Art 102 - Survey of Art History 2 » Spring 2022 » Donatello, St. Mark

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Question #1
St. Mark's face is highly individualized with a lot of detail, showing the influence of medieval spirituality.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
In the figure of St. Mark, Donatello revived several classical features that were important to later Renaissance sculpture, including . . .
A.   use of heavy drapery and contrapposto
B.   use of heavy drapery and revealing the body through the drapery
C.   use of heavy drapery and free-standing marble figures
D.   contrapposto and revealing the body through the drapery
Question #3
Which of the following is NOT true of Donatello's St. Mark?
A.   Florence's guilds commissioned statues for the exterior niches of Orsanmichele, which was a granary and market.
B.   Donatello studied classical sculpture and the way that ancient artists represented the body, but also imbued St. Mark with distinctly human behavior.
C.   The bottom of the niche was near the ground so that St. Mark would be eye-level with the viewer.
D.   This figure was separate from his niche, unlike medieval sculpture that blended niches and sculpture.

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