global humanities test 1 Which city is most associated with the High Renaissance in Italy?
What was the most famous book by Benvenuto Cellini?
his autobiography
The English artist ________ is best known for his miniatures, small portraits often painted in watercolors.
Hilliard
_________ was Henry VIII's court painter and traveled to paint portraits of prospective brides for the king
Holbein
Which musician composed over 100 masses and directed all music for the Vatican during the final 20 years of his life?
Palestrina
Which English composer wrote both Protestant and Catholic music, including the 40- voice motet Spem in alium?
Tallis
What book did Castiglione write during his time at the court of Urbino from 1504 to 1516?
The book of the Courtier
Which painting technique did Dürer learn in Italy?
linear perspective
Thomas Morley wrote popular works in which musical genre?
madrigals
What musical techniques did Josquin des Prez develop?
overlapping voices and expressive use of lyrics
What is the term for financial support given for artistic projects?
patronage
In The Creation of Adam, why is the finger of God reaching out to man?
to bring him to life
How did Raphael arrange the figures in Madonna of the Meadow?
in a pyramindal arrangement
Which family ruled England during the 16th century?
Tudors
What famous Reformation hymn is attributed to Martin Luther?
"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"
From the 16th century forward, where were the two branches of the Habsburg dynasty located?
Austria and Spain
What luxurious, hybrid-design chateau was built during the reign of Francis I?
Chateau de Chambord
Which was a central belief of the Anabaptist movement?
Christians should be baptized in adulthood, when they can understand their faith
Who was the most famous French composer of chansons in the 1500s?
Clement Janequin
Which Shakespeare play, an early work, is actually a synthesis of two ancient Roman plays?
Comedy of Errors
Who argued that the Earth and planets orbit the sun?
Copernicus
Which areas of Europe converted to Protestantism?
England, Scandinavia, and Switzerland
The portly, drunken knight __________, a comic character, appears in two Shakespeare plays and has inspired many other artistic works.
Falstaff
Who was the leader of the Reformation in Geneva?
John Calvin
Which composer is considered the "bridge" between the music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?
Josquin
Which artist created the Madonna of the Rocks and The Last Supper?
Leonardo
Which artist left a 13,000-page collection of notes containing drawings of human anatomy, inventions, geometric shapes, and a human fetus?
Leonardo
The Augustinian friar __________ started the Protestant Reformation in 1517 by posting his 95 theses on the door of a church in Wittenberg.
Martin Luther
Who was responsible for the important translation of the Bible into German in 1521?
Martin Luther
What did Lavinia Fontana's painting Noli Me Tangere depict?
Mary Magdalene
Which Renaissance sculptor believed that his role was to carve away the excess in a block of marble to liberate the figure within?
Michelangelo
Which artist was summoned to Rome to create a monumental tomb for Pope Julius II?
Michelangelo
In Raphael's painting School of Athens, who are the two philosophers in the center?
Plato and Aristotle
Which Pope commissioned Bramante in 1506 to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica?
Pope Julius II
Which city is most associated with the High Renaissance in Italy?
Rome
Which areas of Europe remained faithful to Roman Catholicism during the Reformation era?
Spain, France, Italy
Which Venetian painter, a master colorist, was active as an artist for 70 years?
Tintoretto
Who painted Venus of Urbino?
Titian
How did High Renaissance painters in Venice differ from painters in Florence and Rome during the Renaissance?
Venetians emphasized color, while southern painters used line
Which Italian city was famous for its oil paintings?
Venice
_____________ corresponded with Michelangelo and wrote more than 400 poems, mostly Petrarchan sonnets.
Vittoria Colonna
What did Michelangelo add to Bramante's original design of St. Peter's Basilica?
a large, ribbed dome
What English musical form was based upon the motet?
anthem
Which term best describes Palestrina's music?
conservative
Albrecht Dürer's Knight, Death, and the Devil is a famous example of which artistic medium?
engraving
The technique in which an artist incises lines on a copper plate is called __________.
engraving
What word did Michel Montaigne use to describe his short written meditations?
essays
In Elizabethan drama, what were audience members who stood near the stage called?
groundlings
In the Sistine Chapel, what are the subjects of the famous ceiling frescoes?
scenes and figures from the bible
What is the term for a passage in a play spoken directly to the audience, unheard by other characters?
soliloquy
What term refers to Baldassare Castiglione's ideal of effortless mastery?
sprezzatura
