Deck 20: The Catholic Reformation and the Baroque Style

Question 1

________ richly orchestrated polychoral compositions initiated the concertato style that would become a major feature of baroque music.

A)Michelangelo's
B)Bernini's
C)Gabrieli's
D)Palestrina's

Answer 1

C

Question 2

________ anticipated the baroque style by its figural distortions,irrational space,bizarre colors,and general disregard for the "rules" of Renaissance painting.

A)Mannerism
B)Impressionism
C)Dadaism
D)Romanticism

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In sixteenth-century Latin America,where ________ political authority went largely unchallenged,Catholicism went hand in hand with colonization.

A)local
B)French
C)Dutch
D)Spanish

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Discuss the Jesuits and their role in the Catholic Church of this era.

Question 5

Between 1540 and 1563,the ________ undertook papal and monastic reforms that eliminated corruption and restored Catholicism to many parts of Europe.

A)Ecumenical at Brighton
B)Council of Trent
C)Vatican I Council
D)Magna Carta

Question 6

Compare those features shared by baroque art and music.

Question 7

How was the spirit of Catholic reform expressed in literature and art?

Question 8

Explain the rise of mannerism and the baroque style.

Question 9

________ challenged sculptural tradition by combining illusionism,naturalism,and implied movement.He brought a flamboyant style to the city of Rome,both in his fountain sculptures and in his designs for Italian baroque churches.

A)Michelangelo
B)Bernini
C)Gabrieli
D)Palestrina

Question 10

The English Catholic ________ wrote rhapsodic lyrics that fused sensual and spiritual yearnings.

A)Talleyrand
B)Richard Crashaw
C)Thomas More
D)Thomas Aquinas

Question 11

Discuss the significance of opera as a reflection of the baroque spirit.

Question 12

In its synthesis of all forms of performance,________ became the supreme expression of the theatrical exuberance and spiritual vitality of the baroque style.

A)ballet
B)drama
C)opera
D)interpretive posturing;tableau

Question 13

In the wake of the Protestant Reformation,the Roman Catholic Church launched a reform movement known as the

A)Babylonian Captivity.
B)Great Schism.
C)Catholic Reformation.
D)Spanish Inquisition.

Question 14

In ________,where European traders were regarded as "ocean devils," Catholic missionaries assumed a cordial relationship with the intellectual classes and succeeded in converting a number of native scholars.

A)China
B)Japan
C)Korea
D)Arabia

Question 15

In literature during this age there appeared a new emphasis on heightened spirituality and on personal visionary experience acquired

A)through divine intercession.
B)through meditation.
C)by way of the senses.
D)through careful reading and learning.

Question 16

By 1624,________ expelled almost all Western foreigners,after a wave of brutal persecutions of both European Christians and Japanese converts to Catholicism.

A)China
B)Japan
C)Korea
D)Arabia

Question 17

The writings of Saint John of the Cross and Saint Teresa of Avila set the tone for a new,________ Catholicism.

A)militant
B)conservative
C)mystical
D)all-inclusive

Question 18

________ polyphonic masses and motets emphasized clarity of text and calm sublimity.

A)Michelangelo's
B)Bernini's
C)Gabrieli's
D)Palestrina's

Question 19

The baroque style brought about new levels of naturalism and emotionalism to Western art.Which of the following does NOT describe the baroque style?

A)an expanded sense of space
B)the theatrical staging of the subject matter
C)restrained and relaxing
D)dynamic contrasts of light and dark

Question 20

Under the leadership of Ignatius Loyola,the ________ order became the most influential missionary society of early modern times.

A)Dominican
B)Jesuit
C)Benedictine
D)Cistercian