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Book = Gateways to Art - Understanding the Visual Arts (second edition)6. The painting Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel includes a a. portrait of Leonardo da Vinci looking like Plato b. self- portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi as Judith c. portrait of Pontormo's uncle as Laocoön d. self- portrait of Michelangelo as St. Bartholomew's flayed skin e. portrait of Dürer surrounded by bats 7. The medium of the artwork that decorates the Sistine Chapel ceiling is a. stone relief b. fresco c. oil on canvas d. marble e. tempera on panel . 8. Raphael's The School of Athens contains: a. accurate portraits of ancient scholars and writers b. accurate portraits of sixteenth-century scholars and writers c. ancient scholars looking like sixteenth-century artists d. contemporary scholars looking like ancient artists e. only people the artist knew personally 9. Donatello's David is made in what medium? a. bronze b. marble c. terracotta d. wood e. none of the other answers
Explanation / Answer
Q. 6.
Answer: d. Self-Portrait of Michaelangelo as St. Bartholomew's flayed skin.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, created the painting of The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chaple between 1534 and 1541. Most critiques, writers and thinkers believe Michelangelo depicted his own face on the flayed skin held by St. Bartholomew in the complex painting. One of Michelangelo's poems used a similar metaphor of a snake shedding its old skin in hopes of a new life after death.
Q. 7.
Answer: b. Fresco
Fresco is a form of mural painting, wherin pigement or paint is applied on freshly laid lime plaster. the pigment sticks to the wet wall's plaster, thus becoming a permanent part of the wall.
Q. 8.
Answer: c. Ancient scholars looking like sixteen-century artists.
For example, Raphael's teacher Leonardo da Vinci reincarnated as Plato.
The figures represent ancient scholars, as dressed in sixteenth century attire.
Q. 9.
Answer: Undecided; none of the answers are justified. **most likely e.
Donatello sculpted two Davids, his earlier work was made of Marble and the second, more famous David was sculpted from Bronze.