Is there a difference between art and craft? - Advanced
1. What was there any concept of before the Renaissance?
a. artisan
b. artist
c. the value of objects
d. how to make a marble sculpture
2. On the basis of what were painters paid prior to the Renaissance?
a. their fame
b. their talent
c. the square footage of their paintings
d. recommendations from friends
3. Who authored a book in 1550 entitled Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, which rocketed several Renaissance artists to fame?
a. Giorgio Vasari
b. Michelangelo Buonnaroti
c. Leonardo da Vinci
d. Pablo Picasso
4. What do many cultures of the world, especially non-Western cultures, place a high value on?
a. changing visual traditions
b. destroying visual traditions
c. preserving visual traditions
d. negating visual traditions
5. How did art historians of the nineteenth century classify the works when they saw that the art of some non-Western cultures did not change for thousands of years?
a. progressive
b. ugly
c. primitive
d. highly valuable