Friday, October 29, 2010

Quiz # 3

Below are nine images from which I will choose the five that will be used for the quiz. Beneath the images are the two essay questions. Remember that if there is no artist listed for a work, I want you to list the work's location, instead. Study up!


Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
The Conversion of Saint Paul
1600-1601

Paolo Veronese
Feast in the House of Levi
1575

Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Creation of Adam
1508-1512

Giotto di Bondone
Lamentation
1305

Gianlorenzo Bernini
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
1645-1652


Wall Painting from the Tomb of Nebumun
Egypt
c. 1450 BCE


Parthenon
Acropolis, Athens
c. 448-432 BCE

Polykleitos
Spear Bearer
Roman copy after a Greek original of c. 450-440 BCE


Scene from The Papyrus of Hunefer
Egypt
c. 1375 BCE

Essay Questions:

1. Define the term Hierarchic Scale and give examples of how you have seen it utilized in the art you have seen in class.

2. Define the term Renaissance and give some examples of how the characteristics of the Renaissance era are demonstrated in the art that you have seen in class.

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