1304 ART HISTORY EXAM 1 - REVIEW

In Masaccio's Holy Trinity, the coffered barrel vault is reminiscent of which of the following?

A Roman triumphal arch

What is the message written on the scroll in the upper left corner of this fresco?

A promise of safety to those who live under the rule of law

In Durer's Melancholy I, what is melancholy associated with?

Artistic temperament

The Tuscan Romanesque revetment of the Florentine Duomo brings it closest to which architectural tradition?

Early Christian

Which of Giotto's innovations represents a departure from the Italo-Byzantine style?

Figures seen from the back

Which New Testament scene does Pieter Aertsen depict in the background of Butcher's Stall?

Flight into Egypt

Which characteristic of Duccio's figures in the Maestà originates in Byzantine art?

Formality and symmetry

Which artist designed and created the doors of the Baptistery of San Giovanni?

Ghiberti

Which individual designed the Campanile of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence?

Giotto di Bondone

What was the most influential building in the later Cinquecento Italy?

Il Gesù

Which figure is not placed in the standard position in Leonardo's version of the Last Supper?

Judas

Which of the following artists actively collected classical sculpture?

Lorenzo Ghiberti

What painting style takes its name from the importance of the hand of the artist in creating a work?

Mannerism

In Raphael's School of Athen, he represented these two main figures of greek philosophy in the center of the painting.

Plato and Aristotle

Raphael's painting Galatea was inspired by the poetry of which Italian writer?

Poliziano

In his David, Michelangelo displayed David before the battle to emphasize the concept of _____.

Potential

From what body of knowledge did Pieter Bruegel the Elder draw the many vignettes in this painting?

Proverbs

Which of the following cities was considered the rightful capital of the Roman Catholic Church?

Rome

Dürer shows his support for Protestant reforms by minimizing the presentation of which saint in this painting he made for the Nuremberg city hall?

Saint Peter

Bellini's Feast of the Gods is said to have an Arcadian theme, meaning that it is what?

Set in a scene of idyllic simplicity and rustic beauty

Which of the following artists shows the most interest in depicting the human body in violent action?

Signorelli

Which of the following describes the style of Fra Angelico?

Simple and direct

Which element of Giotto's new style appears in the MadonnaEnthroned?

Statuesque figures that cast shadows

What is the name of the work that was commissioned from Bramante by Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain for the Janiculum hill in Rome?

Tempietto

What principal Renaissance interest is embodied in Masaccio's Holy Trinity alongside realism based on observation?

The application of the new science of perspective

What is the subject of the frescoes commissioned for the Palazzo Pubblico by the Sienese government?

The civic life of the Sienese

Michelangelo deviated from earlier representations of David in his rendition by portraying which part of the episode?

The encounter before the battle

Which classical reference is visible on Ghiberti's Sacrifice of Isaac panel?

The naked figure of Isaac

The Sistine ceiling represents which of the following themes?

The salvation of humanity

In Perugino's Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, what element does the artist include to remind the viewer of the ties between Saint Peter and Constantine?

The triumphal arches in the background

Who is the artist of this Mannerist version of the Last Supper?

Tintoretto

What typical Palladian architectural element is NOT present in his most famous villa, Villa Rotonda?

Wings of subsidiary buildings

Which of the following architects wrote influential treatises on painting and architecture?

Alberti

In Masaccio's Holy Trinity, where is the vanishing point?

At the foot of the cross

Which individual is the subject of this equestrian statue?

Bartolommeo Colleoni

In The French Ambassadors, Holbein has painted the two French ambassadors to England through the lens of which school of thought?

Humanism

Simone Martini's rendition of Gabriel in the Annunciation may have been inspired by which contemporary phenomenon?

The etiquette of chivalric courts

In Ghiberti's Isaac and His Sons, the artist's study of ancient art is especially apparent in which detail?

The figure of Rebecca

How did Masaccio create a sense of bulk in his figures in Tribute Money?

Through modeling with a specific light source outside the picture

The term Madonna refers to which holy figure?

Virgin Mary

What naturalistic details are evident among International Gothic style conventions in Gentile da Fabriano's Adoration of the Magi?

Animals shown from a variety of angles and convincing foreshortening

Which artist departed from the convention of frontality by placing figures on a triangular base?

Antonio de Pollaiuolo

Which Florentine artist painted Primavera?

Botticelli

The development of linear perspective is generally credited to which artist?

Brunelleschi

Who is the architect of the loggia of the Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence?

Brunelleschi

What devastating natural disaster occurred in Europe during the 1340s?

Bubonic plague

In Leonardo's Last Supper, how did the artist break with traditional iconography?

By placing Judas on the same side of the table as the others

The presentation of the main figures in Simone Martini's Saint Ansanus altarpiece is most likely guided by which influence?

Chivalric etiquette

What is the subject of the personifications on the lower eight panels on Andrea Pisano's bronze doors for the baptistery of San Giovanni?

Christian virtues

Saint Anthony and Saint Sebastian appear in Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece because of their association with what?

Disease and miraculous cures

Which artist introduced the contrapposto pose to Quattrocento sculpture in his representation of Saint Mark?

Donatello

Who created this statue of David for the Palazzo Medici?

Donatello

Who is the painter of the back of the Maestà altarpiece?

Duccio

What technical term do art historians apply to Giotto's treatment of the angels in this fresco?

Foreshortening

Which monastic orders are known as the mendicant orders, those committed to vows of poverty and austerity?

Franciscans and Dominicans

The loosely curved folds of the garments in Duccio's Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (Maestà) are derived from which style?

French Gothic

Which of the following artists was the winner of the famous competition for the bronze doors of the Florence baptistery?

Ghiberti

Which artist painted a cycle of frescoes, including the scene in this image, for the choir of Santa Maria Novella?

Ghirlandaio

Which Dominican monk denounced the secular humanism of the Medici and others in the late 15th century?

Girolamo Savonarola

Aside from his skill at drawing, which earlier training contributed to Dürer's extraordinary proficiency in making engravings?

Goldsmith

In works such as Madonna in the Meadow, Raphael has clearly adopted Leonardo's use of pyramidal composition for his own work but rejected what interest of Leonardo?

Heavy chiaroscuro

Which mode of thinking inspired the leading families and many artists of the Early Renaissance in Italy?

Humanism

Which statement best describes Pieter Bruegel's Fall of Icarus.

Icarus is hidden in the lower corer for comedic impact.

Which of the following was the mother church for the Jesuits in Rome?

Il Gesù

What term do art historians use to describe the use of rough brushstrokes and thick dabs of pigment to highlight the uneven surface so it catches the light?

Impasto

What is the setting for Pietro Lorenzetti's Birth of the Virgin?

Interior of an upper-class house

Despite the limitations on women as artists, which figure exemplifies the important role women could play as art patrons?

Isabella d'Este

Which female art patron is depicted in this painting by Titian?

Isabella d'Este

Confraternities, whose members dedicated themselves to strict religious observance, were made up of which group?

Laypeople

In Dürer's Melencolia I, what element is interpreted as an optimistic note suggesting that the artist can overcome depression?

Light above the horizon

What city is home to Sant'Andrea and its facade designed by Alberti?

Mantua

Which of the following individuals was not the subject of a portrait painted by Hans Holbein the Younger?

Martin Luther

Which aspect of Michelangelo's Pietá caused controversy at the time it was created?

Mary's apparent youth

Leonardo's use of light and dark in Madonna of the Rocks built on the work of which Early Renaissance artist?

Masaccio

In northern Europe of this period, the expansion in genre painting—landscapes, portraits, still lifes—was accompanied by what new element?

Moralizing reminders of human vices

What term do art historians use for the windows used by Brunelleschi in buildings such as San Lorenzo?

Oculus

In the Creation of Adam, Michelangelo fashioned the conception of God after which earlier type?

Olympian deities

In Pieter Aertsen's Butcher's Stall, which element is a reference to a degenerate life?

Oyster and mussel shells

What Italian city is the location of the Arena Chapel?

Padua

The dome Bramante designed for Saint Peter's in Rome would have resembled which of the following?

Pantheon, Rome

Which Renaissance building was one of the first conceived as a central-plan structure?

Pazzi Chapel

Which artist painted Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter?

Perugino

Which artist was an influence on Raphael's perspective system in his Marriage of the Virgin?

Perugino

According to the video, this Italian Humanist was the leading voice of the revival of humanism.

Petrarch

This statue is the only work Michelangelo ever signed.

Pieta

In Money-Changer and His Wife by Quentin Massys, what is the viewer warned against as being a distraction from religious life?

Pursuit of wealth

What characteristic compositional technique does Leonardo use to unite the figures in Madonna of the Rocks?

Pyramidal grouping

In which detail of Madonna Enthroned is Cimabue's movement away from the maniera greca most evident?

Receding throne

Which of the following accounts for the decline in the role Florence played in the support of the arts at the end of the 15th century?

Savonarola's brief span of power

After Bellini's death in 1516, who became the official painter of the Republic of Venice?

Titian

This scene of the Assumption of the Virgin is by which painter?

Titian

The duke of Mantua commissioned the frescoes of the Camera degli Sposi from Mantegna for which of the following reasons?

To glorify himself and his family

Michelangelo's statue of Moses is part of which monument?

Tomb of Julius II

What is the physical format of Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights?

Triptych

Chiaroscuro is Italian for ight and dark. -True -False

True

The concept of the famous artists is due to humanist concepts. -True -False

True

Which of the following characteristics of Parmigianino's painting of the Madonna is NOT a Mannerist element?

Use of chiaroscuro to model the body

What occupation did Enrico Scrovegni practice that led him to commissioning the Arena Chapel?

Usury

Baldung's oil painting Three Ages of Woman and Death is a commentary on both the inevitability of death and what?

Vanitas

What is the title of this painting by Titian, which established the standard for the reclining female nude?

Venus of Urbino