Chapter 16

Which of the following architects wrote influential treatises on painting and architecture?

Alberti

The development of linear perspective is generally credited to ____________.

Brunelleschi

The Classical principle of contrapposto, or weight shift, was reintroduced into Western art by the sculptor ______________.

Donatello

Which Italian city played the most important role in the development of Renaissance ideas and art forms in the early fifteenth century?

Florence

Which of the following was the Dominican painter-friar who combined elements of the new style of art with traditional religious devotional works that did not conflict with the content of the works?

Fra Angelico

The fifteenth-century Italian artist whose work showed the most influence of the International style was ______________.

Gentile da Fabriano

Which of the following artists was the winner of the famous competition for the bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery?

Ghiberti

Masaccio's figures for the Brancacci Chapel recall the work of which earlier artist?

Giotto

In Masaccio's Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden the slanted light coming from an outside source creates a deep relief. What does this light source create?

It becomes a strong unifying agent.

In Masaccio's Trinity, he embodies two principal Renaissance interests. One is realism based on observation. Which of the following is the other?

It is the application of mathematics to pictorial organization of perspective.

Which of the following was the most prominent patron of fifteenth-century Florentine art?

Medici family

Which of the following individuals denounced humanist philosophy?

Savonarola

Which of the following accounts for the decline in the role Florence played in the support of the arts at the end of the 15 th century?

Savonarola's brief span of power

The duke of Mantua commissioned the frescoes of the Camera degli Sposi from Mantegna for which of the following purposes?

To create a visual expression of his authority

In 1401 an important competition was held to determine the design of the Baptistery doors for the Cathedral of Florence. Even at this early date Renaissance traits were evident. Which of the following is one of those traits?

a new pictorial illusionism

Which of the following describes the medieval narrative method.

presenting several episodes in a single frame

The style of Ghiberti can be characterized as a rhythmic unified system for depicting space. He is further credited with which of the following?

realism in characterization, movement, and surface detail

Which of the following describes the style of Fra Angelico?

simple and direct

Lorenzo de'Medici commissioned a series of panel paintings from Uccello commemorating which of the following?

the Florentine victory over the Sienese in 1432

Ghiberti's competitive panel shows classical references that indeed reflect the influences of humanism. Which of the following is a classical reference seen on Ghiberti's panel?

the naked figure of Isaac

How did Masaccio represent bulk for his figures in the Tribute Money?

through modeling with a specific light source outside the picture