Question 1

In her paintings,Elisabetta Sirani depicted Christianity's miracles as

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A)  everyday events. 
B)  mythological events. 
C)  sexual experiences. 
D)  dramas of harmony. 
A)  everyday events. 
B)  mythological events. 
C)  sexual experiences. 
D)  dramas of harmony.

Question 2

Baroque compositions such as The Four Seasons are perhaps most distinguishable from their Renaissance predecessors because of their

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A)  solo passages. 
B)  trio sonatas. 
C)  arias. 
D)  modulation. 
A)  solo passages. 
B)  trio sonatas. 
C)  arias. 
D)  modulation.

Question 3

Compare Bernini's Baroque David to Michelangelo's Renaissance David (Chap.14),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

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Bernini's Baroque David and Michelangelo

Question 4

Orphanage directors hoped that audiences would be dazzled by the orphans' musical performances so that they would

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

Question 5

Louis XIV rejected Gianlorenzo Bernini's Baroque design for a new façade for the Louvre,finding it too

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A)  similar to the Vatican colonnade. 
B)  simple and classical. 
C)  expensive to build. 
D)  elaborate and ornate. 
A)  similar to the Vatican colonnade. 
B)  simple and classical. 
C)  expensive to build. 
D)  elaborate and ornate.

Question 6

In The Calling of Saint Matthew,Caravaggio uses light to

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A)  transform the calling into a miracle. 
B)  identify which of the subjects is Matthew. 
C)  make Matthew's conversion seem threatening. 
D)  makes Jesus's entrance seem threatening. 
A)  transform the calling into a miracle. 
B)  identify which of the subjects is Matthew. 
C)  make Matthew's conversion seem threatening. 
D)  makes Jesus's entrance seem threatening.

Question 7

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

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Opera developed during the Italian Baroq

Question 8

Fra Andrea Pozzo created the highly dramatic space in Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius by using

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A)  chiaroscuro. 
B)  foreshortening. 
C)  tenebrism. 
D)  an invisible complement. 
A)  chiaroscuro. 
B)  foreshortening. 
C)  tenebrism. 
D)  an invisible complement.

Question 9

Caravaggio's Conversion of St.Paul and John Donne's sonnet "Batter My Heart" share a thematic interest in

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A)  the celebration of the physical appetite. 
B)  the tension between the sacred and the secular. 
C)  conversion imagined as physical ravishment. 
D)  light revealing faith's transformative power. 
A)  the celebration of the physical appetite. 
B)  the tension between the sacred and the secular. 
C)  conversion imagined as physical ravishment. 
D)  light revealing faith's transformative power.

Question 10

Compare Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius to Michelangelo's Mannerist Last Judgment (Chap.20),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

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Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Apotheosis of Sai

Question 11

The Roman patrons who were most responsible for creating the Baroque style were

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A)  the middle class. 
B)  the nobility. 
C)  women 
D)  the papal court. 
A)  the middle class. 
B)  the nobility. 
C)  women 
D)  the papal court.

Question 12

A defining characteristic of Baroque art is

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A)  attention to viewers' emotional experience of a work. 
B)  return to the forms and proportions of Classical art. 
C)  focus on symbolism. 
D)  minimal 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 symbolism. 
D)  minimal decoration and sensuousness.

Question 13

In his Cornaro Chapel's sculptural program,Bernini equated Teresa of Ávila's religious visions with

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A)  spiritual rebirth. 
B)  chastity. 
C)  sexual orgasm. 
D)  dancing. 
A)  spiritual rebirth. 
B)  chastity. 
C)  sexual orgasm. 
D)  dancing.

Question 14

The canzona's dominant rhythm is

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A)  short-long. 
B)  long-short-short. 
C)  long-long. 
D)  short-long-long. 
A)  short-long. 
B)  long-short-short. 
C)  long-long. 
D)  short-long-long.

Question 15

Baroque artists placed elements on a diagonal plane,rather than the frontal and parallel planes used by Renaissance artists to

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

Question 16

Artemisia Gentileschi was so obsessed with the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes that she painted five versions of it with Judith being a self-portrait,because

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A)  Gentileschi was of Jewish descent. 
B)  Gentileschi's mother was named Judith. 
C)  Judith was a female artist. 
D)  Gentileschi had been raped. 
A)  Gentileschi was of Jewish descent. 
B)  Gentileschi's mother was named Judith. 
C)  Judith was a female artist. 
D)  Gentileschi had been raped.

Question 17

Why is Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons known as program music?

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A)  He composed it for one of the orphans' performances, or programs. 
B)  Its purely instrumental music is connected to a story or idea. 
C)  Its episodes contrast back and forth with the musical score. 
D)  The music follows the program and rhythms of speech. 
A)  He composed it for one of the orphans' performances, or programs. 
B)  Its purely instrumental music is connected to a story or idea. 
C)  Its episodes contrast back and forth with the musical score. 
D)  The music follows the program and rhythms of speech.

In her paintings,Elisabetta Sirani depicted Christianity's miracles as

Baroque compositions such as The Four Seasons are perhaps most distinguishable from their Renaissance predecessors because of their

Compare Bernini's Baroque David to Michelangelo's Renaissance David (Chap.14),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

Orphanage directors hoped that audiences would be dazzled by the orphans' musical performances so that they would

Louis XIV rejected Gianlorenzo Bernini's Baroque design for a new façade for the Louvre,finding it too

In The Calling of Saint Matthew,Caravaggio uses light to

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

Fra Andrea Pozzo created the highly dramatic space in Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius by using

Caravaggio's Conversion of St.Paul and John Donne's sonnet "Batter My Heart" share a thematic interest in

Compare Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius to Michelangelo's Mannerist Last Judgment (Chap.20),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

The Roman patrons who were most responsible for creating the Baroque style were

A defining characteristic of Baroque art is

In his Cornaro Chapel's sculptural program,Bernini equated Teresa of Ávila's religious visions with

The canzona's dominant rhythm is

Baroque artists placed elements on a diagonal plane,rather than the frontal and parallel planes used by Renaissance artists to

Artemisia Gentileschi was so obsessed with the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes that she painted five versions of it with Judith being a self-portrait,because

Why is Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons known as program music?

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

Defining a Nation: American National Identity and the Challenge of Civil War

Global Confrontation and Modern Life: the Quest for Cultural Identity

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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Exam 21: The Baroque in Italy: the Church and Its Appeal

In her paintings,Elisabetta Sirani depicted Christianity's miracles as

Baroque compositions such as The Four Seasons are perhaps most distinguishable from their Renaissance predecessors because of their

Compare Bernini's Baroque David to Michelangelo's Renaissance David (Chap.14),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

Orphanage directors hoped that audiences would be dazzled by the orphans' musical performances so that they would

Louis XIV rejected Gianlorenzo Bernini's Baroque design for a new façade for the Louvre,finding it too

In The Calling of Saint Matthew,Caravaggio uses light to

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

Fra Andrea Pozzo created the highly dramatic space in Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius by using

Caravaggio's Conversion of St.Paul and John Donne's sonnet "Batter My Heart" share a thematic interest in

Compare Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius to Michelangelo's Mannerist Last Judgment (Chap.20),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

The Roman patrons who were most responsible for creating the Baroque style were

A defining characteristic of Baroque art is

In his Cornaro Chapel's sculptural program,Bernini equated Teresa of Ávila's religious visions with

The canzona's dominant rhythm is

Baroque artists placed elements on a diagonal plane,rather than the frontal and parallel planes used by Renaissance artists to

Artemisia Gentileschi was so obsessed with the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes that she painted five versions of it with Judith being a self-portrait,because

Why is Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons known as program music?

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

Defining a Nation: American National Identity and the Challenge of Civil War

Global Confrontation and Modern Life: the Quest for Cultural Identity

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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