The type of copyist writing favored by the Carolingian monks and nuns is the direct ancestor of modern typography and is called which of the following?
A.
block lettering
B.
illumination
C. Roman script
D.
the minuscule
D
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The musical term that tells the musician to sing or play softly is:
a. crescendo b. piano c. glissando d. ritard e. diminuendo
__________ was in charge of her family's Bologna shop and supported her parents and three siblings through the sale of paintings that appealed to patrons with their sentimentality, such as the Virgin and Child (fig. 15.9) of 1663
A. Artemisia Gentileschi B. Judith Leyster C. Elisabetta Sirani D. Rachel Ruysch E. Clara Peeters
Intellectual life in the Romanesque period involved the establishment of the first universities in the cities of __________, __________, __________, and __________
A. London; Florence; Rome; Madrid B. Bologna; Paris; Oxford; Cambridge C. Venice; Rome; Paris; Cambridge D. Oxford; London; Florence; Rome
What was the great innovation in Simone Martini's Maestà (or Virgin and Child), which once hung in the council chamber of Siena's Palazzo Pubblico?
A. its simplicity of representation B. its color palette of blues and reds C. its representation of the Virgin as Queen D. its complex composition of mythological narratives