Art 305 - Art and Mass Culture » Summer 2020 » Renaissance Quiz 3

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Question #1
The art historical importance of the Renaissance can be found in:
A.   its revolutionary development of printed books
B.   all of these options
C.   none of these options
D.   its revolutionary development of perspective
E.   its revolutionary attention to the human condition
Question #2
In the panel depicting the Fall from Eden in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo depicted one of the female figures:
A.   as the ideal reflection of a perfect moral character
B.   in full frontal view, giving women action and agency
C.   as an avenging angel in the depiction of paradise
D.   as an evil figure responsible for mankind’s downfall into sin
Question #3
Paolo Uccello's drawings of a mazzaccio resemble:
A.   architecture at Chartres
B.   none of these options
C.   prehistoric cave drawings
D.   computer generated images
E.   paintings by Jan van Eyck
Question #4
One of the great leaps forward during the Renaissance was the belief of women as equals to their husbands of heads of household both politically and financially:
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
German printmaker Albrecht Durer’s woodcut, “Man Drawing a Lute,” is important because:
A.   none of these options
B.   all of these options
C.   it depicts a device that Michelangelo may have used
D.   it is found in the book Durer wrote on perspective
E.   it depicts a mechanical device that artists used to make their images look more realistic
Question #6
Leonardo da Vinci’s portraits of women represent a radical departure for the Renaissance in that they present women as:
A.   all of these options
B.   individualized human beings with personal agency
C.   none of these options
D.   the objectified possessions of their male counterparts
E.   threatening “femme fatale” figures
Question #7
The importance of linear perspective:
A.   combines art and science
B.   psychologically turns attention from God as the divine center to the earthly human viewer
C.   enabled a new way of thinking about reality
D.   all of these options
E.   duplicates human sight
Question #8
The “vanishing point” in art, particularly two dimensional works, is based upon:
A.   the point at which the receding parallel lines converge and seem to disappear
B.   the point which is always the most colorful part of the art work
C.   the successful depiction of perspective in Jan Van Eyck’s painting “The Arnolfini Wedding”
D.   none of these options
E.   the point which is always the darkest part of the art work
Question #9
Italian artist Paolo Uccello’s drawing of a “mazzaccio” (a man’s hat):
A.   demonstrates the scientific potential of perspective images
B.   demonstrates the artist’s mastery of perspective
C.   none of these options
D.   all of these options
E.   shows how perspective renderings anticipated computer modeling images
Question #10
In “The Last Supper” mural, in order to underscore Jesus’ liturgical centrality and stability, Leonardo da Vinci configures Jesus as:
A.   an equilateral triangle
B.   the site of the linear perspective vanishing point
C.   none of these options
D.   the psychological center of the composition
E.   all of these options

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