Question

How did Giotto (right image) depict space differently than Cimabue?
The Santa Trinita Maesta by Cimabue. Arches frame Jeremiah, Abraham, David, and Isaiah. Jeremiah and Isaiah look up to a child held by its mother surrounded by angels.The Ognissanti Madonna by Giotto di Bondone. Jeremiah and Isaiah look up to a child held by its mother surrounded by angels. The painting has depth and texture.
a.
He used a sharper contrast of light and shadow.
b.
He used perspective.
c.
He used the play of light and shadow across these figures to create a sense that they are 3-dimensional beings in real space.
d.
all of the above

The Triumph of Death in the Camposanto in Pisa. Dead and dying people are in coffins and lying on the ground. Some sit humbly.

In the image above, Triumph of Death, what did the people on horses find?
a.
three open coffins
b.
figures of death
c.
three evil spirits
d.
three
The Triumph of Death in the Camposanto in Pisa. Dead and dying people are in coffins and lying on the ground. Some sit humbly.

What is depicted in the Triumph of Death, seen above?
a.
a depiction of the effects of the Black Plague
b.
figures overcoming the Black Plague
c.
a panoramic landscape of death
d.
none of the aWhich of the following best describes the themes in Giotto’s work?
a.
traditional religious subjects
b.
the Gospel of St. Matthew
c.
the life of Jesus
d.
none of the abovebove anWhich of the following buildings holds the Giotto fresco seen below?
A fresco by Giotto di Bondone in 1306. The fresco depicts the Last Judgement with angels rising to Heaven and other souls going to Hell.
a.
Padua Chapel
b.
Scrovegni Chapel
c.
Florence Cathedral
d.
none of the above
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The Triumph of Death in the Camposanto in Pisa. Dead and dying people are in coffins and lying on the ground. Some sit humbly.

Although there is no way of knowing with certainty, who is believed to have painted Triumph of Death, seen above?
a.
Giotti
b.
Pietro di Bondone
c.
Buffalmacco
d.
Florence di MediciA fresco titled Lamentation by Giotto di Bondone in 1306. The fresco depicts five figures around the dead body of Jesus Christ. Other figures and angels look over the body.

Which of the following may have influenced the emotional feeling within the painting above?
a.
Giotto's experience with pain and suffering
b.
Giotto's experience with living through the Black Death
c.
Giotto's religious dream
d.
none of the above

Answer 1

1) How did Giotto depict space differently than Cimabue?
Answer: c. He used the play of light and shadow across these figures to create a sense that they are 3-dimensional beings in real space.
Brief: Giotto modeled volumes with light and shadow and arranged figures to suggest real space (an early, intuitive use of perspective rather than later mathematical linear perspective).

2) In Triumph of Death, what did the people on horses find?
Answer: a. three open coffins
Brief: The fresco shows riders discovering/opening coffins revealing corpses — a memento mori motif.

3) What is depicted in the Triumph of Death?
Answer: a. a depiction of the effects of the Black Plague
Brief: The scene dramatizes death’s universality and was widely read as a response to or reflection on the plague and mortality.

4) Which best describes the themes in Giotto’s work?
Answer: a. traditional religious subjects
Brief: Giotto painted Biblical and devotional scenes (with new emotional realism).

5) Which building holds the Giotto fresco described (Last Judgment, 1306)?
Answer: b. Scrovegni Chapel
Brief: Giotto’s famous cycle decorates the Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel in Padua.

6) Who is believed to have painted Triumph of Death?
Answer: c. Buffalmacco
Brief: The Camposanto fresco is commonly attributed (though not certainly) to Buonamico Buffalmacco.

7) What may have influenced the emotional feeling in Giotto’s Lamentation?
Answer: a. Giotto's experience with pain and suffering
Brief: Giotto’s interest in real human grief and observation of suffering informed the work (the Black Death came later, so b is incorrect).