Exam 10: The Early Renaissance

Renaissance sculptors depicted figures in a(n)__________ manner.

Leonardo's well-known drawing __________,influenced by the anatomical writing of Vitruvius,shows the Renaissance fascination with the human body.

The Equestrian Monument to Gattamelata is perhaps __________ greatest achievement.

What led the city of Florence to sponsor artistic competitions?

Masaccio's The Holy Trinity depicts Christ on the cross,which is being steadied by __________.

Is the term "Renaissance" more accurately applied to artists or societies at large?

A roofed,open arcade is called a __________.

The Italians refer to the fifteenth century as the __________.

Italy gained nearly a half-century of peace when the Peace of __________ was established.

The focal point of Donatello's Equestrian Monument to Gattamelata is the __________.

Capitalism supported the guild system.

The first of the Medici family to assume power was __________ de' Medici.

Alberti believed the best example of the new Renaissance architecture was the __________ of the Florence Cathedral.

Commissioning art was often a means of acquiring of acquiring prestige for __________.

The orthogonal lines of mechanical perspective recede to a spot called the __________.

__________ proposed nine hundred theses that he believed summed up all of human knowledge.

Mantegna creates unsettling drama in his St.James Led to Execution by placing the __________ below the lower edge of the painting.

The Brancacci Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence contains highly influential __________ by Masaccio.

Important patrons of the arts,the __________ family ruled Florence for a number of generations.

Renaissance science was in harmony with traditional values.