Which well-known, Renaissance artist was known as a true ‘Renaissance man’ with interests in a wide range of areas such as botany, geography, zoology, and anatomy? 

Bernini’s design for the forecourt out in front of St. Peter’s basilica included two colonnades on either side, as shown below. These colonnades were meant to appear as …  

Which of the following is NOT a new characteristic of portraiture exemplified in Leonardo’s Mona Lisa? 

What was your favorite part of the course this semester? What did you learn or enjoy?

When Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Catholic Church, he officially started a sociopolitical event that became known as the Protestant Reformation. What is the term for the Catholic Church’s response?

King Louis XIV, one of the most powerful rulers of the 17th century, used what concept to legitimize his right to rule France?

How do some art historians explain Artemisia Gentileschi’s tendency to depict realistic and strong female figures overpowering men in her paintings?

Albrecht Dürer’s Self Portrait depicts the artist in the guise of who?

What term describes the distorted object shown in the bottom-half of the picture plane below?

In the process of completing St. Peter’s basilica, what was one unintended consequence of extending the front of the church?