Exam 12: The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

Which Renaissance sculptor is associated with the belief that his role was to carve away the excess in a block of marble to liberate the figure within?

In Raphael's School of Athens who are the two philosophers in the center?

_______________________ Supporting structure for a dome

_______________________ An educated Venetian companion and entertainer

Which term best describes Palestrina's music?

What were the characteristics of the Castiglione's ideal courtier?

What was the most famous book by Benvenuto Cellini?

Which Venetian painter was active as an artist for 70 years?

_______________________ A technique used in painting to organize figures through triangular forms

Which Pope commissioned Bramante in 1506 to rebuild St.Peter's Basilica?

_______________________ A style of art which emphasized bright colors and unusual proportions

Who sang in the Sistine Choir?

_______________________ Castiglione's ideal of effortless mastery

What musical techniques did Josquin des Prez develop?

Which city is most associated with the High Renaissance in Italy?

_______________________ A painting technique using strong contrasts of light and darkness

In music, what is the name for a virtuoso composition for a keyboard instrument such as the organ?

Which artist created the famous portrait of Baldassare Castiglione now hanging in the Louvre Museum in Paris?

Who was Sofonisba Anguissola? What is she known for and what did she depict in her work?

What musical innovations came from Venetian composers in the sixteenth century?