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

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