PASS - Renaissance Art week 6

Question 1

Pope Julius II commissioned whom to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1508?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 2

Which artist/architect designed and constructed the dome?

Accepted Answer

Filippo Brunelleschi

Question 3

The High Renaissance refers to which of the following periods?

Accepted Answer

1490s to 1527

Question 4

Which school of thought was revered in the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Humanism

Question 5

Which biblical figure is the subject of famous sculptures by both Michelangelo and Donatello?

Accepted Answer

David

Question 6

Who painted the Arnolfini portrait, and in what year?

Accepted Answer

Jan Van Eyck, 1434

Question 7

Which of the following was not a technique used by Renaissance painters?

Accepted Answer

Impasto

Question 8

When her husband died, Isabella d'Este ruled this place on her own for almost 10 years:

Accepted Answer

Mantua

Question 9

Who wrote contemporary biographical accounts of Renaissance artists?

Accepted Answer

Giorgio Vasari

Question 10

When did the Renaissance approximately begin?

Accepted Answer

c. 1300

Questions 10