ART 112 High Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks contain writings and drawings that reflect his interest in 1. Mechanical devices 2. Human anatomy 3. Ideal proportions 4. All of the above 5. Answers 1 & 2

4. All of the above

This painting(The Last Supper,) is located which city? 1. Florence 2. Mantua 3. Siena 4. Milan 5. Rome

4. Milan

This painting (The last supper) is located in: 1. The refectory of a monastery 2. The palace of the Duke of Milan

3. The cathedral of Florence 4. The home of a wealthy banking family

1. The refectory of a monastery

The main reason for the poor condition of the last supper painting is: 1. The building in which it is located was damaged during World War II 2. The building was converted into a mosque in the middle ages, and the Christian paintings were covered over 3. An amateur restorer damaged the painting while attempting to clean it 4. Leonardo experimented with a new mural painting technique which failed to adhere to the wall 5. Answers 2 & 3

4. Leonardo experimented with a new mural painting technique which failed to adhere to the wall

The moment from the Gospel narrative of the Last Supper depicted in this image is: 1. Jesus's announcement that one of the apostles would betray him 2. Jesus's offering of bread and wine as his body and blood 3. Jesus's command to prepare a ritual supper 4. Answers 1 & 2 5. Answers 2 & 3

4. Answers 1 & 2

In depicting the twelve apostles in the last supper, Leonardo's main interest was: 1. To capture minute naturalistic details, in the manner of Jan van Eyck 2. To portray the figures with the imperfections and blemishes that we associate with realism 3. To express a range of psychological states through gesture and expression 4. Answers 1 & 2

3. To express a range of psychological states through gesture and expression

Recently discovered documentary evidence suggests that the sitter of this portrait was 1. The wife of a member of the Medici family 2. The daughter of a member of the Medici family 3. The mistress of a member of the Medici family 4. The cook of a member of the Medici family

3. The mistress of a member of the Medici family

The mona lisa painting defies fifteenth-century standards of appropriate female decorum because 1. The woman faces the viewer 2. The woman smiles at the viewer 3. The woman is not shown with symbols of female virtue 4. All of the above 5. None of the above

4. All of the above

The technique invented by which Leonardo Da Vinvi produces slightly blurred contours and eliminates sharply defined lines is called 1. Giornata 2. Sfumato 3. Predella 4. Fresco

2. Sfumato

This original location of this statue(david) was: 1. The exterior of Florence Cathedral 2. The piazza in front of the government headquarters of Florence 3. The home of a member of the Medici family 4. A private side chapel belonging to the Medici family

2. The piazza in front of the government headquarters of Florence

This statue (David) was a symbol of: 1. The Florentine Republic 2. The Medici family 3. Girolamo Savonarola's moral crusade 4. The triumph of paganism over Christianity

1. The Florentine Republic

What event took place in 1494, shortly before this statue was created and installed? 1. Leon Battista Alberti wrote his Treatise on Painting 3. Leon Battista Alberti's family was expelled from Florence 3. The Medici family were expelled from Florence 4. Cosimo de' Medici commissioned Donatello to make a statue of David in bronze.

3. The Medici family were expelled from Florence

Why did Michelangelo never return to his native city of Florence during the last 45 years of his life? 1. He could not find work there 2. The journey to Florence was too far from Rome, where he had settled in the 1520s 3. He resented the Medici family for overthrowing the republican government and set themselves up as autocratic rulers of Florence 4. He owed money to bankers in Florence and would be arrested if he entered the city

3. He resented the Medici family for overthrowing the republican government and set themselves up as autocratic rulers of Florence

The David was: 1. The first free-standing nude statue since antiquity 2. The first "colossal" nude statue since antiquity 3. The first statue to depict David since antiquity 4. The first statue to employ classical contrapposto since antiquity

2. The first "colossal" nude statue since antiquity

Comparing Michelangelo's David to the bronze David by Donatello, we can see that Michelangelo chose to depict: 1. The same moment in the story that Donatello depicted 2. A moment earlier in the story than the moment Donatello depicted 3. A moment later in the story than the moment Donatello depicted 4. A combination of multiple moments from the story

2. A moment earlier in the story than the moment Donatello depicted

The psychological characteristic conveyed by michelangelos David's facial expression is: 1. sadness 2. naiveté 3. serene composure 4. anxious concern

4. anxious concern

The Sistine Chapel is part of the complex of buildings surrounding the church of:

1. Saint Peter's 2. Sant' Andrea 3. San Miniato al Monte 4. San Pantaleon

1. Saint Peter's

The basilica of "Old Saint Peter's," built in the time of Constantine, was torn down to be rebuilt in Renaissance style in the year: 1. 906 A.D. 2. 1206 A.D. 3. 1506 A.D 4. 1806 A.D.

3. 1506 A.D

Michelangelo's ceiling frescos in the Sistine chapel were commissioned by 1. Girolamo Savonarola 2. A member of the Medici family 3. The duke of Milan 4. Pope Julius II

4. Pope Julius II

Which of the following is true about the Sistine Chapel?: 1. It is a martyrium built over the tomb of Saint Peter 2. It is the building in which church officials meet to elect new popes 3. Its name is Latin for "sixteen" in honor of Pope Julius XVI 4. It served as a refectory for the members of a local monastery

2. It is the building in which church officials meet to elect new popes

What is the medium of this image sistine chapel cieling? 1. Mosaic 2. Fresco 3. Oil paint 4. Tempera paint

2. Fresco

The story of the Creation of Adam is told in: 1. The New Testament 2. The Old Testament

3. Plato's Symposium 4. The Egyptian Book of the Dead

2. The Old Testament

The naturalism, graceful elegance, and balanced forms of the figures in this scene sistine chapel cieling are characteristic of: 1. Gothic art 2. The style of Giotto 3. The Early Italian Renaissance 4. The High Italian Renaissance

4. The High Italian Renaissance

Compared to the figure of Adam in Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece, Michelangelo's figure of Adam on the Sistine ceiling: 1. Is more abstract 2. Is more idealized 3. Displays more realism

4. Is painted with oil paint

2. Is more idealized

What was Michelangelo's opinion of Flemish painters? 1. He thought that they were superior to Italian painters, because they were more skilled at depicting surfaces and the effects of light.

2. He thought that they were inferior to Italian artists, because their work lacked symmetry and proportion 3. He believed that they could not be compared to Italian painters, because they work in a different medium 4. He thought that Flemish painting and Italian painting were different, but equal in quality

2. He thought that they were inferior to Italian artists, because their work lacked symmetry and proportion

In designing the bodies of the nude male figures called the ignudi (meaning "nudes"), Michelangelo was inspired by which work from Greco-Roman antiquity? 1. The Belvedere Torso 2. Praxiteles's Aphrodite of Knidos 3. Donatello's bronze David 4. Myron's Discobolos

1. The Belvedere Torso

The ignudi most likely stand for: 1. The sin of lustful temptation 2. The replacement of the God of the Christians with the Gods of the pagans 3. Michelangelo's passion for athletics and working out in the gymnasium 4. The Platonic relationship between beauty and divinity

4. The Platonic relationship between beauty and divinity

Raphael's School of Athens is part of a series of Frescos located in: 1. The city hall of Florence

2. The papal apartments in the Vatican 3. The church of Sant'Andrea in Mantua 4. The Sistine Chapel

2. The papal apartments in the Vatican

This wall fresco was commissioned by 1. Girolamo Savonarola 2. A member of the Medici family 3. The duke of Milan 4. Pope Julius II

4. Pope Julius II

The room in which this painting was made served as a: 1. Chapel 2. Dining room 3. Library

4. Club for businessmen

3. Library

This scene school of athens depicts: 1. Ancient Greco-Roman philosophers and scientists 2. Christian theologians and saints 3. Ancient Greco-Roman poets 4. Christian poets

1. Ancient Greco-Roman philosophers and scientists

The style of the architecture in the background of this scene school of athens is most similar to the interior of which church? 1. San Miniato al Monte, Florence 2. Notre Dame, Chartres 3. Sant'Andrea, Mantua 4. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

3. Sant'Andrea, Mantua

The naturalism, graceful elegance, and balanced forms of the figures in this scene are characteristic of: 1. Gothic art 2. The style of Giotto 3. The Early Italian Renaissance 4. The High Italian Renaissance

4. The High Italian Renaissance

At the center of this composition are two figures—what is the identity of the one on the left, who points toward the sky? 1. Plato 2. Aristotle 3. Quintilian 4. Jesus of Nazareth

1. Plato

At the center of this composition are two figures—what is the identity of the one on the right, who holds out his hand with palm facing down? 1. Plato 2. Aristotle 3. Quintilian 4. Jesus of Nazareth

2. Aristotle

The artist who made this painting bacchanal was from: 1. Florence 2. Venice 3. Rome 4. Flanders

2. Venice

What was the original location of this painting bacchanal? 1. The home of the duke of Ferrara 2. The home of a member of the Medici family 3. The home of Girolamo Savonarola 4. The home of Michelangelo

1. The home of the duke of Ferrara

The subject of this painting bacchanal is: 1. A group of traveling musicians 2. A mythological drinking party in honor of the god Bacchus 3. A group of peasants dancing and drinking at a festival

4. A party held by the artist's patron, the duke of Mantua, at his private palace

2. A mythological drinking party in honor of the god Bacchus

Which of the following does this painting bacchanal have in common with Botticelli's Birth of Venus?

1. The iconography of both derives from the Old Testament 2. The iconography of both derives from the New Testament 3. The iconography of both derives from descriptions in ancient texts of lost Greco-Roman paintings 4. The iconography of both focuses on a story from the life of Venus

3. The iconography of both derives from descriptions in ancient texts of lost Greco-Roman paintings

In this painting bacchanal, the soft light and shadows, and the slightly blurred contours show the influence on Venetian painting of which artist? 1. Giotto 2. Robert Campin 3. Michelangelo 4. Leonardo da Vinci

4. Leonardo da Vinci

Which of the following persons would have been most likely to disapprove of this painting bacchanal?

1. Marsilio Ficino 2. Girolamo Savonarola 3. The duke of Mantua 4. Cosimo de' Medici

2. Girolamo Savonarola

In which building is this painting located last supper? 1. Sant'Andrea, Mantua 2. The Sistine Chapel, Rome 3. The Duomo of Florence 4. Saint Peter's, Rome

2. The Sistine Chapel, Rome

This painting last judgement was begun approximately how long after the completion of the ceiling frescos

in this building? 1. Two years 2. Five years 3. Ten years 4. Twenty years

4. Twenty years

The iconography of this painting last judgement is similar to the iconography of a work we have studied by

1. Giotto 2. Jan van Eyck 3. Robert Campin 4. Botticelli

1. Giotto

Which of the following does Giorgio Vasari say about Michelangelo in his Lives of the Artists? 1. Michelangelo perfected the depiction of the nude 2. Michelangelo was wrong to depict fully nude figures in a Christian church 3. Michelangelo was wrong to depict angels without wings

4. Michelangelo perfected the use of sfumato, first introduced by Leonardo da Vinci

1. Michelangelo perfected the depiction of the nude

What fault did Giovanni Andrea Gilio find with Michelangelo's Last Judgment? 1. Michelangelo defied iconographic tradition 2. Michelangelo wasted money on paint that could have been used to feed the poor 3. Michelangelo was guilty of idolatry 4. Michelangelo was too proud of the Last Judgment, and would therefore likely be damned after death

1. Michelangelo defied iconographic tradition