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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Walter Isaacson, what was the paramount theme in Leonardo's art?
2. The Florentine tradition known as disegno lineamentum used what to create forms and designs?
3. Visual perception occurs along the entire area of what part of the eye?
4. While the study of anatomy was pursued primarily by artists in Florence, the study of anatomy in Milan was undertaken mostly by what group of people?
5. When Leonardo moved back to Florence in 1500, in what type of location did he take up residence?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the two colors most favored by Leonardo in the tailoring of both his clothes and the clothes of Salai?
2. What evidence does Walter Isaacson provide for his claim that much of Leonardo's thinking was collegial?
3. How does Walter Isaacson link the qualities of genius and the qualities of obsession within the chapter about Leonardo's first round of anatomy studies?
4. What novel idea did Leonardo come up with for protecting a port, an idea which he never brought to fruition?
5. What are the two possibilities concerning the angel's identity within the painting Virgin of the Rocks?
6. What was the cause of Friar Savonarola's death and when did it occur?
7. While Leonardo came to the court of Ludovico Sforza hoping to work primarily as a military and civil engineer, what was the nature of most of the work he completed in the decade he was in service to Ludovico Sforza?
8. In one of Leonardo's notebooks, he professed his intention to understand what he called universale misura del huomo. What did Leonardo mean by this?
9. On whom was the painting Lady with an Ermine based?
10. When Leonardo returned to Florence in 1500, how had Florence changed in the time he had been away?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Walter Isaacson utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the book and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
What is the author's message regarding human flaws?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss three different women that appear within the book's narrative and compare and contrast their characteristics. How do their roles differ and how are their roles similar? Taken together, what depiction of women is present in the overall narrative of Walter Isaacson's book? Choose concrete details about all three women to support your points.
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