Reading Quiz High Renaissance
The original title for this painting was the Last Supper.
True
In Raphael's Alba Madonna, the traditional iconography of the divine was replaced with symbols derived from classical mythology.
FALSE
In the Virgin of the Rocks, Leonardo's interest in the details of the natural world is obscured by his use of sfumato.
FALSE
Leonardo's Last Supper is the altarpiece for the main church space in Santa Maria delle Grazie.
FALSE
Raphael's School of Athens shows how the Catholic world rejected the classical world during the High Renaissance.
FALSE
The overt sensuality of this painting meant that its influence in art history was limited.
False
Which of the following is NOT true of this painting?
Leonardo includes all of the traditional symbols of the divine in this painting.
Michelangelo's figures recall the strength, beauty, and idealism of classical sculpture.
TRUE
Pope Julius II financed his art and architecture projects in part through military campaigns.
TRUE
Michelangelo brought a strong ________ element to the painted figures on the Sistine Chapel.
sculptural
Veronese, and Venetian painters generally, are known for their . . .
sophisticated use of color.
In this painting by Parmigianino, the Madonna and Child foreshadow . . .
the Pieta
Which features of the Libyan Sibyl are typical of Michelangelo's figures?
the anatomical detail, the twisted pose, the use of a classical figure to reinforce Christian ideas, the idealized beauty
Leonardo unified the composition by grouping the apostles together in ________ groups of ________
four, three
Giorgione's Adoration of the Shepherds broke with tradition by . . .
not employing symmetry and a visual hierarchy that emphasized the Madonna and Child.
El Greco was trained as a . . .
Byzantine icon painter.
Which of the following statements is true of Pontormo's Entombment?
-Pontormo was not interested in stability or balance, which were important artistic elements in the Renaissance. -Mannerism expresses spirituality differently than the Renaissance, where there was a heavy focus on naturalism. -The figures are highly stylized and there is a rejection of the rational spaces of Renaissance paintings.
Which of the following statements is true of Bronzino's Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo with her son Giovanni?
-The sense of aloofness we see here was prized in Mannerist painting. -The figures' power is expressed through wealth, evident in the dress and jewelry. -This Mannerist portrait is of Cosimo d'Medici's wife and their young son. -This painting is about assuring the future of the Medici dynasty through the son
Which of the following is true of Titian's Venus of Urbino?
-With this painting, Titian establishes the genre of the reclining female nude that many later artists will use. -Titian was looking back to Giorgione's reclining nude (Sleeping Venus) for inspiration -Titian manipulated the proportions of the body to make her extra elegant. -Titian used glazes, or thin layers of translucent oil paint, to create this painting and especially the glowing nude.
Titian created an asymmetrical composition, that
-was unusual for that time -anticipated Mannerism
Prior to this painting, most representations of the Last Supper look very similar. What key feature did Leonardo change in his version?
Leonardo placed Judas on the same side of the table with the other apostles. Traditionally he sits on the opposite side.
When Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a church in 1517, he initiated the . . .
Protestant Reformation
Leonardo's letter to the Duke of Milan tells us that court artists were engaged in many activities, including engineering, not just painting and sculpting.
TRUE
The gestures of Plato and Aristotle in the painting reference the ideas of these philosophers. Plato points to the heavens, as his writings dealt with intangible heavenly things. Aristotle points down because he was interested in observable, tangible, earthly things.
TRUE
Which of the following is NOT true of Michelangelo's ceiling for the Sistine Chapel?
The architectural framing that we see surrounding the central scenes is the only real element on the ceiling, the remainder is paint.
Which of the following is NOT true of the sibyls?
The body of the Libyan Sybil twists in a complex pose that is typical of the High Renaissance.
Which of the following is not true of Pontormo's The Entombment of Christ?
The figures exist as real people in a realistic space created with the use of linear perspective.
Which of the following is NOT true of Raphael's School of Athens?
The two central figures in the painting are Christ and St. Peter
Identify the painting shown:
Tintoretto, Miracle of the Slave, 1548
Which of the following is NOT true of this painting?
Titian was looking back to Raphael's nude for inspiration.
Ancient Greeks thought that geometry was . . .
an expression of the perfection of the divine realm.
Raphael is painting the Stanza della Segnatura at the Papal Palace at the same time that Michelangelo is painting the _______.
ceiling of the sistine chapel
The source for Correggio's Jupiter and Io was a . . .
classical Roman poet.
Mannerism emerged in the courts of Rome in the 1520s and . . .
defied the perfection of the High Renaissance.
Mannerist artists were interested in creating . . .
elegant, elongated bodies, and looked to art for inspiration (where Renaissance artists looked primarily to the natural world).
What traditional features does Tintoretto revive in the Last Supper?
halos and other markers of divinity.
In the colossal statue of David, Michelangelo created a(n)_______ body.
idealized
Mannerism expressed a different kind of spirituality than the Renaissance, which was so heavily focused on __________. Mannerism, on the other hand, was more interested in __________.
naturalism, artificially
Bronzino was a painter in the Medici court in Florence, whose members loved . . .
riddles and visual poetry.
The arrangement of the David, Hercules, and Perseus figures in the Piazza della Signoria emphasized . . .
the Medici family's victory over the Florentine Republic.
Giorgione used oil paint in a different way than Bellini by emphasizing . . .
the opacity of the paint.
Which historical circumstances may have had an influence on the Mannerist style we see in this painting?
the rule of the Medici and the dissolution of the Florentine republic, the Protestant Reformation
Which technique did Titian use to paint the Venus of Urbino?
thin layers of oil paint, called glazes
What was the most important factor contributing to Venice's wealth?
trade
