CNY AP Art History HKIS Renaissance & Baroque

Question 1

What 'ism' accurately describes the philosophical beliefs of the Renaissance period

Accepted Answer

"Humanism"

Question 2

Who commissioned the painting of the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Pope Julius II

Question 3

Which of the following qualities mark "Entombment of Christ" as a mannerist work?

Accepted Answer

ambiguous spaces and bright colors

Question 4

Based on the style, to which artist would you attribute the following work?

Accepted Answer

Albrecht Durer

Question 5

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 6

What is the name of the following work?

Accepted Answer

Palazzo Rucellai

Question 7

What is the name of this work?

Accepted Answer

the Delphic Sibyl

Question 8

Mannerism was known for which of the following qualities?

Accepted Answer

bright colors, artifice, sophistication

Question 9

What is foreshortening?

Accepted Answer

"Limbs are compressed to create an optical illusion"

Question 10

another stylistic feature of Renaissance art was...

Accepted Answer

"Linear Perspective"

Question 11

What was considered the trinity of Renaissance art at its peak?

Accepted Answer

"Painting, sculpture and architecture"

Question 12

Which of the following developed in northern Europe as a result of the Protestant Reformation?

Accepted Answer

rise in popularity of still lifes

Question 13

What is one of the major themes of the following work entitled "Allegory of Law and Faith"?

Accepted Answer

religious schism

Question 14

What is the title of the following work?

Accepted Answer

Hunters in the Snow

Question 15

What type of perspective technique has the artist used here?

Accepted Answer

"Atmospheric Perspective"

Question 16

Which Mughal Emperor in depicted in this work?

Accepted Answer

Jahangir

Question 17

Renaissance means 'rebirth' - a time of great change in civilisation because...

Accepted Answer

"Man no longer viewed the world through God's eyes"

Question 18

Based on the style, to which artist would you attribute the following work?

Accepted Answer

Jan van Eyck

Question 19

Who is the artist of the following work?

Accepted Answer

Dontatello

Question 20

Who patronised high Renaissance art?

Accepted Answer

"kings and elites and some upper class citizens"

Question 21

Sfumato is a technique of the High Renaissance which resulted in

Accepted Answer

"painting without lines or borders"

Question 22

Chiaroscuro (light and dark) was a technique whereby artists would...

Accepted Answer

"apply light tones on top of dark ones"

Question 23

What helped make this work entitled "Adam and Eve" by Durer important?

Accepted Answer

invention of the printing press

Question 24

Northern Baroque art differed in Italian Baroque art in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

Northern Baroque art lacked church patronage

Question 25

Who is the artist of the following work entitled "The Birth of Venus"?

Accepted Answer

Sandro Botticelli

Question 26

When did the Renaissance period occur?

Accepted Answer

"Early 13th Century to the 18th century"

Question 27

What were the rarest and most expensive pigments?

Accepted Answer

"cobalt blue, vermillion red and yellow"

Question 28

Who was the artist of the following work?

Accepted Answer

Matthias Grunewald

Question 29

Where can the following work be found?

Accepted Answer

the Sistine Chapel

Question 30

Fresco technique is when...

Accepted Answer

Pigment is painted into wet plaster - more permanent

Question 31

Based on the style, to which artist would you attribute the following work?

Accepted Answer

Vermeer

Question 32

Northern Renaissance art was known for which of the following features?

Accepted Answer

linear perspective, rationalism, balance

Question 33

Who is the artist of the following work?

Accepted Answer

Raphael

Question 34

What was the original and intended location for the following work, the Isenheim altarpeice?

Accepted Answer

in a hospital for those with skin disease

Question 35

This work entitled "Fruit and Insects" by Rachel Ruysch is an exemplary form of what style?

Accepted Answer

still life

Question 36

Who are the two men pictured in the center of the painting?

Accepted Answer

Plato & Aristotle

Question 37

What was one of the distinguishing stylistic features of Renaissance art?

Accepted Answer

"Realism"

Question 38

What is the title of the following work?

Accepted Answer

the Arnolfini Wedding

Question 39

What is the name of the following work?

Accepted Answer

Mosque of Selim II

Question 40

The following work is entitled "Venus of Urbino" by Titian. It is a part of which movement?

Accepted Answer

Venetian

Question 41

Based on the style, which of the following artists would you attribute the following work?

Accepted Answer

Rachel Ruysch

Question 42

The following work is representative of which of the following artist movements?

Accepted Answer

Northern Renaissance

Question 43

What is the primary function of the Taj Mahal?

Accepted Answer

mausoleum

Question 44

What was one method Renaissance artists used to understand the human anatomy accurately?

Accepted Answer

"Dissecting, studying and exploring real human bodies"

Question 45

What are the key components of oil paint that artists of the renaissance loved?

Accepted Answer

"easily blended, building layers of translucent colour"

Question 46

Renaissance art celebrated...

Accepted Answer

"man as an individual and in control of his own destiny"

Question 47

True or False - Oil painting was introduced to Italy by Northern Renaissance artists.

Accepted Answer

"true"

Question 48

Which artist would your attribute this work to?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vincima

Question 49

Watch this video - what does the singer say were the two things that changed art at the time?

Accepted Answer

"oil paint and perspective"

Question 50

The following portrait entitled "Self Portrait with Saskia" is by:

Accepted Answer

Rembrandt

Question 51

The Renaissance period rekindled interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and culture

Accepted Answer

"true"

Question 52

Who is the artist of the following work entitled "Woman Holding a Balance"?

Accepted Answer

Vermeer

Question 53

What is the medium of the following work?

Accepted Answer

tempera and oil; fresco

Question 54

When were most Renaissance "masterpieces" produced?

Accepted Answer

Between the 15th & 16th centuries

Question 55

The following work would be considered a part of which artistic movement?

Accepted Answer

Mannerism

CNY AP Art History HKIS Renaissance & Baroque

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CNY AP Art History HKIS Renaissance & Baroque

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