Question 1

Describe the importance of Brunelleschi and Alberti as architects. To what extent were they influenced by classical architecture? How were they innovative?

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Question 2

Fra Angelico's Annunciation was made for the _____ of San Marco in Florence.

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A)  ​Dominican monastery 
B)  ​Palazzo della Signoria 
C)  ​baptistery 
D)  ​Piazza del Santo

Question 3

What benefits did the Chartreuse de Champmol provide for its patron, Philip the Bold?

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Question 4

Describe how humanist interests and art intersected in quattrocento Italy.

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Question 5

The humanist interests in Italy contributed to the popularity of _____ subject matter.

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A)  ​religious 
B)  ​classical or mythological 
C)  ​abstract 
D)  ​astronomical

Question 6

_____, who invented the science of perspective, may have collaborated with Masaccio on his Holy Trinity.

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A)  Rogier van der Weyden​ 
B)  ​Girolamo Savonarola 
C)  ​Martin Shongauer 
D)  ​Brunelleschi

Question 7

What Neo-platonic belief does this support?

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Question 8

The leading patron of 15th-century Florence was the _____.

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A)  ​painter's guild 
B)  ​university 
C)  ​Medici family 
D)  ​Pope

Question 9

_____ was the leading master of the International Gothic style in Quattrocento Italy.

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A)  ​Donatello 
B)  ​Andrea Mantegna 
C)  ​Gentile da Fabriano 
D)  ​Filippo Brunelleschi

Question 10

How do these figures differ from the French Gothic style?

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Question 11

What is the overall theme of the Ghent Altarpiece, and which motifs contribute to the theme?

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Question 12

Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date. Give the reasons for your attributions, using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.
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Question 13

_____ made Urbino an important artistic center.

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A)  ​King Ladislaus 
B)  ​Federico da Montefeltro 
C)  ​Paolo Strozzi 
D)  ​Lorenzo de' Medici

Question 14

The portrait of the famed condottiere _____ was the first to rival imperial mounted portraits.

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A)  ​Federico da Montefeltro 
B)  ​Gattamelata 
C)  ​Leon Battista Alberti 
D)  ​Ludovico Sforza

Question 15

How does Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife underscore the painter's self-consciousness?

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Question 16

_____ were an especially popular art form in Flanders in the early 15th century.

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A)  Oil paintings​ 
B)  ​Stained-glass windows 
C)  ​Mosaics 
D)  ​Intarsia cabinets

Question 17

Describe the structural relationship between the facade and interior of Alberti's Sant'Andrea in Mantua.

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Question 18

_____ introduced the classical principle of weight shift into Renaissance statuary.

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A)  Gentile da Fabriano​ 
B)  ​Jan van Eyck 
C)  ​Antonio del Pollaiuolo 
D)  ​Donatello

Question 19

Which features made printmaking an attractive medium for artists?

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Question 20

How did Ghiberti create the illusion of depth?

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Exam 8: The Early Renaissance in Europe