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