Humanities

Question 1

The chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals was to tell the stories of __

Answer 1

the bible

Question 2

In a gothic church, the ___ was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds.

Answer 2

flying butress

Question 3

The figure of Saint Theodore found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a
___ position.

Answer 3

contrapposto

Question 4

The Gothic church at_____ features the highest ratio of glass to stone.

Answer 4

Sainte-Chapelle

Question 5

___ is credited with painting the fresco known as the Allegory of Good
Government.

Answer 5

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Question 6

By the twelfth century, ____ was the center of textile production in the Western world and
played a central role in European trade markets.

Answer 6

Florence

Question 7

According to an old story, one day Cimabue discovered a talented shepherd boy by the name of
_____ and tutored him in the art of painting. The pupil soon surpassed the teacher.

Answer 7

Giotto di Bondone

Question 8

______ is credited with painting the Masetà (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the
council chamber of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico.

Answer 8

Simone Martini

Question 9

___produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral.

Answer 9

Filippo Brunelleschi

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Euclid
 Ptolemy
 Galen

Question 11

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

Answer 11

 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 12

Humanists in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized _____, in Botticelli’s Primavera as an
allegorical figure representing the highest moral qualities.

Answer 12

Venus

Question 13

Leonardo de Vinci’s ___ is located on the north wall of the refectory of the
Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie.

Answer 13

The Last Supper

Question 14

After being elected pope,___commissioned architect Donato Barmante to renovate the
Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace Saint Peter’s Basilica with a new church.

Answer 14

Julius II

Question 15

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

Answer 15

 It’s classical reference
 It’s incorporation of original classical Roman columns into its architectural scheme
 The mathematical orderliness of its parts

Question 16

Throughout the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo includes the della Rovene heraldic symbols of oak and acorn to symbolize the patronage of _____

Answer 16

Pope Julius II

Question 17

________ are the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens.

Answer 17

Aristotle and Plato

Question 18

Many scholars consider ___ the Master of Flémalle and, therefore, the creator of the
Mérode Altarpiece.

Answer 18

Robert Campin

Question 19

__ created the Garden of Earthly Delights.

Answer 19

Hieronymus Bosch

Question 20

____ was created by Matthias Grünewald.

Answer 20

The Isenheim Altarpiece

Question 21

____ created The Large Turf, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of nature.

Answer 21

Albrecht Dürer

Question 22

Hans Holbein the Younger painted a portrait of ____ dressed in the clothes
he wore when he married Anne of Cleves.

Answer 22

England’s King Henry VIII

Question 23

____ is a three-part work, or triptych.

Answer 23

The Mérode Altarpiece

Question 24

The altarpiece’s___ are depicted in the left panel of the Mérode Altarpiece.

Answer 24

patrons

Question 25

The reflection___, the artist, can be seen in the mirror at the back of the room depicted in the double portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami.

Answer 25

Jan van Eyck

Question 26

The term_____ was assigned to those who painted draperies over the “offensive” areas of the nude figures in Michelangelo’s Last Judgment.

Answer 26

braghettoni

Question 27

El Greco painted _____, which includes distinct mannerist qualities and is decorous to the extent that draperies carefully conceal all inappropriate nudity.

Answer 27

Resurrection

Question 28

______ painted The Calling of Saint Matthew for the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome.

Answer 28

Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio)

Question 29

___ painted five separate versions of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes and was admitted to the Florentine Academy of Design.

Answer 29

Artemisia Gentileschi

Question 30

___ from the Dunes of Overveen is considered a “landscape” painting.

Answer 30

The View of Haarlem

Question 31

_____ was particularly successful with genre scenes, including The Dancing Couple.

Answer 31

Jan Steen

Question 32

____ painted The Arrival and Reception of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles.

Answer 32

Peter Paul Rubens

Question 33

Nicolas Poussin painted ____

Answer 33

Arcadian Shepherds.

Question 34

Eugene Delacroix served as a model for one of the figures featured in Theodore Gericault’s ___

Answer 34

The Raft of the “Medusa”

Question 35

Claude Monet painted ____ which played a significant role on “giving Impressionism its name.

Answer 35

Impression: Sunrise

Question 36

August Renoir “preferred to paint the crowd” and created _____

Answer 36

Luncheon of the Boating Party

Question 37

Georges Seurat depended on a pointillist style to paint a _____ which depicts a crowd of Parisians enjoying an island in the Seine River.

Answer 37

Sunday on La Grand Jatte,

Question 38

_____ utilized a technique known as impasto to create Night Café.

Answer 38

Vincent van Gogh

Question 39

_____ painted Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon, which became notorious “as an assault on the idea of painting as it had always been understood.

Answer 39

Pablo Picasso

Question 40

____ was born out of collaboration between Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

Answer 40

Cubism