Chapter 7

Question 1

The _____ family was heavily involved in the _____ industry thus resulting in their becoming the most powerful family in Florentine affairs from 1418 until 1494.

Answer 1

Medici
banking

Question 2

_____ was considered to be the most preeminent Italian city-state in the fifteenth century.

Answer 2

Florence

Question 3

The Sacrifice of Isaac, a story from the Hebrew Bible was the assigned topic for the competition to create a new set of doors for the north entrance to the _____ at _____.

Answer 3

Baptistery
Florence’s Duomo

Question 4

_____ produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral

Answer 4

Filippo Brunelleschi

Question 5

Pope _____ is credited with establishing the Sistine Chapel Choir

Answer 5

Sixtus IV

Question 6

______ composed the Pange lingua mass

Answer 6

Josquin des Prez

Question 7

In the book, The Prince, Machiavelli writes that the prince’s chief preoccupation and primary duty was to _____

Answer 7

wage war

Question 8

Machiavelli argues that the prince, once engaged in war, has three alternatives for controlling a state once he has conquered it:

Answer 8

-he can devastate it
-live in it
-Allow it to keep his own laws

Question 9

The lion is the symbol of the _____

Answer 9

Venetian republic

Question 10

The Lombards forced the local populations of the Po River delta to _____ that would later become the city of Venice

Answer 10

flee to the swampy lagoon islands

Question 11

Vince considered itself blessed by _____, whose relics resided in the cathedral of _____

Answer 11

Saint Mark

Question 12

The Contarini family is associated with _____

Answer 12

Venice’s Ca’ d’Oro

Question 13

According to Vasari, Giorgione ____ for his paintings

Answer 13

did not make preliminary drawings

Question 14

The painting, Pastoral Concert, includes…

Answer 14

a fully clothed nobleman playing a lute while a nude woman plays a flute

Question 15

The painting, Venus of Urbino, includes…

Answer 15

a dog sleeping on white sheets

Question 16

_____ was the first professional woman composer to see her own compositions in print

Answer 16

Madalena Casulana

Question 17

_____ housed the “Ensemble of Ladies,” which attracted many of the most prominent _____ of the day

Answer 17

madrigal composers

Question 18

_____ served as choirmaster of St. Marks in Venice

Answer 18

Adrian Willaert

Question 19

Adrian Willaert set to music in the madrigals of New Music the sonnets of Petrarch

Question 20

The toccata is also known as a “_____,” designed to feature both the _____ and the _____

Answer 20

virtuoso prelufe
range of the organ
dexterity of the organist

Question 21

_____ was a careful student of _____, sharing an interest with Leonardo

Answer 21

Palladio
Vitruvius

Question 22

_____ produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral

Answer 22

Filippo Brunelleschi

Question 23

When composing the _____, a motet reflecting “ideal proportion,” _____ had the _____ in Jerusalem in mind.

Answer 23

Nuper rosarum flores
Guillaume Dufay
Temple of Solomon

Question 24

Brunelleschi’s investigation of optics in Arab science also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s Perspectiva, which integrated the classical works of:

Answer 24

Euclid
Plolemy
Galen

Question 25

In Masaccio's The Tribute Money, the Apostle Peter appears three times:

Answer 25

Christ tells St.Peter to catch a fish St. Peter catching a fish in the Sea of Galilee St. Peter paying the tax collector

Question 26

The Medici family supported the rebuilding of the old monastery of San Marco for the Dominican Order, the sections added were _____, _____, _____, ______, and _____

Answer 26

a library, cloister, chapter room, bell tower, and alter piece

Question 27

_____ is credited for coining the term "platonic love"

Answer 27

Marsilio Ficino

Question 28

Lorenzo, grandson of _____ was known as II Magnifico - "The Magnificent"

Answer 28

Cosimo Medici

Question 29

Humanists in _____'s court would have recognized venus in _____'s Primavera as an allegorical figure representing the ______

Answer 29

Lorenzo Botticelli highest moral qualities

Question 30

_____, humanist composer of Lorenzo Medici, taught music to Lorenzo's sons, served as organist and choirmast at Florence Cathedral, and before he knew it, found himself collaborating with Lorenzo writing songs for popular festivals

Answer 30

Heinrich Isaac

Question 31

_____ is the author of oration on the Dignity of Man, which is considered one of the greatest manifestos of humanism

Answer 31

Pico della Mirandolla

Question 32

_____ financed his lifestyle as a mercenary soldier who was a valuable and highly ally to whoever could afford both him and his army

Answer 32

Federigo de Montefeltro

Question 33

The _____ by Baldassare Castiglione recounts conversations and debates among humanists in the Montefelro court

Answer 33

Book of the Courtier

Question 34

Leonardo de Vinici's the Last Supper is located _____

Answer 34

on the north wall of the refectory of the Domincan monastery of the Santa Maria della Grazie

Question 35

_____ is credited with bringing the papacy back to Rome for good, it became something of a papal duty to restore the city to its former greatness

Answer 35

Pope Martin V

Question 36

After being elected pope, _____ commissioned architect _____ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace St. Peter's Basillica with a new church

Answer 36

Julius II Donato Barmante

Question 37

Even though located in Rome, _____ in Montorio is associated with the nation of Spain

Answer 37

San Pietro

Question 38

The Tempietto was designed by _____

Answer 38

Bramante

Question 39

The _____ was built on the site of Saint _____ martyrdom

Answer 39

Tempietto Peter's

Question 40

The characteristics that contributed to the making of the Tempietto are:

Answer 40

-it's classical reference -it's incorporation of original classical Roman columns into its architectural scheme -the mathmatical orderliness of its parts

Question 41

How did Pope Julius II finance the construction of the new Saint Peter's Basilica

Answer 41

by selling indulgences

Question 42

Why did Martin Luther launch to Protestant Reformation in Germany

Answer 42

in protest against the sale of indulgences

Question 43

In the city of _____, _____ Savonarolo organized troops of children to collect the city's "_____" which were burned at giant bonfires

Answer 43

Florence Girolamo vanities

Question 44

The city of Florence commissioned _____ to create a freestanding statue of David using a huge _____

Answer 44

michaelangelo cracked block of marble

Question 45

Throughout the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo includes the _____

Answer 45

della Rovene heraldic symbols of oak

Question 46

_____ hired _____ to paint his private rooms in the Vatican palace

Answer 46

Pope Julius II Raphael

Question 47

_____ and _____ are the central figures in Raphael's School of Athens

Answer 47

Aristitle and Plato

Question 48

who was known as II Magnifico - “The Magnificent”

Answer 48

Lorenzo, grandson of Cosimo Medici