Question 1
Which artist has a fallen soldier and broken lances fall along linear perspective lines?
A. Paolo Uccello
B. Sandro Botticelli
C. Fra Angelico
D. Masaccio
Question 2
Which of the following is a system of showing distance through color, clarity, and value?
A. Atmospheric perspective
B. Linear perspective
C. Mathematical perspective
D. Intuitive perspective
Question 3
What types of buildings were built in the Gothic style?
A. Christian churches
B. Jewish synagogues
C. Town halls
D. All of the above
Question 4
Which of the following describes the nave ceiling at the Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela?
A. Wooden coffered
B. Groin rib vaulted
C. A dome
D. Ribbed barrel vault
Question 5
Which is the very large round window above the entrance to a Gothic church?
A. Lancet
B. Oculi
C. Rose window
D. Grisalle
Question 6
Which was an innovation in Gothic architecture?
A. Horseshoe arches
B. Round arches
C. Ribbed groin vaults
D. Stained glass windows
Question 7
What makes van der Weyden's Deposition of special importance?
A. It is his only known work.
B. It is the first oil painting.
C. It establishes the characteristics of his work.
D. It was sent to Italy and spread the Flemish style there.
Question 8
Which precedent is set by the Church of Saint Cyriakus and followed by Romanesque churches?
A. An open beam ceiling
B. The use of flying buttresses
C. Alternating heavy, rectangular supports with lighter, round supports in the nave arcade
D. Rib vaults
Question 9
Two influences on the work of Hugo van der Goes are the work of:
A. Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden.
B. Petrus Christus and the Limbourg brothers.
C. Martin Schongauer and Antonio del Pollaiuolo.
D. Masaccio and Fra Angelico.
Question 10
Which is the central supporting post in a Romanesque church portal?
A. Archivolt
B. Trumeau
C. Jamb
D. Tympanum
Question 11
Where did Gothic Architecture begin?
A. Île-de-France
B. Burgundy
C. Tuscany
D. Southern England
Question 12
Which is the pose that was a stylistic signature of the Gothic period?
A. Contrapposto
B. Figura serpentinata
C. Column-like
D. Swaying s-curve
Question 13
At Reims Cathedral, what technique permitted the creation of even more expansive walls of glass?
A. Bar tracery
B. Stone tracery
C. Plate tracery
D. Gold tracery
Question 14
What does trompe l'oeil mean literally?
A. A day's work
B. A section of plaster
C. Fool the eye
D. Painted on location
Question 15
The "Royal Portal" gets its name from which of its decorative features?
A. Central tympanum depicting Christ in majesty
B. Elaborate doors
C. Pointed arches
D. Statue columns of Old Testament figures
Question 16
Which of the following is the first Gothic building?
A. Notre Dame, Paris
B. Church of Saint-Denis
C. Chartres Cathedral
D. Salisbury Cathedral
Question 17
Where is the primary area for Romanesque architectural sculpture?
A. On the bell tower
B. In the apse and around the altar
C. On the façade, entrance, and column capitals
D. In the cloister
Question 18
Which are thick masses of masonry that counter the thrust of vaults?
A. Groin vaults
B. Westworks
C. Buttresses
D. Spandrels
Question 19
In manuscripts during the Gothic age, illuminators used columns of medallions and colors, both of which were derived from:
A. stained-glass windows.
B. cloisonné metalwork.
C. portal sculpture.
D. Italian frescos.
Question 20
What was the purpose and setting for Fra Angelico's Annunciation?
A. An altarpiece in a monastery chapel
B. For meditation and prayer in monks' private living quarters
C. For a noblewoman's devotional at her home
D. For the Pope's viewing in the Vatican apartments
Part 2
Question 21
In which category of painting did Anthony van Dyke specialize?
A. Portraiture
B. Landscape
C. History and mythology
D. Religious art
Question 22
Which artist introduced intense new realism and a dramatic use of light and gesture to Italian Baroque art?
A. Annibale Caracci
B. Giovanni Battista Gaulli
C. Bartolomé Estaban Murillo
D. Caravaggio
Question 23
The first School of Fontainebleau had a particularly strong influence in which of the following places?
A. Italy and Sicily
B. Spain and Portugal
C. France and the Netherlands
D. The Germanic states
Question 24
Who traveled to Italy twice and brought back ideas of perspective, ideal human proportions, and painting techniques to his home country?
A. Albrecht Durer
B. Matthias Grünewald
C. Tilman Riemenschneider
D. Hans Holbein the Younger
Question 25
In which capacity was the Isenheim Altarpiece used?
A. As a private devotional altar
B. For Easter Mass celebration
C. Treatment for ill patients
D. It was carried through the streets in processionals
Question 26
Caterina van Hemessen learned her trade from:
A. a convent.
B. her father.
C. an apprenticeship.
D. the academy.
Question 27
In which subject is Titian considered renowned?
A. Landscape
B. Female nudes
C. Virgin and Child
D. Still life
Question 28
Which was Raphael's first commission in Rome?
A. Tapestry cartoons
B. A Virgin and Child for the Pope
C. Frescoes in the papal apartments
D. A Sistine Chapel fresco
Question 29
What generally happened to art in churches that became Protestant?
A. It was altered to fit the new doctrine.
B. It was sold to Catholic churches.
C. It was destroyed and the walls whitewashed.
D. The artists were forced to buy it back.
Question 30
Bruegel's Hunters in the Snow represents which part of a cycle of paintings?
A. The time of dusk
B. The sense of sound
C. The months of November and December
D. The element of ice
Question 31
Which Pope brought Michelangelo to Rome?
A. Leo X
B. Innocent X
C. Julius II
D. Clement VII
Question 32
What was Versailles before Louis XIV?
A. A small hunting château
B. A botanical garden
C. A monastery
D. A village of masons
Question 33
Whose Last Supper was criticized because it was too grandiose, vulgar, and included dogs and foreign soldiers?
A. Tintoretto's
B. Titian's
C. Leonardo's
D. Veronese's
Question 34
The French Academy was based upon the art of which artist?
A. Rigaud
B. Rembrandt
C. Bernini
D. Poussin
Question 35
To whom does le Roi Soleil (the Sun King) refer?
A. Phillip IV of Spain
B. Charles I of England
C. Louis XIV of France
D. Henri IV of France
Question 36
Which strong influence is seen in the early career of Velázquez?
A. Michelangelo
B. Caravaggio
C. Carracci
D. Raphael
Question 37
What happened to Veronese because of his painting Last Supper?
A. He became famous.
B. He was appointed painter to the Duke of Venice.
C. He was called before the Inquisition.
D. He was given many commissions from the Scuola di San Rocco.
Question 38
In Christian architecture, which of the following is a building over a grave that was traditionally circular in plan?
A. Martyrium
B. Hemicycle
C. Mausoleum
D. Cenotaph
Question 39
Whose goal was to color like Titian and draw like Michelangelo?
A. Tintoretto
B. Bronzino
C. Veronese
D. El Greco
Question 40
In Christian architecture, which of the following is a building over a grave that was traditionally circular in plan?
Which is the inspiration for the Farnese ceiling?
A. Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling
B. Bernini's Cornaro Chapel
C. Gaulli's frescoes in Il Gesu
D. Mantegna's Camera Picta