Chapter 10 Test Bank (Renaissance Art)
Sculpture in the Southern Renaissance differed from sculpture of the Middle Ages in that it featured
-Free standing forms rather than bas-relief -Nude figures -The human form portrayed more realisitically -Pietas-sculptures of Mary holding the body of a crucified Christ
New to art in the Renaissance was
-painting in oils -use of perspective -freestanding sculpture -more realistic depiction
Which of the following Italian Renaissance writers is INCORRECTLY paired with his work?
Boccaccio- Praise of Folly
Who is considered the "father" of Renaissance painting?
Giotto
The work of art that both captures the emphasis on human form and illustrates the last and most heroic phase of Renaissance art is
Michelangelo's "David"
All of the following were great masters of the High Renaissance EXCEPT
Ra
Which of the following is a significant difference between medieval and Renaissance sculpture?
Renaissance art represented the visible world rather than conventional symbolism
Based on his work Lives of Artists Vasari is considered the first
art historian
All of the following are true of Renaissance art EXCEPT
art tended to be abstract and formulaic
The artistic brilliance of the quattrocento and the cinquecento was spurred in both Florence and Rome by
artistic guilds
Renaissance artists viewed the medieval past with
disdain for what they perceived to be its backwardness
All of the following are characteristics of Renaissance art EXCEPT
hierarchical scaling
Renaissance sculpture differed from medieval sculpture in that
it revived the classical tradition of sculpture in the round
The most significant aspect of the social composition of the Renaissance art world was
its apprentice system
The sculpture of the Renaissance differed from that of the Middle Ages in all the following ways EXCEPT
the artists prided themselves on the individuality of style
Which of the following was NOT a factor that contributed to the Renaissance artistic achievement?
the invasion of Italy by the French
Renaissance art
was characterized by its concern for the human form
Leonardo da Vinci was not considered a forerunner of the scientific revolution because his
work went unpublished and unknown until the 20th century