Quiz 2
In Bruegel's Netherlandish Proverbs, the artist has depicted the Netherlandish obsession with proverbs. The scene is busy with a topsy-turvy multiplicity of figures and activities. It is reminiscent of which of the following artists?
Bosch
In Leonardo's Last Supper, how did the artist break with traditional iconography?
By the placement of Judas on the same side as Christ and the other Disciples
Who commissioned the Tempietto?
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Hans Holbein, a master portraitist, combines realism with monumental composition and sculpturesque form. Which of the following traditions does this describe?
Flemish and Italian
Michelangelo's fascination with the human body was a lifelong pursuit. In his David he presented a perfect body with an attuned mind, prepared and ready for action. Which of the following descriptions of this work would support this statement?
It is a combination of athletic tension and psychological insight.
Which of the following made up the territory known as the Netherlands in the 16th century?
Luxembourg, Holland, and Belgium
Leonardo painted the Virgin of the Rocks, and it is said this work is a masterpiece in expressing emotional states. He modeled the figures with light and shadow-- a technique he learned from earlier works. Which 15th century Italian artist would have influenced Leonardo?
Masaccio
The Neo-Platonic ideals of the Medici circle were most congenial to the thinking of which of the following artists?
Michelangelo
The term terribilita is most often used to refer to ____?
Michelangelo
Which sculptor believed that the artist must proceed by first finding the idea-the image-locked in the stone and then release it by chipping away the stone?
Michelangelo
How did Michelangelo's David become a political statement?
The placement of figure near the west door of the Palazzo della Signoria
Which painter created dynamic compositions, often by means of swirling clouds and fitful light?
Tintoretto
His remarkable sense of color and his ability to convey light through color emerge in the altarpiece, Assumption of the Virgin. Who was this artist?
Titian
How has Michelangelo portrayed David?
With stern watchfulness before the battle
In Leonardo's Last Supper, the curved pediment above the head of Christ represents which of the following?
a halo
Which of the following was one of the favorite compositional devices of painters of the High Renaissance?
a. pyramid
Why is Saint Anthony prominently featured in the Isenheim Altarpiece?
his association with diseases and miraculous cures
The Protestant concern about the role of religious imagery was in many cases outright hostile. Martin Luther spoke about destroying images. This destruction of religious imagery also occurred during the Byzantine period. Which of the following defines this act?
iconoclasm
In Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece, the artist has used specific references, saints and symbols to depict pain, suffering, and salvation and redemption. Which of the following symbols can be interpreted to mean the Son of God?
lamb
The personal tastes of the court of Francis I ran to the elegant, erotic, and unorthodox. Which of the following styles would most appeal to this king and his court?
mannerism
Titian's altarpiece, the Madonna of the Pesaro Family, differed from High Renaissance compositions in central Italy in the ____.
placement of the figures on a steep diagonal
In Pieter Aertsen's Meat Still-Life, the artist has created what appears to be a descriptive genre scene, a butcher's shop displaying its products, as well as fish and pretzels. This work also has embedded within it which of the following?
religious references
Titian's Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne was most likely inspired by ____.
Classical art
Which artist painted groups of soaring figures on the dome of Parma Cathedral that seemed to ascend through rings of clouds into the sky itself?
Correggio
Who created Knight, Death, and the Devil?
Dürer
In Leonardo's Last Supper, the numerous preparatory sketches and studies he made for the work indicate how carefully he thought about this work as a complete entity representing the entire story and its theme. Based on this which of the following would describe Leonardo's conceptualization of the figures from his Last Supper?
Each figure was individualized.
The destruction of images in German cities that occurred in the 1520s is known as the ____.
Great Iconoclasm
What is an Arcadian reverie?
Idyllic place of rural, rustic peace and simplicity
Of the following, who was one of the most important Roman patrons of Michelangelo?
Julius II
In El Greco's Burial of Count Orgaz, the artist has successfully merged his early and late styles. He combined elongated figures and rich color in this one work. Which of the following describes his early and late styles?
Late Byzantine and Venetian 16th Century
In Hunters in the Snow, the artist has captured the atmosphere of a cold winter's day. The landscape is snow-covered and stark with the returning hunters wearily trudging home. It is reminiscent of earlier renditions of seasons. Which of the following also described the seasons and might have been influential in the conception of this work?
Limbourg Brothers' Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
In Allegory of Law and Grace, the artist has depicted the differences between the Roman Catholic Church and the followers of Martin Luther. The artist who created this woodcut was dubbed with the title, "painter of the Reformation." Who is the artist?
Lucas Cranach the Elder
In Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura, he reconciled the philosophies and teachings of Plato and Aristotle. Which of the following have also been reconciled?
Paganism and Christianity
The dome Bramante designed for St. Peter's in Rome would have resembled which of the following?
Pantheon, Rome
Who was Raphael's teacher?
Perugino
Which artist that did a series of six paintings showing seasonal changes?
Pieter Bruegel
The major center for artistic development in the High Renaissance was ____.
Rome
Which of the following sculptural conventions did Michelangelo use for the figure of Moses in order to create an expression of "awful wrath"?
The bulging muscles and swollen veins of the figure
The Sistine ceiling represents which of the following themes?
the chronology of Christianity
In the Money Changer and His Wife by Quentin Massys, the artist has given us an image of a professional man transacting business. Massys has provided insight into which of the following?
the secular life of the Netherlands
