Which statement best describes portals in Romanesque cathedrals?

They are carved in high relief, but the overall appearance is flattened.

How did Late Renaissance artist Parmigianino use Mannerist characteristics in Madonna with the Long Neck?

The elegant figures in the painting have elongated proportion.

How did German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer transform the engraving process?

Dürer used thousands of fine lines to create rich textures and values.

What role did humanism play in Italian High Renaissance art?

Artists depicted religious subjects in earthly settings.

How does Michelangelo’s David reflect the influence of Classical Greek and Roman sculpture?

It has a natural, contrapposto pose.

Which sentence describes a characteristic of the Isenheim altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald?

It continued a convention of medieval artworks.

Which description characterizes paintings by Early Renaissance artist Perugino?

They have a rational, ordered sense of space with no distracting objects.

What is a Northern Renaissance characteristic that Pieter Brueghel the Elder of the Netherlands used in his paintings?

Created complex compositions and used atmospheric perspective.

Which statement describes a characteristic of Gothic stained-glass windows?

Depict biblical stories and figures that illiterate people could understand

Which of the following is a convention that Byzantine artists used in icon paintings?

Clothing is stylized, and artists highlight folds with gold lines.

What is one Renaissance characteristic of Michelangelo's Pietà?

It organizes the figures by using the pyramid configuration.

Which statement describes a characteristic of Early Renaissance art?

It depicts the beauty of the human form and nuances of human expression.

Which artistic convention was most important to Gothic artists?

communicating a religious message

Which statement best describes how Tintoretto’s The Last Supper reflects Mannerist conventions?

The painting has a complex composition and off-center perspective.

How did El Greco of Spain incorporate Mannerist characteristics of the Late Renaissance in his paintings?

El Greco communicated emotion through the use of color.

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1
Which statement best describes portals in Romanesque cathedrals?
They are carved in high relief, but the overall appearance is flattened.
Sculptural figures have accurate scale and proportion
They contain highly realistic sculpture based on Roman artistic conventions
The stories in their sculptures teach people about important Roman myths.
2
How did Late Renaissance artist Parmigianino use Mannerist characteristics in Madonna with the Long Neck?
Composition is simple and orderly and has symmetrical balance.
Distanced the figures by making them appear far from the picture plane.
Placed the figures in a clearly understandable setting and space.
The elegant figures in the painting have elongated proportion.
3
What convention did Italian High Renaissance painters often use to create the illusion of depth?
sfumato
chiaroscuro
pyramid configuration
one-point perspective
4
How did German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer transform the engraving process?
Dürer used fine, interlacing lines to connect figures and animals.
Dürer used thousands of fine lines to create rich textures and values.
Dürer invented a special ink that produced highly detailed prints.
Dürer added touches of silver leaf to finished prints.
5
What role did humanism play in Italian High Renaissance art?
Artists avoided creating art that had both humans and biblical figures.
Artists depicted religious subjects in earthly settings.
Artists painted humans larger than biblical figures to show the importance
Artists downplayed the importance of humans in the world.
6
How does Michelangelo’s David reflect the influence of Classical Greek and Roman sculpture?
It has a natural, contrapposto pose.
It reflects the Greek belief that the human body is sinful.
It portrays a figure in Greek mythology.
It shows that Renaissance artists did not observe human anatomy.
7
Which sentence describes a characteristic of the Isenheim altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald?
It depicts figures with idealized proportion and expressions.
It continued a convention of medieval artworks.
Italian Renaissance ideal that art should communicate intellectual ideas.
It uses the Italian Renaissance technique of one-point perspective.
8
Which description characterizes paintings by Early Renaissance artist Perugino?
Made by using oil paint on canvas allowing for subtle color variations.
They have a rational, ordered sense of space with no distracting objects.
They depict religious figures within a heavenly background.
They have little contrast in light and dark, so figures appear flattened.
9
What is a Northern Renaissance characteristic that Pieter Brueghel the Elder of the Netherlands used in his paintings?
Created complex compositions and used atmospheric perspective.
Brueghel used egg tempera paint to subtly shade the figures in paintings.
10
Which statement describes a characteristic of Gothic stained-glass windows?
Depict biblical stories and figures that illiterate people could understand
Were made by painting pictures and designs on a huge sheet of clear glass.
They were an inexpensive yet beautiful way to illuminate a cathedral.
Their complex imagery was intended for the cathedral’s bishop to understand
11
Which of the following is a convention that Byzantine artists used in icon paintings?
Clothing is stylized, and artists highlight folds with gold lines.
Artists placed figures on gold backgrounds to signify the wealth of bishops
Artists painted faces and hands with many textures.
Figures have realistic settings.
12
What is one Renaissance characteristic of Michelangelo's Pietà?
It shows the influence of ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian sculpture.
Renaissance artists did not want to portray emotions.
It organizes the figures by using the pyramid configuration.
Figures with lifelike accuracy, regardless of how unflattering the features
13
Which statement describes a characteristic of Early Renaissance art?
It focuses on religious subjects because the church was the only patron.
It depicts the beauty of the human form and nuances of human expression.
Sculpture is connected to an architectural framework for added support.
Figures have unnatural proportion to evoke an emotional response.
14
Which artistic convention was most important to Gothic artists?
showing figures in an earthly setting
communicating a religious message
associating mankind with biblical figures
15
Which statement best describes how Tintoretto’s The Last Supper reflects Mannerist conventions?
The painting has a complex composition and off-center perspective.
Tintoretto used atmospheric perspective to create a symmetrical composition
The painting depicts figures in natural, relaxed positions.
Used chiaroscuro to model the figures and create an orderly atmosphere.
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How did El Greco of Spain incorporate Mannerist characteristics of the Late Renaissance in his paintings?
El Greco used subtle highlights and shadows to create symmetry.
El Greco's figures have lifelike proportion.
El Greco's compositions were highly static.
El Greco communicated emotion through the use of color.

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