Review for Art History Exam #1
Lesson 1: The Renaissance
Lesson 2: The Northern Renaissance
REVIEW
QUESTION #1:
What is the title of this sculpture
& who is the sculptor?
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Donatello’s David
• Donatello - greatest
sculptor of the 15th
century
• David was first
freestanding life-size
nude statue since ancient
Roman times
• People of Florence saw
themselves as David and
their enemy, Milan, as
Goliath
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QUESTION #2 :
What is the title
of this painting
by Leonardo da
Vinci?
The Virgin of
the Rocks
“foreshortening”
angel
St. John
the Baptist
Baby Jesus
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Leonardo da Vinci
• 2 versions of the
same painting
• One in National
Gallery, London
• One in Louvre, Paris
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REVIEW
QUESTION #3 :
What is the
name of this
chapel where
Michelangelo
painted the
ceiling frescoes
in less than 4
years?
The Sistine Chapel
Fresco of The Creation
of Man - painted by
Michelangelo on the
Sistine Chapel ceiling
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QUESTION #4:
Which Late
Gothic artist
painted this
work? And what
is the title of this
painting?
The
Arnolfini
Marriage
Jan van
Eyck
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REVIEW QUESTION #5 :
Bruegel the Elder
What is the title of this painting and who
is the artist?
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Hunters in the Snow
Bruegel
the
Elder
Bruegel the Elder
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What
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QUESTION #6:
of this painting and who is the artist?
What is the title of this painting and who was
the artist?
La Primavera (Spring), Botticelli
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REVIEW QUESTION #7: Which version
of The Last Supper was painted by
Leonardo da Vinci?
A
B
The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
A
B
The Ambassadors
REVIEW
QUESTION
#8:
What is the
title of this
painting by
Hans Holbein
the Younger?
The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
REVIEW QUESTION #9:
What is the title of this painting by
Botticelli?
The Birth of Venus (Botticelli)
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REVIEW
QUESTION
#10:
What is the
name of the
Northern
Renaissance
artist who
painted, The
Hare?
The Hare
Albrecht
Durer
Greatest
printmaker of
all times.
The Hare
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REVIEW
QUESTION
#11:
Who is
pictured in the
circle in this
painting
entitled, The
Burial of Count
Orgaz by El
Greco?
The Burial of
Count Orgaz
El Greco
(1541-1614)
The artist’s
son
The Ambassadors
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QUESTION #12:
In this painting by
Hans Holbein the
Younger, what
does the broken
string on the
instrument
represent?
Hans Holbein the Younger
The Ambassadors
Division
within the
Church
(during the
Reformation)
Hans Holbein the Younger
REVIEW
QUESTION #13:
Who is depicted in
this painting by
Hans Holbein the
Younger?
King Henry VIII
of England
Artist:
Hans Holbein
REVIEW QUESTION #14:
Which Late Gothic artist painted this triptych
and what is the title?
Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch:
Garden of Earthly Delights
Review Question #15:
Can you name the title & the artist?
The Annunciation
Simone Martini
REVIEW
QUESTION #16 :
Who is depicted
in this portrait by
Northern
Renaissance
artist, Cranach
the Elder?
Portrait of
Martin Luther
Artist:
Cranach the Elder
REVIEW QUESTON #17:
What is the title of this painting and
who was the artist?
The School of Athens
Raphael
Review Question #18:
Which picture shows Gothic architecture?
Gothic architecture:
Pointed
arches &
flying
buttresses
Flying
buttresses
REVIEW QUESTION #19:
Who is represented in the circle?
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The Birth of Venus - Botticelli
Rose,
symbol
of love
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Zephyr, the
West Wind
Chloris,
Zephyr’s
bride
Venus – Roman
Goddess of Love
Uffizi Gallery,
Florence
Nymph
representing
“Spring”
Review Question #20:
Who is represented in the circle?
The angel Gabriel.
REVIEW QUESTION #21:
In which city did the Italian Renaissance
in sculpture and architecture begin?
The Italian Renaissance in sculpture
and architecture began in
FLORENCE, ITALY
Arno
River
REVIEW QUESTION #22:
What is a triptych?
A 3-panel altarpiece.
REVIEW QUESTION #23:
What is the name of this building
located in Vatican City?
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
Tiber River,
Rome
Dome designed by Michelangelo
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Birth of Venus
La Primavera
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QUESTION
#24: Who
painted these
two works?
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Sandro
Botticelli
(1455-1510)
Birth of Venus
La Primavera
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QUESTION #25:
Who is the artist
and what is the
title of this
painting?
Answer:
El Greco
The Burial of
Count Orgaz
REVIEW QUESTION #26: What
is the name of the technique used
here by Leonardo?
“Foreshortening”
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REVIEW
QUESTION
#27: What is
the title of this
sculpture by
Michelangelo?
The Pieta
Michelangelo
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• Located in St.
Peter’s Basilica in
Rome
• Behind glass
• Called a
“Lutheran” notion
because it is
similar to a small,
wooden sculpture
from Germany
REVIEW
QUESTION #28:
What is the title
of this painting
by Hans
Holbein?
The
Ambassadors
by Hans Holbein
REVIEW
QUESTION
#29: Who is
depicted in this
portrait by Hans
Holbein?
King Henry VIII
of England
Artist:
Hans Holbein
REVIEW QUESTION #30:
What is the meaning of the
single candle in the
chandelier in The Arnolfini
Marriage?
Jesus Christ, light of
the world
REVIEW QUESTION #31:
What is the title of this panel from
Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights?
Hell
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Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516)
REVIEW QUESTION #32:
Who painted this fresco and
where is it located?
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ANSWER: Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican City
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REVIEW
QUESTION
#33:
When did the
Renaissance
take place?
Approximately
1400-1700.
J
REVIEW
QUESTION
#34:
Name the
artist and the
title of this
work
J
ANSWER:
Leonardo da
Vinci
The Mona Lisa
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REVIEW QUESTION #35: What is the title of this
painting by the Mannerist, Titian?
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Bacchus & Ariadne
Titian (pronounced Tee’shun)
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Question
#36:
What is
the title of
this
triptych
and who
is the
artist?
The Annunciation
Simone Martini
#37: Which artist created
this sculpture of David?
Michelangelo