Question 1

The Arnolfini Portrait is part of which period in art?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Italian Renaissance
B)   the northern Renaissance
C)   the Mannerist
D)   the Baroque
E)   the GothicF) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Only one artist in the Renaissance and Baroque periods ever painted the subject of The Last Supper.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Tintoretto's Last Supper has a very similar symmetrical composition to Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the same subject.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Giorgio Vasari wrote which of the following texts?

Accepted Answer

A)   On Painting
B)   Experiments with Colors
C)   The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
D)   Shadows and Light
E)   He was an artist who never wrote any booksF) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

The Last Supper by Tintoretto ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   makes Christ the focal point
B)   has dramatic lighting contrasts
C)   conveys a dynamic sense of motion
D)   features many ordinary people
E)   all of the other answersF) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 6

Leonardo da Vinci indicates that Christ is the most important figure in his painting of The Last Supper by ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   locating Christ at the center of the composition
B)   creating a stable triangular form for Christ, in contrast to the activity of the other figures
C)   framing Christ's head with light from the windows behind
D)   arranging the vanishing point directly behind Christ's head
E)   all of the other answersF) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 7

Why were the Greek god Apollo and the goddess Athena included in The School of Athens?

Accepted Answer

A)   because Renaissance artists admired Greek mythology, philosophy, and art
B)   because there were no longer any deities during the Renaissance
C)   because the artist was Greek
D)   because the huge flowers the artist wanted to carve fell apart
E)   none of the other answersF) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Exam 27: Art of Renaissance and Baroque Europe 1400-1750

Leonardo da Vinci indicates that Christ is the most important figure in his painting of The Last Supper by ________.

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Why were the Greek god Apollo and the goddess Athena included in The School of Athens?

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The Last Supper by Tintoretto ________.

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Tintoretto's Last Supper has a very similar symmetrical composition to Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the same subject.

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Only one artist in the Renaissance and Baroque periods ever painted the subject of The Last Supper.

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Giorgio Vasari wrote which of the following texts?

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The Arnolfini Portrait is part of which period in art?

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Exam 27: Art of Renaissance and Baroque Europe 1400-1750

Leonardo da Vinci indicates that Christ is the most important figure in his painting of The Last Supper by ________.

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Why were the Greek god Apollo and the goddess Athena included in The School of Athens?

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The Last Supper by Tintoretto ________.

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Tintoretto's Last Supper has a very similar symmetrical composition to Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the same subject.

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Only one artist in the Renaissance and Baroque periods ever painted the subject of The Last Supper.

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Giorgio Vasari wrote which of the following texts?

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The Arnolfini Portrait is part of which period in art?

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