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Art Appreciation 100
Prebles artforms chapter 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| See Massccio's The Holy Trinity, fig. 16.2, p. 250. This early Renaissance painting is considered to be the first painting based on the use of: sfumato tenebrism linear perspective isometric perspective | linear perspective |
| Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. His technique and using somewhat blurred edges--without lines or borders in the matter of "sfumato," or smoke, and subtle gradations of in light and dark values is referred to as a special type of ___________ | chiaroscuro |
| Michelangelo's David, p. 256, fig. 16.10, has a pose influenced by sculptural works of the: Sumerians Egyptians Sumerians Greeks | Greeks |
| Refer to Jan van Eyck's The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami, fig. 16-13, p. 259. In this work the woman is wearing green because: | it symbolized fertility |
| Caravaggio's The Conversion of Saint Paul, represents the figure of St.Paul in the foreground by using a technique called ____________, which accurately depicts a closely viewed figure's length along an axis | forshortening |
| Many Renaissance artists benefitted from the patronage of many new wealthy bankers and merchants, such as the __________family. | Medici |
| Many Baroque style characteristics are called "Counter Reformation" art developed as propaganda for the Roman Catholic Church's response to the_______________. | Protestant Reformation |
| In the Netherlands, patrons of major artists such as Vermeer and Rembrandt were | the middle and upper classes |
| Characteristics of the Rococo style of paintings are best described by which of the following themes and visual appearances? | lighthearted, playful scenes of courtship, music, and festivities of the privileged |
| The first woman to achieve recognition in her own time and a reputation as a masterful artist in Renaissance Europe was: | Sofonisba Anguissola |
| true or false Boticelli's painting, Birth of Venus, was the first painting of a life-size nude since Roman times. | true |
| true or false Michelangelo wa praised eqaully as a master sculptor and painter of the High Renaissance | true |
| true or false The most famous sixteenth-century architect was Palladio | true |
| true or false In general, the Baroque period represents a more varied and overly decorative style than that of the Renaissance | true |
| True or False The art of Rembrandt is heavily influenced by Italian Baroque artists because of his use of a loose more expressive brushstroke. | false |