List 2 characteristics of each period listed below:
1-2. Renaissance
3-4. Mannerism
5-6. Baroque
7-8. Byzantine
Multiple choices
9. Which family controlled Florence during the Renaissance?
a) Sforza b) Medici c) Borgia d) Duccio
10) Which family controlled Milan during the Renaissance?
a) Sforza b) Medici c) Montagues d) DaVinci
11) Whose return to Rome from France made the resurgence of Rome possible?
a) Victor Emannuel I b) Frederick Barbarossa c) The Papacy
12) Whose European invention of the printing press brought about religious change? a) DaVinci b) Johannes Gutenburg c) Marco Polo d) Machiavelli
13) What major events occurred in 1492?
a) Columbus discovery of America b) Expulsion of Jews and Arabs from Spain
c) Discovery of gold in California d) all of the above e) a and b only
14) Which Pope brought a new Golden Age to Rome?
a) Leo X b) John Paul II c) Innocent IX d) Julius II
15) What famous philosopher was expelled from Florence and wrote “The Prince?”
a) Francis Bacon b) Aristotle c) Niccolo Macchiavelli d) Immanuel Kant
16) What was the first domed building since Roman times?
a) Santa Maria Novella b) Duomo of Florence c) Tempietto d) St Peter’s
17) Which artist invented pendentives for decorative purposes only?
a) Giotto b) Talenti c) Di Cambio d) Alberti
18) Who gave the East Doors of the Florence baptistery the nickname – ‘the gates of paradise?’ a) Michelangelo b) DaVinci c) Raphael d) another ninja turtle
19) What statue and by whom was the first nude since antiquity?
a) David-Michelangelo b) David – Bernini c) David- Bellini d) David – Donatello
20) What is the name of the 1st painting to use true perspective?
a) Battle of San Romano b) The Tribute Money c) Holy Trinity d) David
21) Which artist is famous for his return to classical pagan themes in the Renaissance? a) Raphael b) Botticelli c) Rembrandt d) Rubens
22) What is the only work Michelangelo signed?
a) Sistine Chapel b) David c) Pieta d) Last Judgment
23) What famous American president’s home was based on the Villa Rotunda?
a) Jefferson’s Monticello b) Washington’s Mt Vernon c) Munroe’s Peoria
24) Who nailed the 95 thesis to the door of Wittenburg Cathedral and started the Protestant Reformation? a) Henry VIII b) Martin Luther c) John Calvin
25) Who started his own church, called the Anglican Church, in order to get a divorce? a) Henry VIII b) Martin Luther c) John Calvin d) Thomas More
26) Which artist’s creations made art available to the general public for the 1st time?
a) van Eyck b) Breughel the Younger c) Holbein the Elder d) Albrecht Durer
27) Which artist gained fame for portraying ordinary people doing everyday things?
a) van Eyck b) Breughel the Elder c) Holbein the Younger d) Albrecht Durer
28) What style of art did the French excel at during the Renaissance?
a) painting b) pottery c) architecture d) sculpture
29) During the Renaissance, what was the strange symbol of wealth for English nobility? a) large fountains b) large windows c) large towers d) large doors
30) Who was the first major successful female artist during the Baroque era?
a) Annibale Caracci b) Mary Casat c) Artemisia Gentilischi
Definitions
31) Renaissance
32) sfumato
33) chiaroscuro
34) tenebrism
35) Fra
36) perspective
37) symmetry
38) Rubenesque
39) Trompe l’oiel
40) polytych
41) triptych
42) diptych
Identify the picture, type (style) and the artist of each artwork
43) 44.
45. 46.
47. 48.
49. 50.
51. 52.
53 54.
55 56.
plaza/arms
57. 58.
59 60.
61 62.
63. 64.
65. 66.
67 68.
69. 70.
71 72
73. 74
75. 76
77. 78.
79. 80.
81.
82-91. Name the least favorite work of art and discuss why that you have seen so far this semester.
92-100. Name your favorite work of art that you have seen this semester and discuss why.
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