Is There a Difference Between Art and Craft?

Before the Renaissance, there was no concept of ________.

• Artisian

• Artist

• The value of objects

• How to make a marble sculpture

Prior to the Renaissance, painters were paid on the basis of

• Their fame

• Their talent

• The square footage of their paintings

• Recommendations from friends

Who authored a book in 1550 entitled Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, which rocketed several Renaissance artists to fame?

• Correct Answer

  Giorgio Vasari

• Michelangelo Buonnaroti

• 
  Leonardo da Vinci

• 
  Pablo Picasso

Many cultures of the world, especially non-Western cultures, place a high value on __________ visual traditions.

• Changing

• Destroying

• Preserving

• Negating

When art historians of the nineteenth century saw that the art of some non-Western cultures did not change for thousands of years, they classified the works as ________.

• Progressive

• 
  Ugly

• Primitive

• Highly valuable

What are some of the ways in which Renaissance culture changed people’s views of the role of art—and artists—in Western society?

In the Western world today, what are our expectations about the function of “art” and the role of “artists?” Is it the same as in other cultures? How and why might it be different?