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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. Authenticity of Renaissance paintings can be difficult to prove due to what habit of the era's painters?
2. Leonardo's packing list for his journey to enter the service of Cesare Borgia did NOT include which of the following items?
3. Whose work on shadows did Leonardo study?
4. What was Leonardo's main reason for studying anatomy?
5. In what year did Savonarola lead what became known as the Bonfire of the Vanities?
Short Essay Questions
1. What types of commissions did Leonardo refuse to accept?
2. What evidence does Walter Isaacson provide for his claim that much of Leonardo's thinking was collegial?
3. In the mid-1490s, Leonardo put aside his work on anatomy and would not return to it for another decade. What endeavor did he begin upon dropping his anatomy studies?
4. What is the significance of the inventory Leonardo made of a trunk of clothing sometime between 1500 and 1506?
5. What was the event known as the Bonfire of the Vanities?
6. What does Walter Isaacson point to in Leonardo's creation of the painting Virgin of the Rocks that he says illustrates Leonardo's insistence on realism in his art?
7. What signature element of Leonardo's paintings is missing from the second version of Virgin of the Rocks but is present in the first version?
8. How did Leonardo use his knowledge of geology to inform his painting of Virgin of the Rocks?
9. What evidence is presented that points toward Leonardo respecting and enjoying the intellectual findings of his friends and peers?
10. What were the two colors most favored by Leonardo in the tailoring of both his clothes and the clothes of Salai?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a symbolic object from the book, such as Leonardo's inventory of the clothing trunk, Leonardo's short rose-colored cloak, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's decision to include full-color images of Leonardo's work within the text. What purpose did he have in mind when including these images and how does the inclusion of these images support the overarching themes and messages of the text? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of photographs with concrete details from the images he includes in the book.
Essay Topic 3
Examine Walter Isaacson's use of characterization methods to portray his biography subject, Leonardo. What effect do these characterization methods have on the book's inherent themes and messages?
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