Intro to Hum. Final Exam

Louis XIV

Absolutism was best displayed under what 17th Century Monarch

All these answers are correct

According to Castiglione, the Renaissance lady must

Greuze

All of the following figures are generally considered painters of the Rococo style EXCEPT

false

Amsterdam is a City of Contradictions because although the city was poor, but spent large amounts of money to decorate their lavish Catholic Churches

true

Bernini's Baldacchino in Rome is approximately 100 foot high, made of bronze, and sits under the dome in St. Peter's Basilica.

reflects the revival of Classical themes in European art

Botticelli's landmark painting, The Birth of Venus

perspective

Brunelleschi defined the laws of ______ as a tool for creating the appearance of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface

awe-inspiring nature

By "sublime," romantics like Wordsworth were referring to

Remind the people of the purity and simplicity of the Catholic Church

Counter-Reformation Baroque art was meant to do all of the following EXCEPT

developing the theory of natural selection.

Darwin contributed to the study of biology chiefly by

Florence to Rome

During the High Renaissance, the center of artistic productivity shifted from

satire

Erasmus' Praise of Folly is a landmark example of

Plato

Ficino's contribution to Classical humanism lay in the translation and interpretation of the works of

urge to transcend limitations

Goethe's hero, Faust, is symbolic of the Western

the unification of Italy under a strong ruler

In The Prince, Machiavelli called for

satire

In the works of Erasmus, More, and Cervantes, ________ is employed to great effect.

disproportionately elongating the body of his female subject

Ingres' Grande Odalisque deviated from the principles of Classical art by

natural landscapes

J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Cole were all noted painters of

legitimate government required the consent of the governed

John Locke maintained that

false

Landscape painting in Secular Baroque art in Amsterdam centered the image on man and his ability to control nature without reference to God or religion.

Neomedievalism

London's Houses of Parliament are a landmark example of

faith

Luther asserted that the key to salvation was

Wittenberg

Luther posted his landmark Ninety-Five Theses on a cathedral door in

false

Michelangelo's Laurentian Library Steps are an early step toward Gothic Art

clarity and formal structure

Neoclassical art and classical music share an emphasis on

took the lives of at least one third of Europe's population

Of the Black Death, it is correct to say that it

false

Pope Leonardo V was primarily responsible for bringing Dante, Michelangelo, and Titian to Rome

reading the Bible in the vernacular

Protestant reformers objected to all of the following EXCEPT

true

Rene Descartes' legacy is that we must always doubt, and never blindly believe anything.

individualism

Romanticism might be said to have rebelled against all of the following EXCEPT

Petrarch

Shakespeare modeled his own sonnets after those written by

true

The "T" in T. U. L. I. P. stands for "Total Depravity."

Montaigne

The "father" of the literary form known as the essay was

valued nature as a source of information

The American writer Henry Thoreau

Joan of Arc

The English withdrew from France, ending the Hundred Years' War, after facing a revitalized French army under the leadership of

Versailles

The French Palace built 12 miles outside Paris for Louis XIV to demonstrate his power and prestige

women

The French salon, center of intellectual debate, was often organized by

High levels of detail

The Geographer is a good example of Baroque art of the North in that it demonstrates the North's preoccupation with

the rise of constitutional monarchy in England

The Magna Carta was significant in

deism

The belief in a mechanistic universe fashioned by a Creator God who does not directly intervene in its affairs is called

Geneva

The city in which Calvin established a theocratic state was

A cascading waterfall

What visual effect does Michelangelo's Laurentian Library steps create?

A statue of Bacchus

What was Michelangelo's first commission in Rome?

true

When the Popes returned to Rome in the late 14th and early 15th centuries the city was largely deserted and lay mostly in ruins.

Jane Austen

Which of the following people is considered to be one of the first Realists in the English novel-writing tradition?

It served as a model for the American Revolution that shortly followed.

Which of the following statements about the French Revolution is FALSE?

all of the above

Which of the following statements describe Bernini's statue of David?

Keats

Whose "Ode on a Grecian Urn" concludes that "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"?

It was a sparsely populated city in ruins

Why did the late 14th-century popes refuse to live in Rome?

It's the realm of ideal forms

Why in the School of Athens does Plato point toward the heavens?

bubonic plague

"The Black Death" describes the pandemic caused by

rivalry between two contesting popes

"The Great Schism" refers to the

Petrarch

The first of the Classical humanists in the Age of the Renaissance, and the so-called "father of humanism," was

David's The Oath of Horatii

The fusion of art and politics that exalted the ideal of service and sacrifice to one's country is exemplified by which landmark?

current events

The most famous paintings of Géricault and Goya depicted

Voltaire

The philosophic optimism of Enlightenment figures was satirized in Candide and other writings by

pursuit of pleasure

The predominant theme of Rococo paintings was the

All

The printing press was effective in

means "my lady"

The word "Mona" in Mona Lisa

the exercise of Christian conscience

The writings of Erasmus and More, like the Protestant Reformation itself, reflect a deep concern with