Question 1

The length of Mary Magdalen's hair in Giotto's Crucifixion is an example of

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A) a Renaissance coiffure. 
B) her seductive nature. 
C) an iconographic convention. 
D) a typological symbol. 
A) a Renaissance coiffure. 
B) her seductive nature. 
C) an iconographic convention. 
D) a typological symbol.

Question 2

In contrast to Duccio's Maestà,Lorenzetti's Effects of Good Government

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A) is secular. 
B) is more Byzantine in style. 
C) is more Christian in its iconography. 
D) was commissioned by the Nine. 
E) is a reflection of the influence of International Gothic. 
A) is secular. 
B) is more Byzantine in style. 
C) is more Christian in its iconography. 
D) was commissioned by the Nine. 
E) is a reflection of the influence of International Gothic.

Question 3

"The mortal pestilence" described by Boccaccio refers to

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A) the sinfulness of Florence. 
B) the failure of the Bardi and Peruzzi banks. 
C) the triumph of Death. 
D) the Black Death. 
A) the sinfulness of Florence. 
B) the failure of the Bardi and Peruzzi banks. 
C) the triumph of Death. 
D) the Black Death.

Question 4

Giotto's Virtue of Justice

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A) reflects emerging ideas about good and bad government. 
B) is represented as blind. 
C) shows Justice seated in a Renaissance building. 
D) has no relationship to Classical antiquity. 
A) reflects emerging ideas about good and bad government. 
B) is represented as blind. 
C) shows Justice seated in a Renaissance building. 
D) has no relationship to Classical antiquity.

Question 5

The Arena Chapel in Padua

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A) is part of a larger church. 
B) is Gothic in style. 
C) illustrates Dante's Divine Comedy. 
D) represents three sets of lives. 
A) is part of a larger church. 
B) is Gothic in style. 
C) illustrates Dante's Divine Comedy. 
D) represents three sets of lives.

Question 6

What event in Padua fostered an interest in Classical thought and literature?

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A) Giotto's frescoes in the Arena Chapel 
B) a tempera panel found in the Scrovegni Chapel 
C) the opening of a Roman theater 
D) professional interest in Roman law 
A) Giotto's frescoes in the Arena Chapel 
B) a tempera panel found in the Scrovegni Chapel 
C) the opening of a Roman theater 
D) professional interest in Roman law

Question 7

Which of these is NOT a correct match?

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A) Limbourg brothers - Very Rich Hours 
B) Dante - The Canticle of Brother Sun 
C) Orcagna - Triumph of Death 
D) Martini - Annunciation 
A) Limbourg brothers - Very Rich Hours 
B) Dante - The Canticle of Brother Sun 
C) Orcagna - Triumph of Death 
D) Martini - Annunciation

Question 8

Books of Hours were made for

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A) the clergy. 
B) the peasants. 
C) artists. 
D) the aristocracy. 
A) the clergy. 
B) the peasants. 
C) artists. 
D) the aristocracy.

The length of Mary Magdalen's hair in Giotto's Crucifixion is an example of

In contrast to Duccio's Maestà,Lorenzetti's Effects of Good Government

"The mortal pestilence" described by Boccaccio refers to

Giotto's Virtue of Justice

The Arena Chapel in Padua

What event in Padua fostered an interest in Classical thought and literature?

Which of these is NOT a correct match?

Books of Hours were made for

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

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century 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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Exam 12: Precursors of the Renaissance

The length of Mary Magdalen's hair in Giotto's Crucifixion is an example of

In contrast to Duccio's Maestà,Lorenzetti's Effects of Good Government

"The mortal pestilence" described by Boccaccio refers to

Giotto's Virtue of Justice

The Arena Chapel in Padua

What event in Padua fostered an interest in Classical thought and literature?

Which of these is NOT a correct match?

Books of Hours were made for

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

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century 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

Introduction

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