mid term Flashcards
(66 cards)
Leonardos use of the 3/4-turn pose, pyramidal composition, and sfumato technique make the Mona Lisa a groundbreaking portrait.
True
;___________ is marked by an emphasis on education and on (blank) expanding knowledge of classical antiquity; the exploration of individual potential and a desire to excel; and a commitment to civic responsibility and moral duty
Humanism
Medici family was Leonardo patron for the Last Supper. true or false?
False
Some scholars estimate that only ________ of Leonardo own work remains in the newly restored Last Supper.
18-20
style of modeling without line developed and perfected by Leonardo da Vinci is known as ________.
sfumato
Renaissance art is based on a rediscovery of the Greek and Roman classics and a renewed focus on the individual. true or false?
True
________ involves applying a thin layer of fresh plaster on an existing plaster surface and then immediately applying color pigments (tempera) which upon drying become part of the wall surface.
Fresco
Which of these terms refers to the external manifestation of an internal intellectual idea?
disegno
One-point perspective is achieved through use of real or imaginary lines called orthogonals that converge on one vanishing point. true or false?
true
Much of Michelangelo’s style was heavily influenced by ________ idealism.
neoplatonic
Michelangelo’s David was commissioned by which city?
Florence
The Bound Slave was part of a large sculptural program for ________.
Pope Julius II
Michelangelo’s David was the first colossal male nude statue since classical antiquity. true or false?
True
Michelangelo considered himself to be first and foremost a painter. true or false
False
The subject matter depicted in the Sistine ceiling comes from ________.
the Bible
The Sistine Chapel ceiling took Michelangelo only four years to paint. true or false?
True
The pose of the figure in Bound Slave can be described as ________.
figura serpentinata
Michelangelo chose to depict David ________ his encounter with Goliath.
before.
Michelangelo used cartoons to help plot the design of the Sistine ceiling. true or false?
true
A portrait of ________ served as the model for the face of St. Bartholomews flayed skin in the Last Judgment.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo’s portrait of Moses was based on ________.
Pope Julius II
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| A \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a representation of the Virgin Mary and the dead figure of Jesus.</p>
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| pieta</p>
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| The personalities of Pope Julius and Michelangelo can be described by which of these terms</p>
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| terribilita</p>
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| Michelangelo's Last Judgment is considered to be a Mannerist work due to its \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.</p>
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| both of the above</p>
| Ambiguity is a key characteristic of Mannerist art. true or false?
| True
| The figures in Pontormo's Descent from the Cross are arranged around ________.
| a central void
| Portrait of a Young Man was painted by ________.
| Bronzino
| Pontormo used a ________ color palette in Descent from the Cross.
| sour
| Bronzino's Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time is also known as ________.
| The Exposure of Luxury
| Which of the following events influenced the work of the Mannerists?
| the Sack of Rome
| The Genius of Fontainebleau depicts ________, goddess of the hunt.
| Diana
The hands, necks, and feet were thought to be indicators of elegance and grace during the Mannerist period. true or false
| True
| The Mannerist period begins with the death of ________.
| Raphael
| The meaning of an allegory is clear and immediately understood. true or false?
| False
Bronzino's Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time was inspired by Michelangelo's figures and those from classical Greco-Roman sculpture. true or false?
| True
| The figure in Cellini's Genius of Fontainebleau was inspired by Michelangelo's sculptures.
| true
| The face of the Virgin Mary in this painting was influenced by the work of ________.
| Raphael
| eronese's Christ in the House of Levi was originally entitled The Last Supper. true or false?
| True
Colorito is a term used to describe the application of paint characteristic of Venetian Renaissance art. true or false?
| True
| Palladio's Villa Rotonda was greatly inspired by ________.
| the Pantheon
| Veronese's Triumph of Venice employs which narrative device(s)?
| personification and glorification
| Titian's Pastoral Symphony was originally thought to have been painted by ________.
| Giorgione
| Which of the following painters is credited with creating the Venetian style?
| Bellini.
| The Protestant Reformation had little impact on the art of the Northern Renaissance. true or false
| False
| Secular artwork has a ________ subject matter, theme, or mood.
| “non-religious.”
| Tintoretto's Venetian style also has ________ tendencies.
| “Mannerist and Baroque.”
| Palladio's Villa Rotonda provided the model for Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. true or false
| false
| Bellini's Feast of the Gods depicts a(n) ________ landscape.
| arcadian
| 12) Who is the woman depicted in Titian's Venus of Urbino?
| a courtesan
| Personification gives ________ form to an abstract idea or object
| human.
| Giorgione is credited with developing the ________ technique.
| oil on canvas.
| The term velatura refers to ________.
| a semi-transparent glaze with a color
| Albrecht Durer's The Fall of Man was executed in what medium?
| engraving
| Artists of the Northern Renaissance primarily used tempera paints rather than oil. true or false
| False
| Matthias Grunewald has been called the "Leonardo of the North."
| false
| The artist who painted Hunters in the Snow was from ________.
| the Netherlands
| Albrecht Durer worked in which of the following media?
| both painting and printmaking
| The skull in the foreground of Hans Holbein's The French Ambassadors is an example of ________.
| both an anamorphic image and a memento mori
| The animals in Albrecht Durer's The Fall of Man represent the four ________.
| humors of man
| The Money Changer and His Wife by Quinten Massys is a good example of a ________.
| genre scene
| Pieter Aertsen's Meat Still Life attempts to convey a didactic message about Protestant morality. true or false
| True
| Which of the following mediums is not an example of graphic art?
| impasto
| Albrecht Durer's religious and political views are expressed in the Four Apostles. true or false
| True
| The Isenheim Altarpiece was painted for a hospital that treated what disease?
| ergotism
| A genre scene depicts subjects from ________.
| everyday life
