16th Century European Art Quiz

Which city was a great art center during the 16th century and rivaled Florence and Rome?

• London

• Munich

• Athens

• Venice

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One of the events that sparked tension and disorder during the 16th Century and created a setting that Mannerist art was born and matured was the Protestant Reformation. 

• True

• False

What influenced the art of Venice in the 16th Century? The ...

• Renaissance style

• Gothic style

• Byzantine art style

• Classical Greece and Rome

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Who was one of the first great Venetian masters known for his landscape paintings?

• El Greco

• Giorgione da Castelfranco

• Titian

• Parmigianino

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Titian’s _________________ technique, which involves creating forms with patches of color rather than with hard, precise edges.

• impasto

• painterly

• abstract

• gold leaf

In Titian's painting 'The Entombment', what is the main focus of the composition?

• The golden light

• The crucified Christ

• The mourners

• The landscape

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What is the subject of Titian's painting 'The Concert'?

• A landscape

• A group of musicians

• A religious scene

• A battle

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Which artist is known for his highly emotional religious paintings and dramatic use of light?

• Giorgione da Castelfranco

• Titian

• Tintoretto

• El Greco

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What is Parmigianino's famous painting that depicts the Virgin Mary?

• The Madonna and dead Christ

• The Madonna with the Long Neck

• The Entombment

• The Annunciation

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In Tintoretto's painting 'Presentation of the Virgin', what is the main focus of the composition?

• The young Mary

• The deep background

• The odd perspective

• The figures in the foreground

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