Question 1

The French Academy was based upon the art of which style?

Accepted Answer

A) Mannerist art 
B) Baroque art 
C) Renaissance art 
D) Classical art 
A) Mannerist art 
B) Baroque art 
C) Renaissance art 
D) Classical art

Question 2

What renewed the patronage of foreign artists in England after the Puritan takeover led by Oliver Cromwell?

Accepted Answer

A) the restoration of the Hapsburgs 
B) the death of Charles I 
C) the restoration of the Stuarts under Charles II 
D) the exile of Marie de' Medici 
A) the restoration of the Hapsburgs 
B) the death of Charles I 
C) the restoration of the Stuarts under Charles II 
D) the exile of Marie de' Medici

Question 3

What caused repeated rebellions in the early seventeenth century in Spain?

Accepted Answer

A) the economic decline of agriculture and trade 
B) religious disagreements 
C) failing monarchy 
D) excess spending by the ruling class 
A) the economic decline of agriculture and trade 
B) religious disagreements 
C) failing monarchy 
D) excess spending by the ruling class

Question 4

In which category of painting did Anthony van Dyke specialize?

Accepted Answer

A) portraiture 
B) landscapes 
C) history and mythology 
D) religious art 
A) portraiture 
B) landscapes 
C) history and mythology 
D) religious art

Question 5

Who originally built the small hunting château at Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A) Louis XIII 
B) Henry IV 
C) Louis XIV 
D) Jules Hardouin-Mansart 
A) Louis XIII 
B) Henry IV 
C) Louis XIV 
D) Jules Hardouin-Mansart

Question 6

What made the flower paintings of Rachel Ruysch so highly prized?

Accepted Answer

A) the personal expression 
B) the historical context 
C) the color harmonies 
D) the linear perspective 
A) the personal expression 
B) the historical context 
C) the color harmonies 
D) the linear perspective

Question 7

What inspired the spiral turned columns of Bernini's Baldacchino?

Accepted Answer

A) a tornado 
B) the Hall of One Hundred Columns at Persepolis 
C) columns from Solomon's Temple 
D) columns from Djoser's funerary complex 
A) a tornado 
B) the Hall of One Hundred Columns at Persepolis 
C) columns from Solomon's Temple 
D) columns from Djoser's funerary complex

Question 8

In the seventeenth century,what was the Catholic Church's reaction to the Renaissance's Humanism rationality and independence?

Accepted Answer

A) It encouraged independence. 
B) It nurtured Humanism. 
C) It turned to an authoritarian position. 
D) It removed art from the churches and whitewashed the walls. 
A) It encouraged independence. 
B) It nurtured Humanism. 
C) It turned to an authoritarian position. 
D) It removed art from the churches and whitewashed the walls.

Question 9

Other than being an interesting work of art,what is the function of the painting Portuguese Synagogue,Amsterdam by Emanuel de Witte?

Accepted Answer

A) It provides a metaphor for eternal judgment. 
B) It records seventeenth-century building practices. 
C) It documents religious tolerance. 
D) It shows the strength of the painters' guild. 
A) It provides a metaphor for eternal judgment. 
B) It records seventeenth-century building practices. 
C) It documents religious tolerance. 
D) It shows the strength of the painters' guild.

Question 10

Discuss the composition and arrangement of space in Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas.What is the role of the viewer?

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Essay responses should include these poi

The French Academy was based upon the art of which style?

What renewed the patronage of foreign artists in England after the Puritan takeover led by Oliver Cromwell?

What caused repeated rebellions in the early seventeenth century in Spain?

In which category of painting did Anthony van Dyke specialize?

Who originally built the small hunting château at Versailles?

What made the flower paintings of Rachel Ruysch so highly prized?

What inspired the spiral turned columns of Bernini's Baldacchino?

In the seventeenth century,what was the Catholic Church's reaction to the Renaissance's Humanism rationality and independence?

Other than being an interesting work of art,what is the function of the painting Portuguese Synagogue,Amsterdam by Emanuel de Witte?

Discuss the composition and arrangement of space in Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas.What is the role of the viewer?

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Exam 14: Seventeenth-Century Art in Europe

The French Academy was based upon the art of which style?

What renewed the patronage of foreign artists in England after the Puritan takeover led by Oliver Cromwell?

What caused repeated rebellions in the early seventeenth century in Spain?

In which category of painting did Anthony van Dyke specialize?

Who originally built the small hunting château at Versailles?

What made the flower paintings of Rachel Ruysch so highly prized?

What inspired the spiral turned columns of Bernini's Baldacchino?

In the seventeenth century,what was the Catholic Church's reaction to the Renaissance's Humanism rationality and independence?

Other than being an interesting work of art,what is the function of the painting Portuguese Synagogue,Amsterdam by Emanuel de Witte?

Discuss the composition and arrangement of space in Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas.What is the role of the viewer?

Prehistoric Art in Europe

Art of the Ancient Near East

Art of Ancient Egypt

Early Asian Art

Art of Ancient Greece and the Aegean World

Etruscan and Roman Art

Jewish, early Christian, and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Later Asian Art

Early Medieval and Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Early Renaissance Art

Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation

Art of the Americas

African Art

European and American Art, 1715-1840

European and American Art, 1840-1910

Modern Art in Europe and the Americas, 1900-1945

Art Since 1945

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