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Final Exam Review Italian Art History
Concrete Roman architecture is possible because of what amazing discovery?
Keystone The _____ is at the center
of an arch. It holds all of the pressure from the surrounding stones.
80,000 The Roman Colosseum
could hold up to _______ spectators
100 When the Colosseum
opened in 80 A.D., it had ______ days of games, which resulted in lots of deaths.
“All the gods” The word Pantheon
literally means ______.
Raphael What famous artist is
buried in the Pantheon?
Oculus At the top of the dome, in
the Pantheon, there is an _____, which literally translates to ‘the eye.’
The Vatican St. Peter’s Basilica is
located in the heart of _____.
Bernini and Michelangelo
What two famous artists designed and completed most of the architecture and artwork in St. Peter’s?
Obelisk In the center of the Piazza
san Pietro (St. Peter’s Square), there is an ________. (Egyptian sun symbol)
Commission To pay an artist to create
an artwork is also known as a ______.
Michelangelo Who sculpted the statue of
David when he was only 25 years old?
Subtractive Sculpture
What technique was used to create the statue of David?
Contrappasto David stands in _____,
which means all of his weight is on one leg.
Frieze The Column of Trajan is
made up of a ____ that, when outstretched horizontally, is 656 ft. long.
St. Peter On top of the Column of
Trajan, Trajan’s statue was replaced by one of ___ so it didn’t get destroyed.
Bernini Who created the Fountain
of the Four Rivers?
Europe, Africa, Asia, & the Americas
The Fountain of the Four Rivers is meant to represent the four rivers of ___
Personification A human figure used to
represent something nonhuman is also known as ____.
Aqua Virgo The Trevi Fountain was
created to commemorate the last surviving aqueduct called ______.
Chiaroscuro A ____ is an effect of
contrasted light and shadow in a 2D artwork
Sfumato In the Mona Lisa, the
colors blend together to create soft edges. This is called ____.
Da Vinci The Mona Lisa was painted
by ____. It is rumored that it is a ‘self-portrait.’
Raphael The School of Athens was
commissioned by the Pope and painted by _____.
Three-Point Perspective
In the School of Athens, which of the following does not draw your attention to the focal point:› One-point perspective› The gaze of the onlookers› Three-point perspective› The placement of the centered figures
Old Testament In the Sistine Chapel, over
300 human figures were painted from what book?
Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel was
painted by which famous Renaissance artist?
Muscular definition of their Bodies
Michelangelo emphasized what in his figures?
Fresco When colored pigments
are added to wet plaster and allowed to dried, it creates a ____.
Religious Cults The Villa of Mysteries
recorded one of the many ______ within Pompeii.
20,000 Pompeii was a thriving city
with approximately _____ inhabitants.
Mt. Vesuvius What volcano erupted,
trapping the city in twenty feet of ash?
79 AD In what year did Mt.
Vesuvius erupt?
It preserved all aspects of daily life and the art of ancient Italy
What is the significance of the incident at Pompeii?
The body plaster casts
Pompeii is mostly known for the _______, which are still a controversial issue to this day.
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