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Who are the most important composers of each style?
Who are some famous composers who wrote in more than one style?
Is classical music separated into “genres” mostly by the time period, or are there composers who are considered to play a style different from the dominant style of the day?

16. During the Renaissance period, there was a revival
of all of the following except ____.
a. Classical themes in art and literature
b. realism and naturalism
c. religious spirituality and otherworldliness
d. the Greek philosophy of humanism
e. delight in beauty for its own sake
17. The Renaissance began in 1402 with a competition
for the commission to sculpt bronze doors for the baptistery
of Florence. The subject of the entry panels was ____.
a. Rebecca at the Well
b. Moses and the Ten Commandments
c. Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
d. The Sacrifice of Isaac
e. Cain and Abel
18*. Donatello’s David was the first life size ____
sculpture since the end of the Clasical period.
a. nude
b. stone
c. relief
d. worship
e. ancient
19. Considered a true Renaissance man, ____ excelled
in engineering, the natural sciences, anatomy, music, and
technological prototypes, not to mention creating some of the
world’s best loved paintings.
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Michelangelo
c. Raphael
d. Bramante
e. Piero della Francesca
20*. Using the laws of perspective in his Holy Trinity
fresco, Masaccio created the illusion of an extension of the
architectural space of the church by painting a(n) ____.
a. illusionistic ceiling depicting heaven
b. barrel vaulted chapel with holy and common figures
c. deep niche with sculptural figures
d. throne chair depicting the Holy Trinity
e. archway depicting a “who’s who” of Classical
Greece
21. When Michelangelo was only 27, he carved the 13 –
foot statue of David from ____.
a. two blocks of limestone
b. a single block of granite
c. a hillside of living rock
d. a single piece of almost unworkable marble
e. three odd shaped blocks of Carrara marble
22. Raphael was commissioned by Pope JuliusII to paint
the Vatican apartments where he painted ____.
a. The School of Athens
b. The Last Supper
c. The Birth of Venus
d. Mona Lisa
e. The Flagellation
23. The word ____ is derived from the French and
means rebirth.
a. Mannerism
b. Renaissance
c. Baroque
d. Archaic
e. Resurrection
24. A highly individualized and mannered style
developed in Italy post 1520 was called ___.
a. Mannerism
b. Renaissance
c. Baroque
d. Archaic
e. Resurrection
25. “Ecstasy of St. Theresa” is a Baroque dramatic
religious sculptural group made by_____.
a. Boticelli
b. Bernini
c. Brunelleschi
d. Caravaggio
e. Da Vinci