Deck 19: The Baroque in Italy and Spain

Question 1

The Spanish painter who made still lifes of quiet, sharp intensity and clarity was:

A) Zurbarán
B) El Greco
C) Murillo
D) Velázquez

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The term "Baroque" may come from the Portuguese word "Barrocco," which refers to:

A) An irregular pearl
B) A smooth stone
C) A spotlit drama
D) A broken mirror

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Juan de Pareja, whom Velázquez painted, was

A) An assistant and servant
B) A Spanish aristocrat
C) A wealthy patron of the artist
D) The Duke of Urbino

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which is true of the painting of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo?

A) It was influential for Spanish religious imagery for centuries
B) It was modest in scale and subject matter
C) It demonstrates Murillo's completely unique style
D) It shows the influence of the Protestant Reformation

Question 5

Who constructed the architectural baldacchino over the high altar of St. Peter's?

A) Bernini
B) Borrmomini
C) Caravaggio
D) Carracci

Question 6

Who was the illusionistic ceiling painter who painted The Loves of the Gods in quadri riportati?

A) Carracci
B) Cortona
C) Bernini
D) Guarini

Question 7

Who is known for using light very dramatically with extremes of light and dark?

A) Carracci
B) Caravaggio
C) Reni
D) Cortona

Question 8

Trompe l'oeil is a French expression for tenebrism, the effects of light and shadow in Caravaggio's paintings.

Question 9

Bernini's architecture and sculpture in the Cornaro Chapel were inspired by the writings of

A) St. Teresa of Ávila
B) St. Ignatius of Loyola
C) Giorgio Vasari
D) Andrea Palladio

Question 10

Zurbarán and Murillo were very active as painters of religious subjects in seventeenth-century Spain.

Question 11

The Counter Reformation was a movement that began the in the seventeenth century and was inspired by the religious art of Caravaggio.

Question 12

Which of the following is typical of Italian Baroque art?

A) use of light important
B) sense of movement
C) often dramatic, theatrical and meant to inspire faith
D) All of the above

Question 13

In comparing Bernini's David to Donatello's David, Bernini's is significantly:

A) more colorful
B) more serene
C) showing more influence of the Classical Greek contrapposto stance
D) more dynamic, full of implied movement

Question 14

Who became court painter to Philip IV of Spain?

A) El Greco
B) Murillo
C) Algardi
D) Velázquez

Question 15

Which city is a major center for Baroque patronage during the Catholic Counter-Reformation?

A) Paris
B) Florence
C) Rome
D) Ravenna

Question 16

Borromini's work:

A) was solemn and restrained
B) has complex spatial geometries and concave and convex surfaces
C) was primarily civic buildings
D) was based on Palladio's Four Books of Architecture

Question 17

The Maids of Honor by Velázquez documents in paint the artist's aspirations for increased social status.

Question 18

Velázquez was best known as a painter of:

A) landscape
B) court life
C) the middle class
D) current events

Question 19

What does tenebrism mean?

A) Full of implied movement
B) Indentations in a dome to reduce its weight
C) A long rectangular space that usually functions as a passageway or corridor, frequently containing paintings or works of sculpture
D) Dramatic contrasts of lights and darks, as in the use of strong focused light in a dark painting

Question 20

Artemisia Gentileschi was a female painter who worked in the tradition of which artist?

A) Carvaggio
B) Carracci
C) Velázquez
D) Murillo

Question 21

Examine Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes. How is this painting a work in the tradition of Caravaggio in terms of style, subject matter, and expression?

Question 22

Discuss the colonnade by Gianlorenzo Bernini at St. Peter's. How is this work representative of the objectives of the Catholic Counter Reformation?

Question 23

What is the relationship between the Council of Trent, affirmation of Catholic dogma, and the explosion of artistic patronage in 17th century Rome?

Question 24

The promotion of the Virgin in Spanish art substantially defined Spain's Catholic role in defying the Reformation of northern Europe.

Question 25

Describe Velázquez's The Maids of Honor and comment on the likely purpose of the painting.

Question 26

Compare Bernini's David to Michelangelo's David. How do you account for the similarities and differences between these two works?

Question 27

How does Caravaggio handle light and what function(s) does light play in his The Calling of St. Matthew?

Question 28

Examine Bernini's The Ecstasy of St. Teresa. How is the Cornaro Chapel like a multi- media stage set? How do the visual effects that Bernini uses relate to the Counter-Reformation interests of the Church?