Deck 10: Baroque Europe

Question 1

The art of Peter Paul Rubens is known for its ____.

A) classical restraint and rational compositions
B) early use of strong modeling and later use of subtle coloristic style
C) use of objects and figures painted directly from life
D) all of these choices

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which answer best describes Annibale Carracci's style?

A) realistic
B) experimental
C) classical
D) theatrical

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Poussin's painting is most like the work of ____.

A) Annibale Carracci
B) Velázquez
C) Caravaggio
D) Rembrandt

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Vermeer was known to use ____.

A) stencils
B) camera obscura
C) plaster models of classical sculpture
D) tempera

Question 5

Seventeenth-century Italian architecture was ____.

A) painterly
B) sculptural
C) sober
D) all of these choices

Question 6

Tenebrism means painting ____.

A) dark themes
B) in the dark manner.
C) in a dramatic way
D) theatrical scenes

Question 7

Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in ____.

A) landscapes
B) genre scenes
C) still lifes
D) portraits

Question 8

Unlike Michelangelo's version,Bernini's David represents the moment ____ his confrontation of Goliath.

A) before
B) during
C) after
D) all of these choices

Question 9

Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the followers of ____.

A) Poussin
B) Rubens
C) Caravaggio
D) Bernini

Question 10

The Palace at Versailles symbolizes the ____.

A) power of the absolute monarch
B) triumph of nature
C) Spanish royal authority
D) all of these choices

Question 11

The work of which three artists influenced Rubens' Elevation of the Cross?

A) Michelangelo, Tintoretto, and Caravaggio
B) Leonardo, Titian, and Carracci
C) Masaccio, Fra Angelico, and Mantegna
D) Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael

Question 12

What types of shapes did Borromini employ at San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane?

A) circle and square
B) rectilinear and perpendicular
C) concave and convex
D) oval and trapezoid

Question 13

Velázquez began his career in ____.

A) Barcelona
B) Rome
C) Seville
D) Naples

Question 14

Frans Hals is best known for his ____.

A) formal portraits of the English king
B) realistic landscapes of the Dutch countryside
C) casual portraits of civic groups
D) detailed views of humble interiors

Question 15

Wren's design for St.Paul's in London was based on ____.

A) the work of Palladio
B) Italian Baroque architecture
C) French Baroque architecture
D) all of these choices

Question 16

Van Dyck painted the ____.

A) English King Charles I
B) Dutch King Frederick of Orange
C) French King Louis XIV
D) Spanish King Philip IV

Question 17

Rembrandt's The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq represents ____.

A) the maneuvers of the Flemish military
B) a military company assembling for a parade
C) the victory of the Dutch army at Utrecht
D) the victory of Cocq's forces at Delft

Question 18

Terms associated with still-life painting include vanitas and ____.

A) sfumato
B) memento mori
C) quadri riportati
D) pentimenti

Question 19

Bernini's piazza at Saint Peter's ____.

A) symbolized the Counter Reformation
B) embodied Luther's reforms
C) recalls Michelangelo's design
D) derives from the Early Christian basilicas

Question 20

Rembrandt is known for his ____.

A) masterful use of light and shadow
B) Protestant interpretations of Scripture
C) penetrating images of the human soul
D) all of these choices

Question 21

What is the subject of this sculpture?

Question 22

Who was the patron of Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers?

A) Innocent X
B) Julius II
C) Paul III
D) Louis XIV

Question 23

What is the Baldacchino at St.Peter's?

Question 24

Describe Claude's painting style and content.

Question 25

How did Fra Andrea Pozzo create the illusion of Heaven opening above the heads of the congregation in the church of Sant'Ignazio?

A) He illusionistically continued the church's architecture into the vault
B) He renovated the nave ceiling to provide a better view of the paintings in the vault
C) He painted quadri riportati to simulate a painted view of Heaven
D) He illusionistically lowered the church's actual architecture

Question 26

What does this represent?

Question 27

Las Meninas is a/an ____.

A) portrait of the ladies of the French court
B) formal portrait of the Spanish royal family
C) declaration of the status of the court artist
D) example of the use of the camera obscura

Question 28

Claude Lorrain is known for his ____.

A) portraits
B) still life paintings
C) religious paintings
D) landscapes

Question 29

How did Frans Hals revolutionize Dutch painting?

Question 30

What is the subject of the series of paintings Marie de' Medici commissioned from Rubens? How does this series exemplify Rubens' interactions with royalty?

Question 31

How does Rigaud's Louis XIV communicate the king's power?

Question 32

What was the relationship of the French Royal Academy of Art and Versailles?

Question 33

Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder Print is a/an ____.

A) woodcut
B) engraving
C) etching
D) aquatint

Question 34

Explain Poussin's ideas about the "grand manner" of painting.

Question 35

Briefly describe the characteristics of Caravaggio's style.

Question 36

How does this interior reflect the power of the absolute monarch?

Question 37

Explain the content of Velázquez's Las Meninas.

Question 38

Explain the symbolism of Bernini's piazza at Saint Peter's.

Question 39

How does this image represent the Church Triumphant?

Question 40

Rubens' Arrival of Marie de' Medici at Marseilles is part of a series of paintings of the life of the ____.

A) Spanish queen
B) English consort
C) French queen
D) Italian princess

Question 41

Use four examples to explain how seventeenth-century artists addressed themselves and the status of their art.

Question 42

What is the purpose of this painting?

Question 43

Discuss art's role played in the revitalization of the Catholic Church and the expression of Catholic beliefs during the seventeenth century.Use examples to support your answer.

Question 44

Compare and contrast the work of Poussin and Claude Lorrain.Use examples to support your answer.

Question 45

Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date.Give the reasons for your attributions,using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.

Question 46

Explain how Versailles embodied French ideas about absolute monarchy.Cite specific examples in your answer.

Question 47

Explain the role of portraiture in 17ᵗʰ-century art.Use examples to support your essay.

Question 48

How does this work represent the period and artist?

Question 49

You have discovered a landscape painting in your attic.What formal and iconographic characteristics will allow you to attribute the work to Claude Lorrain or Jacob van Ruisdael.Use examples to support your essay.

Question 50

Both of these paintings represent peasants.How do you account for the differences you see in the depictions?

Question 51

Using examples from Italy,France,and Holland,address how artists and architects in the seventeenth century engaged the classical tradition.Use examples from painting,architecture,and sculpture to support your essay.

Question 52

How does this church reflect current architectural style?

Question 53

Explain the sources of inspiration for this painting?

Question 54

Compare Bernini's David with the sculptures of the same theme by Donatello and Michelangelo.

Question 55

Compare the Elevation of the Cross by Rubens with Zurbaran's Saint Serapion.

Question 56

You have been asked to assemble an exhibition of seventeenth-century paintings addressing the theme of power and authority.Which five works will you include (you may use fresco paintings)? Explain your selections.

Question 57

How does this structure represent English seventeenth-century architecture?