Essay Quiz


1			Discuss the Classical revival in Italy in the 14th century, and illustrate its influence on the arts.




2			Compare and contrast the styles of the Madonna Enthroned by Cimabue and Giotto. What does each illustrate about the artists and their times?




3			Invent a fourteenth-century boy who wishes to become a painter of altarpieces. Describe his development from around ten years of age to his presentation of a "masterpiece." Include details of training, the evolution of the practice of the art, and the recommendations of Cennino Cennini.




4			Describe a working day in the life of a fourteenth-century Italian fresco painter.




5			Explain why Giotto's frescoes are more dramatic than Romanesque and Gothic pictorial imagery. Give examples from the text.




6			Compare the style of Duccio's Maestà… http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/d/duccio/buoninse/maesta/maest_01.html with that of the Arena Chapel frescoes http://gallery.euroweb.hu/tours/giotto/arena.html http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/g/giotto/padova/3christ/scenes_1/chris01.html http://gallery.euroweb.hu/tours/giotto/lastjudg.html http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/g/giotto/padova/4lastjud/lastj_d1.html http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/g/giotto/padova/decorati/7_virtue/43justic.html. Include a discussion of the patrons and the relationship of the works to their contexts.




7			Compare the style of Giotto with that of International Gothic. Include a discussion of patronage and influence.




8			Discuss the change in art styles in fourteenth-century Italy after 1348. Propose some possible reasons for the change.

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