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Intro to Fine Arts:
Exam 2 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. An economic system pursuing market freedom and profit is called __________. | capitalism |
| 2. A term for lifelikeness or nearness to truth is __________. | Versimilitude |
| 3. __________ is the rational portrayal of spatial depth through linear or atmospheric means. | perspective |
| 4. __________ is a type of low comedy characterized by slapstick. | farce |
| 5. __________ means, among other things, “rebirth.” | renaissance |
| 6. The Equestrian Monument to Gattamelata is perhaps __________ greatest achievement. | Donatello's |
| 7. Ghiberti used perspective to bring a new sense of deep space to __________. | relief sculpture |
| 8. __________ believed that art was easier for the ancients because they had clear models to imitate. | Alberti |
| 9. Italy gained nearly a half-century of peace when the Peace of __________ was established. | Lodi |
| 10. The focal point of Donatello’s Equestrian Monument to Gattamelata is the __________. | horse rider |
| 11. The subject of Ghiberti’s relief sculpture for the Florence Cathedral’s Baptistery is the __________. | sacrifice of Isaac |
| 12. Alberti believed the best example of the new Renaissance architecture was the __________ of the Florence Cathedral. | dome |
| 13. Important patrons of the arts, the __________ family ruled Florence for a number of generations. | Medicci |
| 14. Pope __________ oversaw the construction of the Sistine Chapel. | Sixtus IV |
| 15. Lorenzo de’ Medici established a senate in Florence called the __________. | Council of Seventy |
| 16. __________ proposed nine hundred theses that he believed summed up all of human knowledge. | Giovano Pico de Mirandalo |
| 17. Renaissance sculptors depicted figures in a(n) __________ manner. | humanistic |
| 18. Commissioning art was often a means of acquiring of acquiring prestige for __________. 19. In general, Renaissance art can be best described as finding delight in __________ things. | wealthy families earthly/wordly |
| 20. The Brancacci Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence contains highly influential __________ by Masaccio. | frescoes |
| 21. Masaccio’s fresco The Tribute Money depicts a scene from the __________. | new testament |
| 22. The orthogonal lines of mechanical perspective recede to a spot called the __________. | vanishing point |
| 23. Botticelli’s La Primavera (or Spring) displays __________. | lyricism |
| 24. Mantegna creates unsettling drama in his St. James Led to Execution by placing the __________ below the lower edge of the painting. | horizon line |
| 25. Renaissance artists such as Donatello revived the __________ tradition of the nude. | classical |
| 26. Alberti’s Palazzo Recellai is clearly influenced by the Roman __________. | Colosseum |
| 27. The Florentine Foundling Hospital is by __________. | Brunelesschi |
| 28. The early Spanish colonizers of the New World are called __________. | conquistador |
| 29. The word used to describe the “smoky” gradations of light and shade in paintings such as those of Leonardo is __________. | sfumato |
| 30. __________ is a movement in art characterized by an affected appearance of subjects. | Mannerism |
| 31. __________ is a Renaissance theatre type performed by troupes of actors wearing masks and employing improvised plots and stock characters. | Commedia dell 'arte |
| 32. The time from around 1495 until around 1520 is called the __________. | Hgih Renaissance |
| 33. In 1497 Vasco da Gama proved a sea route to __________ existed. | India |
| 34. The capital of the Aztec Empire was called __________. | Tenochtlan |
| 35. The source of much of the gold in Europe is __________. | Spain |
| 36. A “picture-frame stage” is referred to as a __________. | proscenium |
| 37. The __________ is a polyphonic choral work. | motet |
| 38. A setting of lyric poetry for several voices is called a __________. | madrigal |
| 39. A __________ is a polyphonic choral work set to a Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass. | renaissance motet |
| 40. The typical Renaissance state was __________. | monarch |
| 41. Castiglione’s book __________ became an important guide to “goodly manners.” | The Courtier |
| 42. In the sixteenth century __________ music began to develop independence from vocal music. | instrumental |
| 43. The poetic form of the __________ became particularly important during the High Renaissance, as evidenced in the work of Michelangelo. | sonnet |
| 44. __________ was the center of patronage during the High Renaissance. | roman catholic church |
| 45. Giovanni de Bologna’s Mercury is clearly __________ in style. | mannerist |
| 46. Michelangelo’s David was originally intended to be seen from __________. | far below |
| 47. The use of atmosphere to create a sense of deep space is called __________. | atmospheric perspective |
| 48. The establishment of Protestant sects within the Christian Church is called the __________. | reformation |
| 49. Two images hinged together are called a __________. | diptych |
| 50. German secular songs are referred to as __________. | lieder |
| 51. A government run by religious leaders is called a __________. | theocracy |
| 52. A work of art portraying the removal of Christ’s body from the cross is called a __________ scene. | deposition |
| 53. A type of hymn tune important in this period is called a __________. | chorale |
| 54. Aerial perspective is another term for __________ perspective. | atmospheric |
| 55. The __________ helped spread the ideas of the Reformation. | church printing press |
| 56. Shakespeare’s plays fall into three genres: comedies, tragedies, and __________. | histories |
| 57. Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great established __________ as the convention of later Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights. | blank works |
| 58. “Here I stand—I cannot do otherwise,” are the well-known words of __________ before his inquisition. | martin Luther |
| 59. Ulrich Zwingli condemned pilgrimages, fasts, papal supremacy and __________. | transubstantation |
| 60. __________ is an example of a Christian humanist. | Erasmus |
| 61. Universal access to education is one part of Thomas More’s __________. | Utopia |
| 62. Flemish painters were interested in __________. | pictorial naturalism OR oil paint |
| 63. Albrecht Dürer has been called the Leonardo of the __________ Renaissance. | Northern |
| 64. Hans Holbein the Younger served as court painter to __________. | Henry VII |
| 65. Shakespeare’s tragedy, __________, is based on a mythical English king. | King Lear |
| 66. Christopher Marlow’s best-known play is __________. | Doctor Faustus |
| 67. The __________ courts were particularly influential for their patronage of music. | Flemish |
| 68. The __________ helped spread music and identify composers as individuals. | printing press |
| 69. The most important musical contribution of the Reformation was the __________. | chorale |
| 70. The Church of England separated from the Roman Catholic communion largely because of __________ reasons. | political |
| 71. The __________ of Flemish painting separated it from the Gothic style and connected it to the Italian Renaissance. | 3 dimensional style |
| 72. A mode of inquiry that reaches conclusions by moving from the general to the specific is called __________. | deduction |
| 73. The work of __________ is baroque in style. | Bernini |
| 74. __________ is a government with power vested in the hands of an absolute monarch. | Absolutism |
| 75. The mid-sixteenth century movement for reform in the Roman Catholic Church is called the __________. | counter reformation |
| 76. The Counter-Reformation involved a reinstatement of the medieval __________. | inquisition |
| 77. The modern scientific method is based on __________. | induction |
| 78. The philosophy of __________ was based on the premise “Doubt everything.” | Descartes |
| 79. __________ refers to the attempt of a government to control and arbitrate art and taste. | Academics |
| 80. __________ asserts that reason is a better path to knowledge than experience or observation. | Rationalism |
| 81. The dramatic use of light and shade in Baroque painting is called __________. | chiaroscuro |
| 82. John Locke believed that the each person is born __________. | blank |
| 83. The __________ style exalted intuition, inspiration, and the genius of human creativity. | Baroque |
| 84. The work of the Roman baroque painter __________ turned away from idealized religious scenes in favor of mundane scenes. | Caravaggio |
| 85. The Spanish baroque painter __________ is associated with the mystical and inward-looking nature of the Counter-Reformation. | El Greco |
| 86. The work of Peter Paul Rubens is an example of the __________ baroque. | aristrocratic |
| 87. The corpulent cupids found in Rubens’ paintings are called __________. | putti |
| 88. Poussin often chose subjects from classical literature and emphasized __________. | landscapes |
| 89. The work of Rembrandt is associated with the __________ baroque style. | bourgeois |
| 90. Rembrandt became the first __________ artist. | capitalist |
| 91. The sculptures of __________ are exemplary of the baroque aesthetic. | Bernini |
| 92. The monarch __________ embodied the baroque age. | Louis XIV |
| 93. One of the principle developments of baroque theatre was French __________. | neoclassicism |
| 94. Jacques-Louis David’s painting Oath of the Horatii sought to inspire __________. | french patriotism and martyr |
| 95. The “court masque” was developed in __________. | England |
| 96. The __________ was invented during the baroque period. | opera |
| 97. Antonio Vivaldi is known as a master of __________. | concerto |
| 98. The __________ combines a sacred subject with a narrative poetic text. | oratorio |
| 99. The plots for French ballets came from __________. | classical mythology |
| 100. Operas grew out of __________. | madrigals |
| 101. The development of the __________ included fictional biographies of people with whom the reader would identify. | novel |
| 102. Writers who culled thought from great books and translated it into more accessible terms are called __________. | philosophes |
| 103. The work of __________ is an example of Pre-Romantic style. | Rousseau |
| 104. The political philosophy of __________ was particularly attractive to the new middle class. | liberalism |
| 105. Works of art dealing with everyday life and common subject matter are called __________. | genre |
| 106. Frederick II is an example of a(n) __________ despot. | enlightenment |
| 107. “Physiocrats” saw __________ as the single source of all wealth. | nature |
| 108. After the French Revolution, baroque and __________ styles faded. | rococo |
| 109. Enlightenment politics tended to be __________, wishing to elevate the downtrodden. | humanitarian |
| 110. Voltaire famously wrote criticisms of the __________. | church, state/court, government, theater-goer |
| 111. The writings of Mary Wollstonecraft mark the beginning of modern __________. | feminism |
| 112. Decorative and delicately superficial __________ painting was the art of the waning aristocracy. | rococo |
| 113. Many of the paintings of __________ were made into prints and sold to the public. | Hogarth |
| 114. Jacques-Louis David’s work is __________. | neoclassicism |
| 115. Laugier believed architects should turn to the __________ for models and inspiration. | ancient world |
| 116. The most popular theatre form in early eighteenth-century London was __________. | ballan opera |
| 117. __________ are particularly important in Kabuki plays. | narrator and variation chorus |
| 118. The first recorded American theatre was built in __________. | Virginia 1716 |
| 119. The expressive style of music came from __________. | Germany |
| 120. Classical music typically has a memorable, tuneful __________. | melody |
| 121. The most important movement form in the classical period of music is the __________. | Sonata |
| 122. The rise of the __________ was an important component of dance during this period. | ballet |
| 123. Ballet d’action emphasized __________. | drama |
| 124. The rococo style in literature produced much __________. | satire |
| 125. __________ was a slave, possibly of Fulani origin, who wrote poems in a neoclassical style. | Philis Wheatley |
| 126. In the work of __________, ordinary occurrences appear as symbols of a higher reality. | contemporary/votive literature |
| 127. The Sturm und Drang movement is considered __________. | nationalism |
| 128. Johann Gottfried von Herder sought to revive __________ through the use of the “national language” in schools, books, and newspapers. | nationalism |
| 129. The hymn “Ode to Joy” was written by __________. | Don Carlos |
| 130. __________ sculpture Pauline Borghese as Venus Victrix used Napoleon’s sister for a model. | Antonio Canova |
| 131. In general, Romanticism emphasizes __________. | individualism and emotion |
| 132. Musical works built around a non-musical story are called __________. | |
| 133. __________ allowed workers to promote their own interests in the economic realm. | Unions |
| 134. The period from the 1830s to 1901 is frequently called the __________ Age. | Victorian |
| 135. Hegel considered __________ the most universal and spiritual of all arts. | poetry |
| 136. Kant believed the “real world” of human experience was actually a product of limited human understanding. His view is a form of __________. | idealism |
| 137. A basic tenet of Romanticism is __________. | individual induction |
| 138. The Raft of the “Medusa” is a work by __________. | Gericeult |
| 139. __________ was one of the first artists to complete paintings out-of-doors. | John Baptiste Camille |
| 140. Rosa Bonheur is known for her paintings of __________. | animals |
| 141. The most famous example of Romantic architecture is the __________. | House Of Parliament |
| 142. In a __________ play, each character tends to be either all good or all evil. | melodramatic |
| 143. Romantic aesthetics are often described as __________. | anti-classical |
| 144. The Holy Trinity by Masaccio illustrates: | linear perspective |
| 145. Masaccio used linear perspective in the Trinity with the Virgin to create the illusion _______________. | deep barrel vault extending behind |
| 146. What was the primary reason for the delayed construction of the dome of Florence Cathedral? | lack of engineering know-how |
| 147. What about Bronzino’s Allegory with Venus and Cupid would have probably been most appreciated by patrons of Mannerist art? | icongraphy and ambigous meaning |
| 148. Michelangelo’s Last Judgment departs from medieval tradition by____________________ | not seperating the saved and the dammed |
| 149. Bronzino’s Allegory with Venus and Cupid could stand alone as a summary of __________. | manners |
| 150. In contrast to Leonardo da Vinci’s beliefs, Michelangelo believed __________to be the most complete means of creating an illusion of the natural world. | sculpture |
| 151. What was the cause of the extensive damage to Leonardo’s painting of The Last Supper that occurred shortly after its completion? | experimental technique |
| 152. Raphael’s well-known fresco The School of Athens summarizes the ideals envisioned by __________in both its subject matter and harmonious formal arrangement. | renaissance |
| 153. The format of Hieronymus Bosch’s painting Garden of Earthly Delights which was commissioned by an aristocrat for his Brussels townhouse, conforms to a long tradition of ______________. | church altar pieces |
| 154. Bernini’s great sculptural grouping Saint Teresa of Ávila in Ecstasy is located in the Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in the city of __________. | Rome |
| 155. Caravaggio actively used __________, in which he painted forms emerging from a dark background into a strong light that often falls from a single source outside the painting | tenabrism |
| 156. Gaulli’s The Triumph of the Name of Jesus and the Fall of the Damned is on the ceiling of the __________. | ill gesu |
| 157. How does Bernini’s David distinguish itself from Renaissance images of the same subject? | captures the action of figure moving through space |
| 158. David’s Death of Marat echoes the pose of Christ in a sculpture by ___________. | michael angelo |
| 159. What about Goya’s Third of May, 1808 epitomize Romanticism in art? | image of terror |
| 160. Caspar David Friedrich’s Abby in an Oak Forest conceived landscape as a vehicle through which to achieve ______________. | spiritual revelation |
| 161. How did the role of the viewer change in the Baroque period? | art through to engage viewers as participants |
| 162. The artist Rembrandt is associated with the _____ portrait style. | group |