Exploring Botticelli's 'Primavera'

Exploring Botticelli's 'Primavera'

Assessment

Interactive Video

Arts

11th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the central figure in Botticelli's 'Primavera'?

Flora

Venus

Mercury

The Three Graces

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which mythological figure is depicted as pushing away clouds in 'Primavera'?

Zephyr

Cupid

Mercury

Chloris

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Botticelli's 'Primavera', which two figures might be considered as one and the same?

Cupid and Chloris

Mercury and Zephyr

Chloris and Flora

Venus and Flora

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a notable characteristic of Botticelli's figures in 'Primavera'?

They appear elongated and weightless.

They are painted in a cubist style.

They are depicted with strong linear perspective.

They are shown in realistic, grounded positions.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is Botticelli's 'Primavera' often interpreted in terms of its thematic content?

As a political statement

As a religious allegory

As a Neoplatonic meditation on beauty

As a historical document of the Renaissance