Question 1

Who was Saint Serapion?&#10;A)a Christian martyr&#10;B)a Christian monk&#10;C)a Spanish artist&#10;D)a Spanish monarch

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Saint Serapion was a Christian martyr who was killed in 1240.

Question 2

Which of the following artists was a strong influence on the early career of Vel&#225;zquez?&#10;A)Michelangelo&#10;B)Caravaggio&#10;C)Carracci&#10;D)Raphael

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Caravaggio was a significant influence on Velázquez's early career, particularly in terms of his use of chiaroscuro and naturalism. Velázquez closely studied Caravaggio's work during his early years in Seville and adopted many of his techniques.

Question 3

In the seventeenth century,what was the Catholic Church's reaction to the Renaissance's Humanism rationality and independence?&#10;A)It encouraged independence.&#10;B)It nurtured Humanism.&#10;C)It turned to an authoritarian position.&#10;D)It removed art from the churches and whitewashed the walls.

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The Catholic Church turned to an authoritarian position in response to the Renaissance's Humanism rationality and independence, which threatened its traditional authority and dogma. The Church launched the Counter-Reformation to combat the Protestant Reformation and reaffirm its power and control over its followers. The Council of Trent, among other initiatives, sought to regulate the arts and promote a more austere and conservative religious art.

Question 4

What caused repeated rebellions in the early seventeenth century in Spain?&#10;A)the economic decline of agriculture and trade&#10;B)religious disagreements&#10;C)failing monarchy&#10;D)excess spending by the ruling class

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The economic decline of agriculture and trade contributed to widespread poverty and hardship among the lower classes, leading to repeated rebellions.

Question 5

What did Rubens do for the Duke of Mantua?&#10;A)painted court portraits&#10;B)copied famous paintings&#10;C)painted the story of the duchess's life&#10;D)acted as a military engineer

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Question 6

What inspired the spiral turned columns of Bernini's Baldacchino?&#10;A)a tornado&#10;B)the Hall of One Hundred Columns at Persepolis&#10;C)columns from Solomon's Temple&#10;D)columns from Djoser's funerary complex

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The spiral turned columns of Bernini's Baldacchino were inspired by the columns from Solomon's Temple. Bernini, who was a devout Catholic, wanted to make the Baldacchino of St. Peter's Basilica as grand and impressive as possible. He found his inspiration in the columns of the Temple in Jerusalem, which were renowned for their beauty and grandeur.

Question 7

How does Diego Vel&#225;zquez proclaim the dignity and importance of painting as one of the liberal arts through his painting Las Meninas?&#10;A)He included the religious figures within the scene.&#10;B)He highlighted the Infanta.&#10;C)He included a dog in the foreground.&#10;D)He shows himself dressed as a courtier with the keys of the palace.

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Diego Velázquez portrays himself in Las Meninas dressed as a courtier with the keys of the palace, which signifies his role as an important member of the court. This indicates that painting, traditionally considered a manual skill, can have a significant role in the political and cultural life of a court. By positioning himself as an equal to the other members of the court, he suggests that painting is a valuable and esteemed art form.

Question 8

In which category of painting did Anthony van Dyke specialize?&#10;A)portraiture&#10;B)landscapes&#10;C)history and mythology&#10;D)religious art

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Anthony van Dyke was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in portraiture, particularly of aristocrats and royalty. He also influenced the development of English portraiture after he moved to England to work for King Charles I.

Question 9

Which of the following processes typically makes the fewest prints?&#10;A)etching&#10;B)drypoint&#10;C)engraving&#10;D)mezzotint

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Drypoint typically results in fewer prints as the burrs created by the sharp tool used to scratch the image into the metal plate wear down quickly, resulting in a poor quality print after a certain number of impressions. Etching, engraving, and mezzotint can all produce a higher quantity of prints before the plate quality begins to deteriorate.

Question 10

For which subject is Judith Leyster best known?&#10;A)genre scenes&#10;B)mythological scenes&#10;C)religious subjects&#10;D)portraiture

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Judith Leyster was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for her genre scenes, which depicted everyday life activities such as musicians or card players.

Question 11

How did Bernini incorporate the Cornaro family into his sculptural group at the Cornaro Chapel?&#10;A)with their family coat of arms on the base&#10;B)with their emblems-honeybees and laurel leaves on the columns&#10;C)as figures of angels watching from above&#10;D)with statues of them in two balconies on either side

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Question 12

Which of the following artists inspired Peter Paul Rubens' technique in The Raising of the Cross?&#10;A)Michelangelo&#10;B)Caravaggio&#10;C)Diego Vel&#225;zquez&#10;D)Annibale Carracci

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Question 13

Which of the following is often considered to be one of the greatest group portraits ever painted?&#10;A)Portuguese Synagogue,Amsterdam,de Witte&#10;B)Las Meninas,Vel&#225;zquez&#10;C)Burial of Count Orgaz,El Greco&#10;D)The Company of Captain Frans Banning COCQ,Rembrandt

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Question 14

Why was Caravaggio's work sometimes rejected?&#10;A)It was too brutally naturalistic.&#10;B)It was too idealized.&#10;C)His patrons wanted larger work.&#10;D)His patrons wanted greater realism.

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Question 15

Other than being an interesting work of art,what is the function of the painting Portuguese Synagogue,Amsterdam by Emanuel de Witte?&#10;A)It provides a metaphor for eternal judgment.&#10;B)It records seventeenth-century building practices.&#10;C)It documents religious tolerance.&#10;D)It shows the strength of the painters' guild.

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Question 16

What renewed the patronage of foreign artists in England after the Puritan takeover led by Oliver Cromwell?&#10;A)the restoration of the Hapsburgs&#10;B)the death of Charles I&#10;C)the restoration of the Stuarts under Charles II&#10;D)the exile of Marie de' Medici

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Question 17

Why was the figure of the Virgin Mary often shown standing on a crescent moon?&#10;A)It signified the New World.&#10;B)It symbolized her ability to cure the plague.&#10;C)It represented the woman of the Apocalypse.&#10;D)It showed her piety.

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Question 18

Whose life story did Rubens paint?&#10;A)Phillip IV,King of Spain&#10;B)Pope Innocent X&#10;C)Marie de' Medici,Queen of France&#10;D)Charles I,King of England

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Question 19

Which is the inspiration for the Farnese ceiling?&#10;A)Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel&#10;B)Bernini's Cornaro Chapel&#10;C)Gaulli's frescoes in Il Gesu&#10;D)Mantegna's Camera Picta

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Question 20

What made the flower paintings of Rachel Ruysch so highly prized?&#10;A)the personal expression&#10;B)the historical context&#10;C)the color harmonies&#10;D)the linear perspective

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Question 21

The French Academy was based upon the art of which style?&#10;A)Mannerist art&#10;B)Baroque art&#10;C)Renaissance art&#10;D)Classical art

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Question 22

Discuss the style and result of the collaboration between Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders in Prometheus Bound.

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Question 23

Discuss the composition and arrangement of space in Diego Vel&#225;zquez's Las Meninas.What is the role of the viewer?

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Question 24

Which word best describes Nicolas Poussin?&#10;A)Medievalist&#10;B)Classicist&#10;C)Modernist&#10;D)Realist

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Question 25

Who originally built the small hunting ch&#226;teau at Versailles?&#10;A)Louis XIII&#10;B)Henry IV&#10;C)Louis XIV&#10;D)Jules Hardouin-Mansart

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Question 26

How is Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance both a genre painting and an allegorical vanitas painting?

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Question 27

How does Hyacinthe Rigaud represent the figure of the king? How is this typically Baroque?

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Question 28

What was the subject of Charles Le Brun's painted ceiling in the Hall of Mirrors?&#10;A)hunting scenes&#10;B)military triumphs of Louis XIV&#10;C)imaginary landscapes&#10;D)luxurious f&#234;tes galantes

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Question 29

To whom does the phrase le Roi Soleil (&#34;the Sun King&#34;)refer?&#10;A)Phillip IV of Spain&#10;B)Charles I of England&#10;C)Louis XIV of France&#10;D)Henri IV of France

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Question 30

How does Bernini's Cornaro Chapel reveal the characteristics of Baroque art?

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Deck 14: Seventeenth-Century Art in Europe