Question 1

How are Baroque naturalism and Baroque classicism similar and different?

Accepted Answer

As we all know that Baroque is a period

Question 2

Why was Rubens so successful as an artist?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why was Rubens so successful as an...

Question 3

How are Zurbarán and Murillo similar and different as painters?

Accepted Answer

Zurbarán and Murillo are both Spanish pa

Question 4

In what ways were French Baroque classical painters influenced by Italian Baroque art?

Accepted Answer

French Baroque classical painters were i

Question 5

The __________ family, two brothers and a cousin, founded an art academy in Bologna.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cortona 
B)  Tassi 
C)  Borromini 
D)  Carracci 
A)  Cortona 
B)  Tassi 
C)  Borromini 
D)  Carracci

Question 6

The tenebrism and highly realistic style characterizing of seventeenth-century Spanish painting was influenced by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rembrandt 
B)  Rubens 
C)  Gentileschi 
D)  Caravaggio 
A)  Rembrandt 
B)  Rubens 
C)  Gentileschi 
D)  Caravaggio

Question 7

How did Bernini unify the exterior of St. Peter's?

Accepted Answer

Gian Lorenzo Bernini played a significan

Question 8

Rubens was known for __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  his large studio with assistants who specialized in particular details 
B)  his humble demeanor and private working habits 
C)  his extensive financial problems that resulted in his dying penniless and alone 
D)  emphasis on linear clarity in drawing 
A)  his large studio with assistants who specialized in particular details 
B)  his humble demeanor and private working habits 
C)  his extensive financial problems that resulted in his dying penniless and alone 
D)  emphasis on linear clarity in drawing

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  He represented her as a powerful Greek goddess in well-known myths. 
B)  He depicted scenes from her life as a continuous triumph overseen by Classical gods and goddesses. 
C)  He emphasized her religious convictions by showing her praying and performing good deeds. 
D)  He depicted her as a powerful presence who physically dominates each composition. 
A)  He represented her as a powerful Greek goddess in well-known myths. 
B)  He depicted scenes from her life as a continuous triumph overseen by Classical gods and goddesses. 
C)  He emphasized her religious convictions by showing her praying and performing good deeds. 
D)  He depicted her as a powerful presence who physically dominates each composition.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

During the Baroque period, English palac

Question 11

Still-life paintings with a moralizing __________ theme were very popular in the seventeenth century.

Accepted Answer

A)  intaglio 
B)  quadri riportati 
C)  caravaggisti 
D)  vanitas 
A)  intaglio 
B)  quadri riportati 
C)  caravaggisti 
D)  vanitas

Question 12

Velàzquez's painting The Surrender at Breda is popularly known as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Wells 
B)  The Cupids 
C)  The Lances 
D)  The Caves 
A)  The Wells 
B)  The Cupids 
C)  The Lances 
D)  The Caves

Question 13

__________ succeeded Maderno in 1629 as Vatican architect.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rubens 
B)  Prandtauer 
C)  Vignola 
D)  Bernini 
A)  Rubens 
B)  Prandtauer 
C)  Vignola 
D)  Bernini

Question 14

What object or objects seen in Dutch still lifes conveys the theme of vanitas?

Accepted Answer

A)  watches and other time-keeping devices 
B)  a half-eaten meal 
C)  flowers in bloom 
D)  all of the above 
A)  watches and other time-keeping devices 
B)  a half-eaten meal 
C)  flowers in bloom 
D)  all of the above

Question 15

Pope Paul V commissioned __________ to provide Saint Peter's Basilica with a longer nave and a new façade.

Accepted Answer

A)  Michelangelo 
B)  Borromini 
C)  Maderno 
D)  Cruyl 
A)  Michelangelo 
B)  Borromini 
C)  Maderno 
D)  Cruyl

Question 16

What is group portraiture and how did Dutch Baroque artists refine it?

Accepted Answer

Group portraiture is a type of painting

Question 17

What detail of Bernini's Cornaro Chapel helps viewer identify with the event?

Accepted Answer

A)  metal supports that make the sculptural grouping appear to float 
B)  portrait sculptures on both sides appear as viewers witnessing the event taking place before us 
C)  a hidden window illuminating the figures with natural light 
D)  all of the above 
A)  metal supports that make the sculptural grouping appear to float 
B)  portrait sculptures on both sides appear as viewers witnessing the event taking place before us 
C)  a hidden window illuminating the figures with natural light 
D)  all of the above

Question 18

What artist was most influential on George de la Tour and other French artists of the early seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rosso Fiorentino 
B)  Rubens 
C)  Carvaggio 
D)  The Carracci 
A)  Rosso Fiorentino 
B)  Rubens 
C)  Carvaggio 
D)  The Carracci

Question 19

____________ was a printmaking technique that created a line with a rich black appearance.

Accepted Answer

A)  Burr 
B)  Drypoint 
C)  Register 
D)  Relief 
A)  Burr 
B)  Drypoint 
C)  Register 
D)  Relief

Question 20

Why did English Baroque architects replace the prevailing Gothic style?

Accepted Answer

English Baroque architects replaced the

Exam 23: Seventeenth-century Art in Europe

How are Baroque naturalism and Baroque classicism similar and different?

Why was Rubens so successful as an artist?

How are Zurbarán and Murillo similar and different as painters?

In what ways were French Baroque classical painters influenced by Italian Baroque art?

The __________ family, two brothers and a cousin, founded an art academy in Bologna.

The tenebrism and highly realistic style characterizing of seventeenth-century Spanish painting was influenced by __________.

How did Bernini unify the exterior of St. Peter's?

Rubens was known for __________________.

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

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

Still-life paintings with a moralizing __________ theme were very popular in the seventeenth century.

Velàzquez's painting The Surrender at Breda is popularly known as __________.

__________ succeeded Maderno in 1629 as Vatican architect.

What object or objects seen in Dutch still lifes conveys the theme of vanitas?

Pope Paul V commissioned __________ to provide Saint Peter's Basilica with a longer nave and a new façade.

What is group portraiture and how did Dutch Baroque artists refine it?

What detail of Bernini's Cornaro Chapel helps viewer identify with the event?

What artist was most influential on George de la Tour and other French artists of the early seventeenth century?

____________ was a printmaking technique that created a line with a rich black appearance.

Why did English Baroque architects replace the prevailing Gothic style?

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