Deck 17: The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Question 1

The "Throne of Saint Peter" is

A)an elaborate chair in St.Peter's cathedral.
B)a baldacchino.
C)a reliquary.
D)a triptych.
E)an altarpiece.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which is the best match?

A)Philip IV - Habsburg
B)Charles I - Protector
C)Louis XIII - the Sun King
D)Cromwell - Stuart

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which is true of the interior dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane?

A)It has square coffers only.
B)It has square, hexagonal, and octagonal coffers.
C)It has hexagonal, square, and cross-shaped coffers.
D)It has hexagonal, octagonal, and cross-shaped coffers.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which is the best set?

A)Poussin - color - Apollo - Moderns
B)Rubens - color - Apollo - Ancients
C)Poussin - line - Dionysos - Moderns
D)Rubens - color - Moderns - Dionysos
E)Poussin - line - Dionysos - Ancients

Question 5

High Baroque style is

A)dynamic.
B)sensual.
C)theatrical.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 6

The two main shapes used by Bernini in front of Saint Peter's are

A)a square and a circle
B)a trapezoid and an oval
C)a rectangle and an oval
D)a trapezoid and a circle

Question 7

A piazza is

A)an Italian pie.
B)an Italian villa.
C)an Italian costume.
D)an Italian square.
E)an Italian palace.

Question 8

Baroque intellectuals and artists were interested in

A)showing the hand of God at work in an orderly world.
B)demonstrating the laws of creation in action.
C)illustrating the hierarchy of authority in society and religion.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 9

Nicolas Poussin was a Classical Baroque painter because we can see ________ in his work.

A)restraint
B)passion
C)moderation
D)both restraint and moderation

Question 10

The Collegiate Church of Sant'Ivo della Sapienza was Baroque because of its

A)centralized but asymmetrical plan.
B)all-embracing arms as at St.Peter's.
C)remarkably classical façade.
D)orderly, symmetrical floor plan.

Question 11

Which of the following gained new status in the 17th century?

A)landscape, mythology, and genre
B)portraiture, mythology, and still life
C)landscape, portraiture, and mythology
D)landscape, genre, and still life

Question 12

The purpose of Louis XIV's Academy was to

A)educate artists in humanism.
B)establish a national style.
C)have a school for the court painters.
D)teach the principles of Baroque style.
E)revive the Socratic method.

Question 13

________ worked for Louis XIV in a style called the Classical Baroque.

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

Question 14

Which is the best match?

A)Hobbes - astronomy
B)Copernicus - political philosophy
C)Galileo - biology
D)Kepler - heliocentrism

Question 15

Which is by Borromini?

A)San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
B)Martyrdom of St.Lieven
C)the façade of the Louvre
D)Collegiate Church of Sant'Ivo della Sapienza
E)both San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and the Collegiate Church of Sant'Ivo della Sapienza

Question 16

Which is the most characteristic feature of Baroque style?

A)elongation
B)violent action
C)restraint
D)flat spaces
E)frontal figures

Question 17

________ was the place Baroque art was born.

A)London
B)Rome
C)Versailles
D)Florence

Question 18

Bernini's colonnades outside St.Peter's are made of

A)marble.
B)travertine.
C)tufa.
D)concrete.
E)stucco.

Question 19

Borromini's buildings are characterized by

A)dramatic frontality and heightened proportion.
B)curved movement from space to space.
C)contrasting concave and convex forms.
D)both curved movement from space to space and contrasting concave and convex forms.

Question 20

Louis XIV moved the court to Versailles in

A)1665.
B)1660.
C)1667.
D)1650.

Question 21

Which is NOT a feature of Wren's facade of St.Paul's?

A)pediment
B)columns
C)entablature
D)towers
E)pointed arches

Question 22

When Christopher Wren designed St.Paul's Cathedral in London he was influenced by

A)Borromini.
B)Bernini.
C)the architecture of Louis XIV.
D)a synthesis of all of these: Borromini, Bernini, and the architecture of Louis XIV.

Question 23

Which is NOT true of Bernini's Saint Teresa?

A)She has an erotic quality.
B)She is on a horizontal plane.
C)She is in the process of levitating.
D)She is both relaxed and aroused.
E)She synthesizes emotion with mysticism.

Question 24

Gaulli's Triumph of the Name of Jesus

A)is in the vault of Saint Peter's.
B)is in the vault of the Gesú.
C)is a collaboration between Gaulli and Bernini.
D)was commissioned by the pope.

Question 25

Rubens synthesized the ideas of

A)Caravaggio.
B)Michelangelo.
C)Titian.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 26

Caravaggio was described by van Mander as

A)combining the qualities of Mars and Minerva.
B)violent but charming.
C)a realist and a Neoplatonist.
D)a good tennis player.

Question 27

Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by

A)Rubens.
B)El Greco.
C)Tintoretto.
D)Caravaggio.

Question 28

Caravaggio's Medusa

A)was based on the features of his lover.
B)was a wedding present.
C)is oil on wood.
D)is the same figure as the boy in the Boy with a Basket of Fruit.

Question 29

Caravaggio's Calling of Saint Matthew quotes visually from

A)the Gospel of Matthew.
B)the Amor Vincit Omnia.
C)Gaulli's ceiling.
D)Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling.

Question 30

The Greek god most closely associated with Louis XIV was

A)Zeus.
B)Ares.
C)Dionysos.
D)Apollo.
E)Poseidon.

Question 31

Rubens's paintings are characterized by

A)strong angular compositions.
B)brilliant colors and textures.
C)the human body in motion.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 32

Which is NOT true of Pietro da Cortona's Glorification of the Reign of Urban VIII?

A)It is on a ceiling in the Palazzo Barbarini.
B)It depicts three huge bees.
C)It exalts the Catholic Church.
D)It is organized like a Last Judgment.
E)It contains mythological figures.

Question 33

Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes is based on

A)the Bible.
B)the Old Testament Apocrypha.
C)the Metamorphoses.
D)the New Testament Apocrypha.

Question 34

Which does NOT appear in Bernini's Pluto and Proserpina?

A)contrapposto
B)Cerberus
C)figura serpentinata
D)Ceres
E)Pluto

Question 35

The landscape architect at Versailles was

A)Le Brun.
B)Le Nôtre.
C)Le Vau.
D)Hardouin-Mansart.
E)Colbert.

Question 36

Which is the best match?

A)Catholic - the Dutch Republic
B)Catholic - Switzerland
C)Protestant - the Dutch Republic
D)Protestant - France

Question 37

The Farnese Grand Gallery ceiling frescoes illustrate

A)Christian scenes.
B)scenes of the Farnese family.
C)mythological scenes.
D)scenes of Roman history.

Question 38

The Italian Baroque equivalent of Vasari was

A)van Mander.
B)Carracci.
C)Cortona.
D)Bellori.

Question 39

Tenebrism refers to

A)chiaroscuro.
B)a preponderance of cast shadows.
C)sharply contrasting light and dark.
D)the tenets of shading.
E)atmospheric perspective.

Question 40

The Great Fire of London occurred in

A)1666.
B)1677.
C)1688.
D)1655.

Question 41

Rembrandt's painted light is typically

A)yellow.
B)white.
C)light blue.
D)gray.
E)light green.

Question 42

The predominant planes in Baroque painting are

A)horizontal.
B)vertical.
C)curvilinear.
D)spiral.
E)diagonal.

Question 43

The Baroque artist known to have used the camera obscura was

A)Vermeer.
B)Rubens.
C)Leyster.
D)Rembrandt.
E)Hals.

Question 44

The figure in Rubens's Straw Hat was

A)a wealthy patron.
B)the artist's sister.
C)the artist's wife.
D)the artist's future sister-in-law.
E)the artist's future mother-in-law.

Question 45

Which is LEAST likely to appear as vanitas iconography?

A)a skull
B)a windmill
C)a watch
D)a candle
E)a shell

Question 46

Rembrandt's religious work was

A)contemplative.
B)spiritual.
C)heated and exotic.
D)both contemplative and spiritual.

Question 47

Which best describes Rubens's women?

A)They are overweight.
B)They are voluptuous.
C)They are pious.
D)They are mythological.
E)They are peasants.

Question 48

Vanitas is the Latin word for

A)emptiness.
B)vanity.
C)vainglory.
D)lies.

Question 49

Which of the following is NOT a correct match of artist with city of origin?

A)Hals - Haarlem
B)Rembrandt - Leiden
C)Vermeer - Delft
D)Leyster - Amsterdam

Question 50

The seventeenth-century artist most interested in the science of optics was

A)Spinoza.
B)Rubens.
C)Vermeer.
D)Ucello.

Question 51

Three emperors who patronized Mughal painting in India were

A)Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Shah Jehan.
B)Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Jahangir.
C)Mumtaz, Jahangir, and Akbar.
D)Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jehan.

Question 52

The "writing on the wall" appears in

A)Blinding of Samson.
B)the Night Watch.
C)Belshazzar's Feast.
D)The Assumption of the Virgin.

Question 53

Diego de Velázquez was strongly influenced by

A)Annibale Carracci.
B)Caravaggio.
C)Tintoretto.
D)El Greco.

Question 54

The Taj Mahal was a memorial to

A)Akbar.
B)Mumtaz.
C)Shah Jehan.
D)Jahangir.

Question 55

The court portrait painter to Charles I of England was

A)Anthony van Dyck.
B)Christopher Wren.
C)Hans Holbein.
D)Oliver Cromwell.

Question 56

Most of ________'s paintings are interior scenes,many with allegorical meanings.

A)Holbein
B)Anthony Van Dyck
C)Velázquez
D)Jan Vermeer

Question 57

Velázquez's main patron was

A)Philip II.
B)Louis XIV.
C)Philip IV.
D)Charles V.

Question 58

The Baroque artist best known for self-portraits is

A)Poussin.
B)Rubens.
C)Rembrandt.
D)Vermeer.
E)Bernini.

Question 59

The Dutch East India Company secured a monopoly on

A)textiles.
B)slaves.
C)spices.
D)tulips.
E)porcelain.

Question 60

Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in

A)landscape.
B)moralizing pictures.
C)vanitas.
D)portraits.

Question 61

The most "classical" of the following Baroque artists was

A)Bernini.
B)Caravaggio.
C)Poussin.
D)Rubens.
E)Rembrandt.

Question 62

Which is NOT by Velázquez?

A)Night Watch
B)Surrender of Breda
C)Rokeby Venus
D)Las Meninas