AH II Exam I
____ are portraits of individuals that accompany religious scenes and became very popular in the 15th century.
Donor portraits
The Protestant concern about the role of religious imagery was in many cases outright hostile. Martin Luther spoke about destroying images. This destruction of religious imagery also occurred during the Byzantine period. Which of the following defines this act?
Iconoclasm
In Masaccio's Trinity the vanishing point can be found at which of the following?
At the foot of the cross
In Dürer's Melencolia I, the ____ is an optimistic note suggesting that the artist can overcome depression.
burst of light on the horizon
Commissioned by the Sienese government, Ambrogio Lorenzetti's frescoes for the Palazzo Pubblico address the ____.
civic concerns of the Sienese
By ____ Donatello revolutionized relief sculpture in his image of Saint George and the Dragon.
creating an atmospheric effect using incised lines
The setting for Pietro Lorenzetti's Birth of the Virgin, which was a ____, represented an advance in worldly realism.
detailed interior of an upper-class house
The ____ were the most powerful northern European rulers during much of the 15th century.
dukes of Burgundy
One of Giotto's innovations that moved away from the Italo-Byzantine style was the introduction of ____.
figures seen from the back
The ____ of Duccio's figures from the Maestà was/were derived from Byzantine art.
formality and symmetry
Employed by Ghiberti on his Gates of Paradise, presenting several episodes ______ was a medieval narrative method.
in a single frame
Elements of Giotto's new style that appear in the Madonna Enthroned include ____.
statuesque figures that cast shadows
In his Self-Portrait, Durer's hand position may be a reference to ____.
the artist's hand as a creative instrument
Michelangelo deviated from earlier representations of David in his rendition by portraying ____.
the encounter before the battle
In Masaccio's Trinity there is a coffered barrel-vault reminiscent of which of the following?
A Roman triumphal arch
In Leonardo's Last Supper, the curved pediment above the head of Christ represents which of the following?
A halo
Who is the architect for the cathedral of Florence?
Arnolfo di Cambio
In Leonardo's Last Supper, how did the artist break with traditional iconography?
By the placement of Judas on the same side as Christ and the other disciples
____ took a fundamental step forward in his representation of Saint Mark by the contrapposto pose.
Donatello
Which of the following would support the argument that the Well of Moses created by Claus Sluter did not actually spout water?
Carthusian commitment to silence would preclude any sound-making device
The first known northern European self-portrait by a woman is purportedly by which of the following?
Caterina van Hemessen
In Leonardo's Last Supper, the numerous preparatory sketches and studies he made for the work indicate how carefully he thought about this work as a complete entity representing the entire story and its theme. Based on this which of the following would describe Leonardo's conceptualization of the figures from his Last Supper?
Each figure was individualized.
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.
French Gothic
Whose work is best characterized by the use of solid volumes resting firmly on the flat and horizontal surface of this earth?
Giotto
In the ____, a band of Calvinists destroyed art works in Catholic churches in the Netherlands.
Great Iconoclasm
In Masaccio's Trinity he embodies two principal Renaissance interests. One is realism based on observation. Which of the following is the other?
It is the application of the new science of perspective.
The monumental composition and sculpturesque form in Hans Holbein's The French Ambassadors reflects the influence of ____.
Italian art
The illusionism found in French manuscript was influenced by contact with ____.
Italy
The German artist who was dubbed with the title "painter of the Reformation" is ____.
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributes of El Greco's style, such as elongated figures in an undefined space, are often characterized as ____.
Mannerist
Leonardo's use of light and dark in the Madonna of the Rocks built on the work of the artist ____.
Masaccio
Often synonymous with the Renaissance, the ____ were great art patrons.
Medici family
The traditional interpretation of the meaning of Michelangelo's tombs for the Medici as the soul's ascent was influenced by ____.
Neoplatanism
Which city was at its height of political and economic power when it employed the talents of the sculptor Nicola Pisano?
Pisa
Which art form grew in popularity partially because of its ability to memorialize the sitter?
Portraiture
In Martin Schongauer's engraving, he created distinctions of tonal values and textures. He distinguished between skin and cloth, feather and fur. Which of the following is the title of Martin Schongauer's engraving?
Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons
Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife contains many symbols. Which of the following is an allusion to fidelity?
The dog
What did the humanist cult of fame emphasize?
The importance of creative individuals
In Perugino's Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, the artist has reminded the viewer of the link among Constantine, Saint Peter, and the basilica of Saint Peter. Which of the following is the vehicle used as that reminder?
The triumphal arches in the background
Who was the Venetian painter who created dynamic compositions, often by means of swirling clouds and fitful light?
Tintoretto
The duke of Mantua commissioned the frescoes of the Camera degli Sposi from Mantegna for which of the following purposes?
To glorify himself and his family
In Dürer's print of the Fall of Man, the idealization of Adam and Eve is tempered by the ____ of the background.
naturalism
In Pieter Aertsen's Butcher's Stall, the ____ is associated with a degenerate life.
people eating and carousing