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QUESTIONS

1. What was Michelangelo's advice to a student and how is this seen in a Renaissance painting?

2. Why was Holbein's The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb unusual in its treatment?

3. Referring to The Ambassadors by Holbein in slide 13 of the Late Renaissance, John Berger writes: "This will mean reading the painting differently: not at the level of what it shows within its frame, but at the level of what it refers to outside it." Give an example of what he means.

4. The church in Rome issued a call for painters to bring a closer association with Christ (Council of Trent, 1561). - that would be helpful to the teachings they sought. What were three of these characteristics?

5. How was Bernini's David a new type of three-dimensional composition? In what way is it different from Donatello's and Michelangelo's Davids?

6. What are the major styles of the Baroque period? How are they each characterized? Give an example from either the ppt. for each of these style

7. What was one of the major moral themes in Baroque period painting?

8. Compare the two paintings found in course docs beneath the test. They are both paintings of the Lamentation; the first is by the Renaissance painter, del Sarto, and the second by the Baroque painter, Ribera. They have been seen in each of those power points. This is an essay, so please spend time on your observations.

9. Images #13 and #14 (left image) in the Baroque power point each depict a naked woman, both being threatened. Explain how the artists depict their expressions and how their overall response to these threats differ. Be sure to use information from the ppt. in your answer, as well as your own thoughts.

10. Why was the painting, Oath of the Horatii, so important in its time? In your answer include points on both politics and style (the way it is painted).

11. What are the two great tendencies in western art? Explain what this means with examples other than those used in the slide on this topic.