Exam 14: Late Medieval Italy

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Historian Giovanni Villani wrote in the 14th century that this city was "the daughter and creature of Rome," suggesting a preeminence inherited from the Roman Empire. Which of the following city-states does this phrase describe?

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Question 21

Which of the following cities established itself as a major shipping power?

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Question 22

Confraternities are ____ who dedicated themselves to strict religious observance.

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Question 23

Commissioned by the Sienese government, Ambrogio Lorenzetti's frescoes for the Palazzo Pubblico address the ____.

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Question 24

The setting for Pietro Lorenzetti's Birth of the Virgin, which was a ____, represented an advance in worldly realism.

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Question 25

How did Italy's place as a distribution center for the great silk trade affect Duccio's Maestà?

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Question 26

How did the Antique past or the classical past impact the humanists of 14th-century Italy?

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Question 27

In 1305, the College of Cardinals elected a pope from which of the following countries?

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Question 28

Briefly describe the impact of the Black Death in Europe.

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Question 29

In what way does this work reflect liturgical theater?

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Question 30

Explain the sources and characteristics of the International style. Use examples to support your essay.

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Question 31

How does Giotto's Madonna Enthroned create sculptural solidity and weight?

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Question 32

Why was the formal design of Giotto's Lamentation so successful?

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Question 33

How did Duccio deviate from the Byzantine style in the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (Maestà)?

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Question 34

A familiar feature in French Gothic art, the loosely curved folds of the female saints in Duccio's Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (Maestà) is a feature of ____ art.

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Question 35

Explain the impact of the Black Death on Italy. How did it affect the visual arts? Use examples to support your essay.

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Question 36

Which features of Giovanni Pisano's style were derived from the French Gothic?

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Question 37

How does Florence's cathedral differ from the Gothic in the north, and what influenced it?

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Question 38

Describe the significance of the mendicants with respect to church architecture.

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Question 39

Whose work is best characterized by the use of solid volumes resting firmly on the flat and horizontal surface of this earth?

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Historian Giovanni Villani wrote in the 14th century that this city was "the daughter and creature of Rome," suggesting a preeminence inherited from the Roman Empire. Which of the following city-states does this phrase describe?

Which of the following cities established itself as a major shipping power?

Confraternities are ____ who dedicated themselves to strict religious observance.

Commissioned by the Sienese government, Ambrogio Lorenzetti's frescoes for the Palazzo Pubblico address the ____.

The setting for Pietro Lorenzetti's Birth of the Virgin, which was a ____, represented an advance in worldly realism.

How did Italy's place as a distribution center for the great silk trade affect Duccio's Maestà?

How did the Antique past or the classical past impact the humanists of 14th-century Italy?

In 1305, the College of Cardinals elected a pope from which of the following countries?

Briefly describe the impact of the Black Death in Europe.

In what way does this work reflect liturgical theater?

Explain the sources and characteristics of the International style. Use examples to support your essay.

How does Giotto's Madonna Enthroned create sculptural solidity and weight?

Why was the formal design of Giotto's Lamentation so successful?

How did Duccio deviate from the Byzantine style in the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (Maestà)?

A familiar feature in French Gothic art, the loosely curved folds of the female saints in Duccio's Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (Maestà) is a feature of ____ art.

Explain the impact of the Black Death on Italy. How did it affect the visual arts? Use examples to support your essay.

Which features of Giovanni Pisano's style were derived from the French Gothic?

How does Florence's cathedral differ from the Gothic in the north, and what influenced it?

Describe the significance of the mendicants with respect to church architecture.

Whose work is best characterized by the use of solid volumes resting firmly on the flat and horizontal surface of this earth?

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