Chapter 17 Test Bank

Multiple Choice
1. In the commercial cities of Italy and the Netherlands, the arts became tangible expressions of increased a. urbanization. b. piety. c. affluence. d. crime and sin. Answer: c 2. enaissance artists were disciples of a. !od. b. nature. c. religion. d. orthodoxy. Answer: b ". #he first freestanding life$sized sculpture of a human since anti%uity was created by which of the following& a. 'onatello b. (asaccio c. !hiberti d. )runelleschi Answer: a *. +hich of the following painted The Birth of Venus sometime after 1*,2& a. 'onatello b. (asaccio c. )otticelli d. )runelleschi Answer: c -. +hich of the following was responsible for the colossal and inno.ati.e dome on the cathedral /il Duomo0 in 1lorence, Italy a. 'onatello b. (asaccio c. !hiberti d. )runelleschi Answer: d

2. An early master of the new enaissance techni%ue of linear perspecti.e, 33333333 died young but left many inno.ati.e church frescos in 1lorence. a. 'onatello b. (asaccio c. !hiberti d. )runelleschi Answer: b 4. 33333333, the %uintessential artist$scientist, tried to reconcile empirical experience with abstract principles of design. a. )runelleschi b. (ichelangelo c. 5eonardo d. !hiberti Answer: c ,. In 1-16, 7ope 8ulius II commissioned which of the following artists to execute a series of frescoes for the 9atican Stanza Della Segnatura, including The School of Athens& a. (ichelangelo b. aphael c. 5eonardo d. !hiberti Answer: b :. Architect, sculptor, and painter, (ichelangelo brought a 33333333 dimension, both in size and execution, to the treatment of traditional ;hristian and classical sub<ects. a. sympathetic b. heroic c. understated d. rough Answer: a 16. #he 9enetian architect celebrated for ha.ing resuscitated the ;lassical ideals of symmetry and centrality in numerous buildings and .illas throughout Northern Italy was a. )ramante. b. 7alladio. c. (ichelangelo. d. !hiberti. Answer: b

11. In 9enice, #itian achie.ed fame for his 33333333 renderings of sensuous female nudes occupying landscapes and rich interiors. a. painterly b. pointillist c. expressionist d. impressionist Answer: a 12. 33333333 helped to popularize the madrigal and other .ernacular song forms. a. ;hurch choirs b. #roubadours c. ;oncerts d. 7rinted sheet music Answer: d 1". +hich inno.ati.e musical instrument de.eloped in the enaissance used multiple %uills fixed to a =eyboard that would pluc= pre$tuned strings when depressed& a. cla.ichord b. harpsichord c. spinet d. piano Answer: b 1*. #he enaissance techni%ue of marrying the manipulation of the musical composition to follow the literal meaning of a gi.en text is called a. melodizing. b. sounding. c. syncopation. d. word painting. Answer: d 1-. !uglielmo >breo wrote the first =nown treatise on which of the following disciplines& a. choral arranging b. instrumental music c. bronze casting d. dance Answer: d

Essay
12. 'iscuss the changing notions of art and patronage during this time in history. 14. >xplain the impact of !reco$ oman ;lassicism on the art and architecture of the enaissance.

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1,. 'escribe the main features /in style and sub<ect matter0 of >arly enaissance art and architecture. 1:. 7ro.ide some examples of ?igh enaissance art and architecture. 26. 'iscuss the new de.elopments in enaissance music and dance.