Fine Arts survey: Renaissance and answers to the quiz above

Fine Arts survey: Renaissance
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1. Painter's lighting that emphasizes the focal point of the composition by bathing it in light and surrounding the focal point by darker recesses:
_ chiaroscuro __ .
2. Brief description of light placement in Rembrandt lighting:
light is about 45 degrees to the right of center - and above your subject.
3. In a painting, present the maximum three-dimendionality of your subject via a technique called _chiaroscuro _ .
4. Describe the ancient flow of language from India to Persia to Europe: Sanskrit to Farsi to _Greek__ and Latin.
5. The Muse of epic poetry and of the writing tablet: _Calliope_ .
6. The Muse of astronomy, of the globe and compass: _Urania_ .
7. The so-called 10th of the Nine Muses, the poetess of the island of Lesbos: _Sappho_ .
8. 13. First historic era in which Carnevale is written about: a) Medieval b) Renaissance c) Elizabethan. A) Medieval
9. Two European cities that establish the early carnival customs. _Rome__ , _Venice__ .
10. The location of the Congo Square of Louisiana ? Back of town, New Orleans_ .
11. Place in chronological order: Comus, Rex and Zulu. Comus, Rex, Zulu .
12. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries the Catholic church was trying to offset the _Protestant Reformation_ movement which was prevalent in Northern Europe.
13. Name the late Renaissance painter famous for being "enigmatic, fascinating, rebellious and dangerous." Michelangelo Caravaggio __
14. Name the Mediterranean island that functions as a bridge between the continent of Africa and Europe: _Sicily _ .
15. Name of the Northern Italian region whose capital is Firenze: _Tuscany_ .
16. Family of bankers who establish a dynasty that is notable in Italian history: _Medici_ .
17. Mother and son sculpture by Michelangelo: the _Pieta_ .
18. "The giant" which was completed by Michelangelo was begun by Agostino and his artist-master, the esteemed _David_ .
19. Roman god of wine and song: _Bacchus_ .
20. Location of the Sistine Chapel: adjacent to St Peter's Basilica , in the nation of Vatican City, in the heart of the city of Rome, within the country of _L'Italia_.
21. A painting that is produced by applying the pigment to wet plaster: _fresco_ .
22. Most notable architectural project of Michelangelo: _dome_ of St Peter's Basilica .
23. The commission for the statue of David in 1500 was sponsored by the Wool guild .
24. Michelangelo was a citizen of the _Florentine _ Republic; the nation of Italy did not coalesce until the nienteenth century.
25. A bodily position that creates an s-design because of the opposition in the position of the shoulders and the hips: _contrapossto_ .
26. "The statue came to symbolize the defense of civil liberties embodied in the Florentine Republic, an independent city state threatened on all sides by more powerful rival states and by the hegemony of the Medici family." Briefly explain the term hegemony. __political dominance by one group_ .