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1
In summary, what was this nude painting of Venus meant to do?
Make Girolamo's wife jealous as her husband looks at Venus
Inspire Girolamo Marcello and his wife in the marital bed
Put the couple off conceiving forever.
2
True of False:
Giorgione's
Sleeping Venus
was the first reclining female nude since antiquity
False
True
3
Although new to Venetian painting, reclining female nudes were used in the past. Where & when?
In ancient Greek and Roman sculpture and painting
In Romanesque sculpture in tympanums and portals
In Gothic sculpture and painting
4
How would you describe her setting?
A heavenly realm with clouds made up of angels.
A built up city reflective of busy Venetian traders
Watery distance (typical views of Venetian canals)
Rural landscape (immersed in nature)
5
What position is the nude Sleeping Venus in?
Contrapposto
Seated
Standing
Reclining
6
In the C15th a medical professor wrote a treatise advising men how to conceive. It was called?
A Treatise on the Womb
A Treatise on How to Satisfy your Wife
A Dummies Guide to Sex
A Treatise on Conception
7
When was Giorgione's Sleeping Venus painted?
1420
1510
1410
1520
8
How does A. Guainerius'
Treatise of the Womb
relate to this painting?
A. Guainerius is included the background of the painting
The hills are painting in the shape of a womb
Venus' hand is mimicking what husbands should do to aid love
9
What is Venus sleeping on?
The soft grass of the landscape, totally immersed in nature
A bank of cosmic clouds in her realm of goddesses.
Red pillow, a ruffled, crimped satin, silvery-white sheet
10
Who is believed to have commissioned the
Sleeping Venus
and for what occasion?
Girolamo Marcello (a Venetian Doge) for his deceased wife.
Girolamo Marello (a Venetian nobleman) for his marriage.
Marin Contarini (a Venetian Doge) as a gift for his mistress
Marin Contarini (a Venetian Doge) to decorate his Ca' Doro
11
True or False
Giorgione's
Sleeping Venus
was also the last reclining female nude in Western Art
False
True
12
What mood or feeling does the panting create?
Energetic charge, distraction in the distance and chaos
Tranquility, slumber, enigma, sensuality, solitude and calm
13
Why is Venus covering her groin area?
For decorum as she does not want the viewer to see her
To attract the viewers attention to what she hides
Giorgione did not know how to paint a female groin area
14
How would you describe Venus' figure?
Slim, muscular, masculine and a-sexual
Obese, ugly and intentionally unattractive
Round, feminine, curvacious and voluptuous
15
True or False:
A. Guainerius also advises men to caress their wives in various specified ways.
True
False
16
Who is believed to have completed the landscape background after Giorgione's early death
Giorgione's son
Titian
Michelangelo
Leonardo
17
Why were such sensual, nude paintings of Venus typical to celebrate marriages?
To encourage newlyweds (young brides) into marital relations
So couples could test each other on mythology when in bed.
18
What does the muffled, diffused lighting and sfumato brushwork do to the painting?
It gives it a dreamy, airly, enigmatic slumberous feel
It adds intricacy and exactitude and a definitive feel
It makes the subject unclear and hard to make out.
19
What period does the
Sleeping Venus
belong to?
Early Venetian Renaissance
High Roman Renaissance
High Venetian Renaissance
Early Florentine Renaissance
20
Such 'marital aids' to inspire couples in the bedroom were common. Who else painted such works?
Giorgione again (Old Woman) and Masaccio (Tribute Money)
Michelangelo (Dying Slaves) Donatello (David)
Botticelli (Venus and Mars) and Titian (Venus of Urbino)
21
What is in the right background of the
Sleeping Venus?
A view of the Adriatic sea
A view of the hilltop with a view of the Colosseum.
A hilltop with simple cottages
A view of St. Mark's Basilica
22
How would one describe her pose?
Energetic, muscular, and full of movement
Unattractive, masculine and devoid of sexual references.
Seductive, alluring, inviting and even erotic for the times.
23
What kind of lighting and brushwork has Giorgione used?
Clear, crisp delineated conours and harsh silvery lighting
Clearly expansive, broad, brushwork typical of frescoes.
Diffused, melting sfumato brushwork and gentle orange hues
24
How does her raised arm heighten the sensuality of her pose?
It accentuates the feminine nape of her neck and back
It accentuates her groin area making it fully visible
It accentuates her breasts making them fully visible.
25
How is the Sleeping Venus positioned?
Both hand covering her groin
One arm raised behind head, other hand covering her groin.
Both arms raised behind her head
26
Giorgione's
Sleeping Venus
inspired a very famous later work by Titian. What was it called?
The Venus of Venice
The Reclining Venus
The Venus of Urbino
27
How are Venus' legs and head positioned?
Crossed legs at the ankle and head turned towards the viewer
Back of the head seen and legs hidden behind satin sheets
Legs are raised on a pillow and head in profile looking up
28
True of False:
In his Treatise A. Guainerius says that female pleasure aids conception.
False
True
29
What kind of perspectival device has mostly been used?
aerial perspective
foreshortening
linear perspective
30
What does Venus' round, curvaceous form echo?
The wavy ripples of Venetian water behind her.
The round rolling hills and landscape she is immersed in.
The round form of the planets of the Pagan Gods of mythology
31
True of False:
Sleeping Venus,
set a trend for other reclining nudes to be painted in Venice
True
False
32
How do the fabrics she is laying on heighten the mood of love?
Silver satin sheet is a cold colour so no mood is heightened
Red is a warm colour and silvery satin on skin is sensual
33
In what medium is the
Sleeping Venus
painted?
Tempera on canvas
Oil of canvas
Fresco
Oil on wood
