Question 1

Which is the basis for Botticelli's Venus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Masaccio's Eve
B)  the antique Medici Venus
C)  Donatello's David
D)  Pollaiuolo's Battle of the NudesE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

What was the area of western Belgium,southwestern Netherlands,and a small part of northern France called in the fifteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aquitaine
B)  Holy Roman Empire
C)  Flanders
D)  AragonE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which is a process in which lines are cut into a plate with a burin and the low areas are printed?

Accepted Answer

A)  aquatint
B)  engraving
C)  woodcut
D)  lithographyE) C) and D)
F) A) and B) B

Question 4

What is the setting for Robert Campin's Annunciation?

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A)  in a first-century home in Palestine
B)  in a fifteenth-century Flemish home
C)  in a Gothic church
D)  a landscape in JudeaE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Discuss the iconographic meaning of The Unicorn Is Found and its meaning in contemporary fifteenth-century society.

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Question 6

Which is used at the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi to visually separate the three different stories?

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A)  the roughness of the stone
B)  varying classical orders
C)  arched windows,square windows,and no windows
D)  a wide entablature between themE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

How did fourteenth-century Humanists view the "middle" ages?

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A)  as artistically advanced and creative
B)  as surpassing the achievements of the ancients
C)  as intellectually and culturally stagnate
D)  as spiritually unfocusedE) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Who began the long tradition of illusionistic ceiling painting?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sandro Botticelli
B)  Andrea Mantegna
C)  Giovanni Bellini
D)  Piero della FrancescaE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Explain the composition of Lorenzo Ghiberti's Jacob and Esau panel from the "Gates of Paradise." Describe the narrative as it is told through relief.

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Question 10

What is the term for art that has been created using a gouge to make high-relief areas for the image?

Accepted Answer

A)  intaglio
B)  lithograph
C)  engraving
D)  woodcutE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

What is the significance of the belt curling across the counter in A Goldsmith in His Shop by Petrus Christus?

Accepted Answer

A)  It symbolizes the success of the couple's international business.
B)  It symbolizes the upcoming marriage of the couple.
C)  It symbolizes the wealth of the customers.
D)  It symbolizes the piety of the couple.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Who changed Florentine painting more than anyone since Giotto?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fra Angelico
B)  Paolo Uccello
C)  Sandro Botticelli
D)  MasaccioE) A) and B)
F) C) and D) D

Question 13

Which is the term for a framed niche in the wall?

Accepted Answer

A)  loggia
B)  sacristy
C)  balustrade
D)  aediculaE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Which of the following is an advantage of using oil paint versus tempera?

Accepted Answer

A)  It did not create unique texture.
B)  It created an opaque surface.
C)  It takes a longer time to dry.
D)  It does not penetrate to lower layers.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Which is the term for a little boy often shown naked and with wings?

Accepted Answer

A)  giornata
B)  sgraffito
C)  aedicul
D)  puttoE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Give examples and explain how ordinary objects are used as disguised religious symbols in the Mérode Altarpiece.

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Question 17

What makes Rogier van der Weyden's Deposition of special importance?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is his only known work.
B)  It is the first oil painting.
C)  It establishes the characteristics of his work.
D)  It was sent to Italy and spread the Flemish style there.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Which is the name of Brunelleschi's added element,like a section of entablature,above the capital and below the springing of the arch?

Accepted Answer

A)  aedicul
B)  loggia
C)  impost block
D)  balustradeE) A) and B)
F) A) and C) C

Question 19

Which of the following is defined as a line running back into the represented space of a picture that converges with other lines that are parallel in reality?

Accepted Answer

A)  perspective line
B)  vanishing line
C)  orthogonal
D)  giornataE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Which of the following aspect of Très Riches Heures created by the Limbourg brothers is a Gothic convention?

Accepted Answer

A)  the lack of a middle ground
B)  the high placement of the horizon line
C)  the depiction of only the peasant class
D)  the attention to precisely following one-point perspectiveE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Exam 12: Early Renaissance Art

Which is the basis for Botticelli's Venus?

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What was the area of western Belgium,southwestern Netherlands,and a small part of northern France called in the fifteenth century?

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Which is a process in which lines are cut into a plate with a burin and the low areas are printed?

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What is the setting for Robert Campin's Annunciation?

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Discuss the iconographic meaning of The Unicorn Is Found and its meaning in contemporary fifteenth-century society.

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Which is used at the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi to visually separate the three different stories?

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How did fourteenth-century Humanists view the "middle" ages?

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Who began the long tradition of illusionistic ceiling painting?

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Explain the composition of Lorenzo Ghiberti's Jacob and Esau panel from the "Gates of Paradise." Describe the narrative as it is told through relief.

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What is the term for art that has been created using a gouge to make high-relief areas for the image?

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What is the significance of the belt curling across the counter in A Goldsmith in His Shop by Petrus Christus?

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Who changed Florentine painting more than anyone since Giotto?

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Which is the term for a framed niche in the wall?

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Which of the following is an advantage of using oil paint versus tempera?

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Which is the term for a little boy often shown naked and with wings?

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Give examples and explain how ordinary objects are used as disguised religious symbols in the Mérode Altarpiece.

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What makes Rogier van der Weyden's Deposition of special importance?

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Which is the name of Brunelleschi's added element,like a section of entablature,above the capital and below the springing of the arch?

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Which of the following is defined as a line running back into the represented space of a picture that converges with other lines that are parallel in reality?

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Which of the following aspect of Très Riches Heures created by the Limbourg brothers is a Gothic convention?

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