art Appreciation

1. According to the text, Renaissance art is characterized by which of the following?

• A focus solely on religious themes.

• The rejection of classical influences.

• An emphasis on the individual and naturalism.

• The absence of perspective and depth in artwork.

It was a period that is characterized by ignorance and darkness.

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance Art

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Rome

2. What artistic technique, emphasized during the Renaissance, created a three-dimensional effect in paintings?

• Chiaroscuro

• Sfumato

• Perspective

• Fresco

During this period artist valued the ''individual'' as a subject of arts.

• Renaissance Art

• Mannerism

• Baroque

• Neoclassicsm

1. Mannerism, as an art period, is described as:

• A direct continuation of the Renaissance style.

• A reaction against the naturalism of the Renaissance.

• A style characterized by extreme realism and detail.

• A period with no discernible artistic characteristics.

2. The term "Baroque" is derived from which language and what does it mean?

• Italian; "irregularly shaped pearl"

• Portuguese; "irregularly shaped pearl"

• French; "excessively ornate"

• Spanish; "grand and majestic"

3. Historians associate the Baroque period's emergence with:

• The decline of religious influence in art.

• A response to the Protestant Reformation.

• The rise of Impressionism.

• The rediscovery of classical Greek art.

2. Neoclassicism was a dominant art movement during which centuries?

• The 16th and 17th centuries

• The 17th and 18th centuries

• The 18th and early 19th centuries

• The 19th and early 20th centuries

3. Neoclassicism's artistic style primarily drew inspiration from:

• Medieval religious art

• The art of the Renaissance

• Ancient Greek and Roman art

• Far Eastern art

4. The ancient Greeks and Europeans emphasized which principles in their societies?

• Emotional expression and individual freedom

• Human reason and social order

• Religious devotion and spiritual transcendence

• Military might and imperial expansion