Giotto

Question 1

Pope Benedict XI commissioned Giotto to paint which mosaic over the entrance to St. Peters?

Accepted Answer

The Navicella

Question 2

Why did Giotto paint?

Accepted Answer

To help to aid people in their religious devotions

Question 3

Which one of Giotto's paintings is this?

Accepted Answer

The Last Judgment

Question 4

Which one of Giotto's paintings is this?

Accepted Answer

The Flight into Egypt

Question 5

Which one of Giotto's paintings is this?

Accepted Answer

Ognissanti Madonna

Question 6

What were most of Giotto's paintings about?

Accepted Answer

Religion

Question 7

Where was Giotto born?

Accepted Answer

Vespignano, Italy

Question 8

Which one of Giotto's paintings is this?

Accepted Answer

The Death of St. Francis

Question 9

How did Giotto become an art apprentice?

Accepted Answer

A painter was impressed by his drawing of a sheep.

Question 10

Which piece of architecture did Giotto create for the city of Florence?

Accepted Answer

A new bell tower

Question 11

How many murals did Giotto paint in the Scrovegni Chapel?

Accepted Answer

39

Question 12

Who was Giotto apprenticed to?

Accepted Answer

Cimabue, a Florentine painter.

Question 13

After painting, what career did Giotto pursue?

Accepted Answer

An architect

Question 14

What was Giotto's painting style?

Accepted Answer

Fresco Painting.

Question 15

Which group of people sought out Giotto's art?

Accepted Answer

Religious Communities, Foreign Rulers

Question 16

What was Giotto before he was a painter?

Accepted Answer

A Shepherd

Question 17

Which one of Giotto's paintings is this?

Accepted Answer

The Lamentation of Christ

Question 18

What is Giotto's most famous painting?

Accepted Answer

The Lamentation of Christ

Question 19

How many paintings did Giotto create?

Accepted Answer

About 520

Question 20

Which one of Giotto's works is considered one of the masterpieces of the Early Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel

Question 21

What form of art was prevalent before Giotto's time?

Accepted Answer

Italo-Byzantine

Question 22

Who were Giotto's patrons?

Accepted Answer

The King of Naples and Pope Benedict XI

Question 23

What was the first panel Giotto painted independently?

Accepted Answer

San Giorgio alla Costa Madonna and Child

Question 24

Which one of Giotto's paintings is this?

Accepted Answer

Dream of the Palace

Question 25

What artist(s) inspired Giotto?

Accepted Answer

Neither of them

Question 26

What was Giotto's last piece of artwork?

Accepted Answer

The decoration of the Podestà Chapel

Question 27

Which of these chapels did Giotto not paint?

Accepted Answer

Rimone Chapel

Question 28

Which one of Giotto's paintings is this?

Accepted Answer

Sermon to the Birds

Question 29

The city of Florence honored Giotto with the title of Magnus Magister, which means?

Accepted Answer

Great Master

Question 30

What was Giotto's first proven Florentine masterpiece?

Accepted Answer

The Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella

Question 31

What artist was influenced by Giotto's work?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 32

Giotto was referred to as....

Accepted Answer

The Father of European Painting

Question 33

Which one of Giotto's paintings is this?

Accepted Answer

The Last Supper

Question 34

Who was Cimabue?

Accepted Answer

One of the most renowned painters in Tuscany

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