Exam 23: Seventeenth-century Art in Europe

What are the subjects of debate regarding the enormous portrait Las Meninas (The Maids) by Velazquez? Discuss its many interpretations and the skills the artist used in creating it.

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

Vermeer is known for his ability to transform everyday scenes into ones of unearthly perfection. What techniques doe she use to achieve this?

Claude Lorraine is known for his landscapes that typically include ______________.

Anthony van Dyck had an illustrious independent career as a __________.

In the fourth state of the Three Crosses, Rembrandt modified the scene ________________.

Which Italian artist became known in the Netherlands because of the influence he had on the Dutch painter Hendrick ter Brugghen?

Gaulli had worked in his youth for the artist __________.

Despite Louis XIV's extravagant surroundings and clothing in the portrait of him by Hyacinthe Rigaud, the artist also made him appear _______________.

Vermeer's images of women performing domestic tasks such as Woman Holding a Balance are sometimes interpreted as references to his ________________.

How did portraiture change in the seventeenth century?

Nicolas Poussin is called a Classicist because he ___________________.

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?

The Carracci family consciously rejected the artifice of ______________ instead fusing their style with the Italian High Renaissance.

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

Caravaggio actively used __________, in which he painted forms emerging from a dark background into a strong light that often falls from a single source outside the painting

How did Vermeer make his paintings?

In part a reaction to Protestantism the period of spiritual renewal is known as the __________.

Which of the following was NOT a part of Le Nôtre's design for the gardens at Versailles?

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