Week 4 Quiz
1. Question : The classical principle of contrapposto, or weight shift, was 
introduced into Western art by the sculptor__________________.
Student Answer:
Ghiberti 
Verrocchio 
Pollaiuolo 
Donatello 
2. Question : Which artist was most closely associated with the style known 
as classical Baroque?
Student Answer:
Rubens 
Caravaggio 
Bernini 
Poussin 
3. Question : The term terribilita is most often used to refer to_________________.
Student Answer:
Leonardo da Vinci 
Michelangelo 
Raphael 
Andrea del Sarto 
4. Question : What describes Michelangelo’s perspective of Baptistery doors?
Student Answer:
He called them the Gates of Paradise. 
He called them the Gates of Florence. 
He called them the Gates of Pisa. 
He called them the Gates of Bruges. 
5. Question : In Masaccio’s Trinity, the vanishing point can be found at which 
of the following?
Student Answer:
Between the dove of the Holy Spirit and God the Father 
Above the head of God the Father 
At the foot of the Cross 
On the face of the crucified Christ 
6. Question : Which specific style of Rococo painting depicted upper-class 
outdoor amusement and entertainments?
Student Answer:
Fete galante
Pays Bonheur
San souci
Fete de jour
7. Question : How did the artist David reveal the current polarities in his 
Coronation of Napoleon?
Student Answer:
By including Napoleon’s mother indicating motherly love 
even though she was not present 
By clearly separating the church and the state 
By depicting Napoleon crowning Josephine indicating 
France 
By depicting the coronation in Notre-Dame in Paris linking 
to Napoleon to the Gothic 
8. Question : How did Masaccio represent bulk for his figures in the Tribute 
Money?
Student Answer:
Through modeling with a specific light source outside the picture 
Through modeling with a flat neutral light 
Through modeling with an identifiable light source within 
the picture 
Through modeling 
9. Question : Da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks is a masterpiece in expressing 
emotional states. Which 15th century artist influenced his technique of modeling the figures with the light and shadow (chiaroscuro)?
Student Answer:
Piero della Francesca 
Fra Angelico 
Masaccio 
Gentile da Fabriano 
10. Question : Masaccio’s figures for the Brancacci Chapel recall the work of 
which earlier artist?
Student Answer:
Duccio 
Cavallini 
Giotto 
Ambrogio Lorenzetti 
11. Question : Which city has been generally credited with the birth of the 
Baroque style?
Student Answer:
London 
Paris 
Rome 
Vienna 
12. Question : What describes Michelangelo’s perspective of Baptistery 
doors?
Student Answer:
He called them the Gates of Paradise. 
He called them the Gates of Florence. 
He called them the Gates of Pisa. 
He called them the Gates of Bruges. 
13. Question : The word Renaissance means re-birth. What was a revived 
interest during this time?
Student Answer:
Hiberno-Saxon Manuscripts 
Classical culture 
Islamic culture 
Platonic interpretation of Christianity 
14. Question : The theme of love and Arcadian happiness has been seen in 
earlier works of art. Which artist portrayed this theme?
Student Answer:
Titian 
Raphael 
Giorgione 
da Vinci 
15. Question : Who created Knight, Death, and Devil?
Student Answer:
Durer 
Cranach the Elder 
Jean Goujon 
Mabuse 
16. Question : Masaccio’s figures for the Brancacci Chapel recall the work of 
which earlier artist?
Student Answer:
Duccio 
Cavallini 
Giotto 
Ambrogio Lorenzetti 
17. Question : In which work of art does Caravaggio’s Conversion of St. Paul
present the same dynamic emotion and dramatic religious favor with the use of eloquent pictorial devices and stage lighting in much the same way?
Student Answer:
Bernini’s Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Carracci’s Flight into Egypt
Velasquez’s Water Carrier of Seville
Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal Son
18. Question : How did Masaccio represent bulk for his figures in the Tribute 
Money?
Student Answer:
Through modeling with a specific light source outside the picture 
Through modeling with a flat neutral light 
Through modeling with an identifiable light source within the picture 
Through modeling 
19. Question : In El Greco’s Burial of Cont Orgaz, the artist has successfully 
merged his early late style and late styles. He combined elongated figures and rich color in this one. What describes his 
early and late styles?
Student Answer:
Middle Byzantine and Flemish 15th century 
Italian and Venetian 16th century 
Late Byzantine and Venetian 16th century 
Flemish and Venetian 15th century 
20. Question : Which specific style of Rococo painting depicted upper-class 
outdoor amusement and entertainments?
Student Answer:
Fete galante
Pays Bonheur
San souci
Fete de jour