ART HIST 3S03: Final Exam Question

As announced in class the final exam will consist of one question. The question has been distributed in class so that you may think about your response in advance. If you were not present for the final two classes, during which the question was discussed, you can find a copy of the question below. Please note that there are no aids permitted during the exam. You can plan your response in advance but you will need to work from memory during the examination proper. The date, time and location of the final are indicated below however you are urged to confirm this information on the McMaster examination timetable. Please remember to bring your student card with you when you write.

School of the Arts                               McMaster University

ART & CIVILIZATION AT THE DAWN OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE 1200-1400

ART HIST 3S03, Term II, 2013

Instructor: G. Davies

No study aids permitted

TAKE-HOME COPY OF FINAL EXAM QUESTION

Note that the final exam copy will be presented at the time of the official final examination. This take-home copy has been provided to give you time to consider your response in advance. Please note that you will NOT be allowed to use notes or aids at the time of writing.

  

McMASTER UNIVERSITY FINAL EXAMINATION                

Monday April 15, 2013          7:00 - 9:00 pm.       Location: T-28

                                                

Part 1:  Written Response (Value: 100 points; Duration: 2 hours)

Read the following question carefully and present a response using full sentences in your examination booklet(s). All cited works of art or architecture must be identified by the title, date and the name of the artist or architect.

Discussions on early Renaissance art in Italy must, by necessity, draw upon some general, working definition. Using appropriate examples explain how it is that we can recognize a work of art or architecture as such and why our defining criteria might be problematic. 

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