Question 1

Caravaggio's Medusa

Accepted Answer

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. 
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. B

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Borromini 
B)  Bernini 
C)  the architecture of Louis XIV 
D)  a synthesis of all the choices. 
A)  Borromini 
B)  Bernini 
C)  the architecture of Louis XIV 
D)  a synthesis of all the choices. D

Question 3

Louis XIV moved the court to Versailles in

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Which gained new status in the 17th century?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

The court portrait painter to Charles I of England was

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

The figure in Rubens's The Straw Hat was

Accepted Answer

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 
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 7

The "writing on the wall" appears in

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Diego de Velázquez was strongly influenced by

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

The Baroque artist known to have used the camera obscura was

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

The purpose of Louis XIV's Academy was to

Accepted Answer

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 
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 11

Rubens synthesized the ideas

Accepted Answer

A)  Caravaggio 
B)  Michelangelo 
C)  Titian 
D)  all of the choices are correct. 
A)  Caravaggio 
B)  Michelangelo 
C)  Titian 
D)  all of the choices are correct.

Question 12

Which artist is matched with the incorrect city of origin?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Velázquez's main patron was

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

The Baroque artist best known for self-portraits is

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

_______ worked for Louis XIV in a style called the Classical Baroque

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Which is least likely to appear as vanitas iconography?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in __________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

Rembrandt's painted light is typically

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

The Dutch East India Company secured a monopoly on

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 17: The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Caravaggio's Medusa

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

Louis XIV moved the court to Versailles in

Which gained new status in the 17th century?

The court portrait painter to Charles I of England was

The figure in Rubens's The Straw Hat was

The "writing on the wall" appears in

Diego de Velázquez was strongly influenced by

The Baroque artist known to have used the camera obscura was

The purpose of Louis XIV's Academy was to

Rubens synthesized the ideas

Which artist is matched with the incorrect city of origin?

Velázquez's main patron was

The Baroque artist best known for self-portraits is

_______ worked for Louis XIV in a style called the Classical Baroque

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

Which is least likely to appear as vanitas iconography?

Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in __________.

Rembrandt's painted light is typically

The Dutch East India Company secured a monopoly on

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy, and The United States Between the Wars

Abstract Expressionism

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

Filters

Which gained new status in the 17^th century?