Deck 9: Seventeenth-Century Art

Question 1

The Taj Mahal in India was built by Shah Jahan in the Mughal period from 1632 to 1648 as a(n) ____________ to his favorite wife.

Answer 1

emotional content

Question 2

In his sculpture of David,Bernini chooses to portray the instant of:

A) celebratory triumph.
B) deepest thought.
C) greatest action.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In the Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq,Rembrandt offered a radical solution to the problem of the militia portrait,which was to:

A) create spontaneous groupings.
B) emphasize pictorial drama and focus.
C) subordinate the democratic ideal.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Bernini's Baldacchino at St.Peter's solved the problem of providing:

A) shade for the Pope.
B) a focal point for the interior.
C) an entrance to the dome.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 5

In Velázquez's Water Carrier,the influence of Caravaggio is evident in the half-length,lifesize figures,as well as in the dark background and ____________.

Question 6

On the Taj Mahal,the lotus dome that crowns the building sits atop a high drum.

Question 7

In essence,what is Artemisia Gentileschi saying in her 1630 painting titled Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting?

Question 8

During the seventeenth century in China,the Ming Dynasty fell and was succeeded by the ____________ Dynasty,which ruled until 1912.

Question 9

In A Man Rowing a Boat on the Bullewyk,Rembrandt applied wash,which is thick ink mixed with liquid soap.

Question 10

Rubens' landscapes exhibit the same tumultuous energy and visual excitement as his:

A) allegorical pictures.
B) religious pictures.
C) mythological pictures.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 11

In the seventeenth century,landscape became a truly popular theme in the ____________ for the first time in the history of Western art.

Question 12

In his Arrival and Reception of Marie de´ Medici at Marseilles,how did Rubens satisfy the aspirations of his royal client?

Question 13

In the painting Arcadian Shepherds,Poussin treats even death as:

A) colorful and energetic.
B) philosophical and contemplative.
C) tragic and dramatic.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 14

Caravaggio's Christ with the Doubting Thomas is arresting because:

A) the actions of the figures are convincing.
B) the strong light gives sharp physical presence.
C) the figures are naturalistic.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 15

Seventeenth-century art in Japan was dominated by a spirit of spontaneous action and revolutionary innovation.

Question 16

Baroque painting is characterized by:

A) strong lighting.
B) asymmetrical compositions.
C) powerful effects of movement.
D) dramatic subject matter.
E) all of these.

Question 17

In countries that remained Catholic in the seventeenth century,the Counter-Reformation led to the production of contemplative Baroque secular images.

Question 18

Evidence in many Vermeer paintings suggests that he used a camera obscura.

Question 19

On the interior of the dome for San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane,Borromini creates a floating,levitating sensation by:

A) adding hidden windows at the base.
B) leaving an oculus open to the sky.
C) actually stretching the dome high upward.
D) all of these.
E) none of these.

Question 20

In Rembrandt's etching of Christ Preaching,a child is visible in the foreground doing what?

A) considering Jesus's words
B) arguing with Christ
C) drawing in the dust
D) all of these
E) none of these

Question 21

Why is Teresa of Ávila depicted barefoot in Bernini's sculpture Ecstasy of Saint Teresa?

Question 22

In Velázquez's painting Las Meninas,why do we believe that the cross on Velázquez's chest was added later?

Question 23

Why and how did seventeenth-century art theorists neglect and underestimate still-life painting? Who excelled at seventeenth-century still-life painting?

Question 24

What do the fountain sculptures and gardens of the park at Versailles have to say about Louis XIV? What was the purpose of the park and palace at Versailles?

Question 25

Why is realistic still-life painting considered to be a democratic art?