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Leonardo advanced the portrait genre in all of the following ways except by 1) enabling sitters to engage the viewer directly 2) portraying sitters without ornamentation 3) situating sitters in a landscape 4) the use of multiple vanishing points.
What is 4) the use of multiple vanishing points.
100
Which of the following art forms does not include ancestor iconography? 1) Australasian rock paintings 2) Melanesian bis poles 3) Micronesian wharenui 4) Polynesian moai
What is 2) Melanesian bis poles
100
What symbolizes memento mori in Marinus van Reymerswaele's St. Jerome? 1) The Bible and crucifix 2) The candle and parchment 3) The clawed hand and red drapery 4) The skull and hourglass
What is 4) The skull and hourglass
100
Which artwork did the Florentine Republic view as a metaphor for itself? 1) Michelangelo's David 2) Michelangelo's Pieta 3) Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper 4) Raphael's School of Athens
What is 1) Michelangelo's David
200
Why did Leonardo prefer the medium he used for The Last Supper? 1) Frescoes would not allow for quick and decisive work. 2) An oil and tempera mixture allowed for revisions. 3) Frescoes retained pigments well. 4) An oil and tempera mixture withstood Milan's damp climate.
What is 2) An oil and tempera mixture allowed for revisions.
200
The end of a carved, curved wooden stick. What does this artwork have in common with Maori wharenui? 1) Both are carved poles. 2) Both are Polynesian. 3) Both use ancestor imagery. 4) Both use X-ray-style ornamentation.
What is 2) Both are Polynesian.
200
Neptune and Amphitrite, by Jan Gossaert, differs from typical Italian Renaissance art in: 1) its emphasis on fine detail. 2) its exaggerated anatomy. 3) the near-nudity of its figures. 4) the use of an architectural niche.
What is 4) the use of an architectural niche.
200
Which of the following is evidence that Classical ideals impacted Pope Julius II's plans for St. Peter's? 1) Its centrally planned structure 2) Its asymmetrical domes 3) Its minimally ornamented facade 4) Its cruciform shape
What is 1) Its centrally planned structure
300
The appearance of a dog in Titian's Venus of Urbino likely indicates that the sitter is not 1) a courtesan 2) wealthy 3) a mythological figure 4) Italian
What is 1) a courtesan
300
In Polynesian culture, the tiki plays the same role as 1) God the Creator 2) Adam the First Man 3) Moses the Deliverer 4) Jesus the Savior
What is 2) Adam the First Man
300
This image (Durer Self Portrait) connects its artist to the Italian Renaissance through 1) emphasis on individual genius 2) fashionable, contemporary clothing 3) rational, geometric space 4) use of line and surface texture
What is 3) rational, geometric space
300
Bramante's Tempietto most closely resembles 1) a Greek tholos 2) a Byzantine katholikon 3) an Islamic madrasa 4) a Romanesque pilgrimage church
What is 1) a Greek tholos
400
In the 16th century, the work of the artist was frequently compared to that of: 1) the Christian God 2) the pope 3) the Virgin Mary 4) St. Peter
What is 1) the Christian God
400
'Ahu'ula cloaks and moai statues have which of the following in common 1) Both are used for ceremonial purposes 2) Both are used to show status 3) Both are Melanesian 4) Both are Polynesian
What is 4) Both are Polynesian
400
Durer's painting of the Four Holy Men advocates for the ideology of 1) Roman Catholicism 2) Protestant Reformation 3) Counter Reformation 4) Non religious Humanism
What is 2) Protestant Reformation
400
Titian, Sacred and Profane Love, ca. 1513-1514. Oil on canvas, 3' 9" x 9' 2". The iconography in this painting most clearly relates to the theme of 1) marriage 2) artistic genius 3) nature 4) poetry
What is 1) marriage
500
How did the Sistine Chapel ceiling mirror the sermons given there? 1) It lauds the created universe. 2) It glorifies the melding of church and state. 3) It praises science and reason. 4) It exalts beauty above all things.
What is 1) It lauds the created universe.
500
In what ways did Australian Cave painting represent the human figure: 1) With realistic muscle 2) In an X ray style 3) Clothed 4) With accurate proportion
What is 2) In an X ray style
500
Which icon specifically represents Saint Jerome 1) Bible 2) Crucifix 3) Hourglass 4) Skull
What is 1) Bible
500
The Resurrection (Piero della Francesca) The artist who painted this work was inspired by which style or tradition in common with the Spanish artist El Greco? 1) Byzantine art 2) Genre art 3) Mannerist art 4) Moorish art
What is 1) Byzantine art