Question 1

Artemisia Gentileschi was a female painter who worked in the tradition of which artist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carvaggio 
B)  Carracci 
C)  Velázquez 
D)  Murillo 
A)  Carvaggio 
B)  Carracci 
C)  Velázquez 
D)  Murillo

Question 2

Compare Bernini's David to Michelangelo's David. How do you account for the similarities and differences between these two works?

Accepted Answer

Bernini's David and Michelangelo's David

Question 3

Who constructed the architectural baldacchino over the high altar of St. Peter's?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bernini 
B)  Borrmomini 
C)  Caravaggio 
D)  Carracci 
A)  Bernini 
B)  Borrmomini 
C)  Caravaggio 
D)  Carracci

Question 4

Borromini's work:

Accepted Answer

A)  was solemn and restrained 
B)  has complex spatial geometries and concave and convex surfaces 
C)  was primarily civic buildings 
D)  was based on Palladio's Four Books of Architecture 
A)  was solemn and restrained 
B)  has complex spatial geometries and concave and convex surfaces 
C)  was primarily civic buildings 
D)  was based on Palladio's Four Books of Architecture

Question 5

Juan de Pareja, whom Velázquez painted, was

Accepted Answer

A)  An assistant and servant 
B)  A Spanish aristocrat 
C)  A wealthy patron of the artist 
D)  The Duke of Urbino 
A)  An assistant and servant 
B)  A Spanish aristocrat 
C)  A wealthy patron of the artist 
D)  The Duke of Urbino

Question 6

What is the relationship between the Council of Trent, affirmation of Catholic dogma, and the explosion of artistic patronage in 17th century Rome?

Accepted Answer

The Council of Trent, which took place f

Question 7

The Spanish painter who made still lifes of quiet, sharp intensity and clarity was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Zurbarán 
B)  El Greco 
C)  Murillo 
D)  Velázquez 
A)  Zurbarán 
B)  El Greco 
C)  Murillo 
D)  Velázquez

Question 8

Examine Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes. How is this painting a work in the tradition of Caravaggio in terms of style, subject matter, and expression?

Accepted Answer

Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and Her M

Artemisia Gentileschi was a female painter who worked in the tradition of which artist?

Compare Bernini's David to Michelangelo's David. How do you account for the similarities and differences between these two works?

Who constructed the architectural baldacchino over the high altar of St. Peter's?

Borromini's work:

Juan de Pareja, whom Velázquez painted, was

What is the relationship between the Council of Trent, affirmation of Catholic dogma, and the explosion of artistic patronage in 17th century Rome?

The Spanish painter who made still lifes of quiet, sharp intensity and clarity was:

Examine Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes. How is this painting a work in the tradition of Caravaggio in terms of style, subject matter, and expression?

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Exam 19: The Baroque in Italy and Spain

Artemisia Gentileschi was a female painter who worked in the tradition of which artist?

Compare Bernini's David to Michelangelo's David. How do you account for the similarities and differences between these two works?

Who constructed the architectural baldacchino over the high altar of St. Peter's?

Borromini's work:

Juan de Pareja, whom Velázquez painted, was

What is the relationship between the Council of Trent, affirmation of Catholic dogma, and the explosion of artistic patronage in 17th century Rome?

The Spanish painter who made still lifes of quiet, sharp intensity and clarity was:

Examine Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes. How is this painting a work in the tradition of Caravaggio in terms of style, subject matter, and expression?

Prehistoric Art

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Aegean Art

Greek Art

Etruscan Art

Roman Art

Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy

Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe

The Early Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Italy

The High Renaissance in Italy, 1495-1520

The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Renaissance and Reformation Throughout Sixteenth-Century Europe

The Baroque in the Netherlands

The Baroque in France and England

The Rococo

Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789

Art in the Age of the Romanticism, 1789-1848

The Age of Positivism

Progress and Its Discontents: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau, 1880-1905

Toward Abstraction: the Modernist Revolution, 1905-1914

Art Between the Wars

Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980

The Postmodern Era: Art Since 1980

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