Fine Arts survey: Open notes quiz on the Renaissance

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:
___ .
2. Brief description of light placement in Rembrandt lighting: _________________
____________________________ .
3. In a painting, present the maximum three-dimendionality of your subject via a technique called __ .
4. Describe the ancient flow of language from India to Persia to Europe: Sanskrit to Farsi to ___ and to Latin.
5. The Muse of epic poetry and of the writing tablet: __ .
6. The Muse of astronomy, of the globe and compass: __ .
7. The so-called 10th of the Nine Muses, the poetess of the island of Lesbos: __ .
8. 13. First historic era in which Carnevale is written about: a) Medieval b) Renaissance c) Elizabethan.
9. Two European cities that establish the early carnival customs. ___ , ___ .
10. The location of the Congo Square of Louisiana ? __ __ __, city of __ __ .
11. Place in chronological order: Comus, Rex and Zulu. __ , __ , __ .
12. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries the Catholic church was trying to offset the __ movement which was prevalent in Northern Europe.
13. Name the late Renaissance painter famous for being "enigmatic, fascinating, rebellious and dangerous." __ __
14. Name the Mediterranean island that functions as a bridge between the continent of Africa and Europe: __ .
15. Name of the Northern Italian region whose capital is Firenze: __ .
16. Family of bankers who establish a dynasty that is notable in Italian history: __ .
17. Name of the Mother and son sculpture by Michelangelo: the __ .
18. "The giant" which was completed by Michelangelo was begun by Agostino and his artist-master, the esteemed __ .
19. Roman god of wine and song: __ .
20. Location of the Sistine Chapel: adjacent to __ __ Basilica , in the nation of __ __, in the heart of the city of __, within the country of __.
21. A painting that is produced by applying the pigment to wet plaster: __ .
22. Most notable architectural project of Michelangelo: __ of __ __ .
23. The commission for the statue of David in 1500 was sponsored by the __ __ .
24. Michelangelo was a citizen of the __ Republic; the nation of Italy did not coalesce (come together) until the nineteenth century.
25. A bodily position that creates an s-design because of the opposition in the position of the shoulders and the hips: __ .
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. ________________________


Brief essay -
Using details such materials, dates, visual descriptions etc etc, compare the painting of David by Caravaggio with the sculpture of David by Donatello.