Deck 19: The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Question 1

Which of the Caravaggisti painted Judith Slaying Holofernes ?

A) Gaulli
B) Artemisia
C) Rubens
D) Bernini

Answer 1

Artemisia

Question 2

In the painting Belshazzar's Feast Rembrandt shows a shared affinity with Caravaggio for

A) linear perspective.
B) gruesome acts of violence.
C) subtle eroticism.
D) dramatic lighting effects.

Answer 2

dramatic lighting effects.

Question 3

The Baroque vanitas,as exemplified by Maria van Oosterwyck's Vanitas Still Life, centered on what theme?

A) the pleasures of the flesh and the benefits of prosperity
B) the redemptive powers of the Church
C) the majesty of humankind and humans' mastery of the natural world
D) the danger of folly and the inevitability of decay

Answer 3

the danger of folly and the inevitability of decay

Question 4

Who painted Night Watch (1642), a work that has come to be regarded as emblematic of the Dutch nation?

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

Question 5

Velázquez'sis notable for all the following characteristics EXCEPT

A) its depiction of female nudity.
B) its unusual iconography.
C) its comment on the role and status of the painter.
D) its use of mirror imagery.

Question 6

As seen in works like The Last Drop, Leyster departed from Hals in Leyster's

A) use of broad, hearty gestures.
B) setting figures back in space rather than right against the picture frame.
C) use of strong diagonals.
D) use of muted color and gradual transitions from light to dark.

Question 7

De Zurbarán's Saint Serapion reflects seventeenth-century Spanish art's fascination with

A) crusading knights and Christian soldiers.
B) martyrdom.
C) natural landscape.
D) worldly riches.

Question 8

Most of Vermeer's works were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

A) intimate depictions of subjects.
B) the use of light and color to convey texture.
C) sweeping vistas of landscapes.
D) meticulous attention to detail.

Question 9

In works like Ashes of Phokion, Poussin most clearly shows the influence of

A) the Counter-Reformation.
B) secular humanism.
C) biblical allegory.
D) Classicism.

Question 10

Whose Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber demonstrates the precise naturalism of seventeenth-century Spanish art?

A) de Zurbarán
B) Cotán
C) Poussin
D) Velázquez

Question 11

Who painted Raising of the Crossfor the central panel of a triptych in Antwerp Cathedral?

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

Question 12

Who painted the Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling painting for the vault of Il Gesù?

A) Gaulli
B) Artemisia
C) Velázquez
D) Rubens

Question 13

What is tenebrism?

A) the creation of architectural space that draws the audience into the plan
B) the practice of painting Classical and biblical figures in the garb of the painter's own period
C) the use of sharply contrasting light and dark in paintings
D) the blending of distinct architectural styles into a single coherent whole

Question 14

In his Venus and Adonis, Rubens departed from Classical and Renaissance depictions of nude women by making Venus

A) slender of frame.
B) recline passively.
C) almost boy-like in physique.
D) an active seducer.

Question 15

The works of Caravaggio demonstrate all of the following EXCEPT

A) the use of linear perspective to draw viewers into the painting.
B) a close study of nature.
C) the use of sharply contrasting light and dark.
D) an innovative approach to Christian subjects.

Question 16

Who painted the sweeping View of Delft (c. 1660-1661)?

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

Question 17

Which Haarlem artist was known primarily for portraiture such as The Laughing Cavalier (1624)?

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

Question 18

Which artist showed a fascination with self-portraits (including one of himself as St. Paul), which was unusual for his time?

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

Question 19

Who painted the erotic Venus with a Mirror, probably for the libertine marquis of Eliche?

A) Bernini
B) Rubens
C) Velázquez
D) de Zurbarán

Question 20

Which artist compared the vastness of nature to the impermanence of human achievements in works like Extensive Landscape with Ruins (1660s)?

A) Caravaggio
B) Rubens
C) Ruisdael
D) Cotán

Question 21

Bernini's statue of David differed from those of Donatello and Michelangelo by capturing the figure in a more dramatic, mid-action pose.

Question 22

Seventeenth-century Mughal artwork showed traces of European Baroque influence, and vice versa.

Question 23

Throughout his career, Peter Paul Rubens's art remained unaffected by the Counter-Reformation.

Question 24

In contrast with Italian Baroque architecture, that of France favored

A) architectural exuberance.
B) open, activated spaces.
C) geometric regularity.
D) curving walls and twisted columns.

Question 25

The word Baroque originated as a term of derision.

Question 26

A common technique by which Baroque artists drew observers into the picture frame was through forceful, diagonal movements.

Question 27

The Baroque style is characterized by

A) its unrestrained and emotional tone.
B) its rejection of Classical themes and subject matter.
C) its emphasis on orderly symmetry.
D) its fascination with the lives of common people.

Question 28

Baroque art generally exhibits all the following attributes EXCEPT

A) dramatic contrasts of light and dark.
B) allegory removed from a strict biblical context.
C) the appearance of controlled linear perspective.
D) an interest in the character and psychology of portrait subjects.

Question 29

The piazza of St. Peter's in Rome demonstrates the Baroque taste for

A) involving audiences in a created space.
B) working with "perfect" geometric shapes like squares and circles.
C) using architecture to create a sense of confinement.
D) jarringly asymmetrical architectural plans.

Question 30

Caravaggio intended for his paintings to appeal to a popular audience rather than to the cultural elite.

Question 31

St. Paul's Cathedral in London rejected all elements of both French and Italian Baroque styles, retaining a purely Gothic style that was seen as more suitable to the "English character."

Question 32

Who helped to redesign several London churches after the Great Fire, in addition to designing his most famous work, St. Paul's Cathedral?

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

Question 33

In order to draw attention to its altar, the church of St. Peter's in Rome was fitted with a bronze canopy, or

A) acanthus.
B) aedicule.
C) gable.
D) baldachino.

Question 34

Gianlorenzo Bernini's most famous architectural work was the monastery church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane.

Question 35

Which city had emerged as the artistic center of Europe by the end of the Baroque period?

A) Amsterdam
B) London
C) Rome
D) Paris

Question 36

Who sculpted the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa for the Cornaro Chapel?

A) Caravaggio
B) van Rijn
C) Bernini
D) Borromini

Question 37

Jean-Baptiste Colbert founded France's Academy of Painting and Sculpture in order to allow artists to express their political views freely without concern for monarchial interference.

Question 38

Where did Baroque art begin?

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

Question 39

In order to enhance his royal power, Louis XIV had a massive palace complex built in which town, to which he moved his court?

A) Paris
B) Versailles
C) Chartres
D) Lourdes

Question 40

Female artists generally painted portraits and still lifes because they were barred from working from live nude models.

Question 41

Compare Italian Baroque painting with that of Northern Europe. What qualities did the two styles share, and how did they differ? What might explain the differences?

Question 42

How did the capitalist economy of Holland affect the region's art world?

Question 43

What were the characteristics of the Baroque style? How did it compare to Mannerist and Renaissance styles?

Question 44

What Baroque qualities are evident in the piazza of St. Peter's in Rome and the monastery church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane?

Question 45

How did Bernini's sculptures compare to previous Renaissance ones? What uniquely Renaissance elements did he add?

Question 46

What role did violence and action play in Baroque art?

Question 47

Compare French and Italian Baroque architectural styles. What qualities did the two styles share, and how did they differ? What might account for the differences?