Giotto’s frescoes for the patron, Enrico Scrovegni, are located in which city?

Choose one answer.

	a. Sienna
	b. Pisa
	c. Florence
	d. Padua

Question 2

In early Renaissance painting, the term “maniera greca” most directly reflects which stylistic influence?

Choose one answer.

	a. Byzantine
	b. French Gothic
	c. Romanesque
	d. Roman

Question 3

The artist Duccio is most closely associated with which city?

Choose one answer.

	a. Padua
	b. Florence
	c. Rome
	d. Sienna

Question 4

Which characteristic of Giotto’s known work is most innovative for the period?

Choose one answer.

	a. The iconography
	b. The fresco technique
	c. The variation in perspectives of the figures
	d. The use of color

Question 5

Which of the following statements about the “Maestà” altarpiece is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. It can be described as a polyptych.
	b. It includes narrative elements.
	c. It was created around in the early fourteenth century.
	d. All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following statements about the sculptures created by the Pisano family is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. They show the influence of Classical art.
	b. They exaggerate stylistic elongation associated with the Gothic.
	c. They reflect the maniera greca.
	d. They were all created for sites in Florence.

Question 7

Which statement about the “true fresco” technique is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. Egg tempera is applied on dry walls.
	b. Small portions of the design are completed daily.
	c. Both A and B
	d. None of the above

Question 8

“Humanists” of the early Renaissance were most closely with which endeavor?

Choose one answer.

	a. Studying the Old Testament
	b. Studying Greek and Roman texts
	c. Translating the New Testament from Hebrew to Latin
	d. Interpreting the Gospels

Question 9

Engraving typically uses which material as a matrix?

Choose one answer.

	a. Metal
	b. Wood
	c. Stone
	d. Fabric

Question 10

Fill in the blank. The basic aesthetic of the “Ghent Altarpiece” would best be described as _______________.

Choose one answer.

	a. Proto-Renaissance
	b. Medieval
	c. International Gothic
	d. Byzantine

Question 11

Fill in the blank. The format of the “Merode Altarpiece” is best described as a ________________.

Choose one answer.

	a. Canvas
	b. Triptych
	c. Polyptych
	d. Panel

Question 12

Jan van Eyck’s portrait of the merchant Arnolfini and his wife was painted close to which date?

Choose one answer.

	a. 1230
	b. 1330
	c. 1430
	d. 1530

Question 13

The illustrations in the fifteenth-century Nuremberg Chronicles were printed in which medium?

Choose one answer.

	a. Etching
	b. Woodcut
	c. Engraving
	d. Lithograph

Question 14

The “Merode Altarpiece” was commissioned for which purpose?

Choose one answer.

	a. A church altarpiece
	b. Private devotion
	c. A diplomatic gift
	d. A portrait

Question 15

Which of the following most accurately describes a polyptych?

Choose one answer.

	a. Multi-colored
	b. Multi-paneled
	c. Single-paneled
	d. Screen

Question 16

Which of the following statements about artists in the era of the Limbourg Brothers is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. They were trained to specialize in one craft.
	b. Art was often a family profession.
	c. Most artists created works for sale without patrons.
	d. All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following statements about oil paint, as opposed to tempera, is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. Oil dries quicker than tempera.
	b. Rendition of light is more subtle in tempera.
	c. Both A and B
	d. None of the above

Question 18

Which region is best known for carved wood altarpieces of the fifteenth century?

Choose one answer.

	a. Italian peninsula
	b. Kingdom of France
	c. Flanders
	d. Holy Roman Empire

Question 19

Which of the following is an especially innovative aspect of the Limbourg Brothers’ illuminations at the time they were created?

Choose one answer.

	a. The religious iconography
	b. The emphasis on landscape
	c. The Book of Hours type
	d. The use of gold leaf

Question 20

Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” is based on which concept most explicitly related to subject matter?

Choose one answer.

	a. Religious narrative
	b. Classical sculpture
	c. Portraiture
	d. Allegory

Question 21

Fill in the blank. Trompe l’oeil elements in Renaissance painting are most pronounced in depictions of _______________.

Choose one answer.

	a. Water
	b. Landscape features
	c. Figures
	d. Architecture

Question 22

Linear perspective was originally developed as a complement to which other art form?

Choose one answer.

	a. Painting
	b. Music
	c. Architecture
	d. Sculpture

Question 23

Mantegna’s “Camera degli Sposi” is located in which city?

Choose one answer.

	a. Florence
	b. Padua
	c. Mantua
	d. Sienna

Question 24

Of the answer choices given, which characteristic of Donatello’s “David” was the most innovative at the time it was created?

Choose one answer.

	a. The use of cast bronze
	b. The subject matter
	c. The contrapposto stance
	d. The dark patina of the bronze

Question 25

Of the choices given, which best describes Botticelli’s style?

Choose one answer.

	a. Geometric
	b. Volumetric
	c. Curvilinear
	d. Asymmetry

Question 26

The term “orthogonal” refers to which of the following?

Choose one answer.

	a. A multi-panel altarpiece design
	b. A marginal design in illuminated manuscripts
	c. A schematic element of linear perspective
	d. None of the above

Question 27

What does “camera picta” mean?

Choose one answer.

	a. Painted room
	b. Marriage room
	c. Painted illusion
	d. None of the above

Question 28

What is a predella?

Choose one answer.

	a. The votive central panel of an altarpiece
	b. The narrative scenes painted at the bottom of an altarpiece
	c. The wings of an altarpiece with images of the patrons
	d. The decorative framing of an altarpiece

Question 29

What is the most unique aspect of Mantegna’s technique in “Dead Christ”?

Choose one answer.

	a. Color
	b. Anatomical detail
	c. Foreshortening
	d. Tenebroso

Question 30

What was the subject of the competition to design doors for the baptistery in the Duomo complex around 1400?

Choose one answer.

	a. Life of Jesus
	b. Life of Mary
	c. Abraham and Isaac
	d. The Crucifixion

Question 31

Which best describes the style of Piero della Francesca?

Choose one answer.

	a. Dark and shadowy
	b. Still and geometric
	c. Flowing and dramatic
	d. Detailed and dark

Question 32

Which medium did Mantegna use in his decoration of the “Camera degli Sposi”?

Choose one answer.

	a. Fresco and carved ornament
	b. Oil paint and plaster relief
	c. Fresco
	d. Terracotta relief

Question 33

Which of the following materials are employed in the “cire perdue” method of bronze casting?

Choose one answer.

	a. Wax
	b. Metal
	c. Clay
	d. All of the above

Question 34

Which of the following statements about Donatello’s “David” is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. Donatello’s “David” is known as the first free-standing nude since antiquity.
	b. Donatello’s “David” has been interpreted as a symbol of the Republic of Florence.
	c. Both A and B
	d. None of the above

Question 35

Which of the following statements about linear perspective is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. It is based on a geometric grid for placement of images.
	b. It is an intuitive mode perfected by few artists.
	c. It is employed to flatten the illusion of space on the picture plane.
	d. All of the above

Question 36

Which of the following statements about Masaccio’s famous work, “Holy Trinity,” is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. God, depicted as the Father, is seen standing.
	b. Lines of string were used to create an underlying layout.
	c. The medium is fresco.
	d. All of the above

Question 37

Who is credited with inventing linear perspective?

Choose one answer.

	a. Brunelleschi
	b. Ghiberti
	c. Masaccio
	d. Donatello

Question 38

Leonardo’s “Last Supper” is located in which city?

Choose one answer.

	a. Florence
	b. Pisa
	c. Milan
	d. Mantua

Question 39

Martin Luther is associated most closely with which ideology?

Choose one answer.

	a. Counter Reformation
	b. Reformation
	c. Humanism
	d. Neo-Platonism

Question 40

Of the choices given, which most accurately characterizes Mannerist style?

Choose one answer.

	a. Symmetrical composition
	b. Geometric form
	c. Elongation of anatomy
	d. Chiaroscuro

Question 41

Pope Julius II was a patron of which artist?

Choose one answer.

	a. Michelangelo
	b. Raphael
	c. Bramante
	d. All of the above

Question 42

Raphael’s “School of Athens” fresco is focused on which two historical figures?

Choose one answer.

	a. Pope Julius II and Cosimo de Medici
	b. God the Father and Jesus
	c. Plato and Aristotle
	d. Leonardo and Michelangelo

Question 43

The Sistine Ceiling program was based on which of the following?

Choose one answer.

	a. Genesis, from the Old Testament
	b. The Passion from the New Testament
	c. The Life of Christ
	d. Exodus, from the Old Testament

Question 44

Which artist is NOT associated with Renaissance Venice?

Choose one answer.

	a. Titian
	b. Veronese
	c. Bellini
	d. Bronzino

Question 45

Which is a prominent religious context for the style of Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment”?

Choose one answer.

	a. Establishment of monastic orders
	b. New debates about the immortality of the Virgin
	c. A new pope from the Medici family
	d. The Counter-Reformation

Question 46

Which of the following statements about Leonardo’s “Last Supper” is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. “Last Supper” reflects mathematical symbolism.
	b. Leonardo used symmetrical composition to create the work.
	c. Leonardo used linear perspective to create the work.
	d. All of the above

Question 47

Which of the following statements about Michelangelo’s “Pietà” is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. The sculpture is signed.
	b. The work was done early in Michelangelo’s career.
	c. The scale of Mary is not realistic.
	d. All of the above

Question 48

Which of the following statements about Michelangelo’s “David” is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. “David” is larger than life size.
	b. The sculpture was intended to be placed on the exterior of the Duomo.
	c. Both A and B
	d. None of the above

Question 49

Which of the following statements about St. Peter’s Basilica is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. The original plan was based on a squared, symmetrical cross.
	b. Michelangelo worked on the design.
	c. Bramante worked on the design.
	d. All of the above

Question 50

Which of the following statements about the design for Pope Julius II’s tomb is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. It was finished before the Pope died.
	b. Raphael worked on the design.
	c. It included a sculpture of Moses.
	d. All of the above

Question 51

Who designed the sixteenth-century Villa Rotunda in the Veneto region?

Choose one answer.

	a. Bramante
	b. Palladio
	c. Brunelleschi
	d. Michelozzo

Question 52

Which of the following is considered the most unique aspect of Leonardo’s “Virgin on the Rocks”?

Choose one answer.

	a. The grotto setting
	b. The inclusion of John the Baptist
	c. The use of blue for the Virgin’s cloak
	d. Gestures of the figures

Question 53

Fill the blank. The Isenheim Altarpiece was commissioned for a _________________.

Choose one answer.

	a. Hospital
	b. Private patron
	c. Cathedral
	d. Franciscan monastery

Question 54

In a comparison of traditional woodcut and engraving techniques, which statement is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. Woodcut is more labor-intensive than the engraving technique.
	b. Engraving enables more detail than the woodcut technique.
	c. Both A and B
	d. None of the above

Question 55

The unique form in the foreground of Holbein’s painting, “The Ambassadors,” is most symbolic of which idea?

Choose one answer.

	a. Christian love
	b. Self-knowledge
	c. Remembrance of death
	d. Scientific discovery

Question 56

What is the most distinguishing characteristic of El Greco’s style?

Choose one answer.

	a. Bright color
	b. Detail in representations of objects
	c. Elongation of figures
	d. Chiaroscuro

Question 57

Which artist was most closely associated with the ideas of Martin Luther?

Choose one answer.

	a. Grünewald
	b. Dürer
	c. Bernini
	d. Rubens

Question 58

Which Northern European Renaissance painter was most influenced by Italian art?

Choose one answer.

	a. Grünewald
	b. Dürer
	c. Bosch
	d. Altdorfer

Question 59

Which of the following statements best describes the composition of Dürer’s print “Melencolia 1”?

Choose one answer.

	a. It is a meditation on Protestantism.
	b. It is a classical myth on the arts.
	c. It is an allegory of the artistic temperament.
	d. It is a dream of the artist.

Question 60

What was the Council of Trent?

Choose one answer.

	a. A meeting of Humanist philosophers across Europe
	b. A meeting of clergy that ushered in the Counter-Reformation
	c. A meeting of religious dissenters that ushered in the Reformation
	d. A meeting of cardinals to elect a new pope

Question 61

Artemisia Gentileschi is best known for her paintings of which biblical figure?

Choose one answer.

	a. Judith
	b. Susannah
	c. Eve
	d. Mary

Question 62

As exemplified in the work of Caravaggio, which of the following best characterizes Baroque paintings?

Choose one answer.

	a. Diagonal thrust and close-up action
	b. Distance of figures and symmetry
	c. Idealization of figures and strong outlines
	d. Elongation of figures and attention to natural daylight

Question 63

Dutch painter Vermeer is best known for which broad genre?

Choose one answer.

	a. Landscape
	b. Politics
	c. Interiors
	d. History painting

Question 64

In comparing Bernini’s “David” to Michelangelo’s “David,” which is true?

Choose one answer.

	a. Bernini’s is larger.
	b. Michelangelo’s has more dynamic movement.
	c. Both are the same medium.
	d. Both were commissioned for Roman patrons.

Question 65

Rembrandt is a native of which country?

Choose one answer.

	a. Holland
	b. Flanders
	c. France
	d. England

Question 66

Rubens is a native of which country?

Choose one answer.

	a. Holland
	b. Flanders
	c. France
	d. England

Question 67

What was Bernini’s architectural contribution to the Basilica of St. Peter’s?

Choose one answer.

	a. Renovation of the Sistine Chapel
	b. The central dome
	c. The flanking domes
	d. The grand colonnades in the piazza

Question 68

Which best describes the fundamental genre of “Las Meninas” by Velázquez?

Choose one answer.

	a. Religious allegory
	b. Royal portraiture
	c. Mythological
	d. History painting

Question 69

Which is a term explicitly associated with the palette of Caravaggio?

Choose one answer.

	a. Colorito
	b. Tenebroso
	c. Sfumato
	d. Designo

Question 70

Hogarth is best known for which broad genre?

Choose one answer.

	a. Landscape
	b. Satire
	c. Still life
	d. History

Question 71

John Singleton Copley’s painting “Watson and the Shark” is best associated with which genre?

Choose one answer.

	a. Portraiture
	b. Classical history
	c. Contemporary history
	d. Religion

Question 72

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate is most influenced by which early Renaissance architect?

Choose one answer.

	a. Brunelleschi
	b. Michelangelo
	c. Palladio
	d. Veronese

Question 73

Which best describes the aesthetic of Rococo architecture?

Choose one answer.

	a. Ornamental
	b. Carved marble
	c. Classical
	d. Severe

Question 74

Which best describes the “Grand Tour”?

Choose one answer.

	a. European artists making a trip to the Americas
	b. European artists and patrons congregating in Italy
	c. European artists travelling for commissions to courts throughout Europe
	d. Patrons touring art studios throughout Europe

Question 75

Which historical context is most closely associated with the subject matter of Jacques-Louis David’s work?

Choose one answer.

	a. The death of Louis XIV
	b. The first French Revolution
	c. The fall of Napoleon Bonaparte
	d. The Revolution of 1848

Question 76

Which is most specifically associated with Rococo painting as compared to the earlier Baroque?

Choose one answer.

	a. Spiritual love
	b. Sensual romance
	c. Portraiture
	d. Still life

Question 77

Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People” was painted in what year?

Choose one answer.

	a. 1789
	b. 1815
	c. 1830
	d. 1870

Question 78

Honoré Daumier is best known for his images in which medium?

Choose one answer.

	a. Oil painting
	b. Sculpture
	c. Lithographs
	d. Woodcuts

Question 79

In a comparison of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting overall, which is generally true?

Choose one answer.

	a. Impressionist painting is more structural in form.
	b. Lighting is more prominent in Impressionist painting.
	c. Impressionist painting is more naturalistic.
	d. Impressionist painting is more symbolic.

Question 80

In traditional lithography, the printing plate is made of what material?

Choose one answer.

	a. Wood
	b. Metal
	c. Plastic
	d. Stone

Question 81

Photography became widely available to the French public in which year?

Choose one answer.

	a. 1799
	b. 1839
	c. 1869
	d. 1900

Question 82

Romantic painting in England and America is most prominent in which broad genre?

Choose one answer.

	a. Religion
	b. History
	c. Landscape
	d. Adventure

Question 83

The Crystal Palace in London was created originally for which purpose?

Choose one answer.

	a. A royal residence
	b. An international exposition
	c. A government building
	d. A theater

Question 84

The Impressionists got their name from reviews of an exhibit in which year?

Choose one answer.

	a. 1845
	b. 1863
	c. 1874
	d. 1884

Question 85

When was Goya’s painting “Third of May 1808” completed?

Choose one answer.

	a. Immediately after the event depicted, in 1808
	b. Before Napoleon became Emperor of France
	c. During Napoleon’s official reign in Spain
	d. After Napoleon was forced out of Spain

Question 86

Which artist is widely credited with initiating Realism in French painting?

Choose one answer.

	a. Jacques-Louis David
	b. Géricault
	c. Courbet
	d. Manet

Question 87

Which best describes the artistic aims of Monet?

Choose one answer.

	a. To create an imaginary reality in each work
	b. To experiment with color patterns throughout a canvas
	c. To add strong gesture to traditional painting methods
	d. To create the real experience of seeing in various atmospheric conditions

Question 88

Which best describes the partially nude female in Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People”?

Choose one answer.

	a. A portrait of a real heroine of the scene depicted
	b. A representation of the goddess Athena
	c. A personification
	d. A Classical statue

Question 89

Which best describes the stylistic sensibility of Goya?

Choose one answer.

	a. Renaissance
	b. Neoclassical
	c. Romantic
	d. Realistic

Question 90

Which element is common to the paintings “The Family of Charles IV” by Goya and “Las Meninas” by Velásquez?

Choose one answer.

	a. Both include self-portraits.
	b. Both are set outdoors.
	c. Both A and B
	d. None of the above

Question 91

Which historical painting type is recalled most strongly in Impressionism?

Choose one answer.

	a. Baroque ceiling frescos
	b. Rococo fêtes galantes
	c. Renaissance illusionism
	d. Romantic history painting

Question 92

Which Impressionist was also a sculptor?

Choose one answer.

	a. Degas
	b. Renoir
	c. Morisot
	d. Monet

Question 93

Which Post-Impressionist is sometimes tied to Symbolism?

Choose one answer.

	a. Seurat
	b. Van Gogh
	c. Gauguin
	d. Cezanne

Question 94

Who is the American painter most closely associated with the Civil War era?

Choose one answer.

	a. John Singleton Copley
	b. Henry Ossawa Tanner
	c. Winslow Homer
	d. John Singer Sargent

Question 95

Canova’s sculpture of Pauline Bonaparte is best described as which style?

Choose one answer.

	a. Neoclassical
	b. Baroque
	c. Mannerist
	d. Romantic

Question 96

Around 1910, what is the prominent style of painting in America?

Choose one answer.

	a. Cubism
	b. Abstraction
	c. Fauvism
	d. Realism

Question 97

Artistically, Picasso deals with which of the following most prominently in his Cubist collages?

Choose one answer.

	a. Mass
	b. Still life detail
	c. Lighting
	d. Pictorial space

Question 98

Fauvism was a style most closely associated with which of the following characteristics?

Choose one answer.

	a. Expressive color
	b. Elongation of anatomy
	c. Influence of African art
	d. Pure abstraction

Question 99

Fill in the blank. The aesthetic of “Demoiselles d’Avignon” is best described as _________________.

Choose one answer.

	a. Peaceful
	b. Organic
	c. Aggressive
	d. Colorful

Question 100

Frank Lloyd Wright considered Robie House to be which style?

Choose one answer.

	a. Bauhaus
	b. Romantic
	c. Prairie style
	d. Classical

Question 101

Futurism is a style closely associated with which country?

Choose one answer.

	a. France
	b. Italy
	c. Germany
	d. United States

Question 102

Marcel Duchamp is best known for which medium?

Choose one answer.

	a. Painting
	b. Bronze sculpture
	c. Collages
	d. Readymades

Question 103

Overall, what is the most obvious subject of Surrealist art?

Choose one answer.

	a. The unconscious
	b. Nature
	c. Reason
	d. Romantic love

Question 104

The art movement known as Dada emerged during which period?

Choose one answer.

	a. 1900-1910
	b. WWI
	c. 1930s
	d. WWII

Question 105

What is the fundamental main subject of Picasso’s “Demoiselles d’Avignon”?

Choose one answer.

	a. Classical nude bathers
	b. Prostitution
	c. Marriage
	d. Dancers

Question 106

Which abstract style is associated with the Russian painter Malevich?

Choose one answer.

	a. Fauvism
	b. Futurism
	c. Suprematism
	d. Abstract Expressionism

Question 107

Which artist is known as a Surrealist sculptor?

Choose one answer.

	a. Magritte
	b. Dali
	c. Giacometti
	d. Ernst

Question 108

Which best describes the style of Ernst Kirchner’s painting, “Dresden Street”?

Choose one answer.

	a. Cubism
	b. Expressionism
	c. Realism
	d. Romanticism

Question 109

Which best describes “The Bauhaus”?

Choose one answer.

	a. A painting academy
	b. An art school and broad design style
	c. An architectural firm
	d. The German seat of government before WWII

Question 110

Which is an important element of Dada?

Choose one answer.

	a. Chance
	b. Careful drawing
	c. Historical references
	d. Chiaroscuro

Question 111

Which of the following best characterizes a distinguishing feature of Le Corbusier’s design for the Savoye House?

Choose one answer.

	a. Lack of ornamentation
	b. Classical porch
	c. Marble exterior
	d. Palazzo style

Question 112

Which painter is most closely associated with the style known as De Stijl?

Choose one answer.

	a. Malevich
	b. Braque
	c. Kandinsky
	d. Mondrian

Question 113

Which photographer was influential to the advancement of modern European styles in New York?

Choose one answer.

	a. Steichen
	b. Stieglitz
	c. Muybridge
	d. Cameron

Question 114

Which style is considered unique to the United States between World Wars I and II?

Choose one answer.

	a. Regionalism
	b. New Realism
	c. Abstract Expressionism
	d. Muralism

Question 115

Which is most prominent in Matisse’s work overall?

Choose one answer.

	a. Volume
	b. Color
	c. Anatomy
	d. Detail

Question 116

In general, which is a main feature of Postmodern painting?

Choose one answer.

	a. Figuration
	b. Geometric form
	c. Use of photographic transfer
	d. Use of flat color

Question 117

Minimalism is characterized by which of the following?

Choose one answer.

	a. Geometric form
	b. Industrial materials
	c. Commercial production
	d. All of the above

Question 118

The construction of modern skyscrapers relies on which type of construction?

Choose one answer.

	a. Masonry
	b. Steel frame
	c. Brick and mortar
	d. Reinforced concrete

Question 119

Which artist is best viewed as a precursor of Conceptual Art of the 1970s?

Choose one answer.

	a. Duchamp
	b. Picasso
	c. Matisse
	d. Dali

Question 120

Which artist worked primarily with lighting fixtures?

Choose one answer.

	a. Morris
	b. Judd
	c. Flavin
	d. Serra

Question 121

Which best describes the construction of Judy Chicago’s work, “The Dinner Party” (1970s)?

Choose one answer.

	a. Painting and sculpture
	b. Collage
	c. Mix media
	d. Cast metals

Question 122

Which best describes the fundamental nature of content in Abstract Expressionism?

Choose one answer.

	a. Personal
	b. Political
	c. Narrative
	d. Academic

Question 123

Which is considered the most unique interest of early Pop Art?

Choose one answer.

	a. Sex
	b. Consumer culture
	c. Urban landscape
	d. Self-expression

Question 124

Which Pop artist is best known for sculpture?

Choose one answer.

	a. Pollock
	b. Warhol
	c. Oldenburg
	d. Lichtenstein

Question 125

What was most unique about Jackson Pollock’s work at the time it was created?

Choose one answer.

	a. The idea of abstraction
	b. His palette (color)
	c. His painting method
	d. His interest in music