Art Hist Ch. 22
In Leonardo's Last Supper, how did the artist break with traditional iconography?
By placing Judas on the same side of the table as the others
In his David, rather than concentrating his efforts on achieving the standards of ideal beauty, Michelangelo prioritized which aspect?
Depicting pent-up emotion
What do the numerous preparatory sketches and studies Leonardo da Vinci made for the Last Supper indicate about his conceptualization of the figures in the work?
Each figure was treated individually in both pose and emotion expressed
What term do art historians use to describe the use of rough brushstrokes and thick dabs of pigment to highlight the uneven surface so it catches the light?
Impasto
Which figure is not placed in the standard position in Leonardo's version of the Last Supper?
Judas
In the Creation of Adam, Michelangelo fashioned the concept of God after which earlier type?
Olympian deities
The Council of Trent in 1545 was part of which wider historical phenonmenon?
The Counter-Reformation
Michelangelo deviated from earlier representations of David in his rendition by portraying which part of the episode?
The encounter before the battle
The Sistine ceiling represents whcich of the following themes?
The salvation of Hummanity
In his David, how does Michelangelo break away from the self-containment of earlier standing statues?
Turning his head towards adversary