Exam 1 INTRO TO ART SET 1 CH.14 IMAGE AND MULTIPLE CHOICE
The politics of the Italian city-states were turbulent and violent. Governments were overthrown and reinstated. The Sienese government commissioned a series of frescoes offering a new view, the need for a fair and just administration. The artist of note for this series is which of the following?
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Who most strongly influenced the art of Pietro Lorenzetti? Duccio
Duccio
This historian, Giovanni Villani, wrote in the 14th century that this city was, "the daughter and creature of Rome" suggesting a preeminence inherited from the Roman Empire. Which of the following city-states does this phrase describe?
Florence
This artist projected on a flat surface the illusion of space. He also projected the illusion of solid bodies moving through that space. This description describes which of the following artists?
Giotto
Whose work is best characterized by the use of solid volumes resting firmly on the flat and horizontal surface of this earth?
Giotto
Lorenzetti-the Peaceful country
Lorenzetti-the Peaceful country
Which of the following is the sculptor whose work showed the greatest influence of the forms of classical antiquity?
Nicola Pisano
The work of Giovanni Pisano as seen in his pulpit for Sant'Andrea, Pistoia, shows a nervous energy and emotion not found in the work of his father. It can be said that the work of Giovanni shows an interest in which of the following?
burgeoning naturalism
The most devastating natural disaster in Europe during the late 1300s was which of the following?
the Black Death
What did the humanist cult of fame emphasize?
the importance of creative individuals
What element did Duccio bring to the Maestà?
the modeled figures
The Triumph of Death is a powerful depiction of death and the folly of pleasure and the inevitability of death. The Dominicans, an order committed to a life of poverty, participated in the design of this work. Based on this which of the following groups would be portrayed in a negative light?
the young aristocrats
Which of the following is a medieval element depicted on the pulpit for the Baptistery of Pisa Cathedral?
trilobed arches
Which of the following was characteristic of the work of Simone Martini?
use of elegant flowing contour
