Chapter 15 (The Early Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Italy)
1. Donatello′s David (15.33) was commissioned by the ________family.
a. Strozzi
b. Borgia
c. Pazzi
d. Medici
2. Which of the following artists were finalists in the competition for the bronze
doors of the Florence Baptistery (15.16)?
a. Brunelleschi and van Eyck
b. Ghiberti and Giotto
c. Brunelleschi and Ghiberti
d. Donatello and Brunelleschi
3. Donatello’s Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata (15.14) was his _________free-
standing work in bronze.
a. largest
b. least Classical
c. lightest
d. smallest
4. Which one of techniques below was not used by Ghiberti in his panel The Story of Jacob
and Esau (15.17) from the Gates of Paradise (East Doors) of the Baptistery of San
Giovanni.
a. the schiacciato relief
b. fluid drapery
c. linear perspective
d. fresco
5. Identify the technique used to create an illusion of receding space in Masaccio’s The Holy
Trinity with the Virgin, Saint John, and Two Donors (15.23).
a. the presence of the skeleton
b. the incorporation of the donors
c. linear perspective
d. the use of fresco
6. Where is the Brancacci Chapel (15.26) located?
a. Rome
b. Florence
c. Venice
d. Padua
7. The Ospegdale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents) (15.4) was designed by
________________.
a. Antonio del Pollaiuolo
b. Donatello
c. Masaccio
d. Filippo Brunelleschi
8. Define tondo.
a. a fresco
b. a square painting
c. a circular painting
d. a large painting
9. Pilasters in the colossal order are _____________.
a. more than one story high
b. miniaturized
c. incorporate Corinthian columns
d. less than one story high
10. The church of Sant’ Andrea in Mantua (15.46) was modeled after ____________.
a. the Markets of Trajan
b. the Domus Aurea
c. the Roman Colosseum
d. the Basilica of Constantine
11. Andrea Mantegna’s St. Sebastian (15.48) shows the influence of __________paintings.
a. Spanish
b.Flemish
c. French
d. Dutch
12. Define sacra conversazione.
a. a sermon
b. sacred conversation
c. act of patronage
d. religious conversion
13. In Pietro Perugino’s The Delivery of the Keys (15.55), the influence of which artist can be
seen in the idealization of the features of the individuals?
a. Bellini
b. Ghirlandaio
c. Botticelli
d. Verrocchio
14. _____________oversaw the design and construction of the dome of the Florence
cathedral (15.3).
a. Verrocchio
b. Donatello
c. Filippo Brunelleschi
d. Lorenzo Ghiberti
15. Define schiacciato relief.
a. a combination high and low relief
b. a sunken relief
c. a high relief
d. a shallow relief