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The Palazzo del Tè in Mantua is falling apart (triglyphs are slipping and columns have broken in two) due to age and poor construction.
false
What theme is not represented in the paintings that decorate the walls of the library of Pope Julius II in the Vatican?
humility
The oculus in Andrea Mantegna's Camera degli Sposi in the Ducal Palace in Mantua:
is just a painted illusion
Parmigianino's Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror is a:
photograph pasted onto a piece of convex wood
Vanitas
reminders of mortality
Which artist creates incredibly convincing sculptures of everyday people?
Duane Hanson
The Painted Garden from the Villa of Livia is one of the finest landscapes painted by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci
False
Which part of William Harnett's The Old Violin is real and not just painted?
the blue envelope
Who advised artists in his treatise On Painting that paintings should look like illusionary windows?
Leon Battista Alberti
oculus
the round central opening of a dome
Fanny/Fingerpainting was ________.
Made with the artist's finger and thumb prints
William Hogarth's False Perspective demonstrates incorrect applications of the laws of perspective
true
Which artist was investigated by the US Treasury Department for counterfeiting because his painting of a dollar bill looked so real?
William Harnett
Which two ancient Greek painters were masters of illusion?
Zeuxis and Parrhasius
Which element of Audrey Flack's Marilyn (Vanitas) can be linked to the term vanitas?
all of the other answers
Which part of René Magritte's The Human Condition is painted?
. everything is painted except the canvas on the easel, which is a photograph ????
What elements have an ambiguous reflection in Édouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère?
all of the other answers
Putti
a representation of a naked child, especially a cherub or a cupid in Renaissance art.
Julian Beever is ________.
a sidewalk chalk artist working today
Anamorphosis
a technique used to distort an image so that it is clear from only one viewpoint
Foreshortening
a technique used to show the projection of an object into space
Entasis
a visual swelling at the midpoint of columns
When columns are intentionally designed to swell at the midpoint, this is called ________.
entasis
. Illusion cannot be created using the medium of fresco
false
Ancient Greek architects were not aware of how optical illusions could skew the appearance of buildings
false
Cubist paintings are completely non-objective and do not contain any recognizable objects.
false
. Parmigianino created his skillful and unusual Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror to give to Pope Clement VII because he thought it might help him to get commissions for more artworks
true
Andrea Mantegna included a peacock, to represent marriage, on the ceiling of the room he painted for the Duke of Mantua
true
Magritte questions the idea of the "illusionistic window" in his work The Human Condition.
true
Parnassus, Disputa, and Jurisprudence are the titles of three paintings—along with Raphael's School of Athens—in the library of Pope Julius II in the Vatican.
true
Trompe l'oeil means "fools the eye"
true