Question 1

The Taj Mahal was a memorial to

Accepted Answer

A)  Akbar 
B)  Mumtaz 
C)  Shah Jehan 
D)  Jahangir 
A)  Akbar 
B)  Mumtaz 
C)  Shah Jehan 
D)  Jahangir

Question 2

Which is by Borromini?

Accepted Answer

A)  San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 
B)  the facade of the Louvre 
C)  Saint'Ivo della Sapienza 
D)  San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, the facade of the Louvre, and Saint'Ivo della Sapienza 
E)  San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Saint'Ivo della Sapienza 
A)  San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 
B)  the facade of the Louvre 
C)  Saint'Ivo della Sapienza 
D)  San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, the facade of the Louvre, and Saint'Ivo della Sapienza 
E)  San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Saint'Ivo della Sapienza

Question 3

The "Throne of Saint Peter" is

Accepted Answer

A)  an elaborate chair in St. Peter's cathedral 
B)  a baldacchino 
C)  a reliquary 
D)  a triptych 
E)  an altarpiece 
A)  an elaborate chair in St. Peter's cathedral 
B)  a baldacchino 
C)  a reliquary 
D)  a triptych 
E)  an altarpiece

Question 4

Three emperors who patronized Mughal painting in India were

Accepted Answer

A)  Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Shah Jehan 
B)  Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Jahangir 
C)  Mumtaz, Jahangir, and Akbar 
D)  Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jehan 
A)  Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Shah Jehan 
B)  Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Jahangir 
C)  Mumtaz, Jahangir, and Akbar 
D)  Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jehan

Question 5

Which is the best match?

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholic -- Holland 
B)  Catholic -- Switzerland 
C)  Protestant -- Holland 
D)  Protestant -- France 
A)  Catholic -- Holland 
B)  Catholic -- Switzerland 
C)  Protestant -- Holland 
D)  Protestant -- France

Question 6

Rembrandt's religious work was

Accepted Answer

A)  contemplative 
B)  spiritual 
C)  heated and exotic 
D)  contemplative and spiritual but not heated and exotic 
A)  contemplative 
B)  spiritual 
C)  heated and exotic 
D)  contemplative and spiritual but not heated and exotic

Question 7

Baroque intellectuals and artists were interested in

Accepted Answer

A)  showing the hand of God at work in an orderly the world 
B)  demonstrating the laws of creation in action 
C)  illustrating the hierarchy of authority in society and religion 
D)  all of the choices are correct. 
A)  showing the hand of God at work in an orderly the world 
B)  demonstrating the laws of creation in action 
C)  illustrating the hierarchy of authority in society and religion 
D)  all of the choices are correct.

Question 8

The Italian Baroque equivalent of Vasari was

Accepted Answer

A)  van Mander 
B)  Carracci 
C)  Cortona 
D)  Bellori 
A)  van Mander 
B)  Carracci 
C)  Cortona 
D)  Bellori

Question 9

Which does not appear in Bernini's Pluto and Proserpina?

Accepted Answer

A)  contrapposto 
B)  Cerberus 
C)  figura serpentinata 
D)  Ceres 
E)  Pluto 
A)  contrapposto 
B)  Cerberus 
C)  figura serpentinata 
D)  Ceres 
E)  Pluto

Question 10

Which is the most characteristic feature of Baroque style?

Accepted Answer

A)  elongation 
B)  violent action 
C)  restraint 
D)  flat spaces 
E)  frontal figures 
A)  elongation 
B)  violent action 
C)  restraint 
D)  flat spaces 
E)  frontal figures

Question 11

Which is not true of Bernini's Saint Teresa?

Accepted Answer

A)  she has erotic quality 
B)  she is on a horizontal plane 
C)  she is in the process of levitating 
D)  she is both relaxed and aroused 
E)  she synthesizes emotion with mysticism 
A)  she has erotic quality 
B)  she is on a horizontal plane 
C)  she is in the process of levitating 
D)  she is both relaxed and aroused 
E)  she synthesizes emotion with mysticism

Question 12

The landscape architect at Versailles was

Accepted Answer

A)  Le Brun 
B)  Le Nôtre 
C)  Le Vau 
D)  Hardouin-Mansart 
E)  Colbert 
A)  Le Brun 
B)  Le Nôtre 
C)  Le Vau 
D)  Hardouin-Mansart 
E)  Colbert

Question 13

The Greek god most closely associated with Louis XIV was

Accepted Answer

A)  Zeus 
B)  Ares 
C)  Dionysos 
D)  Apollo 
E)  Poseidon 
A)  Zeus 
B)  Ares 
C)  Dionysos 
D)  Apollo 
E)  Poseidon

Question 14

The Farnese Grand Gallery ceiling frescoes illustrate

Accepted Answer

A)  Christian scenes 
B)  scenes of the Farnese family 
C)  mythological scenes 
D)  scenes of Roman history 
A)  Christian scenes 
B)  scenes of the Farnese family 
C)  mythological scenes 
D)  scenes of Roman history

Question 15

Which is true of the interior dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane?

Accepted Answer

A)  it has square coffers only 
B)  it has square, hexagonal, and octagonal coffers 
C)  it has hexagonal, square, and cross-shaped coffers 
D)  it has hexagonal, octagonal, and cross-shaped coffers 
A)  it has square coffers only 
B)  it has square, hexagonal, and octagonal coffers 
C)  it has hexagonal, square, and cross-shaped coffers 
D)  it has hexagonal, octagonal, and cross-shaped coffers

Question 16

The most "classical" of the following Baroque artists was

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

High Baroque style is

Accepted Answer

A)  dynamic 
B)  sensual 
C)  theatrical 
D)  all of the choices are correct. 
A)  dynamic 
B)  sensual 
C)  theatrical 
D)  all of the choices are correct.

Question 18

The predominant planes in Baroque painting are

Accepted Answer

A)  horizontal 
B)  vertical 
C)  curvilinear 
D)  spiral 
E)  diagonal 
A)  horizontal 
B)  vertical 
C)  curvilinear 
D)  spiral 
E)  diagonal

Question 19

Which is the best match?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poussin -- color -- Apollo -- Moderns 
B)  Rubens -- color -- Apollo -- Ancients 
C)  Poussin -- line -- Dionysos -- Moderns 
D)  Rubens -- color -- Moderns -- Dionysos 
E)  Poussin -- line -- Dionysos -- Ancients 
A)  Poussin -- color -- Apollo -- Moderns 
B)  Rubens -- color -- Apollo -- Ancients 
C)  Poussin -- line -- Dionysos -- Moderns 
D)  Rubens -- color -- Moderns -- Dionysos 
E)  Poussin -- line -- Dionysos -- Ancients

Question 20

Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by

Accepted Answer

A)  Rubens 
B)  El Greco 
C)  Tintoretto 
D)  Caravaggio 
A)  Rubens 
B)  El Greco 
C)  Tintoretto 
D)  Caravaggio

Exam 17: The Baroque Style in Western Europe

The Taj Mahal was a memorial to

Which is by Borromini?

The "Throne of Saint Peter" is

Three emperors who patronized Mughal painting in India were

Which is the best match?

Rembrandt's religious work was

Baroque intellectuals and artists were interested in

The Italian Baroque equivalent of Vasari was

Which does not appear in Bernini's Pluto and Proserpina?

Which is the most characteristic feature of Baroque style?

Which is not true of Bernini's Saint Teresa?

The landscape architect at Versailles was

The Greek god most closely associated with Louis XIV was

The Farnese Grand Gallery ceiling frescoes illustrate

Which is true of the interior dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane?

The most "classical" of the following Baroque artists was

High Baroque style is

The predominant planes in Baroque painting are

Which is the best match?

Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by

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

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