Question 1

What is the meaning of the Portuguese term barroco,from which "Baroque" likely derived?

Accepted Answer

A) Flamboyant 
B) Misshapen pearl 
C) Ecstasy 
D) Sailor 
A) Flamboyant 
B) Misshapen pearl 
C) Ecstasy 
D) Sailor

Question 2

Compare Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Triumph of Saint Ignatius of Loyola to Michelangelo's Mannerist Last Judgment (Chap.24),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

Accepted Answer

Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Triumph of Saint

Question 3

What inspired the first operas?

Accepted Answer

A) Gabrieli's compositions 
B) Bernini's plays 
C) The Venetian street processions 
D) Ancient Greek drama 
A) Gabrieli's compositions 
B) Bernini's plays 
C) The Venetian street processions 
D) Ancient Greek drama

Question 4

Why did Bernini include theater boxes on each side his Cornaro Chapel sculptural program?

Accepted Answer

A) To allow visitors to have a better view of Saint Teresa 
B) To create preferential seating for the Cornaro family 
C) To emphasize his design's high drama 
D) To provide extra seating for the churchgoers 
A) To allow visitors to have a better view of Saint Teresa 
B) To create preferential seating for the Cornaro family 
C) To emphasize his design's high drama 
D) To provide extra seating for the churchgoers

Question 5

Using one sculpture,one painting,and one musical composition,explain the artists' achievement of Baroque drama-the sense of action,excitement,and sensuality.

Accepted Answer

One sculpture that exemplifies the Baroq

Question 6

Provide a detailed explanation for the reasons opera developed during the Italian Baroque period.

Accepted Answer

Opera developed during the Italian Baroq

Question 7

What effect does Caravaggio achieve with light in The Calling of Saint Matthew?

Accepted Answer

A) Transforms the calling into a miracle 
B) Identifies which of the subjects is Matthew 
C) Shows Jesus bringing the light to sinners 
D) Makes Jesus's entrance seem threatening 
A) Transforms the calling into a miracle 
B) Identifies which of the subjects is Matthew 
C) Shows Jesus bringing the light to sinners 
D) Makes Jesus's entrance seem threatening

Question 8

Matching

Accepted Answer

28-e,29-c,

Question 9

What is a defining characteristic of Baroque art?

Accepted Answer

A) Attention to viewers' emotional experience of a work 
B) Return to the forms and proportions of classical art 
C) Focus on the symbolic meaning of a work 
D) Absence of excessive decoration and sensuousness 
A) Attention to viewers' emotional experience of a work 
B) Return to the forms and proportions of classical art 
C) Focus on the symbolic meaning of a work 
D) Absence of excessive decoration and sensuousness

Question 10

Describe Bernini's colonnade enclosure of Vatican Square,and explain how it defines the Baroque style.

Accepted Answer

Bernini's colonnade enclosure of Vatican

Question 11

Why was Artemesia Gentileschi so obsessed with the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes that she painted five versions of it?

Accepted Answer

A) Gentileschi was of Jewish descent 
B) Judith was the female equivalent of David 
C) Judith was a female artist 
D) Gentileschi had been raped 
A) Gentileschi was of Jewish descent 
B) Judith was the female equivalent of David 
C) Judith was a female artist 
D) Gentileschi had been raped

Question 12

Why did the Baroque artists place elements on a diagonal,not the Renaissance frontal and parallel planes?

Accepted Answer

A) To evoke a sense of depth 
B) To induce more defined shadows 
C) To produce a sense of action 
D) To provide more balance 
A) To evoke a sense of depth 
B) To induce more defined shadows 
C) To produce a sense of action 
D) To provide more balance

Question 13

Why did the orphanage directors hope audiences would be dazzled by the orphans' musical performances?

Accepted Answer

A) They would adopt the talented children 
B) They would buy tickets to their performances 
C) They would help find jobs for the orphans 
D) They would donate money to the orphanages 
A) They would adopt the talented children 
B) They would buy tickets to their performances 
C) They would help find jobs for the orphans 
D) They would donate money to the orphanages

Question 14

What Greek myth inspired Monteverdi's first opera?

Accepted Answer

A) Prometheus and Pandora 
B) Orpheus and Eurydice 
C) Paris and Helen of Troy 
D) Zeus and Leda 
A) Prometheus and Pandora 
B) Orpheus and Eurydice 
C) Paris and Helen of Troy 
D) Zeus and Leda

Question 15

Why did Caravaggio portray his subjects in The Calling of Saint Matthew in attire of his time,not Jesus's?

Accepted Answer

A) To use richer colors and brushstrokes 
B) To conform to other paintings in the series 
C) To enable the audience to identify with them 
D) To portray the painting's patrons realistically 
A) To use richer colors and brushstrokes 
B) To conform to other paintings in the series 
C) To enable the audience to identify with them 
D) To portray the painting's patrons realistically

Question 16

Why were only girls in Venice's orphanages given music instruction?

Accepted Answer

A) Girls would handle the delicate instruments more gently 
B) It was assumed that boys would enter the labor force 
C) Girls required musical skill to secure a good marriage 
D) Venetian orphanages housed only girls 
A) Girls would handle the delicate instruments more gently 
B) It was assumed that boys would enter the labor force 
C) Girls required musical skill to secure a good marriage 
D) Venetian orphanages housed only girls

Question 17

While his coworkers constructed his designs,what hobby did Bernini pursue?

Accepted Answer

A) Flower cultivation at the Villa Borghese 
B) Writing plays and designing stage sets 
C) Amateur archaeology in Rome's ruins 
D) Composing canzonas for religious services 
A) Flower cultivation at the Villa Borghese 
B) Writing plays and designing stage sets 
C) Amateur archaeology in Rome's ruins 
D) Composing canzonas for religious services

Question 18

List and analyze at least two reasons for Artemesia Gentileschi's use of her self-portrait for Judith in her five paintings of the Jewish heroine's story.

Accepted Answer

One reason for Artemesia Gentileschi's u

What is the meaning of the Portuguese term barroco,from which "Baroque" likely derived?

Compare Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Triumph of Saint Ignatius of Loyola to Michelangelo's Mannerist Last Judgment (Chap.24),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

What inspired the first operas?

Why did Bernini include theater boxes on each side his Cornaro Chapel sculptural program?

Using one sculpture,one painting,and one musical composition,explain the artists' achievement of Baroque drama-the sense of action,excitement,and sensuality.

Provide a detailed explanation for the reasons opera developed during the Italian Baroque period.

What effect does Caravaggio achieve with light in The Calling of Saint Matthew?

Matching

What is a defining characteristic of Baroque art?

Describe Bernini's colonnade enclosure of Vatican Square,and explain how it defines the Baroque style.

Why was Artemesia Gentileschi so obsessed with the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes that she painted five versions of it?

Why did the Baroque artists place elements on a diagonal,not the Renaissance frontal and parallel planes?

Why did the orphanage directors hope audiences would be dazzled by the orphans' musical performances?

What Greek myth inspired Monteverdi's first opera?

Why did Caravaggio portray his subjects in The Calling of Saint Matthew in attire of his time,not Jesus's?

Why were only girls in Venice's orphanages given music instruction?

While his coworkers constructed his designs,what hobby did Bernini pursue?

List and analyze at least two reasons for Artemesia Gentileschi's use of her self-portrait for Judith in her five paintings of the Jewish heroine's story.

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Exam 20: The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

What is the meaning of the Portuguese term barroco,from which "Baroque" likely derived?

Compare Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Triumph of Saint Ignatius of Loyola to Michelangelo's Mannerist Last Judgment (Chap.24),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

What inspired the first operas?

Why did Bernini include theater boxes on each side his Cornaro Chapel sculptural program?

Using one sculpture,one painting,and one musical composition,explain the artists' achievement of Baroque drama-the sense of action,excitement,and sensuality.

Provide a detailed explanation for the reasons opera developed during the Italian Baroque period.

What effect does Caravaggio achieve with light in The Calling of Saint Matthew?

Matching

What is a defining characteristic of Baroque art?

Describe Bernini's colonnade enclosure of Vatican Square,and explain how it defines the Baroque style.

Why was Artemesia Gentileschi so obsessed with the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes that she painted five versions of it?

Why did the Baroque artists place elements on a diagonal,not the Renaissance frontal and parallel planes?

Why did the orphanage directors hope audiences would be dazzled by the orphans' musical performances?

What Greek myth inspired Monteverdi's first opera?

Why did Caravaggio portray his subjects in The Calling of Saint Matthew in attire of his time,not Jesus's?

Why were only girls in Venice's orphanages given music instruction?

While his coworkers constructed his designs,what hobby did Bernini pursue?

List and analyze at least two reasons for Artemesia Gentileschi's use of her self-portrait for Judith in her five paintings of the Jewish heroine's story.

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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