Art History 102 UNL Exam 1

Question 1

Which of the following does NOT affect the damage to Leanardo’s Last Supper?

Answer 1

The World War II bombing of the monastery in which it is located.

Question 2

In the Brera Altar piece, Fedrico da Montefeltro

Answer 2

faces an empty space that his recently deceased wife would have occupied

Question 3

true or false? the renaissance can be seen as a period of exploration of the world both large and small?

Answer 3

true

Question 4

God’s crown in the Ghent Altarpiece?

Answer 4

has a variety of light effects and a lot of detail.

Question 5

Bosch’s style especially for human bodies, is typical of?

Answer 5

earlier artist of the northern renaissance

Question 6

the large number of multiple copies of printed work from wood blocks or metal plates led to which of the following?

Answer 6

all of these statements about prints are true

Question 7

Rogier van der Weyden’s prado Deposition was made for?

Answer 7

A chapel belonging to a guild

Question 8

Which of the following features of Leanardo’s Last Supper Breaks with tradition?

Answer 8

Judas is seated on the same side of the table as the other disciples.

Question 9

The term “nepotism” can be applied to which of the following?

Answer 9

the appointment of a pope’s nephew or other relative at the papal court.

Question 10

Which of these Italian cities is NOT associated with High Renaissance art?

Answer 10

Ravenna

Question 11

Vitruvian Man

Answer 11

refers to the idea that a well-proportioned body will touch the edges of a circle and a square.

Question 12

Di sotto in su is:

Answer 12

the use of foreshortening and perspective to create illusion

Question 13

true or false? The Northern Renaissance refers to the area of Europe that includes Spain and Italy.

Answer 13

false

Question 14

Van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece is a?

Answer 14

polyptych

Question 15

Which of the following is true of woodcut printmaking?

Answer 15

none of these are true

Question 16

true or false? After completing the School of Athens, Raphael received very few papal commissions.

Answer 16

false

Question 17

true or false? The patron of Raphael’s Galatea was a friend and banker to Popes Julius II and Leo X.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Michelangelo suggest the ideal beauty of paradise (the garden of eden) by?

Answer 18

the perfection of the bodies in motion.

Question 19

which of the following NOT seen in Raphael’s painting Galatea?

Answer 19

a portrait of Michelangelo as Heraclitus

Question 20

true or false? Italian Renaissance art helped shape Northern Renaissance art, especially in its later stages, in the 16th century.

Answer 20

true

Question 21

true or false? Giovanni Bellini used Flemish oil painting technique to suggest the play of the light on surfaces.

Answer 21

true?

Question 22

Jacopo Pontormo’s Decent from the Cross?

Answer 22

implies in its central empty space, the narrative of separation and loss.

Question 23

Giovanni Bellini’s San Zaccaria Altar piece?

Answer 23

displays, in some figures, sfumato and chiaroscuro like that of Leonardo.

Question 24

true or false? Egg tempera is the medium almost always used by the 16th century Venetian painters?

Answer 24

false

Question 25

Which of the following is important in terms of contributing to the development of Venetian painting?

Answer 25

the venetian taste for luxury materials.

Question 26

impasto refers to:

Answer 26

areas in a painting where the paint is applied heavily.

Question 27

mannerism was an artistic period in which?

Answer 27

artifice was more evident than nature.

Question 28

The council of trent came to which of the following conclusions about art?

Answer 28

art is useful in churches, but art works should be accurate, clear, and free of gratuitous nudity.

Question 29

the figure at the bottom right-hand corner of Parmigianio’s Madonna of the Long Neck:

Answer 29

creates an antithesis with both the tall columns and the tall madonna.

Question 30

Titian’s Pesaro Family Madonna.

Answer 30

all of these statements are correct.