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63 Cards in this Set
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Heliocentrism is best matched with?
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Kepler
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Philip IV is best matched with
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Habsburg
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High baroque style is
A)dynamic B)sensual C)theatrical D)All of the above |
D) all of the above
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Baroque intellectuals and artists were interested in....
A) Showing the hand of God at work in an orderly world B) Demonstrating the laws of creation in action C)illustrating the hierarchy of authority in society and religion D) All of the above |
D) all of the above
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What is most characteristic of Baroque style
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Violent action
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Which city was baroque art born?
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Rome
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Which gained new status in the 17th century (name, 3)
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Landscape
Genre, Still life |
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The "Throne of St. peter is
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A reliquary
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The 2 main shapes uesd by Bernini in fron of St. Peter's are
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Trapezoid and oval
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A piazza is
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An italian square
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Bernini's colonnades outside St. peters are made of
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Marble
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Borromini's buildings are characterized by
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Curved movement from space to space
and Contrasting Concave and convex forms |
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Which buildings are by Borromini?
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
and The facade of the Louvre |
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The Collegiate church of St. Ivo della sapienza was baroque because of its...
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Centralized
but Asymmetrical plan |
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Which is true of the interior dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane?
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It has
Hexagonal, octagonal, and cross shaped coffers |
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The purpose of Louis XIV's Academy was to
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Establish a national style
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Who worked for Louis the XIV in a style called the classical Baroque?
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Poussin
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Nicolas Poussin was a classical Baroque painter because we can see what in his works?
A)Restraint B)Passion C)Moderation D) A and C |
D) A (restraint) and C (Moderation)
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Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles in what year?
A) 1665 B) 1660 C) 1667 D) 1650 |
C) 1667
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Which is the best match?
A) Poussin -- Color -- Apollo -- Moderns B) Rubens -- Color -- Apollo -- Ancients C) Poussin -- Line -- Dionysos -- Moderns D) Rubens -- Color -- Dionysos -- Moderns E Poussin -- Line -- Dionysos -- Ancients |
D) Rubens -- Color -- Dionysos -- Moderns
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The Landscape architect at Versailles was
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La Notre
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The Greek God most closely associated with Louis XIV was...
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Apollo
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Which is NOT a feature of Wren's Facade of St. Paul's
A) Pediment B) Columns C) Entablature D) Towers E) Pointed arches |
E) pointed Arches
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When Christopher Wren Designed St. Pauls Cathedral in london he was influenced by which of the factors listed?
A) Borromini B) Bernini C) the archeticture of Louis XIV D) a synthesis of all the above |
D) a synthesis of all of the above
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The great fire in London occured in what year?
A) 1666 B) 1677 C) 1688 D) 1655 |
A) 1666
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Which does NOT appear in Berninis Pluto and Proserpina?
A) Contrapposto B) Cerberus C) Figura serpentinata D) Ceres E) Pluto |
D) Ceres
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Which is NOT true of Bernini's Saint Teresa?
A) She has erotic quality B) She is on a Horizontal Plane C) She is in the process of levitating D) She is both Relaxed and Aroused E) She synthesizes emotion with mysticism |
B) She is on a horizontal plane
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The Farnese Grand Gallery Cieling Fescoes illustrate which of the following?
Christian Scenes, Scenes of the Farnese family, Mythological Scenes, Scenes of Roman history? |
Mythological scenes
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The Italian Baroque equivalent of Vasari was
Van Mander Carracci Cortona Bellori |
Bellori
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Anchises was...(2 of the three)
A Lover of Ceres A Lover of Juno A Father of Aeneas |
A lover of Ceres and a Father of Aeneas
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Which is NOT true of Pietroda Cortanas Reign of Urban VIII?
A) it is on the cieling in the Palazzo Barbarini B) It depicts Three huge bees C) It exhaults the Catholic Church D) It is organized like a last judgement E) It contains mythological figures |
D) It is organized like a last judgment
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Gaulli's Triumph of the name of jesus is..
A) In the vault of St. Peter's B) in the Vault of the Gesu C) in a collaboration between Gaulli and Bernini D) Was commissioned by the pope |
B) in the Vault of the Gesu
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Caravaggio was descrived by van Mander as (which of the following?)...
-Combining qualities of Mars and Minerva, -Violent but charming -a realist and a neoplatonist -a good tennis player |
-Combining the qualities of mars and minerva
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Carvaggio's Medusa is which of the following?
-Based on the featrues of his loer - a wedding present - is oil on wood - is the same figure as the boy in the boy with a basket of fruit |
-Was a wedding present
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Caravaggio's Calling of Matthew quotes visually from which of the following?
-the gospel of Matthew? -the Amor Vincit Omnia -Gaulli's Cieling? -Michelangelo's Sistine Cieling? |
-Michelangelo's Sistine Cieling
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Tenebrism refers to...
-Chiaroscuro -a preponderence of cast shadows -a preponderence of darkness -the tenets of shading |
-a preponderence of darkness
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Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by whom?
-Rubens -El greco -tintoretto -caravaggio |
Caravaggio
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Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes is based on...
-the bible -the old testament Apocrypha -the metamorphoses -the New testament Apocrypha |
The old estament Apocrypha
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Which is the best match?
a)Catholic -- Holland b)Catholic -- Switzerland c)Protestant -- Holland d)Protestant -- France |
C)Protestant -- Holland
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Ruben's paintings are characterized by
a) strong angular compositions b) brilliant colors and textures c) the human body in motion d) all of the above |
d) all of the above
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Rubens Synthesized the ideas of
A) Caravaggio B) Michelangelo C) Titian D) All of the above |
D) All of the above
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The Figure in Ruben's Teh Straw Hat was...
-A wealthy patron -The artist's sister -The artist's wife -The artist's future Sister-in-Law -The artist's future Mother-in-Law |
-Future Mother in law
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Which best describes Rubens's women?
-overweight -voluptuous -pious -mythological -peasants |
-Voluptuous
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The Court portrait painter to Charles I of England was
-Anthony van Dyck -Christopher Wren -Hans Holbein -Oliver Cromwel |
-Anthony van Dyck
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Which commodity did the Dutch east india company secure a monopoly in?
-textiles -slaves -spices -tulips -porcelain |
-spices
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Three emperors who patronized Mughal painting in India were....
a) Gengis Khan, Akbar, and Shah Jehan b) Gengis Khan, Akbar, and Jahangir c) Mumtaz, Jahangir, Akbar d) Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jehan |
d) Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jehan
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Taj Mahal is a memorial to whom?...
-Akbar -Mumtaz -Shah Jehan -Jahangir |
-Mumtaz
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Rembrandt's Painted Light is usually what color?
-white -yellow -light blue -gray -light green |
-yellow
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The "Writing on the Wall" appears in
-The Blinding of Samson -The Night Watch -Belshazzar's Feast -The assumption of the Virgin |
=Belshazzar's Feast
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Who was one of the "Little Dutch Masters"?
-Holbein -Anthony van Dyck -Velazquez -Jan Vermeer |
-Jan Vermeer
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The 17th century artist most known for the science of optics was...
-spinoza -rubens -vermeer -ucello |
-Vermeer
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Jacob Van Ruistael specialized in...
-landscape -moralizing pictures -vanitas -protraits |
-landscape
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The Predominant planes in baroque painting are what?
-horizontal -vertical -curvilinear -spiral -diagonal |
-diagonal
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The Baroque artist best known for self-portraits is
-Poussin -Rubens -Rembrandt -Vermeer -Bernini |
-Rembrandt
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Rembrandt's religious work was?
a)contemplative b)spiritual c)heated and exotic d)both a and b but not c |
D) a and b but not c
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The baroque artist knkown to have uses the camera obsucra was?
-Vermeer -Rubens -Leyster -Rembrandt -Hals |
-Vermeer
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Which artist is matched with the incorrect city of origin?
A) Hals -- Haarlem B) Rembrandt -- Leiden C) Vermeer -- Delft D) Leyster -- Amsterdam |
D) Leyster -- Amsterdam
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Vanitas is the latin word for
-emptiness -vanity -vainglory -lies |
-emptiness
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Which is least likely to appear as vanitas iconography?
-skull -windmill -watch -candle -shell |
Windmill
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Diego de Velazquez was strongly influenced by whom?
-Annibale Carracci -Caravaggio -Tintoretto -El Greco |
Caravaggio
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Velazquez's main patron was
-Phillup II -Louis XIV -Phillup IV -Charles V |
-Philip IV
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Which was NOT by Velazquez?
-The nightwatch -The surrender of breda -The rokeby venus -Las meninas |
-The Nightwatch
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The most Classical of the following Baroque artists was whom?
-Bernini -Caravaggio -Poussin -Rubens -Rembrandt |
Poussin
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