art history test 1
Often synonymous with the Renaissance, the ____ were great art patrons.
Medici family
Which artist was known as being difficult to work with?
Michelangelo
Which artist's assertion of his authority anticipated modern concepts of the artist?
Michelangelo
Why were the subjects muscular in the Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings?
Michelangelo likely used male models.
The dome Bramante designed for Saint Peter's in Rome would have resembled which of the following?
Pantheon, Rome
____ was one of the first Renaissance buildings conceived as a central-plan structure.
Pazzi Chapel
The School of Athens shows all but:
modern clothing.
Inspiration for the form of Claus Sluter's Well of Moses may have come from ____.
mystery plays
In Leonardo's Last Supper, the curved pediment above the head of Christ represents which of the following?
A halo
Which of the following architects wrote influential treatises on painting and architecture?
Alberti
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
Which of the following was Philip the Bold of Burgundy's grandest artistic enterprise?
Chartreuse de Champmol
Which of the following artists specialized in images of the Madonna and Child?
Hans Memling
In Jan Van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, why, most likely, is Arnolfini holding up his right hand?
He is making a vow
Although women had many limitations as artists, ____ demonstrated the important role women played as art patrons.
Isabella d'Este
In Masaccio's Trinity the vanishing point can be found at which of the following?
At the foot of the cross
One of the most important trading cities of 15th-century Netherlands was ____.
Bruges
The development of linear perspective is generally credited to ____.
Brunelleschi
The Hundred Years War primarily involved which two kingdoms?
England and France
Who commissioned the Tempietto?
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Which Italian city played the most important role in the development of Renaissance ideas and art forms in the early 15th century?
Florence
Which two entities divided the Burgundian territories after the death of Charles the Bold?
France and the Holy Roman Empire
Which panel for the compotition for the east doors of the Florentine Cathedral had the first nude depiction since antiquity?
Ghiberti
The robust and monumental figures of the Virgin and Child in Leonardo's Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John are reminiscent of
Greek pedimental sculpture
Which of the following was the mother church for the Jesuits in Rome?
Il Gesù
____ was the most influential church building in the later cinquecento.
Il Gesù
The Nuremberg Chronicle is a tribute to the new craft of the printed illustrated book. What was the content of the Nuremberg Chronicle?
It was the history of the world.
The major center for artistic development in the High Renaissance was
Rome
____ was the Dominican monk who denounced the secular humanism of the Medici and others.
Savonarola
What element of Veit Stoss's style recalled the design principles of Late Gothic architecture?
Sharp forms that dart in a flamelike fashion
Why was the Mona Lisa groundbreaking?
She is looking right at the viewer.
The Sistine ceiling represents which of the following themes?
The chronology of Christianity
How did Masaccio create a sense of bulk for his figures in the Tribute Money?
Through modeling with a specific light source outside the picture
Who was the Venetian painter who created dynamic compositions, often by means of swirling clouds and fitful light?
Tintoretto
Titian's Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne was most likely inspired by
classical art
Masaccio's Tribute Money is a(n) ______.
continuous narrative
The ____ were the most powerful northern European rulers during much of the 15th century.
dukes of Burgundy
In the treatment of space and narrative, Ghiberti's Isaac and his Sons recall ____.
painting techniques
A great achievement of the Les Très Riches Heures was that it made manuscripts more closely resemble ____.
panel paintings
Visible in his David, rather than concentrating his efforts on ideal beauty, the artist Michelangelo focused on ____.
pent-up emotion
The cleaning of Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling initially shocked art historians because it revealed
vivid colors