T1 Test 1 Questions REVIEW
Gerard Bowles
ARTH U106, History of Western Art
rev. 1/20/03
Three Chapters:
Ch. 14 Late Gothic, 14th C. Italian Art
Ch. 15 15th C. Art in Northern Europe and Spain
Ch. 16 15th C. Italian Art: The Early Renaissance
Instructions: There is some duplication and related reminders of significant information--I call this teaching technique "spiraling." To take advantage of this I suggest you read the entire review before starting to answer. On the test write carefully--10& will be taken off a test with careless handwriting!

MATCHING. Match the name or term on the left with the identification or definition on the right by writing the letter that matches next to the correct question number.
Ch. 14
1. ____ Nicola Pisano
2. ____ Giovanni Pisano
3. ____ Dante
4. ____ Duccio
5. ____ Ambrogio Lorenzetti
6. ____ Simone Martini
Ch. 15
7. ____ Book of Hours
8. ____ Deposition
9. ____ dog
10. ____ genre
11. ____ Robert Campin
12. ____ shoes not on feet
13. ____ sink or basin and towel
14. ____ triptych
15. ____ woodcut
Ch. 16
16. ____ chiaroscuro
17. ____ contrapposto
18. ____ engraving
19. ____ foreshortening
20. ____ linear perspective
21. ____ Medici
22. ____ pilaster
23. ____ vanishing point
24. ____ Vitruvius
Add. From Lectures:
25. ____ Mary
26. ____ Giotto
27. ____ drolleries
28. ____ illuminator
29. ____ fresco
a. helped form International Style
b. painted the Arena chapel
c. symbol of holy ground
d. symbol of the purity of the Virgin
e. graphic technique particularly popular in Germany
f. painted the Maesta Altarpiece
g. carved pulpit of Pisa Cathedral. Art historian Giorgio Vasari credits artist with first stage of Renaissance sculpture
h. Helped in bridging the gap between the goddesses and Christianity, attracting new converts.
i. place on the horizon where all parallel lines appear to converge
j. from Gothic art, figures half human, half beast--return in contemporary media
k. A person who decorates manuscripts. Contemporary: "illustrator"
l. Bosch's famous Garden of Earthly Delights is painted on 3 panels called a ...
m. Christ taken down from the cross
n. 15th c. Flemish artist, called Master of Flemalle
o. painted government fresco cycle for the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
p. use of light and dark to create modeling
q. wrote the Divine Comedy
r. technique of depicting space in which all parallel lines converge at a point
on the horizon
s. carved pulpit of Sant' Andrea, Pistoia
t. ancient Roman architect and theoretician whose works had a profound influence on Renaissance architects, including Alberti
u. In this stance the body relaxes, a knee is bent so weight is on one leg, and the resulting tilt of the hips results in a tilt of the shoulders, giving a natural and movement appearance, as in Donatello's David
v. incising into a metal plate or a print made from the plate
w. contains prayers for various times of day
x. a flat, rectangular, vertical member projecting from the wall of which it is a part
y. portraying an object as extending diagonally, therefore becoming smaller into space, and things are larger toward the viewer, as in Mantegna's Dead Christ.
z. Florentine family who supported many artists and writers. Some became popes.
aa. symbol of fidelity
bb. painting using wet colored pigment applied to fresh plaster
cc. scenes of everyday life
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS. Select the response that best answers the question or completes
Ch. 14
30. ____ The late Gothic sculptor whose work showed the greatest influence of the forms of Classical antiquity was a. Nicola Pisano, b. Berlinghieri, c. Pietro Cavallini, d. Licce Bologna
31. ____ Giotto's revolution in painting was important because he a. restored the naturalistic approach of the ancients, b. established pictorial experiment through observation, c. stressed the preeminence of sight as a way of knowing, d. a, b, and c
32. ____ Characteristic of the work of Simone Martini was a. use of elegant flowing contour, b. emphasis on drama, c. bold modeling of the figures
33. ____ The International Gothic style is characterized by a. bright, jewellike colors, b. intricate patterns, c. weightless figures, d. a, b and c
34. ____ Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Good Government fresco was commissioned by the city fathers for the Palazzo Pubblico of a. Florence, b. Rome, c. Siena, d. Tuscany
35. ____ The communal governments of many fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italian cities were dominated by a. the nobility, b. guilds of merchants and bankers, c. guilds of weavers and dyers, d. the clergy
36. ____ The integration of idealism with both the use of linear perspective and the emotive quality of naturalism, is evident in the painting A. The Expulsion from Paradise (Masaccio).
B. The Holy Trinity (Masaccio).
C. St. Francis Drives Away the Demons from Arezzo, (Giotto).
D. The Rout of San Romano (Uccello). [Kissick]
37. ____ Together, these two attributes form the basis of Late Renaissance art theory: A. Realism and Empiricism
B. Idealism and Empiricism
C. Idealism and Realism
D. Naturalism and Idealism [Kissick]
Ch. 15
38. ____ The artist who secularized portraiture was a. Bosch, b. Hugo van der Goes, c. Jan van Eyck
39. ____ The Ghent Altarpiece is a a. diptych, b. polyptych, c. triptych
Ch. 16
40. ____ The Classical principle of contrapposto, or weight shift, was reintroduced into Western art by the sculptor a. Donatello, b. Verrocchio
41. ____ Which of Brunelleschi's buildings approximates the centralized plan so loved by Renaissance architects? a. Ospedale degli Innocenti, b. Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, c. Pazzi Chapel, d. Santo Spirito
42. ____ Which Italian city played the most important role in the development of Renaissance ideas and art forms in the early fifteenth century? a. Venice, b. Florence, c. Rome
43. ____ The Renaissance architect who wrote influential treatises on painting, sculpture and architecture was a. Brunelleschi, b. Alberti
44. ____ Which of the following departed from the rule of frontality that dominated sculpture since the Middle Ages? a. Piero della Francesca, b. Paolo Uccello, c. Pollaiuolo, d. Andrea del Castagno
Add. Q From Lectures
45. ____ How do we recognize that the mousetrap in the Merode Altarpiece should be interpreted symbolically? a. the careful painting of the details, b. it has a long history of use as a symbol, c. its inappropriate inclusion suggests such an interpretation [HWJ]
46. ____ Which is true of the Merode Altarpiece? a. it has a fairy-tale quality typical of International Gothic style, b. it is the best documented painting of its time, c. everyday objects have become the subject of art [HWJ]
47. ____ The Adam and Eve of the Ghent Altarpiece are: a. definitely Hubert van Eyck's painting b. unusual on account of their nudity c. shown as simulated sculpture [HWJ]
48. ____ What is unusual about Bosch's Garden of Delights? a. there is no donor portrait, b. the landscape lS based on that of his native Holland, c. the theme is of sin rather than of redemption, d. it is unusually small [HWJ]
49. ____ The provocative sensuousness of Donatello's David indicates a turning point in a. Christian art, b. secular art, c. porn
50. ____ The "invention" of linear perspective (scene viewed through a hole), in traditional academic history, is generally credited to a. Donatello, b. Brunelleschi, c. Uccello, d. Ghiberti, e. all of these
51. ____ Linear perspective is today considered... a. accurate, b. inaccurate [Kissick]
52. ____ What c. 1441-1445 painting by Fra Angelico shows the Madonna sitting on a porch of an affluent urban home, which was made fun of until archaeologists in the last five years have proven the friar's depiction is very likely possible. a. Madonna and Child with Angels, b. Annunciation
53. ____ In the Renaissance, one justification for a show of wealth as in portraits, was morally justified against the earlier teachings of poverty and humility, was a. that a better standard of living provided a more humane organization of society, b. wealth indicated the ability to give more to the church, c. no justification was necessary
54. ____ Alberti's style of architecture was based on the architecture of ancient a. Rome, b. Florence, c. Constantinople
55. ____ Today, what early Renaissance print is most often displayed in the inner office of a conservative businessman. a. Pollaiuolo's, Battle of (10) Naked Men, b. Botticelli's The Birth of Venus
56. ____ Botticelli's Birth of Venus is nude primarily a. to show the beauty of past classical art, b. as an allegory to Christianity's Mary and her purity, c. to help start the Renaissance, d. for Lorenzo de' Medici's new calandar
Short Answer Questions
Ch. 14
57. Name the artist whose work was most influential in the formation of the International style. ______________________________
58. What painting technique did Lorenzetti use to create the scene of Good Government at the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena? ______________________________
59. What is meant by the term "humanism"?
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60. List three contributions that Duccio made to the development of Italian Gothic art.
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61. What was portrayed in Ambrogio Lorenzetti's frescoes in Siena?
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Ch. 15
62. What impact did the Hundred Years War have on French art?
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63. What made the portraits of Jan van Eyck significant?
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64. Why is Les Tres Riches Heures ("The Very Sumptuous Hours of the Duke of Berry") unique?
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Ch 16
65. Name two fifteenth-century Italian artists who were particularly interested in depiction of the nude. _______________________ , _______________________
66. Describe the difference between aerial and linear perspective.
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67. Name three fifteenth-century artists who were very much interested in linear perspective. _______________________ , _______________________ , _______________________
68. Name two fifteenth-century sculptors. _________________________ , _________________________
69. Who was considered the greatest patron of art in fifteenth-century Florence? ______________________________
WORKS OF ART RECOGNITION (important)
Write in the number of the matching artwork.
70. ____ Andrea Mantegna, Dead Christ, c. 1501.
71. ____ Duccio, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, principal panel of the Maesta Alterpiece, 1308-1311
72. ____ Brunelleschi and Giuliano da Maiano, Pizzi Chapel, c. 1440-61*
73. ____ Jan Van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432
74. ____ Jan Van Eyck, (1390-1440) The Arnolfini Marriage, 1434, Oil on Wood.
75. ____ Giotto. Lamentation. c. 1305. Fresco. Arena Chapel
76. ____ Donatello's David, 1408-1432, Bronze, Ht. 5'2"
77. ____ Sandro Botticelli. The Birth of Venus. c. 1480. Tempra on canvas
78. ____ Robert Campin, Merode Alterpiece, Annunciation scene, center panel, 1425-28
79. ____ Gentile da Fabriano. Adoration of the Magi. 1423. Tempera on wood panel.
80. ____ Antonio Pollaiuolo, Battle of the Ten Nudes, c. 1465. Engraving.
81. ____ Giotto, Madonna Enthroned, c. 1310, Tempera on wood.
82. ____ Sluter, Claus, Well of Moses, 1395-1406. Monastery of Champmol, Dijon, France
83. ____ Alberti, Leon Battista, Sant' Andrea at Mantua, west facade, designed c. 1470.
84. ____ Weyden, Rogier van der (1400-64. Flem.): Portrait of Lady, 15th c.. Washington Natl. Gall. For Mod. art.
85. ____ Hieronymus Bosch, Hell, right panel, Garden of Earthly Delights, c1510. Oil on wood. Museo del Prado, Madrid
86. ____ Fra Angelico, The Annunciation, c. 1441-1445. 7' 1' x 10' 6". Museum, Monastary of San Marco, Florence
87. ____ Weyden, Rogier v”n der, Descent from the Cross (Escorial Deposition). Oil on wood, 102x86¾. Museo del Prado, Madrid
88. ____ Masaccio, Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (Eden), 1427. Fresco, 7' x 2'11". Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine.
*Dates may vary slightly from author to author