Question 1

Which is by Borromini?

Accepted Answer

A) San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 
B) Martyrdom of St.Lieven 
C) the façade of the Louvre 
D) Collegiate Church of Sant'Ivo della Sapienza 
E) both San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and the Collegiate Church of Sant'Ivo della Sapienza 
A) San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 
B) Martyrdom of St.Lieven 
C) the façade of the Louvre 
D) Collegiate Church of Sant'Ivo della Sapienza 
E) both San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and the Collegiate Church of Sant'Ivo della Sapienza

Question 2

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 3

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.

Question 4

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 5

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 6

High Baroque style is

Accepted Answer

A) dynamic. 
B) sensual. 
C) theatrical. 
D) All these answers are correct. 
A) dynamic. 
B) sensual. 
C) theatrical. 
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 7

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 these answers are correct. 
A) strong angular compositions. 
B) brilliant colors and textures. 
C) the human body in motion. 
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 8

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 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 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 11

Which of the following is NOT a correct match of artist with 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 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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.

Question 16

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 17

Which of the following gained new status in the 17th century?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Which best describes Rubens's women?

Accepted Answer

A) They are overweight. 
B) They are voluptuous. 
C) They are pious. 
D) They are mythological. 
E) They are peasants. 
A) They are overweight. 
B) They are voluptuous. 
C) They are pious. 
D) They are mythological. 
E) They are peasants.

Question 19

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.

Question 20

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

Exam 17: The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Which is by Borromini?

The Italian Baroque equivalent of Vasari was

Caravaggio's Medusa

Rembrandt's painted light is typically

Which is the best match?

High Baroque style is

Rubens's paintings are characterized by

The court portrait painter to Charles I of England was

________ was the place Baroque art was born.

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

Which of the following is NOT a correct match of artist with city of origin?

The Taj Mahal was a memorial to

Which is LEAST likely to appear as vanitas iconography?

Velázquez's main patron was

The Dutch East India Company secured a monopoly on

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

Which of the following gained new status in the 17th century?

Which best describes Rubens's women?

A piazza is

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

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Jewish, 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

Mid-Century Abstraction

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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