Introduction to the Masters

Question 1

What is the artistic term for an image of Mary holding her dead son Jesus?

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pieta

Question 2

Which of the following projects was commissioned by popes?

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Sistine Chapel

Question 3

What was the benefit of using oil versus tempera paint?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Oil paint is more flexible and allows artists to make changes easier.

Question 4

Who led the Protestant Reformation?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 5

What was the Counter-Reformation?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a rebuttal from the Catholics to seek internal reform and renewal

Question 6

Who commissioned most of the artwork in Italy during the 16th Century?

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the papacy

Question 7

How is tempera paint made?

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by binding pigments with egg yolk

Question 8

Which of the following are characteristics of the High Renaissance?

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gravity and balance of individual parts to the whole

Question 9

Whose self portrait is seen below?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 10

Whose self portrait is seen below?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Introduction to the Masters Answers