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Test High Renaissance

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Italian word for “light and dark”

a)

al dente

b)

Impasto

c)

sfumato

d)

chiaroscuro

2.

Name this piece

a)

The Holy Supper

b)

Jesus and His Disciples

c)

Monastic Meal Time

d)

The Last Supper

3.

Who is the artist that rendered (made) this piece?ca

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Raphael Sanzio

d)

Savonarola

4.

Who painted this piece?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

5.

What is located behind Jesus's head?

a)

a halo

b)

the Holy Grail

c)

the gateway to heaven

d)

the vanishing point

6.

Which of these is NOT something awful that happened to this piece.

a)

it had acid thrown on it

b)

the disciples had their eyes gouged out

c)

there was a door cut through it

d)

it had horrible restorations done to it many times

7.

What caused the "webbing" on this painting?

a)

age

b)

the medium used to paint it

c)

exposure to moisture

8.

Famous emperor that owned this painting?

a)

Constanine

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Napoleon

d)

Wilhelm II

9.

This piece is based on _________beliefs.

a)

pragmatic

b)

humanist

c)

revolutionary

d)

intellectual

10.

Name this piece.

a)

Renaissance Man

b)

Vitruvian Man

c)

Peruvain Man

d)

Man of Math

11.

What was wrong with the medium chosen?

a)

It was experimental so it was controversial

b)

it was experimental and didn't work well

c)

it was considered to secular for a holy piece

d)

it was too colorful

12.

Which of these was NOT a use of the chapel at one time or another.

a)

a barn

b)

a prison

c)

a barracks for soldiers

d)

a hospital

13.

What miraculous thing happened to this painting?

a)

Jesus was documented weeping

b)

it was spared in a bombing

c)

it was blessed by the pope

d)

it was moved in one piece

14.

Who painted this piece?

a)

Raphael Sanzio

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

15.

The background of this piece is done in a technique called

a)

chiaroscuro

b)

sfumato

c)

sprezzatura

16.

The Nazi's stole this piece.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

Who was this woman in real life?

a)

The artist's wife

b)

a housewife and mother

c)

the artist's maid

d)

she's not a real person

18.

Name this piece.

a)

The Great Madonna

b)

Mother of Sorrow

c)

The Pietà

d)

The Sorrow of the Holy Mother

19.

Who made this piece?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

da Vinici

c)

Donatello

20.

How was this piece damaged?

a)

had acid thrown on it

b)

had a mug thrown at it

c)

mad man attacked with a hammer

d)

was damaged in a WWII explosion

21.

Where is this piece?

a)

The Vatican (St. Peter's Basilica)

b)

in the Sistine Chapel

c)

In the Duomo of Florence

d)

The Louvre

22.

Who created it?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

da Vinci

23.

Which is NOT something that happened to this piece?

a)

it had acid thrown on it

b)

a mug was thrown at it

c)

it was stolen

d)

it had a hole punctured through it at the elbow

24.

What is special about her smile?

a)

it was the first one ever painted

b)

smiles were very hard to do and often looked like grimmaces

c)

she hardly ever smiled in real life

d)

it is the first one shown on a woman

25.

What important Catholic event happens here?

a)

Easter services

b)

The new pope is chosen

c)

Christmas mass

d)

it is where all catholic popes are buried.

26.

When the artist painted this he had to lay on his back on scaffolding to do so.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Name this piece.

a)

St. Peter's Cathedral

b)

The Duomo Chapel

c)

The Sistine Chapel

d)

The Pristine Chapel

28.

The first panel created was

a)

The Creation of Adam

b)

Noah after the flood

c)

Adam and Eve expelled from the garden of Eden

29.

Raphael and Bramante recommended the artist to the pope, because

a)

they were admirers of the artist

b)

they were students of the artist

c)

they wanted to see the artist fail

30.

Who painted it?

a)

Raphael Sanzio

b)

Michelangelo

c)

da Vinci

d)

Bramante

31.

Which is a philosopher/scientist NOT featured in the painting?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Ptolomy

e)

They are all featured

32.

Where was the place this piece was commissioned to go?

a)

On top of the capital building

b)

On top of the palace

c)

On top of the Florence Cathedral

d)

In the city hall square

33.

Why did the artist put his name on the piece?

a)

it was tradition

b)

vanity

c)

he didn't

d)

he was asked to

34.

The piece was commissioned for

a)

The Vatican

b)

a pope's tomb

c)

A king

d)

The city of Rome

35.

Why does this depiction of Moses have horns?

a)

it was a traditional depiction of biblical leaders

b)

they show sovereignty

c)

they were added later

d)

they are the result of a misinterpretation of the Vulgate

36.

Who accused the artist of being a plagiarist?

a)

da Vinici

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Donatello

37.

Name this piece.

a)

The School of Humanism

b)

The School of Philosophy

c)

The School of Athens

d)

The School of Thinkers

38.

Who made the piece?

a)

Raphael

b)

Donatello

c)

da Vinci

d)

Michelangelo

39.

This piece caused beef between the artist and the Pope that commissioned it. Why?

a)

The artist didn't want to do it because he was working on another piece that he favored

b)

the Pope micromanaged the piece

c)

The artist was a hothead and got into a fist fight with the pope

d)

The pope said the piece was unworthy of the location when it was finished.

40.

During the time this piece was made, what did people call it?

a)

The Monster

b)

David

c)

The Apollo

d)

The Giant