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1
Which best describes Renaissance humanism?
A)study of human nature
B)human-based culture
C)revival of Classical texts
D)a Christian bias
2
Leonardo Bruni was
A)a humanist
B)chancellor of Florence
C)a historian
D)none of the above
E)all of the above
F)a and b, but not c
3
Which two cities were most at the forefront of early humanism?
A)Venice and Rome
B)Florence and Padua
C)Rome and Florence
D)Siena and Florence
E)Siena and Padua
4
Who of the following was NOT a condottiere?
A)Federico da Montefeltro
B)Sir John Hawkwood
C)Erasmo da Narni
D)Niccolo da Tolentino
E)Leon Battista Alberti
5
Which text is placed with the appropriate author?
A)Dante -- the Decameron
B)Brunelleschi -- the Commentarii
C)Alberti -- Lives of the Artists
D)Masaccio -- On Painting
E)Manetti -- On the Dignity of Man
6
Which are some of the reasons for Ghiberti's victory in the competition of 1401?
A)his relief was less expensive to cast and more monumental than Brunelleschi's
B)his relief was less expensive and more graceful
C)his relief was more expensive, but also more elegant
D)his relief was more monumental, more original, and he had political connections
7
Which best defines "foreshortening?"
A)reduction in scale
B)placing a smaller object in front of a larger object
C)a twist at the waist
D)depicting a form in perspective
8
Which is not a feature of Brunelleschi's design for the Church of Santo Spirito?
A)Latin cross plan
B)a flat ceiling
C)chapels on three sides
D)stained glass windows
E)round arches
9
Which of the following is true of one-point perspective?
A)orthogonals converge at the vanishing point
B)orthogonals run from right to left on the picture plane
C)orthogonals are at right angles to the floor of the painted space
D)orthogonals are not used
10
The artist whom Vasari accused of being too obsessed with perspective was
A)Piero della Francesca
B)Mantegno
C)Uccello
D)Masaccio
E)Brunelleschi
F)Alberti
11
The term paradiso as used in reference to Ghiberti's doors means
A)the Garden of Eden
B)the illustration of Dante
C)the space between a cathedral and its baptistry
D)the dome of the cathedral
E)the dome of the baptistry
12
Which is NOT a new, Renaissance feature of Masaccio's Trinity?
A)a barrel-vault with coffers
B)Classical Orders
C)donors
D)a memento mori
E)one-point perspective
13
The nearest sense of chiaroscuro would be
A)gradual shading
B)high contrast of light and dark
C)shadow
D)silhouetting
14
Atmospheric perspective depicts near and far according to
A)diminution in size
B)increase in size
C)degrees of clarity
D)haziness in the sky
15
Which of the following match?
A)Masaccio -- Youthful David
B)Brunelleschi -- one-point perspective
C)Castagno -- Holy Trinity
D)Alberti -- The Tribute Money
E)Mantegna -- Rucellai Palace





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