Deck 20: The Baroque in the Netherlands

Question 1

Which Baroque artist is well known for producing many etchings?

A) Caravaggio
B) Rembrandt
C) Vermeer
D) Rubens

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In the seventeenth century, The Dutch Republic was predominantly:

A) Protestant
B) Catholic
C) Orthodox
D) Jewish

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In the seventeenth century there was a division of the Netherlands into two parts: the Northern Netherlands and the Southern Netherlands.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Marie de' Medici was an important patron of which artist?

A) Rubens
B) Vermeer
C) Hals
D) Leyster

Question 5

Jan Steen and Jan Vermeer were active as painters of different types of genre painting.

Question 6

Rembrandt was a versatile artist who worked both in painting and:

A) Printmaking
B) Sculpture
C) Architecture
D) Textiles

Question 7

Baroque artists from what country usually specialized in a particular type of painting such as landscape, portraiture, still life, or genre?

A) Italy
B) Holland
C) Spain
D) France

Question 8

What artist etched more than 20 self-portraits, including Self-Portrait with Cap, Open Mouthed?

A) Rembrandt
B) Vermeer
C) Dürer
D) Hals

Question 9

Van Dyck was court painter to:

A) Charles I of England
B) Charles I of Spain
C) Charles II of Spain
D) Charles V of Germany

Question 10

Rachel Ruysch established a career as an important

A) Still life painter
B) Portraitist
C) Landscape artist
D) Genre painter

Question 11

Which would be concerned with a theme of Vanitas?

A) genre
B) landscape
C) portraiture
D) still life

Question 12

What were important sources of patronage in seventeenth century Holland?

A) royalty
B) church
C) nobility and aristocrats
D) middle class

Question 13

Quiet scenes of domestic tranquility in a Dutch home are typical of:

A) Jordaens
B) Vermeer
C) Ruisdael
D) Van Dyck

Question 14

Which of the following is true about Rembrandt's Bathsheba with King David's Letter?

A) It demonstrates the psychological depth of the artist's work
B) It faithfully recreates the subject from 2 Samuel 11:2-27
C) The patron was a wealthy Dutch businessman
D) Rembrandt idealizes the appearance of Bathsheba

Question 15

In the seventeenth century, Flanders was predominantly

A) Catholic
B) Lutheran
C) Anglican
D) Orthodox

Question 16

What types of scenes are typical in Vermeer's paintings?

A) genre
B) landscape
C) history
D) still life

Question 17

All of the following are common specializations associated with the Dutch Baroque painters EXCEPT:

A) landscape
B) group portrait
C) still life
D) palace art and court life

Question 18

Rubens was distinguished among seventeenth century Flemish artists by his habit of completing all of his paintings by himself.

Question 19

Which Flemish artist had an elite international clientele?

A) Hals
B) Heda
C) Ruisdael
D) Rubens

Question 20

What type of painting is The Night Watch?

A) landscape
B) still life
C) group portrait
D) vanitas

Question 21

What does a comparison of Rembrandt's The Night Watch and Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance tell us about Dutch society in the 17th century?

Question 22

The sources of artistic patronage in Flanders and Holland were essentially the same.

Question 23

Describe Rubens' patrons, his range of subject matter, and his manner of working.

Question 24

Discuss the Baroque elements and influences in Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder Print. How would you relate this work to paintings by Caravaggio?

Question 25

Despite the seeming differences of the Northern and Southern Netherlands, there was much interaction between these two nations and their artists.

Question 26

For both Flanders and Holland, discuss how each area was ruled and what were the available and predominant sources of artistic patronage. How did political and social conditions have an impact on the arts in these two areas?

Question 27

Compare his handling, purposes, and symbolism of light in Rembrandt's Bathsheba with King David's Letter and the master's One Hundred Guilder Print.

Question 28

What was the official religion for Flanders and Holland? How did religion have an impact on the arts of each region?

Question 29

Compare and contrast Judith Leyster's Self-Portrait and Frans Hals's Malle Babbe. What characteristics suggest that these are contemporary works by artists with similar interests? How do the subjects of these works differ?