CH 7-11

A feudal society was defined by which of the following? a. a basically rural, agricultural way of life b. constant disputes, or "feuds," among the aristocracy c. an economy centered in large cities d. equal distribution of wealth and power among all citizens

A

A medieval monastery's enclosed garden, surrounded by a covered walkway, is called a ________. a. cloister b. infirmary c. orchard d. dormitory

A

Eremitism refers to which aspect of monastic life? a. solitude b. farm work c. prayer d. frequent study

A

In The Book of the Courtier, Castiglione said the Renaissance gentleman should possess ________, meaning "effortless mastery." a. sprezzatura b. Mannerism c. terribilità d. onesta

A

In the Ordinary of the Mass, the ________ is the Profession of Faith sung after the Gospel. a. Credo b. Sanctus c. Gloria d. Agnus Dei

A

In which city did the Italian Renaissance emerge? a. Florence b. Milan c. Rome d. Naples

A

Listen to the opening section of Josquin's Ave Maria and identify the statement that does NOT describe the passage. a. in triple meter b. strong beats are consonant c. text set in imitative counterpoint d. sung by a choir of a cappella voices e. melody moves primarily in conjunct motion

A

One of the most famous panels on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, partly because of its use of negative space, is ________. a. The Creation of Adam b. The Last Supper c. The Last Judgment d. Moses

A

Pope Julius II commissioned ________ to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. a. Bramante b. Raphale c. Michelangelo d. Vasari

A

The Augustinian friar __________ started the Protestant Reformation in 1517 by posting his 95 Theses on door of a church in Wittenberg. a. Martin Luther b. Ulrich Zwingli c. Jonathan Edwards d. John Calvin

A

The Polish astronomer ________ argued that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, refuting the prevailing geocentrism of the time. a. Copernicus b. Galileo c. Vesalius d. Napier

A

The Protestant Reformation is important in Western history because it a. removed the monopoly that the Roman Catholic Church had on official religion in the West, giving rise to competing religious groups. b. gave the wealthy of Italy a chance to complain. c. gave the Roman Catholic Church a way to object to the mendicant orders. d. added numbers of the faithful to the Roman Catholic Church.

A

The Summa Theologica, by __________, attempted to harmonize human learning with revealed truth. a. Thomas Aquinas b. Abbot Suger c. Francis of Assisi d. Peter Abelard

A

The correct definition for "a cappella" is: a. a device by which key words in a text spark a particularly expressive musical setting b. unaccompanied vocal music c. the sections of the Mass that are sung to texts that vary with each feast day d. a curriculum of four scientific disciplines taught in Renaissance schools and universities e. a boy or adult singer who had been castrated to keep his voice from changing so that it would remain in the soprano register

A

The first true High Gothic church, ________ Cathedral, was devastated in a fire in 1194 and then rebuilt. a. Chartres b. Saint-Denis c. Beauvais d. Notre-Dame

A

The term Ars Nova typically refers to which of the following? a. a musical style music characterized by a new freedom and variety of melody b. a new style of sculpture c. a musical style that emerged in present-day Spain d. a treatise on visual art

A

What is the name of the text that provided guidelines on how to structure monastic life? a. Rule of Saint Benedict b. Magna Carta c. Vespers d. Song of Roland

A

What is the term for an ornamental molding around an arched wall opening? a. archivolt b. exemplum c. triforium d. relic

A

Which Flemish artist painted the portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife? a. van Eyck b. Ockeghem c. Campin d. Limbourg

A

Which Flemish composer, the greatest of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, spent eight years in Rome? a. Josquin b. Vittoria c. Willaert d. Ockeghem

A

Which artist created the Madonna of the Rocks and The Last Supper? a. Leonardo b. Tintoretto c. Titian d. Raphael

A

Which artist's autobiography contains a detailed description of the process of casting a bronze statue? a. Cellini b. Bronzino c. Bernini d. Castiglione

A

Which artist's group portrait of three sisters around a chessboard is characterized by its natural, believable feel? a. Sofonisba Anguissola b. Elisabetta Gonzaga c. Lavinia Fontana d. Veronica Franco

A

Which is the site of Charlemagne's palace and royal chapel? a. Aachen b. Basel c. Ravenna d. Roncesvalles

A

Which is the term that literally means "three hundred" in Italian and was typically used in Italy to refer to the 14th century? a. trecento b. chiaroscuro c. terz rima d. fabliaux

A

Which musician composed over 100 masses and directed all music for the Vatican during the final twenty years of his life? a. Palestrina b. Josquin c. Willaert d. Gabrieli

A

Which of the following did NOT occur after Charlemagne's death? a. The Umayyad Caliphate conquered the Frankish kingdom. b. Emperor Frederick Barbarossa canonized Charlemagne. c. The Frankish kingdom fractured, leading to a period of violence and hardship. d. His bones were placed inside works of art, as a way of paying tribute.

A

Which of the following is NOT true of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales? a. It was a key influence on the work of Dante Alighieri. b. Like the Decameron, it is a collection of stories connected by a narrative frame. c. It is written in iambic pentameter. d. It is an unfinished work.

A

Which painter is associated with the International style, the final development in Gothic art? a. Martini b. Duccio c. Lorenzetti d. Giotti

A

Which statement accurately defines "motet"? a. a composition for choir setting a religious, devotional, or solemn text b. counterpoint in which the voices make use of some preexisting subject in imitation c. a large, independent section of a major instrumental work, such as a sonata, dance suite, or concerto d. the central religious service of the Roman Catholic Church, which incorporates singing for spiritual reflection or as accompaniment to sacred acts e. a popular genre of secular vocal music featuring four or five voices singing love poems

A

Which statement concerning the Renaissance motet is NOT true? a. sung in the vernacular language of the country of composition b. most motet texts drawn from the Old Testament of the Bible c. often made use of imitation d. intended for devotional use at home or in church e. composition for choir

A

Which word originally meant simply a guild or corporation? a. universitas b. chapter c. magistri d. tenere

A

Who is the author of The Prince and is considered the greatest Renaissance political theorist? a. Machiavelli b. Erasmus c. Manutius d. Mirandola

A

Who painted the manuscript illuminations for the Duke of Berry's prayer book? a. Limbourg Brothers b. Van Eyck c. Campin d. Gutenberg

A

_________ was Henry VIII's court painter and traveled to paint portraits of prospective brides for the king. a. Holbein b. El Greco c. Clouet d. Hilliard

A

_____________ corresponded with Michelangelo and wrote more than 400 poems, mostly Petrarchan sonnets. a. Vittoria Colonna b. Veronica Franco c. Baldessare Castiglione d. Benvenuto Cellini

A

Which of the following statements about Moses Maimonides is NOT true? a. He was born in Jerusalem. b. He was a physician. c. He was Jewish philosopher who wrote in Arabic. d. He believed it was more appropriate to describe what God is not.

A; he was born in Spain

Albrecht Dürer's Knight, Death, and the Devil is a famous example of which artistic medium? a. oil painting b. engraving c. triptych d. watercolor

B

Donatello's sculpture of ________, a life-size nude in the contrapposto stance, is his most Classically inspired work. a. Abraham b. David c. Saint George d. Samson

B

English composer John Dowland is most often associated with which musical genre? a. madrigals b. ayres c. anthems d. masses

B

French composer Guillaume de Machaut wrote the first great example of a polyphonic setting of which text? a. sonnets b. Ordinary of the Mass c. Ars Nova d. madrigals

B

Identify the INCORRECT statement concerning the madrigal. a. The invention of printing made madrigal collections relatively inexpensive. b. It could be sung by a group of men or women, but never by a mixed group. c. The text was a vernacular poem, most often about love. d. It was expected that each part would be sung by a solo voice. e. Music reflects each nuance of the text.

B

In the 1500s, the most important Christian humanist in Northern Europe was ________. a. Dufay b. Erasmus c. Campin d. Philip the Good

B

In the Ordinary of the Mass, __________ is the repeated Greek phrase that means "Lord have mercy on us." a. Benedictus b. Kyrie Eleison c. Introit d. Agnus Dei

B

In which city did John Calvin preach his vision of Protestantism? a. Amsterdam b. Geneva c. Zurich d. London

B

Ironically, this term was originally used pejoratively, to refer to art considered "barbaric" or "crude." a. Romanesque b. gothic c. lux nova d. gargoyle

B

Members of which prominent Florentine family appear in Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi? a. Strozzi b. Medici c. Pazzi d. Poliziano

B

The father-and-son team of Nicola and Giovanni Pisano is known for which of the following? a. co-authoring The Book of the City of Ladies b. "creating" modern sculpture c. a fresco cycle for the Arena Chapel d. a collection of madrigals

B

The most famous composer of the 15th century, __________________, blended the previously separate realms of sacred and secular music. a. Johannes Ockeghem b. Guillaume Dufay c. Marsilio Ficino d. Heinrich Issac

B

This term refers to the craft of fine handwriting that was developed during the Carolingian period. a. alliteration b. calligraphy c. cadence d. Romanesque

B

Though it originally referred to acts of war, ________ now refers to acts of kindness, particularly toward women. a. allegory b. chivalry c. dialectics d. organum

B

What is a "castrato"? a. a woodwind instrument, developed during the early Renaissance, that sounds like a combination between a clarinet and a trumpet b. a boy or adult singer who was castrated to keep his voice from changing so that it would remain in the soprano register c. a high, soprano-like voice produced by adult male singers when they sing in head voice and not in full chest voice d. a popular term for the violin e. a celebrated female opera singer; a prima donna

B

What is the term for a passage in a play spoken directly to the audience, unheard by other characters? a. ayre b. soliloquy c. indulgence d. dialogue

B

What is the term for the poetic device of repeating consonants in adjacent words? a. assonance b. alliteration c. cadence d. vernacular

B

What is the title of Giovanni Boccaccio's collection of stories set near Florence during an outbreak of the black plague? a. Divine Comedy b. Decameron c. The Book of the City of Ladies d. Canzoniere

B

What was the purpose of the Council of Trent? a. to establish the rule of celibacy for priests b. to consider reforms for the Roman Catholic Church c. to determine which books would be included in the Bible d. to elect a pope who would, hopefully, convince the Protestants of their doctrinal errors and cause them to return to the Roman Catholic Church e. all of the above

B

Which artist left a 13,000-page collection of notes containing drawings of human anatomy, inventions, geometric shapes, and a human fetus? a. Castiglione b. Leonardo c. Michelangelo d. Palladio

B

Which of the following is indicative of Gothic architecture's interest in light? a. archivolt b. stained glass c. crypt d. censer

B

Which of the following refers to an early form of the type of music that uses multiple voices? a. mullion b. organum c. triforium d. sexpartite

B

Which painter defied the 15th-century trends of realistic representations of the natural world and a focus on tonal contrasts of light and shade? a. Uccello b. Botticelli c. Piero d. Ghiberti

B

Which painting demonstrates Titian's admiration of the female body? a. Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time b. Venus of Urbino c. Pietà d. Madonna of the Meadow

B

Which term identifies a musical elaboration in which a single syllable's vowel is sung on many notes? a. a cappella b. melisma c. neum d. trope

B

Which term refers to the schedule of a monk's typical day? a. liturgy b. horarium c. opus Dei d. cadence

B

Which term refers to the tall, pointed windows found in Gothic cathedrals? a. archivolt b. lancet c. buttress d. apse

B

Who among the following gave up all his possessions, traveled far and wide to preach, and believed the Gospels should be read literally? a. Saint Denis b. Saint Francis c. Saint Benedict d. Saint Jerome

B

Who are the two historical figures positioned at the center of Raphael's fresco Philosophy? a. Pythagoras and Euclid b. Plato and Aristotle c. Sophocles and Ptolemy d. Plato and Socrates

B

Who began his translation of the Bible into his native tongue in 1521? a. James I b. Luther c. Zwingli d. Erasmus

B

________ is the Italian city most closely associated with colorist oil painting, particularly the works of Titian. a. Rome b. Venice c. Genoa d. Naples

B

During the 15th century, Florence was the center of European ________. a. wool manufacturing b. wine-making c. banking d. farming

C

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man is which of the following? a. a treatise proposing a new system of government b. a translation of the Talmud c. one of the earliest and most important texts of Renaissance humanism d. the last great Italian morality play

C

Identify the correct definition for "word painting." a. the repetition of a musical motive at successively higher or lower degrees of the scale b. a singer declaims, rather than sings, a text at only approximate pitch levels c. the process of depicting the text in music, be it subtly, overtly, or even jokingly, by means of expressive musical devices d. the process of inverting the musical intervals in a theme or melody e. music to be inserted between the acts or during important scenes of a play to add an extra dimension to the drama

C

The 14th century saw all of the following cultural events EXCEPT which of the following? a. The Great Schism b. The Hundred Years' War c. The Thirty Years' War d. The Black Death

C

The Netherlandish artist _________ is known for his detailed paintings that combine a love of landscape with slice-of-life subjects, and with occasional proverbs. a. Holbein b. Hemessen c. Bruegel d. Grünewald

C

The abbot whose plans to build a new church resulted in the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, first of the Gothic cathedrals was named ________. a. Aquinas b. Francis c. Suger d. Benedict

C

The exempla found in the Decameron are examples of what kind of story? a. ribald, comic tales b. romances c. moral stories d. elegies

C

The exterior architectural support characteristic of a Gothic cathedral is called a ________. a. transept b. censer c. buttress d. archivolt

C

The madrigal is best described as: a. a French term indicating a lyrical song from the Middle Ages into the twentieth century b. the first portion of the Ordinary of the Mass and, hence, usually the opening movement in a polyphonic setting of the Mass c. a popular genre of secular vocal music, originating in Italy, in which four or five voices sing love poems d. a light musical interlude intended to separate and thus break the mood of two more serious, surrounding movements e. the genre of art song, for voice and keyboard accompaniment, that originated in Germany

C

The musical tradition known as Gregorian chant was characterized by ________. a. a brass ensemble to accompany singers b. a style of singing developed in Milan c. one or more voices singing a single melody d. sung texts that pay tribute to Pope Gregory

C

The poet/painter/musician/philosopher was an example of which of the following? a. Franciscan monk b. quadrivium c. polymath d. vassal

C

Verbal elaborations on liturgical texts, sometimes considered the beginnings of drama in medieval Europe, are called ________. a. morality plays b. vernacular c. tropes d. cadences

C

What is the name of the Italian painter who achieved crucial innovations in his use of the techniques of modeling and chiaroscuro? a. Duccio b. Pisano c. Giotto d. Vasari

C

What is the term for the passageway in a church that continues the side aisles and allows people to walk to the chapels? a. nave b. atrium c. ambulatory d. choir

C

What is the title of a 13th-century poem that gives an allegorical account of the art of courtly love? a. Carmina Burana b. "A Lover's Prize" c. The Romance of the Rose d. "When I See the Skylark Moving"

C

What was Johann Gutenberg's major invention? a. parchment b. the paper mill c. moveable printing type d. printer's ink

C

Where were the two branches of the Habsburg dynasty located? a. Austria and France b. Austria and England c. Austria and Spain d. Switzerland and Italy

C

Which English composer wrote both Protestant and Catholic music, including the 40-voice motet Spem in alium? a. Byrd b. Weelkes c. Tallis d. Morley

C

Which English composer's madrigals were notable for their lighthearted, pleasing qualities? a. Dowland b. Tallis c. Morley d. Weelkes

C

Which artist painted The School of Athens, a painting which reveals his respect for Classical philosophers? a. Bronzino b. Leonardo c. Raphael d. Titian

C

Which artist won the competition for designer of the doors of the Florence Baptistery? a. Brunelleschi b. Leonardo c. Ghiberti d. Donatello

C

Which building is an example of the Perpendicular style? a. Doge's Palace b. Palazzo Pubblico c. Gloucester Cathedral d. Santa Maria del Fiore

C

Which is the name for the dining hall in a medieval monastery? a. cloister b. horarium c. refectory d. scriptorium

C

Which of the following characterizes the Great Schism? a. rapid infection and a huge loss of life across Western Europe b. a bitter struggle between the monarchs of England and France c. a division in the Roman Catholic Church d. dramatic contrasts of light and shade

C

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Gothic cathedrals? a. strikingly high ceilings b. large panels of stained glass depicting scenes from the Gospels c. murals depicting gruesome scenes of Judgment Day d. complex ornamentation of doorways

C

Which term identifies vocal music sung without instrumental accompaniment? a. polyphonic b. melismatic c. a cappella d. alliterative

C

Which term refers to the monastic practice of self-denial? a. fenestration b. trivium c. asceticism d. capitulation

C

Who is portrayed three times in Masaccio's painting The Tribute Money? a. Jesus b. Judas c. Peter d. Matthew

C

Who is the artist whose frescoes about good and bad government are displayed in Siena's city hall? a. Duccio b. Cimabue c. Lorenzetti d. Landini

C

Who is the author of The Praise of Folly? a. Manutius b. Mirandola c. Erasmus d. Cereta

C

Who published the landmark anatomical study De humani corporis fabrica libri septem? a. Bacon b. Paracelsus c. Vesalius d. Montaigne

C

________ is known for its adventurous liturgical music, often centered in St. Mark's Basilica. a. Rome b. Naples c. Venice d. Florence

C

Brunelleschi's contribution to Florence Cathedral was its famous ________. a. apse b. crypt c. nave d. dome

D

Charlemagne's battle with the Umayyad Caliphate at the Franco-Spanish border inspired which of the following? a. Causae et Curae b. Beowulf c. Everyman d. The Song of Roland

D

Cosimo de' Medici's most significant contribution to Greek studies was ________. a. his new translation of the complete works of Aristotle b. his making Greek the official language of Florence c. his hiring a number of Greek scholars to live in Florence d. his founding an academy dedicated to the study of Plato

D

Fontana's painting Noli Me Tangere is notable for ________. a. showing Jesus disguised as a gardener b. being a religious painting by a Mannerist artist c. portraying a scene of Jesus not described in the Gospels d. being a religious painting by a woman, and placing visual emphasis on Mary Magdalene

D

In a medieval monastery, what is the name of the room in which manuscripts were copied and illuminated? a. cloister b. infirmary c. refectory d. scriptorium

D

In which country did the artist Albrecht Dürer learn about linear perspective? a. England b. Spain c. France d. Italy

D

The Counter-Reformation in Western history provided a. an opportunity for the Roman Catholic Church to push back against the Moslems. b. an opportunity for the Protestants to reform their churches. c. the Church of England equal footing with Protestant churches. d. reform of spiritual and financial practices within the Roman Catholic Church.

D

The English artist ________ is best known for his miniatures, small portraits often painted in watercolors. a. Holbein b. Marlowe c. Wyatt d. Hilliard

D

The artwork titled Entombment of Christ illustrates the characteristics of ___________, especially in its use of distortion and ambiguity of space. a. Venetian oil painting b. High Renaissance sculpture c. Vatican art d. Mannerism

D

The modern form of the essay is rooted in the short, meditative writings of _________. a. Wyatt b. More c. Caxton d. Montaigne

D

The portly, drunken knight __________, a comic character, appears in two Shakespeare plays and has inspired many other artistic works. a. Shylock b. Prospero c. Polonius d. Falstaff

D

The semicircular space—usually elaborately decorated—above the doors of a cathedral is called the ________. a. denier b. cadence c. transept d. tympanum

D

This artist's Madonna of the Meadow is characterized by clarity of form and a bright palette. a. Fontana b. Leonardo c. Tintoretto d. Raphael

D

Thomas Aquinas, whose writing consistently applied principles of rational thought to his theological discussions, was inspired by which of the following? a. Plato b. Guido d'Arezzo c. Avicenna d. Aristotle

D

What is the name of the Italian Renaissance-style complex in Spain that contrasts with the Moorish influence still prominent in Spanish architecture of the time? a. Casa de Pilatos b. Santo Tomé c. Alcazar d. El Escorial

D

What is the term for the crucifixion marks of Christ, which Saint Francis of Assisi is said to have received after his intense meditation on Jesus's crucifixion? a. archivolts b. exempla c. lancets d. stigmata

D

What is the title of Dante Alighieri's masterpiece about a symbolic journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven? a. La Vita Nuova b. Inferno c. Letter to Posterity d. The Divine Comedy

D

Which artist created the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? a. Leonardo b. Bramante c. Raphael d. Michelangelo

D

Which artist was summoned to Rome to create a monumental tomb for Pope Julius II? a. Leonardo b. Palladio c. Giovanni da Bologna d. Michelangelo

D

Which humanist writer is famous for writing letters in defense of women's education? a. Erasmus b. Mirandola c. Machiavelli d. Cereta

D

Which is the Italian author celebrated for his vernacular poetry, including well over 300 sonnets? a. Dante b. Pizan c. Vasari d. Petrarch

D

Which is the Mass Ordinary prayer that begins with the words "lamb of God" and is sung just before communion? a. Credo b. Magnificat c. Gloria d. Agnus Dei

D

Which of the following terms identifies the practice of making sounds that do not appear on the music notation on the written page? a. isorhythm b. canzone c. harmony d. musica ficta

D

Which of the following was NOT one of Charlemagne's achievements? a. a standardized monetary system b. establishing an education system c. recruiting scholars to correct errors in Classical texts d. writing an autobiography

D

Which pair serve as Dante's guides during his journeys in the Divine Comedy? a. Virgil and Aeneas b. Virgil and Aristotle c. Virgil and Homer d. Virgil and Beatrice

D

Which term refers to music made up of many voices? a. melisma b. dialectics c. choir d. polyphony

D

Which term refers to the members of the audience who stand in the pit at a dramatic event? a. burins b. company c. galleons d. groundlings

D

Which term, originally used in ancient Greece to mean the "art of conversation," came to refer to the process of using rigorous reasoning to come to logical conclusions? a. allegory b. scholasticism c. rhetoric d. dialectics

D

Who is the precocious artist celebrated for his frescoes in Brancacci Chapel of Florence's Santa Maria del Carmine? a. Fra Angelico b. Brunelleschi c. Botticelli d. Masaccio

D

Who made sermons against what he saw as the immorality of Florence during the 15th century? a. Fra Angelico b. Lorenzo de Medici c. Leon Battista Alberti d. Fra Savonarola

D

Who painted the fantastical and enigmatic Garden of Earthly Delights? a. Pieter Brueghel b. Albrecht Altdorfer c. Matthias Grünewald d. Hieronymus Bosch

D

Which statement does NOT apply to the concept of "humanism"? a. It indulged a passion for invention and discovery. b. People have the capacity to shape their world. c. Works of art can exist for pleasure rather than utility. d. Humans are the conduit for gifts descending from heaven. e. Aesthetic pleasure in the human form.

D (Aesthetic pleasure in the human form. It indulged a passion for invention and discovery. People have the capacity to shape their world. Works of art can exist for pleasure rather than utility.)

"Imitation" is best defined as a. the process of inverting the musical intervals in a theme or melody. b. a reduction, usually by half, of all the rhythmic durations in a melody. c. a musical figure, motive, melody, harmony, or rhythm that is repeated again and again. d. the harmonious opposition of two or more independent musical lines. e. the process by which one or more musical voices, or parts, enter and duplicate exactly for a period of time the music presented by the previous voice.

E

Identify the INCORRECT statement concerning As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending. a. The music often depicts the text by its motion or by its texture. b. It was one madrigal in a larger collection dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. c. The text includes an eclectic mixture of images derived from classical mythology. d. The composer not only wrote the music but is believed to have written the text as well. e. A consort of string instruments was expected to support the singers.

E

Identify the statement about Josquin that is INCORRECT. a. He was born near the present border between France and Belgium. b. He composed his most famous motet, Ave Maria, around 1485. c. Although he wrote in all musical genres of his day, he excelled in composing motets. d. Attracted by the potential for professional and monetary gain, much of his early career was spent in Italy, where he was a singer in the chapel of various important personages. e. He was employed at various times by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy.

E

T/F Among Dufay's most famous music students was Heinrich Isaac.

False

T/F At the University of Paris, a student's day was largely unstructured except for a couple classes each morning.

False

T/F Bramante designed the Villa Rotunda in Vicenza.

False

T/F Brigit, who was St. Benedict's sister, established churches throughout southern France and northern Spain.

False

T/F Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier provides an account of the Italian legal system during the 1500s.

False

T/F Charlemagne's famous "palace school," located in Paris, played a key role in encouraging the establishment of monasteries throughout his kingdom.

False

T/F Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in Latin.

False

T/F Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus is a ribald comedy.

False

T/F Cosimo de' Medici is nicknamed "the Magnificent."

False

T/F Counterpoint is a term that describes a technique in which lines that are in reality parallel and horizontal are represented as converging diagonals.

False

T/F Hieronymus Bosch painted The Triumph of Death.

False

T/F Jewelry was the major source from which the Medici family acquired its wealth.

False

T/F Just prior to his death, Bramante witnessed the completion of the drum of the dome he had designed for the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

False

T/F Laura Cereta became a universal hero of 15th-century Italian women.

False

T/F Like Leonardo's Last Supper, Tintoretto's painting of the same name is highly symmetrical.

False

T/F Michelangelo did not create a tomb for the Medici family.

False

T/F Montaigne is credited with composing the hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," which is still sung in many churches today.

False

T/F Morality plays typically dramatized specific passages from the Bible.

False

T/F Notre Dame de la Belle Verriére is a statue of the Virgin Mary in Salisbury Cathedral.

False

T/F One of St. Francis of Assisi's major accomplishments was organizing a huge monastery.

False

T/F Organum is a type of musical instrument.

False

T/F Petrarch wrote over 300 madrigals.

False

T/F Piero della Francesca painted The Birth of Venus.

False

T/F Stained glass windows in Gothic cathedrals were intended to symbolize the variety of life on earth.

False

T/F Tensions between France and England were resolved during the Hundred Years' War.

False

T/F The Ordinary of the Mass contains texts that change from day to day throughout most of the church year.

False

T/F The Song of Roland is a morality play.

False

T/F The Utrecht Psalter was created in Utrecht

False

T/F The Vulgate Bible was a version of the scriptures translated into a variant of French.

False

T/F The artist known as Masaccio painted Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife.

False

T/F The best-known French composer of chansons was Heinrich Isaac.

False

T/F The cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is known as the Duomo because of the duo of architects who designed it.

False

T/F The dining hall of a medieval monastery was housed in its dormitory.

False

T/F The term isorhythm refers to music in which all voices sing one, isolated rhythm.

False

T/F The trobairitz were the German counterparts of the troubadours.

False

T/F Willaert, a Dutch musician, became choirmaster of St. Mark's in Florence.

False

T/F A Pietà depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of the dead Christ.

True

T/F Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Bernini all contributed to the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

True

T/F Cimabue painted Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets.

True

T/F During his lifetime, Albrecht Dürer was best known for his printmaking.

True

T/F Fra Angelico painted The Annunciation for the Dominican Convent of San Marco in Florence.

True

T/F Guillaume Dufay incorporated folk tunes into his musical settings of the Mass.

True

T/F Guillaume de Machaut was the best-known music composer of the 14th century.

True

T/F Henry VIII's dispute with the Catholic Church resulted in his forming the Church of England.

True

T/F Lorenzo Ghiberti sculpted the door panels often called the "Gates of Paradise."

True

T/F Matthias Grünewald's depiction of Jesus in his Crucifixion altarpiece exemplifies Italian Renaissance aesthetics.

True

T/F Peter Abelard was a scholar who influenced Thomas Aquinas.

True

T/F Pisano sculpted the pulpit for the baptistery in Pisa.

True

T/F Pope Gregory the Great is often associated with the chant sung in medieval cathedrals.

True

T/F Pope Julius II and Michelangelo had a combative relationship.

True

T/F Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

True

T/F Romanesque architecture was characterized by heavy stone and round arches.

True

T/F Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors is actually a synthesis of two plays from Roman antiquity.

True

T/F The Abbey Church of Saint-Denis is the prototype for the Gothic cathedral.

True

T/F The Globe Theater is a playhouse associated with Shakespeare.

True

T/F The external struts that bear much of the weight of the walls and roof of a Gothic cathedral are called "flying buttresses."

True

T/F The pointed arch is an essential element of the architecture of Gothic cathedrals.

True

T/F The scriptorium housed the library in a typical medieval monastery.

True

T/F The term Ars Nova as it applies to music comes from a 14th-century treatise by Philippe de Vitry.

True

T/F Verrochio's David sculpture dates from later than Donatello's David.

True