Question 1

The painting The Harvesters, which formed part of a cycle depicting the months of the year, was painted by __________, a 16th-century Netherland painter.

Accepted Answer

A)  Roger van der Weyden 
B)  Robert Campin 
C)  Hans Holbein 
D)  Pieter Brugel the Elder 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  Roger van der Weyden 
B)  Robert Campin 
C)  Hans Holbein 
D)  Pieter Brugel the Elder 
E)  None of these answers is correct. D

Question 2

Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for:

Accepted Answer

A)  King Louis XIV. 
B)  the Silversmiths Guild. 
C)  the Medici family. 
D)  Pope Leo X. 
E)  the Duke of Berry. 
A)  King Louis XIV. 
B)  the Silversmiths Guild. 
C)  the Medici family. 
D)  Pope Leo X. 
E)  the Duke of Berry. C

Question 3

The sculptor of the panel The Story of Jacob and Esau, and Donatello's teacher, is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Lorenzo Ghiberti. 
B)  Massaccio. 
C)  Leon Battista Alberti. 
D)  Leonardo da Vinci. 
E)  Michelangelo. 
A)  Lorenzo Ghiberti. 
B)  Massaccio. 
C)  Leon Battista Alberti. 
D)  Leonardo da Vinci. 
E)  Michelangelo. A

Question 4

Define the terms Renaissance, Humanism, and Protestant Reformation. Explain at least three ways in which these movements led to broad changes in European life.

Accepted Answer

Renaissance means "rebirth" and brought

Question 5

The technology of painting with oils was developed:

Accepted Answer

A)  by Mannerist painters. 
B)  during the Late Renaissance. 
C)  by northern Europeans. 
D)  by the Chinese. 
E)  accidentally. 
A)  by Mannerist painters. 
B)  during the Late Renaissance. 
C)  by northern Europeans. 
D)  by the Chinese. 
E)  accidentally.

Question 6

In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character of Eve was identified with:

Accepted Answer

A)  Venus. 
B)  autumn. 
C)  evil. 
D)  the night. 
E)  motherhood. 
A)  Venus. 
B)  autumn. 
C)  evil. 
D)  the night. 
E)  motherhood.

Question 7

Discuss the effect of the Reformation on religious images and the resulting shift in subject matter for Northern European artists.

Accepted Answer

Protestant reforms included an attitude

Question 8

Giorgione's painting The Tempest paved the way for future:

Accepted Answer

A)  iconographic works. 
B)  portrait painters. 
C)  patron-seeking artists. 
D)  landscape paintings. 
E)  Gothic Mother and Child paintings. 
A)  iconographic works. 
B)  portrait painters. 
C)  patron-seeking artists. 
D)  landscape paintings. 
E)  Gothic Mother and Child paintings.

Question 9

________ organization, as seen in Masaccio's Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, was a popular device among Renaissance artists of Italy.

Accepted Answer

A)  Accidental 
B)  Diagonal 
C)  Informal 
D)  Triangular 
E)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  Accidental 
B)  Diagonal 
C)  Informal 
D)  Triangular 
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 10

Compare and contrast the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance, discussing specific artists and works to support your statements.

Accepted Answer

Responses will vary depending on artwork

Question 11

Consider Holbein's The Ambassadors. This painting highlights human achievement and institutions as personified by these men and the symbolic instruments on the shelves behind them. Identify the subjects and discuss the symbolism of the objects in this work. How does the distorted object in the foreground transform the painting's meaning?

Accepted Answer

Holbein's mastery of oil paint rendered

Question 12

Northern European Renaissance artists began using the system of linear perspective:

Accepted Answer

A)  before anyone else. 
B)  much earlier than the Italians did. 
C)  about 75 years after it was first developed. 
D)  simultaneously with its development elsewhere. 
E)  during the Middle Ages. 
A)  before anyone else. 
B)  much earlier than the Italians did. 
C)  about 75 years after it was first developed. 
D)  simultaneously with its development elsewhere. 
E)  during the Middle Ages.

Question 13

One of Michelangelo's major achievements was:

Accepted Answer

A)  inventing a prototype of the helicopter. 
B)  redesigning St. Peter's Cathedral. 
C)  painting the frescoes in Pope Julius II's private library. 
D)  All of these are major achievements of Michelangelo's: invention of a helicopter prototype, redesigning St. Peter's Cathedral, and painting of frescoes in Pope Julius II's private library. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  inventing a prototype of the helicopter. 
B)  redesigning St. Peter's Cathedral. 
C)  painting the frescoes in Pope Julius II's private library. 
D)  All of these are major achievements of Michelangelo's: invention of a helicopter prototype, redesigning St. Peter's Cathedral, and painting of frescoes in Pope Julius II's private library. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 14

One of the effects of the Renaissance was to change the status of artists in Europe from:

Accepted Answer

A)  skilled crafts workers to intellectuals. 
B)  observers of nature to designers. 
C)  shamans to documentarians. 
D)  monks to nobility. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  skilled crafts workers to intellectuals. 
B)  observers of nature to designers. 
C)  shamans to documentarians. 
D)  monks to nobility. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 15

The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in:

Accepted Answer

A)  a hospital for patients with skin disease. 
B)  the Duke of Berry's castle. 
C)  the pope's private library in the Vatican. 
D)  a catacomb. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  a hospital for patients with skin disease. 
B)  the Duke of Berry's castle. 
C)  the pope's private library in the Vatican. 
D)  a catacomb. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 16

Discuss changes during the Renaissance in the visual arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, along with changes in attitudes about the arts, explaining several ways in which the public's perception of artists changed. How did these new perceptions and attitudes affect the social, economic, and creative lives of artists, including their newly defined relationships with their patrons?

Accepted Answer

The Renaissance brought immense changes

Question 17

The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from:

Accepted Answer

A)  scenes of everyday life. 
B)  the Egyptian Book of the Dead. 
C)  the story of the artist's life. 
D)  Plato's Republic. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  scenes of everyday life. 
B)  the Egyptian Book of the Dead. 
C)  the story of the artist's life. 
D)  Plato's Republic. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 18

Consider da Vinci's Last Supper and Tintoretto's The Last Supper. These paintings depict the same biblical event in very different ways. Compare the two styles and the interpretations of this event by each artist. Identify and comment upon the formal elements and principles of design as they relate to the styles of these works.

Accepted Answer

Painted on a monastery wall in Milan, Le

Question 19

Identify a late-Renaissance style in Italy and discuss the characteristics of this style considering the Allegory painting by Bronzino.

Accepted Answer

Scholars date the end of the High Renais

Question 20

The word renaissance means:

Accepted Answer

A)  "to know something thoroughly." 
B)  "rebirth." 
C)  "to create something from nothing." 
D)  "to reinvent." 
E)  "celebration." 
A)  "to know something thoroughly." 
B)  "rebirth." 
C)  "to create something from nothing." 
D)  "to reinvent." 
E)  "celebration."

The painting The Harvesters, which formed part of a cycle depicting the months of the year, was painted by __________, a 16^th-century Netherland painter.

Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for:

The sculptor of the panel The Story of Jacob and Esau, and Donatello's teacher, is:

Define the terms Renaissance, Humanism, and Protestant Reformation. Explain at least three ways in which these movements led to broad changes in European life.

The technology of painting with oils was developed:

In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character of Eve was identified with:

Discuss the effect of the Reformation on religious images and the resulting shift in subject matter for Northern European artists.

Giorgione's painting The Tempest paved the way for future:

________ organization, as seen in Masaccio's Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, was a popular device among Renaissance artists of Italy.

Compare and contrast the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance, discussing specific artists and works to support your statements.

Northern European Renaissance artists began using the system of linear perspective:

One of Michelangelo's major achievements was:

One of the effects of the Renaissance was to change the status of artists in Europe from:

The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in:

The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from:

Identify a late-Renaissance style in Italy and discuss the characteristics of this style considering the Allegory painting by Bronzino.

The word renaissance means:

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Exam 16: The Renaissance

The painting The Harvesters, which formed part of a cycle depicting the months of the year, was painted by __________, a 16th-century Netherland painter.

Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for:

The sculptor of the panel The Story of Jacob and Esau, and Donatello's teacher, is:

Define the terms Renaissance, Humanism, and Protestant Reformation. Explain at least three ways in which these movements led to broad changes in European life.

The technology of painting with oils was developed:

In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character of Eve was identified with:

Discuss the effect of the Reformation on religious images and the resulting shift in subject matter for Northern European artists.

Giorgione's painting The Tempest paved the way for future:

________ organization, as seen in Masaccio's Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, was a popular device among Renaissance artists of Italy.

Compare and contrast the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance, discussing specific artists and works to support your statements.

Northern European Renaissance artists began using the system of linear perspective:

One of Michelangelo's major achievements was:

One of the effects of the Renaissance was to change the status of artists in Europe from:

The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in:

The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from:

Identify a late-Renaissance style in Italy and discuss the characteristics of this style considering the Allegory painting by Bronzino.

The word renaissance means:

Living With Art

What Is Art

Themes of Art

The Visual Elements

Principles of Design

Drawing

Painting

Prints

Camera and Computer Arts

Graphic Design

Sculpture and Installation

Arts of Ritual and Daily Life

Architecture

Ancient Mediterranean Worlds

Christianity and the Formation of Europe

The 17th and 18th Centuries

Arts of Islam and of Africa

Arts of East Asia - India, China, and Japan

Arts of the Pacific and of the Americas

The Modern World, 1800-1945

From Modern to Postmodern

Opening up to the World

Filters

The painting The Harvesters, which formed part of a cycle depicting the months of the year, was painted by __________, a 16^th-century Netherland painter.