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 perspective
B.   all of these options
C.   its revolutionary attention to the human condition
D.   its revolutionary development of printed books
E.   none 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 evil figure responsible for mankind’s downfall into sin
B.   as the ideal reflection of a perfect moral character
C.   as an avenging angel in the depiction of paradise
D.   in full frontal view, giving women action and agency
Question #3
Paolo Uccello's drawings of a mazzaccio resemble:
A.   prehistoric cave drawings
B.   architecture at Chartres
C.   paintings by Jan van Eyck
D.   computer generated images
E.   none of these options
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.   it depicts a mechanical device that artists used to make their images look more realistic
B.   none of these options
C.   it is found in the book Durer wrote on perspective
D.   it depicts a device that Michelangelo may have used
E.   all of these options
Question #6
Leonardo da Vinci’s portraits of women represent a radical departure for the Renaissance in that they present women as:
A.   threatening “femme fatale” figures
B.   none of these options
C.   all of these options
D.   the objectified possessions of their male counterparts
E.   individualized human beings with personal agency
Question #7
The importance of linear perspective:
A.   enabled a new way of thinking about reality
B.   duplicates human sight
C.   all of these options
D.   psychologically turns attention from God as the divine center to the earthly human viewer
E.   combines art and science
Question #8
The “vanishing point” in art, particularly two dimensional works, is based upon:
A.   the point which is always the most colorful part of the art work
B.   the point at which the receding parallel lines converge and seem to disappear
C.   the successful depiction of perspective in Jan Van Eyck’s painting “The Arnolfini Wedding”
D.   the point which is always the darkest part of the art work
E.   none of these options
Question #9
Italian artist Paolo Uccello’s drawing of a “mazzaccio” (a man’s hat):
A.   demonstrates the artist’s mastery of perspective
B.   shows how perspective renderings anticipated computer modeling images
C.   demonstrates the scientific potential of perspective images
D.   all of these options
E.   none 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.   the psychological center of the composition
B.   all of these options
C.   the site of the linear perspective vanishing point
D.   an equilateral triangle
E.   none of these options

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