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?