Explain how Donatello’s David represents the ideals and interests of the Renaissance.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Donatello’s David is a sculpture of the biblical hero who slayed the giant Goliath.
2. The sculpture’s contrapposto pose and nudity reflects a renewed interest in the artistic ideals of Classical Greece.
3. However, David features more naturalistic human forms than the idealized sculptures of ancient Greece, and instead demonstrates the influence of humanism on Renaissance art.
4. Because David was created for the humanist patron Cosimo de’ Medici, the sensuous and naturalistic sculpture was likely intended to symbolize the concept of divine beauty, which is discussed in Neoplatonic philosophy.
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Eugène Delacroix was a leading practitioner of the:
A. Neoclassic style. B. Romantic style. C. Realist style. D. styles of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism combined. E. None of these answers is correct.
All of the following statements about Pierrot lunaire are accurate with the exception of:
a. it was composed in a manner that could be labeled as twelve-tone. b. the composition is an example of melodrama. c. the text is translated from a collection of French poetry by Albert Giraud. d. the reciter interprets the text by means of Sprechgesang.