Quiz #2
Which of the following architects wrote influential treatises on painting and architecture?
Alberti
Which artist departed from the convention of frontality by placing figures on a triangular base?
Antonio de Pollaiuolo
Who was the architect of the cathedral of Florence?
Arnolfo di Cambio
In Masaccio's Holy Trinity, where is the vanishing point?
At the foot of the cross
Which individual is the subject of this equestrian statue?
Bartolommeo Colleoni
The development of linear perspective is generally credited to which artist?
Brunelleschi
What devastating natural disaster occurred in Europe during the 1340s?
Bubonic plague
In the agreement, or contract, that led to the creation of an artwork, which aspect of the work received the most attention?
Cost
What art historical term is used to describe the perspective effect achieved by Mantegna in this ceiling painting?
Di sotto in sù
Which building in Venice is an example of Late Gothic architectural style?
Doge's Palace
Which artist introduced the contrapposto pose to Quattrocento sculpture in his representation of Saint Mark?
Donatello
Who created this statue of David for the Palazzo Medici?
Donatello
Who were the most powerful northern European rulers during much of the 15th century?
Dukes of Burgundy
The Hundred Years' War primarily involved which two kingdoms?
England and France
What method was used to produce this artwork?
Engraving
Which Italian city played the most important role in the development of Renaissance ideas and art forms in the early 15th century?
Florence
Which of the following artists was the winner of the famous competition for the bronze doors of the Florence baptistery?
Ghiberti
Which of the following artists specialized in images of the Madonna and Child?
Hans Memling
Who painted the Ghent Altarpiece?
Hubert and Jan van Eyck
Which mode of thinking inspired the leading families and many artists of the Early Renaissance in Italy?
Humanism
Paolo Uccello's Battle of San Romano combines an interest in linear perspective with which style?
International Gothic
What factor allowed Ghiberti's entry to win the competition for the design of the baptistery doors for the Florence Cathedral?
Its spatial illusion
In the calendar pages of Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, scenes of courtly life alternate with what?
Lists of seasonal tasks
Which late medieval Italian painting constitutes the first landscape painting since antiquity?
Lorenzetti, Peaceful Country
Author of the Commentaries, who is considered the first Renaissance art historian?
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Which of the following artists actively collected classical sculpture?
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Which work do art historians consider to include a detailed self-portrait of Jan van Eyck?
Man in a Red Turban
Often synonymous with the Renaissance, who were great patrons of the arts in Florence?
Medici family
Which Renaissance building was one of the first conceived as a central-plan structure?
Pazzi Chapel
Which artist painted Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter?
Perugino
Who painted A Goldsmith in His Shop?
Petrus Christus
Who was the leading Roman painter at the end of the 13th century?
Pietro Cavallini
Which of the following cities was considered the rightful capital of the Roman Catholic Church?
Rome
Which of the following accounts for the decline in the role Florence played in the support of the arts at the end of the 15th century?
Savonarola's brief span of power
Triptychs and altarpieces are able to be distinguished by which characteristic?
Size
Which element of Giotto's new style appears in the Madonna Enthroned?
Statuesque figures that cast shadows
Which artistic trend contributed to the decentralization of religious practice?
The availability of Books of Hours
Where in Italy did an admiration for classical art first reappear?
The court of Frederick II
In Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife, which of the following elements is an allusion to fidelity?
The dog
Simone Martini's rendition of Gabriel in the Annunciation may have been inspired by which contemporary phenomenon?
The etiquette of chivalric courts
What did the humanist cult of fame emphasize?
The importance of creative individuals
Which classical reference is visible on Ghiberti's Sacrifice of Isaac panel?
The naked figure of Isaac
How do oil paints differ from tempera paints?
They are easier to rework.
