Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Mannerism involved
a. twisted forms.
b. strange colors.
c. ambiguous space.
d. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d
2. ________ was NOT a Mannerist painter.
a. Pontormo
b. Parmigianino
c. Correggio
d. Michelangelo
Answer: d
3. Which is NOT a meaning related to the Mannerist style?
a. affectation
b. mannered
c. to the manner born
d. stylized
e. bizarre
Answer: c
4. “Indulgences” refer to
a. liberal child-rearing practices.
b. credits against one’s sins.
c. the 95 theses of Martin Luther.
d. the rules of the Council of Trent.
Answer: b
5. Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?
a. Parmigianino – allegory called Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time
b. Bronzino – Madonna of the Long Neck
c. Cellini – saltcellar of Francis I
d. Giambologna – Palazzo del Tè
Answer: c
6. Who wrote “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror”?
a. Parmigianino
b. Ashbery
c. Clement VII
d. Carlo Ridolfi
Answer: b
7. The patron of Cellini’s gold and enamel saltcellar was
a. Francis I.
b. Cosimo I de’ Medici.
c. Eleonora of Toledo.
d. Federigo Gonzaga.
Answer: a
8. Serpentinata refers to
a. Cellini’s lizard.
b. the salamander of Francis I.
c. a Mannerist pose.
d. Bronzino’s iconography.
Answer: c
9. Vasari’s account of women artists is a reflection of
a. his feminism.
b. his humanism.
c. his patriarchal view of art.
c. his political correctness.
Answer: b
10. Tintoretto painted
a. dynamic compositions.
b. strong diagonals.
c. serpentine curves.
d. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d
11. Working in Spain from 1577 onward, this painter’s style was greatly affected by Byzantine influences.
a. Tintoretto
b. Correggio
c. Michelangelo
d. El Greco
Answer: d
12. Giambologna was born in
a. Italy.
b. Germany.
c. Flanders.
d. France.
Answer: c
13. The exterior of the Palazzo del Tè contains
a. triglyphs.
b. metopes.
c. keystones.
d. rustication.
e. All these answers are correct.
Answer: e
14. Veronese satisfied the Inquisition