Question 1

Who was the first professional woman composer to see her own compositions in print?

Accepted Answer

A)  Veronica Franco 
B)  Elisabetta Gonzaga 
C)  Madalena Casulana 
D)  Isabella d'Este 
A)  Veronica Franco 
B)  Elisabetta Gonzaga 
C)  Madalena Casulana 
D)  Isabella d'Este

Question 2

How is Raphael's School of Athens reminiscent of Classicism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Offering an illusion of Roman architecture, the painting includes figures of Greek gods and ancient philosophers. 
B)  The painting has a dramatic juxtaposition of light and dark within the scene. 
C)  It includes the twelve apostles in an ancient forum. 
D)  The painting is a study in the ratio (canon) of Praxiteles. 
A)  Offering an illusion of Roman architecture, the painting includes figures of Greek gods and ancient philosophers. 
B)  The painting has a dramatic juxtaposition of light and dark within the scene. 
C)  It includes the twelve apostles in an ancient forum. 
D)  The painting is a study in the ratio (canon) of Praxiteles.

Question 3

Which of the following artists did the city of Florence commission to create a freestanding statue of the Biblical hero David using a huge cracked block of marble that all other sculptors had abandoned?

Accepted Answer

A)  Michelangelo 
B)  Donatello 
C)  Raphael 
D)  Leonardo 
A)  Michelangelo 
B)  Donatello 
C)  Raphael 
D)  Leonardo

Question 4

Which of these paintings was commissioned to celebrate a marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sacred and Profane Love 
B)  Venus of Urbino 
C)  Tempest 
D)  Pastoral Concert 
A)  Sacred and Profane Love 
B)  Venus of Urbino 
C)  Tempest 
D)  Pastoral Concert

Question 5

How did artists of the Renaissance reflect the spirit of humanism and interest in reviving Classical subjects and ideals?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Explain how the growing desire in the Renaissance to reflect nature as accurately as possible became a major motivation for the development of perspective to painting and drawing.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Why was Lorenzo de' Medici given the nickname of il Magnifico?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was a great champion of the city's arts and education. 
B)  He incited riots within the textile industry to change the guild regulations and raise wages 
C)  He endowed the city of Lucca with a university that became known for its course in practical "applied" skills 
D)  He reduced the taxation of the lower economic classes, creating more equal distribution of wealth. 
A)  He was a great champion of the city's arts and education. 
B)  He incited riots within the textile industry to change the guild regulations and raise wages 
C)  He endowed the city of Lucca with a university that became known for its course in practical "applied" skills 
D)  He reduced the taxation of the lower economic classes, creating more equal distribution of wealth.

Question 8

In protest against the sale of indulgences,who launched the Protestant Reformation in Germany?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Calvin 
B)  Martin Luther 
C)  John Knox 
D)  Henry VIII of England 
A)  John Calvin 
B)  Martin Luther 
C)  John Knox 
D)  Henry VIII of England

Question 9

Which of the following stories from the Hebrew Bible was the assigned topic for the competition to create a new set of doors for the north entrance to the Baptistery at Florence's Duomo?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Sacrifice of Isaac 
B)  Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden 
C)  the Meeting of Solomon and Sheba 
D)  Noah and the Ark 
A)  the Sacrifice of Isaac 
B)  Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden 
C)  the Meeting of Solomon and Sheba 
D)  Noah and the Ark

Question 10

Who is the author of The Book of the Courtier,which recounts conversations and debates among humanists in the Montefeltro court?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marsilio Ficino 
B)  Baldassare Castiglione 
C)  Pico della Mirandola 
D)  Sandro Botticelli 
A)  Marsilio Ficino 
B)  Baldassare Castiglione 
C)  Pico della Mirandola 
D)  Sandro Botticelli

Question 11

Who was the most famous Venetian literary courtesan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Franco 
B)  Cereta 
C)  Casulana 
D)  Marinella 
A)  Franco 
B)  Cereta 
C)  Casulana 
D)  Marinella

Question 12

Who is credited for having coined the term "Platonic love"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marsilio Ficino 
B)  Sandro Botticelli 
C)  Heinrich Isaac 
D)  Pico della Mirandola 
A)  Marsilio Ficino 
B)  Sandro Botticelli 
C)  Heinrich Isaac 
D)  Pico della Mirandola

Who was the first professional woman composer to see her own compositions in print?

How is Raphael's School of Athens reminiscent of Classicism?

Which of the following artists did the city of Florence commission to create a freestanding statue of the Biblical hero David using a huge cracked block of marble that all other sculptors had abandoned?

Which of these paintings was commissioned to celebrate a marriage?

How did artists of the Renaissance reflect the spirit of humanism and interest in reviving Classical subjects and ideals?

Explain how the growing desire in the Renaissance to reflect nature as accurately as possible became a major motivation for the development of perspective to painting and drawing.

Why was Lorenzo de' Medici given the nickname of il Magnifico?

In protest against the sale of indulgences,who launched the Protestant Reformation in Germany?

Which of the following stories from the Hebrew Bible was the assigned topic for the competition to create a new set of doors for the north entrance to the Baptistery at Florence's Duomo?

Who is the author of The Book of the Courtier,which recounts conversations and debates among humanists in the Montefeltro court?

Who was the most famous Venetian literary courtesan?

Who is credited for having coined the term "Platonic love"?

The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest Civilizations

The Greek World

Empire

The Flowering of Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade

The Gothic and the Rebirth of Naturalism

Renaissance and Reformation in the North

Encounter and Confrontation

The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque

Enlightenment and Rococo

The Age of Revolution

The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie

The Modernist World

Decades of Change

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Exam 7: The Renaissance

Who was the first professional woman composer to see her own compositions in print?

How is Raphael's School of Athens reminiscent of Classicism?

Which of the following artists did the city of Florence commission to create a freestanding statue of the Biblical hero David using a huge cracked block of marble that all other sculptors had abandoned?

Which of these paintings was commissioned to celebrate a marriage?

How did artists of the Renaissance reflect the spirit of humanism and interest in reviving Classical subjects and ideals?

Explain how the growing desire in the Renaissance to reflect nature as accurately as possible became a major motivation for the development of perspective to painting and drawing.

Why was Lorenzo de' Medici given the nickname of il Magnifico?

In protest against the sale of indulgences,who launched the Protestant Reformation in Germany?

Which of the following stories from the Hebrew Bible was the assigned topic for the competition to create a new set of doors for the north entrance to the Baptistery at Florence's Duomo?

Who is the author of The Book of the Courtier,which recounts conversations and debates among humanists in the Montefeltro court?

Who was the most famous Venetian literary courtesan?

Who is credited for having coined the term "Platonic love"?

The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest Civilizations

The Greek World

Empire

The Flowering of Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade

The Gothic and the Rebirth of Naturalism

Renaissance and Reformation in the North

Encounter and Confrontation

The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque

Enlightenment and Rococo

The Age of Revolution

The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie

The Modernist World

Decades of Change

Filters