Art 100: Chapter 17 Quiz

Michaelangelo Buonarroti, David

High Renaissance in Italy

Eliminate (check) the incorrect fact below about the life and work of the influential Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio whose buildings exemplify the revival of classical architecture. He lived and worked in Venice in 1500s. His famous Villa Rotunda modeled after the Roman Pantheon. His influence was limited only to Italy. His designs were published and used all over Europe.

His influence was limited only to Italy.

The Renaissance in Northern Europe inherited from medieval art the love for symbols. Thus, in The Arnolfini Portrait, painted by the Flemish artist Jan van Eyck, the dog is a symbol of fidelity, while the green color of the bride's dress symbolizes _______.

fertility

Diego Velazquez inserted _____ _____ __________ in his painting of a Spanish royal family from 1665?

his own portrait

In the Dutch Republic (Holland), the major patrons and buyers of art were:

middle class merchants and bankers.

Masaccio, Holy Trinity

Early Renaissance in Italy

The Renaissance period lasted about 300 hundred years (roughly 1300 - 1600) and has been traditionally revered for its artistic achievements. The French word Renaissance literary means "rebirth." Revival of which culture gave this period its name?

Classical Greece and Rome

Which fact alludes to a controversial aspect of Botticelli's mythological painting Birth of Venus, as it was seen in 15th-century Florence?

A nude pagan goddess was placed in a position previously reserved for the Virgin Mary.

What was the medium or technique used in "David" by Donatello?

Carving

The heightened emotions and dramatic use of light make The Conversion of Saint Paul by Caravaggio a prime example of _________ art.

Baroque

Religious subjects - glorifying saints and miracles.

Baroque art in Catholic Italy and Flanders

Secular subjects - landscapes, daily life genre scenes, still life, portraits.

Baroque art in Protestant Dutch Republic

Scenes of aristocratic life, gallant courtship, and festivities.

Baroque art in Royal France

Allied with aristocracy and royal court.

Baroque in France

Allied with Protestant Reformation.

Baroque in Holland

Allied with Counter-Reformation (Catholic Church's response to Reformation)

Baroque in Italy

Name the prominent Italian sculptor who carved the marble statues of David and The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa.

Bernini

The Baroque style emerged at the end of the Renaissance and roughly spanned the 17th century. Which feature is not characteristic of Italian Baroque art? A) dramatic emotions B) exuberant dynamic composition C) logically balanced composition D) strong contrasts of light and dark

C)

The artist Jan Vermeer painted many views of his native town, where he lived all his life. What kind of painting is his name most closely associated with? A) Delicate Rococo art depicting 18th-century well-dressed women enjoying their leisure time. B) Large dynamic Baroque compositions of saints' martyrdoms. C) Small paintings of simple and clean Dutch middle-class dwellings and landscapes. D) Nudes

C)

Which fact about the Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci is not correct? A) He was a painter, sculptor, engineer, scientist, inventor, musician and poet. B) He created thousands of scientific drawings so accurate that they could be used in today's medical textbooks. C) He developed the sfumato technique - a smokelike haziness in painting, achieved by blending one tone into another. D) His works portray people in a stylized medieval manner, and not as individuals.

D)

Among these great masters of the Italian Renaissance, four are painters and one is a sculptor. What is the name of the sculptor who revived the Greek ideal of a perfect human figure?

Donatello

What was the medium or technique used in "The Babe in the Womb" by Leonardo?

Drawing (pen and ink)

What is Rembrandt and Vermeer's nationality?

Dutch

What is Fragonard's nationality?

French

This Italian artist is considered a precursor of the Renaissance. As early as 1305, he departed from the abstract Byzantine style and began depicting the real feelings and appearances of human beings, as can be seen in his Lamentation fresco (Scrovegni Chapel, Padua. Detail).

Giotto

Which statement is not correct about Return of the Prodigal Son, painted by one of the world's most revered artists - Rembrandt van Rijn?

It is a typical example of Rococo style.

What is Caravaggio and Bernini's nationality?

Italian

Which country was the homeland of the Renaissance?

Italy

A Baroque painting that features subjects (typically foodstuffs, household utensils, and flowers) arranged on a horizontal surface, like a tabletop, is called a Still Life. Which Spanish painter was renowned for this genre of painting?

Juan van der Hamen

Veronese, Feast in the House of Levi

Late Renaissance in Italy

The oldest of three, a true Renaissance man; creator of Mona Lisa and Last Supper.

Leonardo

Observe the illusionistic rendition of a chapel niche in the Holy Trinity fresco by Masaccio. Which technique allowed him to achieve such a convincing three-dimensional effect in painting on a flat wall?

Linear perspective

What was Masaccio's contribution to painting?

Linear perspective

The world's greatest sculptor, who also painted the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo

Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait

Northern Europe Renaissance

What was Jan van Eyck's contribution to painting?

Oil painting

This Flemish artist was a leading proponent of the Baroque style in Northern Europe. He was also a diplomat and prominent humanist scholar.

Peter Paul Rubens

Below are listed four great artists of the Northern Renaissance. One of them specialized in genre paintings, depicting the scenes of everyday life. He created a famous series of paintings showing the human activities of the twelve months of the year.

Pieter Bruegel

The youngest painter known for his gentle Madonnas and School of Athens fresco in Vatican.

Raphael

Rembrandt van Rijn

Return of the Prodigal Son

In the mid 18th century, the dramatic splendor of Baroque art gave way to this decorative playful style:

Rococo

What was Leonardo da Vinci's contribution to painting?

Sfumato and chiaroscuro

What is Velazquez's nationality?

Spanish

What was the medium or technique used in "Birth of Venus" by Botticelli?

Tempera on canvas

Jan Vermeer

The Kitchen Maid

Diego Velazquez, Las Meninas

The Maids of Honor

Peter Paul Rubens

The Raising of the Cross

Baroque art in France had a classical character due to the tastes of the "Sun King" Louis XIV. What is a good example of French Baroque architecture?

The Royal Palace of Versailles

What was the medium or technique used in "St. Paul Preaching at Athens" by Raphael?

Watercolor

Michelangelo gave the most powerful expression to the principles of classical sculpture. The contrapposto of his monumental David - a pose with the weight of the body on one foot - was first introduced about 2,000 years earlier, by the classical sculptors of _____________.

ancient Greece