Question 1

Bernini depicts his David at exactly the same moment in the story as the versions by his predecessors Donatello and Michelangelo.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Who is Phocion in Nicolas Poussin's painting of The Funeral of Phocion?

Accepted Answer

A)   the owner of the house in the background
B)   an especially ruthless tax collector
C)   an Athenian general wrongly accused of treason
D)   one of the men carrying the body
E)   an artist who was executed for painting poorly

Question 3

Portrait of the Artist's Sisters Playing Chess displays which of the following characteristics?

Accepted Answer

A)   solid forms and harmonious proportions
B)   bold outlines and garish colors
C)   extremely bright light and dynamic poses
D)   a dark background and Classical architecture
E)   an emphasis on emotion and heightened realism

Question 4

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 5

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

Question 6

Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio designed the Villa Rotonda using various symmetrical shapes,such as squares,rectangles,and circles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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 8

Match the statue of the biblical hero David with its period:
-Michelangelo's David

Accepted Answer

A)  Baroque
B)  high Renaissance
C)  early Renaissance

Question 9

Match the statue of the biblical hero David with its period:
-Bernini's David

Accepted Answer

A)  Baroque
B)  high Renaissance
C)  early Renaissance

Question 10

Dürer's print The Last Supper reflects the ideas of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the Protestant Reformation
B)   the Counter-Reformation
C)   Buddhism
D)   his friend Michelangelo
E)   the Pope

Question 11

Tintoretto's The Last Supper has a very similar symmetrical composition to Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the same subject.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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 13

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 14

Which of the following statements is true of Michelangelo?

Accepted Answer

A)   he preferred the medium of sculpture to painting
B)   he painted two very important commissions in the Sistine Chapel
C)   he loved to depict the nude body
D)   all of the previous answers
E)   none of the previous answers

Question 15

When creating the Isenheim Altarpiece,the artist did not consider the context of where his artwork was going to be displayed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following artworks was made by Pieter Bruegel the Elder?

Accepted Answer

A)   an altarpiece graphically depicting Christ's suffering
B)   a woodblock print of the Last Supper
C)   a detailed painting of his sisters playing chess
D)   a gigantic sculpture of David
E)   a landscape filled with ordinary people, which humorously depicts everyday proverbs

Question 17

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 18

Which of the following design elements relate to Baroque art and architecture?

Accepted Answer

A)   calm figures, static design, horizontal grids
B)   organic, flowing, abstract imagery
C)   nonrepresentational lines, shapes, and colors
D)   diagonal movement, curving forms, dramatic light and shadow
E)   small-scale, non-religious, simple

Question 19

The Last Supper by Tintoretto ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   makes Christ the focal point
B)   has dramatic lighting contrasts
C)   conveys a dynamic sense of motion
D)   features many ordinary people
E)   all of the other answers

Question 20

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

Exam 26: Art of Renaissance and Baroque Europe: 1400 to 1750

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

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Tintoretto's The Last Supper has a very similar symmetrical composition to Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the same subject.

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

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Match the statue of the biblical hero David with its period: -Michelangelo's David

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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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The Last Supper by Tintoretto ________.

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Which of the following design elements relate to Baroque art and architecture?

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Which of the following artworks was made by Pieter Bruegel the Elder?

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Dürer's print The Last Supper reflects the ideas of ________.

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Portrait of the Artist's Sisters Playing Chess displays which of the following characteristics?

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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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Match the statue of the biblical hero David with its period: -Bernini's David

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Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio designed the Villa Rotonda using various symmetrical shapes,such as squares,rectangles,and circles.

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Which of the following statements is true of Michelangelo?

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El Greco was ________.

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Bernini depicts his David at exactly the same moment in the story as the versions by his predecessors Donatello and Michelangelo.

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Who is Phocion in Nicolas Poussin's painting of The Funeral of Phocion?

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When creating the Isenheim Altarpiece,the artist did not consider the context of where his artwork was going to be displayed.

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

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