Renaissance Quiz

We’ve all known a “Renaissance man” or “Renaissance woman” – someone highly intellectual and artistic, with seemingly endless interests and talents in a variety of subjects. They can paint, play the violin, understand Newtonian physics, speak four languages and bake an amazing soufflé. So unfair. How did this term come about? The Renaissance movement began in Italy in the 15^th century and spread to other parts of Europe – most notably to the Low Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg). Meaning ‘rebirth’, the Renaissance emphasized humanism and the importance of the individual – this ideal was most evident in the art of that era. Take our quiz, and see what Renaissance art is all about.

Which renowned work of Leonardo da Vinci’s was his favorite, one he kept with him

all his life?

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a) ‘The Last Supper’ b) ‘Mona Lisa’ c) ‘Baptism of Christ’, d) ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’

Lorenzo Ghiberti, an important early Renaissance sculptor, created the “ Gates of Paradise ” –a pair of bronze doors for which Italian city’s cathedral?

a) Rome

b) Venice

c) Florence

d) Milan

“ The School of Athens”, a fresco depicting ancient Greek philosophers and scholars, was painted by whom?

a) Raphael

b) Jacopo Bellini

c) Andrea Mantegna

d) Piero della Francesca

Filippo Brunelleschi designed which element of the Florence Cathedral in Italy?

a) Battistero di San Giovanni

b) Bell tower (“Campanile”)

c) Fountain (‘fontana’)

d) Dome

In the Flemish painter Jan van Eyck’s 1434 masterpiece, “The Arnolfini Marriage”, what

is reflected in the mirror on the back wall of the room?

a) The elaborately carved doorway of the bedroom

b) Jan van Eyck himself, as a witness to the marriage

c) Two white doves, symbolizing peace and harmony

d) All of the above

Which of the following did Michelangelo Buonarroti do?

a) Sculpted the statue “Pieta” b) Painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes

c) Designed and supervised the construction of St. Peter’s Basilica d) All of the above

Together with the architect Filippo Brunelleschi andthe sculptor Donatello, this painter is regarded as one of the founders of the Italian Renaissance:

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a) Cimabue b) Masaccio c) Giotto d) Fra Angelico

Which artist’s sculpture was the first nude statue of the Italian Renaissance?

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a) Michelangelo’s ‘David’ b) Andrea del Verrocchio’s ‘David’

c) Donatello’s ‘David’ c) Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s ‘David’

Sandro Botticelli’s two most famous paintings now hang at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. These are “Primavera” and which other painting?

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a) Last Supper b) Birth of Venus c) Venus of Urbino d) Saint Sebastian

“The Garden of Earthly Delights” (1505-1510) – also known in the late 16^th century as “Lust” or “The Strawberry Painting” – was painted by which Netherlandish artist?

a) Dirk Bouts b) Rogier van der Weyden c) Robert Campin d) Hieronymus Bosch

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