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work went unpublished and unknown until the 20th century