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50 Cards in this Set
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An artwork made of small ceramic or glass tiles is called a _____.
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mosaic
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In the center of nearly every Renaissance Italian city was a campanile, which is a _____.
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bell tower
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Which colors added to green will produce a dark grey-green?
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black and red
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Late fifteenth-century Florence had a very active art scene, in part, because art was _____.
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a symbol of social status and power
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The major event that marked the sixteenth-century shift of the center of art to Rome was _____.
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the building of the new St. Peter's
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The artist credited with developing linear perspective is _____.
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Brunelleschi
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Holbein's portrait of Sir Brain Tuke differs from Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci because _____.
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it gives no sense of the sitter's emotions
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Repeating an element (such as color) in an artwork will create _____.
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visual rhythm
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The characteristic that clearly distinguishes the art of sixteenth-century northern Europe is _____.
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drawing everything in sharp outline
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Florentine sculptors of the early fifteenth century drew on classical sources to create _____.
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great naturalism
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Which artist is NOT associated with the High Renaissance in central Italy?
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Botticelli
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The medium used to create a wash drawing is _____.
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diluted ink
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Artists of the High Renaissance were regarded as _____.
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geniuses
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Portraits of the late fifteenth century typically do NOT emphasize the sitter's _____.
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psychological state
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Brunelleschi's GREATEST architectural achievenemtn was the dome of the cathedral in Florence. A cathedral in Italy is frequently called a(n) _____.
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duomo
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Why did Michelangelo NOT want to pain the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
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He felt that he was too inexperienced in painting
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"Latent image" is a term used in _____.
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printmaking
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Jan van Eyck was employed as a court painter by _____.
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Duke Philip of Burgundy
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The stone used for Michelangelo's David was originally intended to be made into a(n) _____.
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giant
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During medieval times, Italian painting was dominated by traditions from _____.
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Byzantium
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Most Protestants in the sixteenth century did NOT advocate iconoclasm, which is the _____.
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destruction of all images
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Luca della Robbia is BEST known for his works in _____.
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terra-cotta
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Sixteenth-century architects drew upon classical architecture but emphasized a(n) _____.
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undulating surface
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Which tool is required to create a turned form of wood sculpture?
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lathe
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Much of the MOST important sixteenth-century Italian art was produced in _____.
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Rome
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The Palazzo Farnese has a plan that reflects the domestic architecture of _____.
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ancient Rome
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Durer's Adam and Eve is which kind of print?
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engraving
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Which description below is characteristic of Masaccio's Holy Trinity?
highly decorative; very dark; frivolous; quite somber; quietly joyful; |
quite somber
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Which artist is NOT a great master of sixteenth-century Italian painting?
Michelangelo; Leonardo da Vinci; Raphael; Titian; Verrocchio |
Titian
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Which BEST describes the size of Verrocchio's Guiliano de 'Medici portrait?
monumental; larger-than-life size; life size; smaller-than-life size; miniature |
larger-than-life size
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The composition of Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra de 'Benci is similar to which geometric shape?
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pyramid
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All the techniques below are fiber arts EXCEPT:
weaving; carving; knotting; knitting; felting |
carving
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The Small Cowper Madonna was given the title after its _____.
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owner
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Which one does NOT describe a Luca della Robbia sculpture?
glazed terra-cotta; vivid colors; quite durable; roughly textured; inexpensive |
roughly textured
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The colors worn by the virgin in The Small Cowper Madonna are like those worn by the virgin in _____.
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Luca della Robbia, The Nativity
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The Adoration of the Magi is called a "tondo," meaning a painting that is _____.
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in the format of a circle
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The artist who contributed MOST greatly to the painting of the Sistine chapel ceiling was _____.
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Michelangelo
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What contributed to the twentieth-century art shift away from capturing reality?
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the invention of photography
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Leon Battista Alberti wronte the treatise De re aedifactoria on _____.
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architecture
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In comparison to paintings of the High Renaissance period, Mannerist paintings tend to be _____.
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conveying depth and illusion
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Which twentieth-century art form showed a new way to represent form in space?
cubism; minimalism; abstract expressionism; color field painting; photorealism |
color field painting
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In his early days, El Greco wsa trained in Crete to pain _____.
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icons
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The painting thought to be the first to show the systematic use of linear perspective is _____.
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Holy Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence
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El Greco was probably strongly influenced by an exaggerated painting style of the High Renaissance called _____.
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mannerism
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Leon Battista Alberti's architecture was based on _____.
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proportion and harmony
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Bronzino draws attention to the Virgin in his painting, The Holy Family, by her _____.
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vibrant garments
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In the movement called pictorialism, early photographers produced work that was _____.
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gauzy and atmostpheric
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The first freestanding male nude since ancient times was sculpted by _____.
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Donatello
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Which material/technique was generally NOT in use in the creation of fifteenth-century Italian art?
canvas; tempera; lost-wax casting; reduction sculpture; fresco |
canvas
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An appreciate of Renaissance masterpeices is enhanced by an understanding of _____.
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historical context
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