Question 1

Which is not by Velázquez?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Nightwatch 
B)  The Surrender of Breda 
C)  The Rokeby Venus 
D)  Las Meninas 
A)  The Nightwatch 
B)  The Surrender of Breda 
C)  The Rokeby Venus 
D)  Las Meninas

Question 2

The seventeenth-century artist most interested in the science of optics was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Spinoza 
B)  Rubens 
C)  Vermeer 
D)  Ucello 
A)  Spinoza 
B)  Rubens 
C)  Vermeer 
D)  Ucello

Question 3

Anchises was

Accepted Answer

A)  the lover of Ceres 
B)  the lover of Juno 
C)  the father of Aeneas 
D)  the lover of Ceres and the lover of Juno 
E)  the father of Aeneas and the lover of Ceres and the lover of Juno 
A)  the lover of Ceres 
B)  the lover of Juno 
C)  the father of Aeneas 
D)  the lover of Ceres and the lover of Juno 
E)  the father of Aeneas and the lover of Ceres and the lover of Juno

Question 4

The two main shapes used by Bernini in front of Saint Peter's are

Accepted Answer

A)  a square and a circle 
B)  a trapezoid and an oval 
C)  a rectangle and an oval 
D)  a trapezoid and a circle 
A)  a square and a circle 
B)  a trapezoid and an oval 
C)  a rectangle and an oval 
D)  a trapezoid and a circle

Question 5

Tenebrism refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  chiaroscuro 
B)  a preponderance of cast shadows 
C)  a preponderance of darkness 
D)  the tenets of shading 
A)  chiaroscuro 
B)  a preponderance of cast shadows 
C)  a preponderance of darkness 
D)  the tenets of shading

Question 6

Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes is based on

Accepted Answer

A)  the Bible 
B)  the Old Testament Apocrypha 
C)  the Metamorphoses 
D)  the New Testament Apocrypha 
A)  the Bible 
B)  the Old Testament Apocrypha 
C)  the Metamorphoses 
D)  the New Testament Apocrypha

Question 7

Bernini's colonnades outside St.Peter's are made of

Accepted Answer

A)  marble 
B)  travertine 
C)  tufa 
D)  concrete 
E)  stucco 
A)  marble 
B)  travertine 
C)  tufa 
D)  concrete 
E)  stucco

Question 8

Caravaggio was described by van Mander as

Accepted Answer

A)  combining the qualities of Mars and Minerva 
B)  violent but charming 
C)  a realist and a Neoplatonist 
D)  a good tennis player 
A)  combining the qualities of Mars and Minerva 
B)  violent but charming 
C)  a realist and a Neoplatonist 
D)  a good tennis player

Question 9

___________ was the place Baroque art was born.

Accepted Answer

A)  London 
B)  Rome 
C)  Versailles 
D)  Florence 
A)  London 
B)  Rome 
C)  Versailles 
D)  Florence

Question 10

The Great Fire of London occurred in

Accepted Answer

A)  1666 
B)  1677 
C)  1688 
D)  1655 
A)  1666 
B)  1677 
C)  1688 
D)  1655

Question 11

___________ was one of the "Little Dutch Masters."

Accepted Answer

A)  Holbein 
B)  Anthony Van Dyck 
C)  Velázquez 
D)  Jan Vermeer 
A)  Holbein 
B)  Anthony Van Dyck 
C)  Velázquez 
D)  Jan Vermeer

Question 12

Rubens's paintings are characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  strong angular compositions 
B)  brilliant colors and textures 
C)  the human body in motion 
D)  all of the choices are correct. 
A)  strong angular compositions 
B)  brilliant colors and textures 
C)  the human body in motion 
D)  all of the choices are correct.

Question 13

Which is not true of Pietro da Cortona's Reign of Urban VIII

Accepted Answer

A)  it is on a ceiling in the Palazzo Barbarini 
B)  it depicts three huge bees 
C)  it exalts the Catholic Church 
D)  it is organized like a Last Judgment 
E)  it contains mythological figures 
A)  it is on a ceiling in the Palazzo Barbarini 
B)  it depicts three huge bees 
C)  it exalts the Catholic Church 
D)  it is organized like a Last Judgment 
E)  it contains mythological figures

Question 14

The Collegiate Church of St.Ivo della Sapienza was Baroque because of its

Accepted Answer

A)  centralized, but asymmetrical plan 
B)  all-embracing arms as at St. Peter's 
C)  remarkably classical façade 
D)  orderly, symmetrical floor plan 
A)  centralized, but asymmetrical plan 
B)  all-embracing arms as at St. Peter's 
C)  remarkably classical façade 
D)  orderly, symmetrical floor plan

Question 15

Nicolas Poussin was a Classical Baroque painter because we can see __________ in his work.

Accepted Answer

A)  restraint 
B)  passion 
C)  moderation 
D)  restraint and moderation 
A)  restraint 
B)  passion 
C)  moderation 
D)  restraint and moderation

Question 16

Which is the best match?

Accepted Answer

A)  Philip IV -- Habsburg 
B)  Charles I -- Protector 
C)  Louis XIII -- the Sun King 
D)  Cromwell -- Stuart 
A)  Philip IV -- Habsburg 
B)  Charles I -- Protector 
C)  Louis XIII -- the Sun King 
D)  Cromwell -- Stuart

Question 17

Vanitas is the Latin word for

Accepted Answer

A)  emptiness 
B)  vanity 
C)  vainglory 
D)  lies 
A)  emptiness 
B)  vanity 
C)  vainglory 
D)  lies

Question 18

Gaulli's Triumph of the Name of Jesus

Accepted Answer

A)  is in the vault of Saint Peter's 
B)  is in the vault of the Gesú 
C)  is a collaboration between Gaulli and Bernini 
D)  was commissioned by the pope 
A)  is in the vault of Saint Peter's 
B)  is in the vault of the Gesú 
C)  is a collaboration between Gaulli and Bernini 
D)  was commissioned by the pope

Question 19

Borromini's buildings are characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatic frontality and heightened proportion 
B)  curved movement from space to space 
C)  contrasting concave and convex forms 
D)  curved movement from space to space and contrasting concave and convex forms 
A)  dramatic frontality and heightened proportion 
B)  curved movement from space to space 
C)  contrasting concave and convex forms 
D)  curved movement from space to space and contrasting concave and convex forms

Question 20

A piazza is

Accepted Answer

A)  an Italian pie 
B)  an Italian villa 
C)  an Italian costume 
D)  an Italian square 
E)  an Italian palace 
A)  an Italian pie 
B)  an Italian villa 
C)  an Italian costume 
D)  an Italian square 
E)  an Italian palace

Exam 17: The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Which is not by Velázquez?

The seventeenth-century artist most interested in the science of optics was __________.

Anchises was

The two main shapes used by Bernini in front of Saint Peter's are

Tenebrism refers to

Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes is based on

Bernini's colonnades outside St.Peter's are made of

Caravaggio was described by van Mander as

___________ was the place Baroque art was born.

The Great Fire of London occurred in

___________ was one of the "Little Dutch Masters."

Rubens's paintings are characterized by

Which is not true of Pietro da Cortona's Reign of Urban VIII

The Collegiate Church of St.Ivo della Sapienza was Baroque because of its

Nicolas Poussin was a Classical Baroque painter because we can see __________ in his work.

Which is the best match?

Vanitas is the Latin word for

Gaulli's Triumph of the Name of Jesus

Borromini's buildings are characterized by:

A piazza is

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