Exam 6: Seventeenth-Century art in Europe

What element of Caravaggio's painting style was the subject of criticism and occasionally seen deemed inconsistent with the artistic guidelines established by the Council of Trent?

How did the Catholic Church use art and architecture as propaganda for the Counter-Reformation?

What characteristic is common to both Bernini and Caravaggio's artwork?

Gerard ter Borch was a renowned __________ painter.

How does Bernini's David distinguish itself from Renaissance images of the same subject?

How did the role of the viewer change in the Baroque period?

What is remarkable about English palace design during the Baroque period?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Baroque art?

French academicians who favored classical principles of subject and design were known as __________.

How did Rubens portray Marie de Medici in the series of portraits she commissioned?

Nicolas Poussin is called a Classicist because he ___________________.

Rembrandt's study of Italian Renaissance art was done mostly through ___________________.

At the end of the sixteenth century,__________ made it a major goal of the Counter-Reformation to embellish the church and renew Rome.

How did the architects and artists of Versailles celebrate the Sun King in the buildings and gardens?

How is Borromini's architecture eccentric or unusual?

Hyacinthe Rigaud painted a 1701 portrait of __________.

Renewed interest in __________ provided the funds necessary to expand the façade of the Cathedral of St.James,Santiago de Compostela .

How does Anthony van Dyck's Charles I at the Hunt convey the king's powerful status?

Claude Lorrain started out making architectural paintings,but then began painting __________.

Gaulli's The Triumph of the Name of Jesus and the Fall of the Damned is on the ceiling of the __________.