ARH 2000 MODULE 5

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: What characteristics of oil paint did Giovanni Bellini exploit?

-Oil paint allows for subtle blending of colors. -Oil paint dries slowly. -Oil paint can be applied in thin translucent layers.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: David, the biblical underdog, defeated his giant enemy with God's help. Who identified with David?

-The Florentines -The Medici family

Which of the following is true of Masaccio's Holy Trinity?

-The center of the painting shows the Trinity, or three-part nature of God, in the Catholic tradition: God the Father, the Holy Spirit, and Christ. -Many families commissioned a chapel in fifteenth-century Florence, but this is more modest, as it is only the illusion of a chapel. -The figure of Christ shows a realistic and sympathetic body, which is typical of the way that Renaissance artists married faith and science.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: What are the classical elements of Donatello's David (above)?

-The free-standing nude figure -The use of bronze -The use of contrapposto

Which of the following is true of Michelangelo's ceiling for the Sistine Chapel?

-The scenes from the central panel show the Temptation of Adam and Eve and their Expulsion from Eden indicating the need for Christ's sacrifice in the New Testament. -The outer scenes show the prophets and sibyls that foretell the coming of Christ. -The scenes along the central panel represent episodes from Genesis in the Old Testament.

Which of the following is true of Piero della Francesca's Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino?

-These kinds of portraits were only affordable to very wealthy individuals. - Federico da Montefeltro, the patron, brought Northern Renaissance painters to his court, which may have influenced the details and landscape of this painting. The wife, Battista Sforza, had just died and this was a portrait to commemorate her.

Which of the following is true of Mantegna's Dead Christ?

-This painting was in Mantegne's possession at his death and may have been rejected by a patron because of its extreme view of Christ. -This painting is a prime example of foreshortening, which draws the viewer by making the viewer feel present in the room with the dead Christ. -This painting of the dead Christ emphasizes Christ's humanity, which is consistent with Renaissance Humanism.

Which of the following is true of Masaccio's Tribute Money?

-This scene shows three distinct events associated with this story: Christ ordering Peter to find a fish, Peter finding the money in the fish's mouth, and Peter paying the tax collector. -Masaccio tries to create the most realistic scene that he can using linear perspective, atmospheric perspective, emotions, gestures, and contrapposto. - This scene shows Christ and the apostles confronted by a tax collector, but Christ has renounced worldly possessions. The money for the tax is found in a fish, which is a miracle.

The gold background of many Late-Gothic/Proto-Renaissance pieces, such as Duccio's Maesta, represents _____.

-the wealth of the patron -Byzantine artistic conventions -the divine light of heaven

Brunelleschi and Ghiberti's competition panels for the Florence _____ doors are often seen as the beginning of the Renaissance.

Baptistery

One-point linear perspective was developed by _____.

Brunelleschi

The figures in Piero della Francesca's Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino are shown in profile. The use of the profile was likely an attempt to recreate ruler portraits from _____.

Classical antiquity

____ made figures look like they were moving and really alive, unlike medieval sculpture.

Contrapposto

In the colossal statue of David, Michelangelo created a(n) _____ body.

Idealized

Which image is credited with being the first true example of one-point linear perspective?

JESSUS IN THE VAULT

Which image demonstrates the use of pyramid configuration?

Lady wearing red dress with two babies

The narrative scenes in the Arena Chapel begin with _____, move on to _____, and end with scenes of the _____.

Life of Mary / Life of Christ / Passion

Michelangelo brought a strong _____ element to the painted figures on the Sistine Chapel.

Sculptural

Which of the following is true of Raphael's School of Athens?

The architecture in this painting is more Roman than Greek -The scene is a fabrication, showing Greek philosophers who lived at different times together at a single gathering. -Bramante's design for the new St. Peter's Basilica influenced the architecture in the painting.

Which of the following is NOT true of Donatello's David?

The sculpture is typical of its time in that it shows a sense of eroticism.

Which artist painted this image?//naked lady in the bed

Titian

Donatello's David shows __________ as previously seen in ancient Greek and Roman art.

a return to the admiration of the human body

In Masaccio's Tribute Money, the scene shows atmospheric perspective, which allows the mountain to recede into the background through changes in __

color

Similar to the Standard of Ur, the Arena Chapel's narrative is divided into __________.

registers

A(n) __________ is a painting that shows the Madonna and Child talking to saints from different time periods.

sacra conversazione (or sacred conversation)