ART 151: Chapter 22 Questions

A) Leonardo's pyramidal composition and modeling of faces and figures in subtle chiaroscuro. B) Raphael used lighter colors than Leonardo.

A) Cite one stylistic quality that Raphael borrowed from Leonardo da Vinci's paintings when painting Madonna in the Meadow B) How were Raphael's colors different from Leonardo's?

A) Painting, He regarded sculpting as lowly manual labor. B) Sculpture, He saw sculpting as more intuitive than painting.

A) Did Leonardo prefer painting or sculpture? Why did he feel this way? B) Did Michelangelo prefer painting or sculpture? Why did he feel this way?

A) Giovanni de Medici B) Cardinals Giulio de Medici and Luigi de Rossi (his cousins)

A) What was Pope Leo X's birth name? B) Who is depicted with in Raphael's portrait?

A) It is where popes signed official documents B) Theology, Law (Justice), Poetry, and Philosophy

A) What was the purpose of the Stanza della Segnatura? B) What four branches of knowledge did Raphael depict in the Stanza?

A) A style of later Renaissance art that emphasized "artifice", often involving contrived imagery not derived directly from nature. B) Unlike High Renaissance art, mannerist paintings do not use artifice.

A) What's Mannerism? B) When looking at Mannerist painting, what is its key feature?

A) It depicts the creation from the book of Genesis B) Hebrew prophets and ancient sibyls C) Old Testament scenes with David, Judith, Hamen, and Moses and the Brazen Serpent.

A) What's the subject matter in the central narrative panels of the Sistine Chapel ceiling? B) What's depicted on both sides of the central row of scenes? C) What's depicted on the four corner pendentives?

A) They often wielded their influence and decision-making power behind the scenes. B) Isabella d Este and Caterina Sforza

A) Why is it difficult for art historians to understand women's roles as patrons of art? B) List at least two Italian women who were significant art patrons.

It is a monumental expansion of Alberti's scheme for Sant' Andrea in Mantua. It provides a clear view of the celebration of the Eucharist.

Describe the design of the Church of Jesus (II Jesu) in Rome. Why is this design ideal for Catholic worship and rituals?

He replaced Bramante's core of interlocking crosses with a compact domed Greek cross.

How did Michelangelo modify Bramante's original plan for the new design of St. Peter's?

Venetian painting had more of a coloristic oil painting that became the foundation of the distinctive High Renaissance style.

How did Venetian painting differ stylistically from painting in Rome and Florence? What was the medium that played a role in this difference?

Venetian subject matters and themes are more poetic than Florence and Rome themes.

How did Venetian subject matter/themes differ from themes from Florence and Rome?

Michelangelo's David is compositionally and emotionally connected to an unseen presence beyond the statue. It also takes place before the battle with Goliath and there is no Goliath to be seen.

How is Michelangelo's David different from Donatello's and Verrocchio's versions, in terms of the storyline and the composition of David?

Nepotism, indulgence sales

List at least two issues that frustrated Catholics criticized the Church for in the early 16th century.

Design for a modern Saint Peters, Sistine Ceiling, School of Athens

List three major projects commissioned by Pope Julius II.

People liked her use of relaxed poses and expressions her sympathetic personal presentation and her graceful treatment of the farms.

Why were Sofonisba Anguissola's portrait's acclaimed internationally?

He wanted to achieve a dynamic spiral figural composition involving and old man, a young man, and a woman all nude in the tradition of ancient statues portraying deities and mythological figures.

What was Giovanni da Bologna's goal with his composition of the Abduction of the Sabine Women?

He thought other artists should not have to use proportion if they don't want to.

What was Michelangelo's opinion about mathematical methods to proportion?

It was a freestanding, two-story structure with more than 40 statues.

What was the original design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II?

Palladio was influenced by Rome. Palladio influenced architects in England and in colonial America.

What/who influenced Palladio as an architect? Whom, in turn, did Palladio influence?

Jacopo Pesaro; He donated it to his family chapel.

Who commissioned Titian's Pesaro Madonna?

He went to work for Ludvico Sforza.

Why did Leonardo da Vinci leave Florence for Milan?

He was accused of painting "lowly creatures" so close to the Lord. He simply changed the painting's title, converting the subject to a less solemn one.

Why was Veronese in trouble with the Inquisition for his painting of the Last Supper? What did he do to remedy the situation?