What Renaissance trend is reflected in Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise?
A. The return to Byzantine iconography.
B. The movement away from Biblical themes.
C. The desire to accurately depict nature.
D. The separation of church and state.
Answer: C
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A. Extensive detail and jewel-like colors B. Pictures of the stories of the Qur'an C. Absence of figural images D. Papyrus support and tempera paint
What is significant about the Mérode Altarpiece?
a. It reflects the emerging merchant class and new wealth. b. It serves the interest of the monarchy, as a decorative work. c. It is an homage to the Crusades. d. The guild funded it as contribution to the Church.
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The canoe prow ornament illustrated here is meant to show what design?
A. Seagulls B. Stylized serpent C. Sea swallows or stylized human D. Ceremonial house
What information does twelfth-century diastematic chant notation convey, as compared with non-diastematic chant notation?
a) it offers gestural shapes only, with no precise pitch information b) it notates pitches clearly on a full set of staff lines c) it provides a better sense of pitch, by aligning neumes around two fixed lines d) it notates a precise rhythm for each individual pitch