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Art History Practice Exam Questions with Answers All Correct What anamorphic element appears in Holbein's French Ambassadors? - Answer-death's-head The plan of Escorial is supposedly based on the ____. - Answer-gridiron of St. Lawrence Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe illustrates t...

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Art History Practice Exam Questions
with Answers All Correct
What anamorphic element appears in Holbein's French Ambassadors? - Answer-
death's-head

The plan of Escorial is supposedly based on the ____. - Answer-gridiron of St.
Lawrence

Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe illustrates the death of a/an ____ soldier.
- Answer-British

David's Death of Marat illustrates an episode from the ____. - Answer-French
Revolution

The eighteenth-century philosopher who stressed the importance of the natural
goodness of human beings was ____. - Answer-Rousseau

Which of the following families once owned Donatello's David? - Answer-Medici family

Brunelleschi's detailed study and recording of Roman architectural monuments became
the catalyst for the development of ____. - Answer-linear perspective

Which of the following is a classical reference on Ghiberti's 1401 competition panel? -
Answer-the naked figure of Isaac

Who is considered the first modern art historian? - Answer-Winckelmann

What is a grand tour? - Answer-the trip wealthy Europeans and Americans made to Italy

Which artist made portraits in the grant manner? - Answer-Reynolds

Masaccio made the figures in his Tribute Money appear bulky by modeling with a/an
____. - Answer-specific light source outside the picture

Botticelli's "Primavera" is based on classical sources, particularly _______. - Answer-the
art, literature, and mythology of the Greco-Roman world.

Unlike tempera paint, ______ paint drys slowly, giving the artist more time to work
areas. - Answer-oil

The disguised symbolism in the Mérode Altarpiece includes the ____. - Answer-A.
candle

, B. lilies

C. towels
Correct
D. all of these choices

When open, the ______ reveals a splendid painting of humanity's redemption through
Christ. - Answer-Ghent Altarpiece

Rogier's "Deposition" makes an unforgettable ______ impact. - Answer-emotional

Which pictorial strategy did Rogier employ in the Deposition? - Answer-compositional
unity through movement

The calendar in Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry depicts ____ - Answer-A.
nobility

B. peasantry

C. seasonal tasks
Correct
D. all of these choices

The most common type of printmaking in the 15th and 16th centuries were/was
_______. - Answer-relief and intaglio

Who won the 1401 competition to design the Baptistery doors for the Cathedral of
Florence? - Answer-Ghiberti

The classical principle of contrapposto, or weight shift, was reintroduced into Western
art by the sculptor ____. - Answer-Donatello

In Masaccio's Holy Trinity, the vanishing point can be found ____. - Answer-at the foot
of the Cross

Masaccio made the figures in his Tribute Money appear bulky by modeling with a/an
____. - Answer-specific light source outside the picture

Chiaroscuro is the use of gradiations of light and dark to produce the effect of _______.
- Answer-modeling

In Masaccio's Holy Trinity, the vanishing point can be found ____. - Answer-. at the foot
of the Cross

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