Question 1

The first to master the principle of scientific perspective was

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A) Masaccio. 
B) Donatello. 
C) Filippo Brunelleschi. 
D) Lorenzo Ghiberti. 
A) Masaccio. 
B) Donatello. 
C) Filippo Brunelleschi. 
D) Lorenzo Ghiberti.

Question 2

It is remarkable that a competition was held in 1401 to design the doors to the Florence Baptistery,given that scarcely over a half century earlier,the city had witnessed

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A) as much as four fifths of its population succumb to the Black Death. 
B) the military destruction of as much as four fifths of the cathedral's dome. 
C) as much as fourth fifths of the Ghibelline population die at Guelph hands. 
D) the military destruction of as much as four fifths of the baptistery. 
A) as much as four fifths of its population succumb to the Black Death. 
B) the military destruction of as much as four fifths of the cathedral's dome. 
C) as much as fourth fifths of the Ghibelline population die at Guelph hands. 
D) the military destruction of as much as four fifths of the baptistery.

Question 3

The humanists in Lorenzo's court have viewed Venus in Botticelli's Primavera as

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A) the personification of carnal desire. 
B) an allegory for the highest moral qualities. 
C) the symbol of the Florentine republic. 
D) a threat to man's free will. 
A) the personification of carnal desire. 
B) an allegory for the highest moral qualities. 
C) the symbol of the Florentine republic. 
D) a threat to man's free will.

Question 4

The word "Renaissance" means

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A) "humanism." 
B) "apex." 
C) "rebirth." 
D) "exploration." 
A) "humanism." 
B) "apex." 
C) "rebirth." 
D) "exploration."

Question 5

Compare Donatello's David with Michelangelo's.

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Donatello's David and Michelangelo's Dav

Question 6

Donatello depicts David as a young adolescent

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A) because Florentine law dictated youth as a requirement for nude statuary. 
B) to represent his own recollected youthful image as a veiled self-portrait. 
C) to symbolize Florence's youthful vitality and ability to conquer tyrants. 
D) because Cosimo commissioned a statue of a youth for his palace courtyard. 
A) because Florentine law dictated youth as a requirement for nude statuary. 
B) to represent his own recollected youthful image as a veiled self-portrait. 
C) to symbolize Florence's youthful vitality and ability to conquer tyrants. 
D) because Cosimo commissioned a statue of a youth for his palace courtyard.

Question 7

The Florence Baptistery door competition is considered to have begun the Italian Renaissance.Discuss the ways in which competition marked the intellectual and artistic explosion of the Renaissance.

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The Florence Baptistery door competition

Question 8

Match between columns
                        Premises: Pico della Mirandola
Sandro Botticelli
Leon Battista Alberti
Filippo Brunelleschi
Andrea Mantegna
Leonardo da Vinci
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Masaccio
Baldassare Castiglione
Giorgio Vasari

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The Answer of Trinity with the Virgin, saint John the is...

Question 9

Donatello's David holds the distinction of being the first

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A) statue to be placed in the Florence Cathedral. 
B) life-size freestanding male nude since antiquity. 
C) large statue commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici. 
D) large cast-bronze statue since antiquity. 
A) statue to be placed in the Florence Cathedral. 
B) life-size freestanding male nude since antiquity. 
C) large statue commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici. 
D) large cast-bronze statue since antiquity.

Question 10

Michelangelo represented David before,not after,his triumph over Goliath primarily to

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A) emphasize David's confidence. 
B) demonstrate a difference from Donatello's David. 
C) show David's inner conflict. 
D) portray David as an unconvincing hero. 
A) emphasize David's confidence. 
B) demonstrate a difference from Donatello's David. 
C) show David's inner conflict. 
D) portray David as an unconvincing hero.

Question 11

Plotinus thought that human perfection was

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A) never attainable. 
B) attainable in the afterlife only. 
C) attainable in this world through contributions to the church. 
D) attainable in this world through philosophical meditation. 
A) never attainable. 
B) attainable in the afterlife only. 
C) attainable in this world through contributions to the church. 
D) attainable in this world through philosophical meditation.

Question 12

What implicit lesson did Andrea Mantegna's Camera Picta send to Ludovico Gonzaga,ruler of Mantua?

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A) Attracting skilled artists adds prestige to a ruler. 
B) A large family is a ruler's greatest asset. 
C) Angels will watch over and protect a ruler. 
D) A ruler is always in the public eye. 
A) Attracting skilled artists adds prestige to a ruler. 
B) A large family is a ruler's greatest asset. 
C) Angels will watch over and protect a ruler. 
D) A ruler is always in the public eye.

Question 13

Masaccio places the vanishing point in The Tribute Money behind Christ's head to

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A) make the distant mountains seem larger. 
B) emphasize the absence of the tax collector's halo. 
C) make the figures behind Christ seem smaller. 
D) identify Christ as the fresco's most important figure. 
A) make the distant mountains seem larger. 
B) emphasize the absence of the tax collector's halo. 
C) make the figures behind Christ seem smaller. 
D) identify Christ as the fresco's most important figure.

Question 14

Lorenzo Ghiberti created a vivid sense of real space in his design by

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A) casting each figure separately. 
B) using foreshortening. 
C) making extensive use of linear perspective. 
D) showing figures from behind. 
A) casting each figure separately. 
B) using foreshortening. 
C) making extensive use of linear perspective. 
D) showing figures from behind.

Question 15

Cosimo de' Medici founded Florence's Platonic Academy to

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A) prevent Marsilio Ficino from moving to Rome. 
B) give the artists he patronized a studio in which to work. 
C) provide a place for the study and discussion of Plato's works. 
D) educate his children and the children of other nobles. 
A) prevent Marsilio Ficino from moving to Rome. 
B) give the artists he patronized a studio in which to work. 
C) provide a place for the study and discussion of Plato's works. 
D) educate his children and the children of other nobles.

Question 16

Explain the Medici family's contributions to humanist scholarship and art.

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The Medici family played a significant r

Question 17

Discuss the use of Brunelleschi's scientific or linear perspective by Masaccio in Trinity with the Virgin,Saint John the Evangelist,and Donors and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

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Brunelleschi's scientific or linear pers

Question 18

List and explain in your own words the four basic principles of rendering space in one-point perspective.

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The four basic principles of rendering s

Question 19

Michelangelo's Moses has horns due to

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A) a mistranslation of the Bible from Hebrew to Latin. 
B) Renaissance belief that horns stood for power. 
C) a personal act of revenge on Pope Julius for ordering him to paint the Sistine ceiling. 
D) a convention for showing Moses's anger at the Hebrews for worshipping an idol. 
A) a mistranslation of the Bible from Hebrew to Latin. 
B) Renaissance belief that horns stood for power. 
C) a personal act of revenge on Pope Julius for ordering him to paint the Sistine ceiling. 
D) a convention for showing Moses's anger at the Hebrews for worshipping an idol.

Question 20

Dufay's Nuper rosarum flores repeats the fixed melody on 6,4,2,and 3 units per breve to

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A) smoothly blend the motet's two voices. 
B) include each of the Florence Cathedral's seven organs. 
C) mirror the proportions of Solomon's Temple and the Florence Cathedral. 
D) increase the sonority of the combined voices and instruments. 
A) smoothly blend the motet's two voices. 
B) include each of the Florence Cathedral's seven organs. 
C) mirror the proportions of Solomon's Temple and the Florence Cathedral. 
D) increase the sonority of the combined voices and instruments.

The first to master the principle of scientific perspective was

It is remarkable that a competition was held in 1401 to design the doors to the Florence Baptistery,given that scarcely over a half century earlier,the city had witnessed

The humanists in Lorenzo's court have viewed Venus in Botticelli's Primavera as

The word "Renaissance" means

Compare Donatello's David with Michelangelo's.

Donatello depicts David as a young adolescent

The Florence Baptistery door competition is considered to have begun the Italian Renaissance.Discuss the ways in which competition marked the intellectual and artistic explosion of the Renaissance.

Donatello's David holds the distinction of being the first

Michelangelo represented David before,not after,his triumph over Goliath primarily to

Plotinus thought that human perfection was

What implicit lesson did Andrea Mantegna's Camera Picta send to Ludovico Gonzaga,ruler of Mantua?

Masaccio places the vanishing point in The Tribute Money behind Christ's head to

Lorenzo Ghiberti created a vivid sense of real space in his design by

Cosimo de' Medici founded Florence's Platonic Academy to

Explain the Medici family's contributions to humanist scholarship and art.

Discuss the use of Brunelleschi's scientific or linear perspective by Masaccio in Trinity with the Virgin,Saint John the Evangelist,and Donors and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

List and explain in your own words the four basic principles of rendering space in one-point perspective.

Michelangelo's Moses has horns due to

Dufay's Nuper rosarum flores repeats the fixed melody on 6,4,2,and 3 units per breve to

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The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun

The Aegean World and the Rise of Greece: Trade,War,and Victory

Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World: The School of Hellas

Rome: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty

Emerging Empires in the East: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in China and India

The Flowering of Christianity: Faith and the Power of Belief in the Early First Millennium

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Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New Humanism

The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride

The Renaissance in the North: Between Wealth and Want

The Reformation: a New Church and the Arts

Encounter and Confrontation: the Impact of Increasing Global Interaction

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The Early Counter-Reformation and Mannerism: Restraint and Invention

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Exam 14: Florence and the Early Renaissance: Humanism in Italy

The first to master the principle of scientific perspective was

It is remarkable that a competition was held in 1401 to design the doors to the Florence Baptistery,given that scarcely over a half century earlier,the city had witnessed

The humanists in Lorenzo's court have viewed Venus in Botticelli's Primavera as

The word "Renaissance" means

Compare Donatello's David with Michelangelo's.

Donatello depicts David as a young adolescent

The Florence Baptistery door competition is considered to have begun the Italian Renaissance.Discuss the ways in which competition marked the intellectual and artistic explosion of the Renaissance.

Donatello's David holds the distinction of being the first

Michelangelo represented David before,not after,his triumph over Goliath primarily to

Plotinus thought that human perfection was

What implicit lesson did Andrea Mantegna's Camera Picta send to Ludovico Gonzaga,ruler of Mantua?

Masaccio places the vanishing point in The Tribute Money behind Christ's head to

Lorenzo Ghiberti created a vivid sense of real space in his design by

Cosimo de' Medici founded Florence's Platonic Academy to

Explain the Medici family's contributions to humanist scholarship and art.

Discuss the use of Brunelleschi's scientific or linear perspective by Masaccio in Trinity with the Virgin,Saint John the Evangelist,and Donors and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

List and explain in your own words the four basic principles of rendering space in one-point perspective.

Michelangelo's Moses has horns due to

Dufay's Nuper rosarum flores repeats the fixed melody on 6,4,2,and 3 units per breve to

The Rise of Culture: From Forest to Farm

Mesopotamia: Power and Social Order in the Early Middle East

The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun

The Aegean World and the Rise of Greece: Trade,War,and Victory

Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World: The School of Hellas

Rome: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty

Emerging Empires in the East: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in China and India

The Flowering of Christianity: Faith and the Power of Belief in the Early First Millennium

The Rise and Spread of Islam: a New Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade: The Early Medieval World in Europe

Centers of Culture: Court and City in the Larger World

The Gothic Style: Faith and Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry

Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New Humanism

The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride

The Renaissance in the North: Between Wealth and Want

The Reformation: a New Church and the Arts

Encounter and Confrontation: the Impact of Increasing Global Interaction

England in the Tudor Age: This Other Eden

The Early Counter-Reformation and Mannerism: Restraint and Invention

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