Question 1

Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch was commissioned by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Queen Maria de'Medici
B)   the Duke of Burgundy
C)   Giorgio Vasari
D)   an unknown nobleman
E)   the civic militia

Question 2

What does the dog in The Arnolfini Portrait symbolize?

Accepted Answer

A)   that the couple hope to have children
B)   that the man is worldly and the woman more domestic
C)   that the room the couple stand in is sacred
D)   that the artist is present in the room with the couple
E)   that the couple are wealthy and faithful

Question 3

The artist of Christ in the House of Levi had to change the painting's name because ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   church officials objected to Christ being shown with clowns, dwarves, and dogs at this key moment in the gospels
B)   it did not contain enough Classical architecture
C)   the composition was not balanced and stable
D)   the painting was seen as very reverent
E)   the artist was from Verona

Question 4

Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch makes skillful use of:

Accepted Answer

A)   chiaroscuro
B)   tenebrism
C)   dramatic lighting
D)   all of the previous answers
E)   none of the previous answers

Question 5

In Rubens's The Raising of the Cross, how is the viewer's attention focused on Christ's body?

Accepted Answer

A)   the lighting and placement
B)   the blue sky and clouds around him
C)   a hawk that has landed on his shoulder
D)   he is the only figure without a halo
E)   arrows point to his body

Question 6

Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by the style of which other artist?

Accepted Answer

A)   Masaccio
B)   Caravaggio
C)   Sofonisba Anguissola
D)   Nicolas Poussin
E)   all of the other answers

Question 7

To make their artworks appear realistic, Renaissance artists sometimes distorted the way certain objects and elements looked.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following artworks is a very graphic depiction of Christ's crucifixion?

Accepted Answer

A)   Isenheim Altarpiece
B)   Netherlandish Proverbs
C)   Tribute Money
D)   St. Bartholomew's Skin
E)   all of the other answers A

Question 9

Which pair of artists listed below is known for painting with dark backgrounds that make the figures look like they are emerging into light?

Accepted Answer

A)   Artemisia Gentileschi and Filippo Brunelleschi
B)   Caravaggio and Rembrandt
C)   Michelangelo and Gianlorenzo Bernini
D)   Giorgio Vasari and Pieter Bruegel the Elder
E)   all of the other answers B

Question 10

Raphael's The School of Athens contains:

Accepted Answer

A)   accurate portraits of ancient scholars and writers
B)   accurate portraits of sixteenth-century scholars and writers
C)   ancient scholars looking like sixteenth-century artists
D)   contemporary scholars looking like ancient artists
E)   only people the artist knew personally

Question 11

Without the patronage of the Catholic Church, many incredible Renaissance works of art would not have been made.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Of the three sculptures of the biblical hero David in this chapter, the one by Michelangelo makes the identity of the figure the most obvious.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Brunelleschi's design for the dome of Florence Cathedral was a triumph over adversity because ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   it had to be made of wood
B)   it was very small
C)   there was plenty of space around the outside of the building
D)   building such an enormous dome was a technological challenge
E)   none of the other answers

Question 14

Masaccio used which of the following elements and principles in Tribute Money?

Accepted Answer

A)   linear perspective
B)   naturalism
C)   atmospheric perspective
D)   continuous narrative
E)   all of the other answers

Question 15

Which of the following terms means "rebirth" and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the Classical world of Greece and Rome?

Accepted Answer

A)   Renaissance
B)   Baroque
C)   Enlightenment
D)   Mannerism
E)   none of the other answers

Question 16

Filippo Brunelleschi has been widely regarded as the first Renaissance ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   painter
B)   sculptor
C)   printmaker
D)   architect
E)   musician

Question 17

Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Decapitating Holofernes is part of which movement?

Accepted Answer

A)   early Renaissance
B)   Mannerism
C)   Baroque
D)   Medieval
E)   Classical Greek

Question 18

El Greco was ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   an Italian artist who worked in Greece during the Renaissance
B)   a Roman artist who worked in France during the Renaissance
C)   a Greek artist who worked in Italy and Spain during the Renaissance
D)   an Italian artist who worked in Greece during the Baroque period
E)   a Greek artist who worked in France during the Baroque period

Question 19

St. Anthony, depicted on the right wing of the Isenheim Altarpiece, is the patron saint of sufferers from skin disease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 20

Which of the following terms is used to describe the mid- to late-sixteenth-century style of art that elongated human figures and elevated grace as an ideal?

Accepted Answer

A)   Renaissance
B)   Baroque
C)   Enlightenment
D)   Mannerism
E)   none of the other answers

Exam 27: Art of Renaissance and Baroque Europe 1400-1750

Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch was commissioned by ________.

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What does the dog in The Arnolfini Portrait symbolize?

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The artist of Christ in the House of Levi had to change the painting's name because ________.

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Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch makes skillful use of:

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In Rubens's The Raising of the Cross, how is the viewer's attention focused on Christ's body?

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Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by the style of which other artist?

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To make their artworks appear realistic, Renaissance artists sometimes distorted the way certain objects and elements looked.

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Which of the following artworks is a very graphic depiction of Christ's crucifixion?

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Which pair of artists listed below is known for painting with dark backgrounds that make the figures look like they are emerging into light?

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Raphael's The School of Athens contains:

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Without the patronage of the Catholic Church, many incredible Renaissance works of art would not have been made.

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Of the three sculptures of the biblical hero David in this chapter, the one by Michelangelo makes the identity of the figure the most obvious.

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Brunelleschi's design for the dome of Florence Cathedral was a triumph over adversity because ________.

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Masaccio used which of the following elements and principles in Tribute Money?

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Which of the following terms means "rebirth" and is used to describe an artistic movement characterized by renewed interest in the Classical world of Greece and Rome?

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Filippo Brunelleschi has been widely regarded as the first Renaissance ________.

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Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Decapitating Holofernes is part of which movement?

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El Greco was ________.

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St. Anthony, depicted on the right wing of the Isenheim Altarpiece, is the patron saint of sufferers from skin disease.

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Which of the following terms is used to describe the mid- to late-sixteenth-century style of art that elongated human figures and elevated grace as an ideal?

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