Bacchus by Michelangelo (Florence, Italy — 1497) — Questions and answers

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Where can you see Michelangelo's Bacchus statue today?

Choices

  1. In a futuristic Florence gallery.
  2. In the Bargello Museum. ✓
  3. In Michelangelo's workshop.
  4. At a Roman wine festival.

Answer: In the Bargello Museum.

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Who asked Michelangelo to create the Bacchus sculpture?

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  1. His advisors.
  2. An established master.
  3. Cardinal Raffaele Riario. ✓
  4. A silk-gloved hand.

Answer: Cardinal Raffaele Riario.

From page 2

Besides ancient Roman sculptures, what else helped Michelangelo imagine Bacchus?

Choices

  1. His friend Giuliano da Sangallo's ideas.
  2. Watching a laughing woman nearly trip.
  3. A visit to a Roman wine festival. ✓
  4. The words of Edgar Degas.

Answer: A visit to a Roman wine festival.

From page 3

Why did Michelangelo travel to Carrara?

Choices

  1. To find a singing marble block.
  2. To buy new tools for sculpting.
  3. To select the perfect block of marble. ✓
  4. To listen to the secrets of the earth.

Answer: To select the perfect block of marble.

From page 4

What was Michelangelo trying to achieve when struggling with Bacchus's pose?

Choices

  1. To make Bacchus look vulgar and uncontrolled.
  2. To capture intoxication without making him look vulgar. ✓
  3. To make Bacchus look exactly like Leonardo da Vinci.
  4. To make the god look completely sober and calm.

Answer: To capture intoxication without making him look vulgar.

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Why did Michelangelo add a satyr to the Bacchus sculpture?

Choices

  1. To make the sculpture taller.
  2. To give Bacchus someone to talk to.
  3. To tempt Bacchus with grapes and show excess. ✓
  4. To hide a mistake in the marble.

Answer: To tempt Bacchus with grapes and show excess.

From page 7

What information about Michelangelo's Bacchus sculpture is provided on this page?

Choices

  1. Details about Bacchus's pose.
  2. Information about the satyr.
  3. The page contains no text or information. ✓
  4. The story of Cardinal Riario.

Answer: The page contains no text or information.

From page 8

Why did Cardinal Riario reject Michelangelo's completed Bacchus sculpture?

Choices

  1. He thought Bacchus looked too sober.
  2. He found it too sensual and vulgar. ✓
  3. He wanted a different god instead.
  4. Michelangelo charged too much money.

Answer: He found it too sensual and vulgar.

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After Cardinal Riario rejected it, where did the Bacchus sculpture find a new home?

Choices

  1. In a new museum in Rome.
  2. In the collection of Jacopo Galli. ✓
  3. Back in Michelangelo's workshop.
  4. It was destroyed by critics.

Answer: In the collection of Jacopo Galli.

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