Question 1

Who was the artist of the Entombment painted for the Church of Santa Felicità in Florence?

Accepted Answer

A) Parmigianino 
B) Pontormo 
C) Bronzino 
D) Anguissola 
A) Parmigianino 
B) Pontormo 
C) Bronzino 
D) Anguissola C

Question 2

Martin Luther was

Accepted Answer

A) an American civil rights leader. 
B) a 16th-century monk. 
C) an artist. 
D) a member of the Council of Trent. 
A) an American civil rights leader. 
B) a 16th-century monk. 
C) an artist. 
D) a member of the Council of Trent. B

Question 3

What problem did Palladio solve in the façade of San Giorgio Maggiore?

Accepted Answer

A) how to deal with the fact that it is on an island 
B) how to reconcile a high nave with lower side aisles 
C) how to combine a dome with a Greek portico 
D) how to relate the building to its environment 
A) how to deal with the fact that it is on an island 
B) how to reconcile a high nave with lower side aisles 
C) how to combine a dome with a Greek portico 
D) how to relate the building to its environment B

Question 4

Which is NOT a meaning related to the Mannerist style?

Accepted Answer

A) affectation 
B) mannered 
C) to the manner born 
D) stylized 
E) bizarre 
A) affectation 
B) mannered 
C) to the manner born 
D) stylized 
E) bizarre

Question 5

Veronese satisfied the Inquisition by

Accepted Answer

A) repainting his picture. 
B) renaming his picture. 
C) putting his picture in storage. 
D) destroying his picture. 
E) sending his picture out of the country. 
A) repainting his picture. 
B) renaming his picture. 
C) putting his picture in storage. 
D) destroying his picture. 
E) sending his picture out of the country.

Question 6

Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?

Accepted Answer

A) Parmigianino - allegory called Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time 
B) Bronzino - Madonna of the Long Neck 
C) Cellini - saltcellar of Francis I 
D) Giambologna - Palazzo del Tè 
A) Parmigianino - allegory called Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time 
B) Bronzino - Madonna of the Long Neck 
C) Cellini - saltcellar of Francis I 
D) Giambologna - Palazzo del Tè

Question 7

Vasari's account of women artists is a reflection of

Accepted Answer

A) his feminism. 
B) his humanism. 
C) his patriarchal view of art. 
D) his political correctness. 
A) his feminism. 
B) his humanism. 
C) his patriarchal view of art. 
D) his political correctness.

Question 8

Palladio studied Roman ruins and published an illustrated edition of ________ in 1556.

Accepted Answer

A) Vitruvius. 
B) the Four Books. 
C) Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. 
D) Plato's Republic. 
A) Vitruvius. 
B) the Four Books. 
C) Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. 
D) Plato's Republic.

Question 9

Who painted The Artist's Sister Minerva?

Accepted Answer

A) Sofonisba Anguissola 
B) Properzia de' Rossi 
C) Andrea del Verrocchio 
D) El Greco 
A) Sofonisba Anguissola 
B) Properzia de' Rossi 
C) Andrea del Verrocchio 
D) El Greco

Question 10

According to your text,who was the single most important architect of his generation and influenced subsequent generations of Western architects?

Accepted Answer

A) Vasari 
B) Cellini 
C) Palladio 
D) Vitruvius 
E) Ridolfi 
A) Vasari 
B) Cellini 
C) Palladio 
D) Vitruvius 
E) Ridolfi

Question 11

Giambologna was born in

Accepted Answer

A) Italy. 
B) Germany. 
C) Flanders. 
D) France. 
A) Italy. 
B) Germany. 
C) Flanders. 
D) France.

Question 12

The patron of Cellini's gold and enamel saltcellar was

Accepted Answer

A) Francis I. 
B) Cosimo I de' Medici. 
C) Eleonora of Toledo. 
D) Federigo Gonzaga. 
A) Francis I. 
B) Cosimo I de' Medici. 
C) Eleonora of Toledo. 
D) Federigo Gonzaga.

Question 13

________ was NOT a Mannerist painter.

Accepted Answer

A) Pontormo 
B) Parmigianino 
C) Correggio 
D) Michelangelo 
A) Pontormo 
B) Parmigianino 
C) Correggio 
D) Michelangelo

Question 14

Tintoretto painted

Accepted Answer

A) dynamic compositions. 
B) strong diagonals. 
C) serpentine curves. 
D) All these answers are correct. 
A) dynamic compositions. 
B) strong diagonals. 
C) serpentine curves. 
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 15

The exterior of the Palazzo del Tè contains

Accepted Answer

A) triglyphs. 
B) metopes. 
C) keystones. 
D) rustication. 
E) All these answers are correct. 
A) triglyphs. 
B) metopes. 
C) keystones. 
D) rustication. 
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 16

El Greco was born

Accepted Answer

A) in Venice. 
B) in Constantinople. 
C) in Toledo. 
D) in Crete. 
A) in Venice. 
B) in Constantinople. 
C) in Toledo. 
D) in Crete.

Question 17

Working in Spain from 1577 onward,this painter's style was greatly affected by Byzantine influences.

Accepted Answer

A) Tintoretto 
B) Correggio 
C) Michelangelo 
D) El Greco 
A) Tintoretto 
B) Correggio 
C) Michelangelo 
D) El Greco

Question 18

Serpentinata refers to

Accepted Answer

A) Cellini's lizard. 
B) the salamander of Francis I. 
C) a Mannerist pose. 
D) Bronzino's iconography. 
A) Cellini's lizard. 
B) the salamander of Francis I. 
C) a Mannerist pose. 
D) Bronzino's iconography.

Question 19

Who wrote "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror"?

Accepted Answer

A) Parmigianino 
B) Ashbery 
C) Clement VII 
D) Carlo Ridolfi 
A) Parmigianino 
B) Ashbery 
C) Clement VII 
D) Carlo Ridolfi

Question 20

"Indulgences" refer to

Accepted Answer

A) liberal child-rearing practices. 
B) credits against one's sins. 
C) the 95 theses of Martin Luther. 
D) the rules of the Council of Trent. 
A) liberal child-rearing practices. 
B) credits against one's sins. 
C) the 95 theses of Martin Luther. 
D) the rules of the Council of Trent.

Exam 15: Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Who was the artist of the Entombment painted for the Church of Santa Felicità in Florence?

Martin Luther was

What problem did Palladio solve in the façade of San Giorgio Maggiore?

Which is NOT a meaning related to the Mannerist style?

Veronese satisfied the Inquisition by

Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?

Vasari's account of women artists is a reflection of

Palladio studied Roman ruins and published an illustrated edition of ________ in 1556.

Who painted The Artist's Sister Minerva?

According to your text,who was the single most important architect of his generation and influenced subsequent generations of Western architects?

Giambologna was born in

The patron of Cellini's gold and enamel saltcellar was

________ was NOT a Mannerist painter.

Tintoretto painted

The exterior of the Palazzo del Tè contains

El Greco was born

Working in Spain from 1577 onward,this painter's style was greatly affected by Byzantine influences.

Serpentinata refers to

Who wrote "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror"?

"Indulgences" refer to

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Jewish, Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy, and the United States Between the Wars

Mid-Century Abstraction

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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