The Renaissance
Fine Arts
TEST
Mrs. Higdon
“Man is rightly called and judged a great miracle and a wonderful creature indeed.”
–Pico della Mirandello
1. The ______is a “rebirth” of classical Greek and Roman culture.
a. Humanism
b. Renewal
c. Renaissance
d. Hedonism
2. Which does NOT describe the Renaissance time period?
a. focused on human life and accomplishments
b. concerned with heaven and hell more than in Middle Ages
c. period of exploration and adventure
d. period of exceptional human creativity
3. Which of the following does NOT describe the intellectual movement of humanism?
a. stressed preparation for the afterlife
b. believed in the worth of each human life
c. sought earthly wisdom
d. stressed the value of the here and now
4. Who opened the door for modern astronomy by suggesting that mathematical calculations would be simpler if one accepted the sun as a stationary point?
a. Raphael
b. Copernicus
c. Marco Polo
d. Carl Sagan
5. ______caused education to increase among the middle class people.
a. Greek and Roman ideals
b. The Protestant reformation
c. The compass
d. The printing press
6. The posting of 95 theses upon a church door in Wittenburg Germany protesting the abuses of power and privilege by church hierarchy led to
a. The Renaissance
b. The Counter Reformation
c. The Reformation
d. The formation of the Anglican Church
7. The papal response to Martin Luther’s revolt was the ______. Convened by Pope Paul III, the Council of Trent reaffirmed every element of Roman doctrine attacked by reformers and revived the Inquisition.
a. The Renaissance
b. The Counter reformation
c. The Reformation
d. The formation of the Anglican Church
8. Renaissance art differed from medieval art because ______.
a. Medieval art lacked attention to background.
b. Renaissance art had more nudes.
c. Renaissance art focused on secular as well as religious subjects.
d. All of the above.
Matching
a. linear perspective b. visual perspective c. atmospheric perspective
9. Based on the optical fact that colors become dimmer and outlines become hazier as they recede into the distance.
10. Suggests depth of space by overlapping shapes and by smaller size and distant objects.
11. Based on the principle that all lines converge on a single vanishing point.
12. The cultural epicenter of the Renaissance was ______.
a. Paris
b. Florence
c. Milan
d. Rome
13. The greatest architect of the Renaissance was ______.
a. Ghiberti
b. Botticelli
c. Michelangelo
d. Brunelleschi
14. The first nude sculpture completed since Greek and Roman times was completed by
a. Donatello
b. Leonardo
c. Raphael
d. Michelangelo
15. Massachio’s Tribute Money tells the story of a man catching a fish, finding money in the fish, and paying the Roman tax collector. This is called ______.
a. linear perspective
b. word painting
c. storytelling
d. continuous narration
16. Botticelli’s ______has a subject derived from classical mythology.
a. Sistine Chapel
b. The Birth of Venus
c. Oedipus Rex
d. Zazzy Zeus
17. Which Flemish artist is known for his symbolism and oil based painting, particularly with such a work as the The Arnolfini Wedding?
a. El Greco
b. Michelangelo
c. Botticelli
d. Jan Van Eyck
18. One of the most controversial, pessimistic painters of the Renaissance is ______.
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Donatello
c. Hieronymus Bosch
d. Michelangelo
19. Which of the following works of art contains hundreds of naked men and women and animals, busy with silly activities?
a. Birth of Venus
b. The Last Judgment
c. Garden of Delights
d. Mona Lisa
20. Which painting did Leonardo da Vinci carry with him everywhere?
a. The Last Supper
b. Mona Lisa
c. Ginevra
21. Which work of art is the only one signed by Michelangelo?
a. Pieta
b. David
c. The Creation of Adam
22. Which work of art by Michelangelo stands 17 ft tall?
a.. Pieta
b. David
c. The Creation of Adam
23. The private chapel of the Popes is called the ______. In four years, Michelangelo painted over 700 square yards of barrel-vaulted ceiling with over 300 figures.
a.. The Dome of Florence
b. The Wedding Chapel
c. the Sistine Chapel
d. T he Louvre
24. ______, one of the greatest painters of Western art, is well-known for his Madonnas.
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Raphael
c. Michelangelo
d. Donatello
25. Which of Raphael’s paintings has the figures of Plato and Aristotle?
a. Madonna Alba
b. The Last Supper
c. The Work of Man
d. The School of Athens
26. The ______was the preferred instrument of the middle class in the Renaissance.
a. harp
b. lute
c. harpsichord
27. ______was known as “The Prince of Music.”
a. Henry Purcell
b. Durer
c. Jasquin de Pres
28. High notes symbolize heaven, low notes symbolize hell is an example of ______.
a. counterpoint
b. opera
c. word painting
29. Who composed over 300 masses?
a. Raphael
b. Purcell
c. Palestrina
30. A playful love song is known as a ______.
a. motet
b. madrigal
c. mass
31. The leading operatic composer of the Renaissance is ______.
a. Palestrina
b. Donatello
c. Purcell
32. The term a capella refers to ______.
a. music set to poems
b. secular music
c. vocal music, no instruments
True or False
33. Subject matter rather than style determined if a composition was sacred or secular.
34. By the end of the sixteenth century, the printing press had allowed music publishers to be in business everywhere.
35. Kings and other royalty competed for the finest composers, singers, and instrumentalists during the Renaissance.
Matching
36. Cervantes a. Much Ado about Nothing
37. Sir Thomas More b. Don Quixote
38. Machiavelli c. Utopia
39. Shakespeare d. The Prince
40. Castiglione e. The Book of the Courtier
Identifications
a. Raphael’s The School of Athens
b. Michelangelo’s David
c. Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus
d. Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper
e. Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Wedding
ab. Donatello’s David
ac. Micelangelo’s The Creation of Adam
ad. Ghibert’s Baptistery doors of Florence Cathedral
ae. Massacio’s Tribute Money
bc. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
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“The frailest and most vulnerable creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.” - Montaigne