ARTH Unit 3 Quiz Questions

The development of linear perspective is generally credited to ____.

Brunelleschi

By ____ Donatello revolutionized relief sculpture in his image of Saint George and the Dragon.

Creating atmospheric effect

____ took a fundamental step forward in his representation of Saint Mark by the contrapposto pose.

Donatello

Which Italian city played the most important role in the development of Renaissance ideas and art forms in the early 15th 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

Which artist actively collected Classical sculpture?

Ghiberti

Often synonymous with the Renaissance, the ____ were great art patrons.

Medici Family

____ was one of the first Renaissance buildings conceived as a central-plan structure.

Pazzi Chapel

____ was the Dominican monk who denounced the secular humanism of the Medici and others.

Savonarola

Which of the following artists was most interested in depicting the human body in violent action?

Signorelli

Ghiberti's competitive panel for the baptistery doors of the Florence Cathedral shows classical references that reflect influences of humanism. Which of the following is a classical reference seen on Ghiberti's panel?

The naked figure of Isaac

How did Masaccio create a sense of bulk for his figures in the Tribute Money?

Through modeling with a specific light source outside the picture

In 1401, Ghiberti's entry won the competition for the design of the baptistery doors for the Florence Cathedral partially based stylistically on its ____.

a new spatial illusionism

In Masaccio's Trinity the vanishing point can be found at which of the following?

base of the cross

In Ghiberti's Isaac and His Sons, the artist's study of ancient art is especially apparent in the ____.

figure of Rebecca

Nanni di Banco achieved a unified spatial composition by placing the figures ____ and in relation to one another.

in a semi-circle

In Masaccio's Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, Adam's feet clearly come into contact with the ground. Which of the following is the interpretation for this?

marks the human presence on earth