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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 development of printed books
D.
none of these options
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.
in full frontal view, giving women action and agency
B.
as an avenging angel in the depiction of paradise
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.
computer generated images
C.
paintings by Jan van Eyck
D.
prehistoric cave drawings
E.
architecture at Chartres
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 depicts a mechanical device that artists used to make their images look more realistic
B.
it is found in the book Durer wrote on perspective
C.
none of these options
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.
all of these options
B.
the objectified possessions of their male counterparts
C.
threatening “femme fatale” figures
D.
individualized human beings with personal agency
E.
none of these options
Question #7
The importance of linear perspective:
A.
duplicates human sight
B.
all of these options
C.
combines art and science
D.
psychologically turns attention from God as the divine center to the earthly human viewer
E.
enabled a new way of thinking about reality
Question #8
The “vanishing point” in art, particularly two dimensional works, is based upon:
A.
the point which is always the darkest part of the art work
B.
the successful depiction of perspective in Jan Van Eyck’s painting “The Arnolfini Wedding”
C.
the point which is always the most colorful part of the art work
D.
the point at which the receding parallel lines converge and seem to disappear
E.
none of these options
Question #9
Italian artist Paolo Uccello’s drawing of a “mazzaccio” (a man’s hat):
A.
demonstrates the scientific potential of perspective images
B.
all of these options
C.
none of these options
D.
shows how perspective renderings anticipated computer modeling images
E.
demonstrates the artist’s mastery of perspective
Question #10
In “The Last Supper” mural, in order to underscore Jesus’ liturgical centrality and stability, Leonardo da Vinci configures Jesus as:
A.
none of these options
B.
all of these options
C.
an equilateral triangle
D.
the site of the linear perspective vanishing point
E.
the psychological center of the composition
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