Art History 2 Test 1
Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time
BRONZINO, Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time, ca. 1546. Oil on wood, National Gallery, London
Well of Moses
CLAUS SLUTER, Well of Moses. 1395-1406. Limestone with traces of paint, (Moses), France.
David (Donatello)
DONATELLO, David, late 1440-1460. Bronze, Florence.
Saint Mark, Donatello
DONATELLO, Saint Mark, Or San Michele, Florence, Italy, 1411-1413. Marble.
Tempietto, Bramante
DONATO D'ANGELO BRAMANTE, Tempietto, Rome, Italy, 1502.
By the placement of Judas on the same side as Christ and the other Disciples
In Leonardo's Last Supper, how did the artist break with traditional iconography?
Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons/Temptation of St. Anthony
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?
A Roman triumphal arch
In Masaccio's Trinity there is a coffered barrel-vault reminiscent of which of the following?
seasonal tasks
In the calendar pages of Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry scenes of courtly life alternate with
Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride
JAN VAN EYCK, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, 1434. Oil on wood. National Gallery, London.
Ghent Altarpiece
JAN VAN EYCK, Ghent Altarpiece (open), Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432. Oil on wood.
Mona Lisa
LEONARDO DA VINCI, Mona Lisa, ca. 1503-1505. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris.
The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry
LIMBOURG BROTHERS The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry), 1413-1416. Ink on vellum. Musée Condé, Chantilly.
Gates of Paradise
LORENZO GHIBERTI, east doors (Gates of Paradise), Florence, Italy, 1425-1452. Gilded bronze.
Holy Trinity, Masaccio
MASACCIO, Holy Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, ca. 1424-1427. Fresco.
Tribute Money
MASACCIO, Tribute Money, Brancacci Chapel, Florence, Italy, ca. 1427. Fresco.
Pieta, Michelangelo
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI, Pieta, ca. 1498-1500. Marble. Saint Peter's, Vatican City, Rome.
It is a combination of athletic tension and psychological insight.
Michelangelo's fascination with the human body was a lifelong pursuit. In his David he presented a perfect body with an attuned mind, prepared and ready for action. Which of the following descriptions of this work would support this statement?
School of Athens
RAPHAEL, Philosophy (School of Athens), Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy, 1509-1511. Fresco.
Merode Altarpiece
ROBERT CAMPIN, Merode Altarpiece (open), ca. 1425-1428. Oil on wood. New York.
Donatello
The Classical principle of contrapposto, or weight shift, was reintroduced into Western art by the sculptor ______________.
the chronology of Christianity
The Sistine ceiling represents which of the following themes?
Brunelleschi
The development of linear perspective is generally credited to ____________.
portraiture
Which art form grew in popularity partially because of its ability to memorialize the sitter?
Jan van Eyck
Which of the following artists created one of the earliest portraits where the sitter engages the viewer?
presenting several episodes in a single frame
Which of the following describes the Medieval narrative method?
a Book of Hours
Which of the following is a manifestation of the commitment to private prayer?
a pyramid
Which of the following was one of the favorite compositional devices of painters of the High Renaissance?
Medici family
Which of the following was the most prominent patron of fifteenth-century Florentine art?
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Who commissioned the Tempietto?