Exam 20: Renaissance Art in Fifteenth-century Italy

A city of waterways, __________, emerged as a major Renaissance art center in the latter part of the fifteenth century.

Discuss the spirit of competitiveness, the sense of civic pride, and the role of patronage in fifteenth-century Italy. Consider specific cities, artists, patrons, and the projects, which resulted.

Discuss The Trinity by Masaccio. Carefully consider the subject matter and his depiction of the painted space.

In contrast to Donatello, Verrocchio portrayed his David as a ________________.

How does civic pride enter into many of the artistic projects of fifteenth-century Italy?

The detailed landscape, symbolic details and luminous palette of Bellini's St. Francis in Ecstasy is reminiscent of _______________.

What detail in Ghirlandaio's Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds does NOT derive from his careful observation of the Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes.

Scholars do not know the circumstances surrounding the creation of __________'s bronze David .

Wealthy patrons of the arts, like Federico da Montefeltro, often had a __________ in their residence, a room for private conversation and the collection of fine books and art objects.

In Lippi's Portrait of a Woman and a Man, the sitter points to ______________, which perhaps identifies the sitters.

Linear perspective creates the illusion of three-dimensional space in painting through all of the following EXCEPT:

Brunelleschi's arcade of the Ospedale degli Innocenti deviates from Roman architecture, which ___________________.

The architecture of Venice was most influenced by ______________forms.

Along with pilasters, carved cupboards and niche-filled statues, the Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro also featured a squirrel, the symbol of _____________.

The figure of ____________ was important in Florence as a symbol of a citizens' resolve to oppose tyrants, regardless of their superior power.

Botticelli's Primavera is a complex allegory interweaving ___________ with esoteric Classical references around the figure of Venus.

The building of the ___________by Pope Sixtus IV greatly enhanced Rome's place as a center of Renaissance art.

What were Cosimo de Medici the Elder's primary concerns for the commission of the Medici Palace in Florence?

What fostered the extensive production of art in Florence during the fifteenth century?

How did the Foundling Hospital in Florence reflect the political nature of artistic production in Florence?