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Who were the Limbourgs? |
| | A) | a Protestant religious sect |
| | B) | a powerful ruling family of monarchs and popes |
| | C) | artist brothers |
| | D) | members of the blacksmiths' guild in France |
| | E) | leaders of the Counter-Reformation |
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Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, a biography of Renaissance artists published in 1550, was written by |
| | A) | Michelangelo. |
| | B) | Leonardo. |
| | C) | Ghiberti. |
| | D) | Vasari. |
| | E) | Donatello. |
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In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character Eve was identified with |
| | A) | Venus. |
| | B) | autumn. |
| | C) | evil. |
| | D) | the night. |
| | E) | motherhood. |
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One of the effects of the Renaissance was to change the status of artists in Europe from |
| | A) | skilled crafts workers to intellectuals. |
| | B) | observers of nature to designers. |
| | C) | shamans to documentarians. |
| | D) | monks to nobility. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The German artist Hans Holbein was court painter to |
| | A) | Eleanora of Toledo. |
| | B) | Philip II of Spain. |
| | C) | the Hapsburgs. |
| | D) | King Henry VIII of England. |
| | E) | Frederick the Wise of Saxony. |
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The word renaissance means |
| | A) | "to know something thoroughly." |
| | B) | "rebirth." |
| | C) | "to create something from nothing." |
| | D) | "to reinvent." |
| | E) | "celebration." |
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The technology of painting with oils was developed |
| | A) | by Mannerist painters. |
| | B) | during the Late Renaissance. |
| | C) | by northern Europeans. |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The Renaissance artists from Venice, such as Titian and Giorgione, were especially known for their mastery of |
| | A) | linear perspective. |
| | B) | tempera paint. |
| | C) | color and light. |
| | D) | sunken relief. |
| | E) | the illumination of manuscripts. |
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The era known as the High Renaissance encompasses a time period of about ______ years. |
| | A) | one thousand |
| | B) | two hundred |
| | C) | one hundred fifty |
| | D) | twenty-five |
| | E) | twelve |
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The technique of sfumato involves the use of |
| | A) | multiple layers of glazes. |
| | B) | multiple vanishing points. |
| | C) | elongated figures and compressed space. |
| | D) | burnt charcoal. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from |
| | A) | scenes of everyday life. |
| | B) | the Egyptian Book of the Dead. |
| | C) | the story of the artist's life. |
| | D) | Plato's Republic. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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____________ organization, as seen in Masaccio's Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, was a popular device among Renaissance artists of Italy. |
| | A) | Accidental |
| | B) | Diagonal |
| | C) | Informal |
| | D) | Triangular |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Leonardo da Vinci was a skilled |
| | A) | engineer. |
| | B) | inventor. |
| | C) | painter. |
| | D) | architect. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Giorgione's painting The Tempest shows the influence of his teacher, |
| | A) | Ghiberti. |
| | B) | Titian. |
| | C) | Botticelli. |
| | D) | Bellini. |
| | E) | Masaccio. |
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Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for |
| | A) | King Louis XIV. |
| | B) | the silversmiths guild. |
| | C) | the Medici family. |
| | D) | Pope Leo X. |
| | E) | the Duke of Berry. |
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One of Michelangelo's major achievements was |
| | A) | inventing a prototype of the helicopter. |
| | B) | redesigning St. Peter's cathedral. |
| | C) | painting the frescoes in Pope Julius II's private library. |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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Northern European artists began using the system of linear perspective |
| | A) | before anyone else. |
| | B) | much earlier than the Italians did. |
| | C) | about 75 years after it was first developed. |
| | D) | simultaneously with its development elsewhere. |
| | E) | during the Middle Ages. |
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Artists working in the Early Renaissance period include |
| | A) | Bronzino, Anguissola, and Raphael. |
| | B) | Bellini, Titian, and Tintoretto. |
| | C) | Grünewald, Donatello, and Michelangelo. |
| | D) | Leonardo, Dürer, and Giorgione. |
| | E) | Botticelli, Donatello, and Ghiberti. |
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Which 15th century invention led to the decrease in the practice of illumination by hand? |
| | A) | the printing press |
| | B) | the system of linear perspective |
| | C) | the camera obscura |
| | D) | the technology of oil painting |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in |
| | A) | a hospital for patients with skin disease. |
| | B) | the Duke of Berry's castle. |
| | C) | the pope's private library in the Vatican. |
| | D) | a catacomb. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The movement that divided all of Europe into Protestant and Catholic camps is called |
| | A) | the Renaissance. |
| | B) | the Reformation. |
| | C) | the Crusades. |
| | D) | Neo-Platonism. |
| | E) | the Pazzi Conspiracy. |
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Vincenzo Perugia was |
| | A) | Pope Julius II's architect. |
| | B) | a thief. |
| | C) | a Mannerist sculptor. |
| | D) | Botticelli's primary art patron. |
| | E) | a biographer of Renaissance artists. |
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