentine society.

Question 4

How was Signorelli influential?

Accepted Answer

His interests in portraying muscular bod

Question 5

Explain the effect Florentine patronage had on the development of fifteenth-century art. Use at least three examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

Florentine patronage had a significant i

Question 6

How did the artist deviate from his model in this sculpture?

Accepted Answer

Donatello, Gattamelata . Although this i

Question 7

What features characterize the work of Domenico Ghirlandaio?

Accepted Answer

Ghirlandaio was a synthesizer, not an in

Question 8

Which of the following describes the Medieval narrative method?

Accepted Answer

A)  presenting several episodes in a single frame 
B)  presenting several episodes in sequential frames 
C)  presenting several episodes in multiple round frames 
D)  presenting several episodes framed by Doric columns 
A)  presenting several episodes in a single frame 
B)  presenting several episodes in sequential frames 
C)  presenting several episodes in multiple round frames 
D)  presenting several episodes framed by Doric columns

Question 9

By ____ Donatello revolutionized relief sculpture in his image of Saint George Slaying the Dragon.

Accepted Answer

A)  placing his work in a quatrefoil 
B)  gilding the surface 
C)  creating an atmospheric effect using incised lines 
D)  including many episodes of one scene 
A)  placing his work in a quatrefoil 
B)  gilding the surface 
C)  creating an atmospheric effect using incised lines 
D)  including many episodes of one scene

Question 10

What is significant about Nanni di Banco's Four Crowned Saints?

Accepted Answer

The artist positioned the figures in a s

Question 11

What features of this tomb make direct reference back to ancient Roman motifs?

Accepted Answer

Bernardo Rossellino, Tomb of Leonardo Br

Question 12

What caused a revival of portraiture in the fifteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Humanism's emphasis

Question 13

In Masaccio's Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden Adam's feet clearly come into contact with the ground. Which of the following is the interpretation for this?

Accepted Answer

A)  It marks the Original Sin. 
B)  It marks the human presence on earth. 
C)  It marks the direction the viewer must proceed in the chapel. 
D)  It points the viewer toward the theme of Salvation and Redemption. 
A)  It marks the Original Sin. 
B)  It marks the human presence on earth. 
C)  It marks the direction the viewer must proceed in the chapel. 
D)  It points the viewer toward the theme of Salvation and Redemption.

Question 14

The Classical principle of contrapposto, or weight shift, was reintroduced into Western art by the sculptor ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ghiberti 
B)  Verrocchio 
C)  Pollaiuolo 
D)  Donatello 
A)  Ghiberti 
B)  Verrocchio 
C)  Pollaiuolo 
D)  Donatello

Question 15

How does the renovation of this church by Alberti demonstrate his ideas about Classical form and harmonic relationships between parts?

Accepted Answer

Alberti, facade of Santa Maria Novella .

Question 16

Which of the following was the most prominent patron of fifteenth-century Florentine art?

Accepted Answer

A)  Medici family 
B)  Pazzi family 
C)  Riccardi family 
D)  Gonzaga family 
A)  Medici family 
B)  Pazzi family 
C)  Riccardi family 
D)  Gonzaga family

Question 17

The duke of Mantua commissioned the frescoes of the Camera degli Sposi from Mantegna for which of the following purposes?

Accepted Answer

A)  To memorialize courtly life 
B)  To create a visual expression of his authority 
C)  To challenge the Medici as the leading patron of the arts in Italy 
D)  to create a tribute to his wife 
A)  To memorialize courtly life 
B)  To create a visual expression of his authority 
C)  To challenge the Medici as the leading patron of the arts in Italy 
D)  to create a tribute to his wife

Question 18

In Masaccio's Trinity, he embodies two principal Renaissance interests. One is realism based on observation. Which of the following is the other?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the application of mathematics to pictorial organization of perspective. 
B)  It is the use of antique elements as components of the work. 
C)  It is the introduction of the donors into the context of the work. 
D)  It is using architecture as a frame. 
A)  It is the application of mathematics to pictorial organization of perspective. 
B)  It is the use of antique elements as components of the work. 
C)  It is the introduction of the donors into the context of the work. 
D)  It is using architecture as a frame.

Question 19

The style of Ghiberti can be characterized as a rhythmic, unified system for depicting space. He is further credited with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  heavy reliance on Medieval sculptural elements 
B)  continued use of Gothic frames 
C)  realism in characterization, movement, and surface detail 
D)  posing his figures in the architectural space he created 
A)  heavy reliance on Medieval sculptural elements 
B)  continued use of Gothic frames 
C)  realism in characterization, movement, and surface detail 
D)  posing his figures in the architectural space he created

Question 20

How was the Medici commission of the statues of David significant?

Accepted Answer

The family was aligning itself visually

Exam 21: the Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

How did Gentile da Fabriano reflect the International style in the first half of the fifteenth century?

How does the work represent logical space?

How is this portrait significant?

How was Signorelli influential?

Explain the effect Florentine patronage had on the development of fifteenth-century art. Use at least three examples to support your essay.

How did the artist deviate from his model in this sculpture?

What features characterize the work of Domenico Ghirlandaio?

Which of the following describes the Medieval narrative method?

By ____ Donatello revolutionized relief sculpture in his image of Saint George Slaying the Dragon.

What is significant about Nanni di Banco's Four Crowned Saints?

What features of this tomb make direct reference back to ancient Roman motifs?

What caused a revival of portraiture in the fifteenth century?

In Masaccio's Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden Adam's feet clearly come into contact with the ground. Which of the following is the interpretation for this?

The Classical principle of contrapposto, or weight shift, was reintroduced into Western art by the sculptor ____.

How does the renovation of this church by Alberti demonstrate his ideas about Classical form and harmonic relationships between parts?

Which of the following was the most prominent patron of fifteenth-century Florentine art?

The duke of Mantua commissioned the frescoes of the Camera degli Sposi from Mantegna for which of the following purposes?

In Masaccio's Trinity, he embodies two principal Renaissance interests. One is realism based on observation. Which of the following is the other?

The style of Ghiberti can be characterized as a rhythmic, unified system for depicting space. He is further credited with which of the following?

How was the Medici commission of the statues of David significant?

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