AAp Quiz Chap 3.6b Baroque PDF

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This is a quiz prep for section 3.6 on art in the baroque period....

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Art Appreciation Quiz Chapter 3.6b Baroque Gateways to Art, 3rd Ed

P. Meeder, MALS

20 points Please write your answers on a separate page

3/25/20

1. Baroque art radically departed from Renaissance classicism by the way it utilized the principles of ___. a. space, light, time, motion, drama c. space, line, action, theater, marble b. space, light, line, motion, paint d. materials, line, space, emotion, subjects 2. Which of the following statements is true about Baroque art? Artists chose to paint ___. a. non-idealized, ordinary people and were more naturalistic in their style of painting b. grand, metaphorical storytelling or narratives with moral lessons c. emotion, dynamic energy and movement; lavish, complex ornamentation d. strong tenebrism contrasts in light and dark and vivid colors e. all of the above 3. The Protestant Reformation began as a result of corruption that occurred within the Catholic Church, instigated by rebels who questioned the Church and its authority. The ___ began as response to this threat to the stability of the Church. a. Calvinistic Movement c. Counter-Reformation b. Affair of the Placards d. Puritan Reformation 4. The focus in art during the Baroque on storytelling or narrative is similar to which period of Greek history? a. Geometric b. Archaic c. Classical d. Hellenistic 5. Baroque sculpture introduced a new concept of space and time where the figure extends into the surrounding space, known as ___. a. spatial extension b. figura serpentinata c. a closed composition d. none of the above 6. How does Bernini’s David demonstrate the essential qualities of great Baroque art? a. It’s as-yet-to-be-unleashed power captures the story at its emotional height. b. It captures explosive, pent-up force in the process of action. c. The figure extends into the surrounding space away from a spiral axis. d. all of the above 7. Considered his masterpiece, Bernini’s sculpture of ___ , installed in the Cornaro Chapel, is an emotional, dramatic, and passionate synthesis of Baroque emotion and Counter-Reformation mysticism. a. Pluto and Proserpina b. David c. The Ecstasy of St. Theresa d. Annunciation 8. Caravaggio, the single most influential painter of the Baroque period, perfected ___, a term for painting in the “dark manner”, that is, a style of spotlighting only the essential elements and leaving all else in shadow. a. gouache b. intarsia c. tenebrism d. dado 9. Which female Baroque artist, who painted in the Caravaggesque style, had one of the most successful artistic careers of the period, achieving international fame? a. A. Gentileschi b. J. Leyster c. Lavinia Fontana d. S. Anguissola

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10. Which flamboyant Flemish artist, known for his heroic, full-bodied figures drawn in sharp diagonals and dramatic lighting, followed the Classical traditions of Italy? a. Rembrandt b. P.P. Rubens c. van Dyck d. Vermeer 11. Which Northern Baroque painter from Catholic Flanders ran a successful workshop with many apprentices and assistants, traveled in high circles with the like of princes and scholars, was a diplomat, an art dealer, and became a rich man famous in his own lifetime? a. Rembrandt b. P.P. Rubens c. van Dyck d. Vermeer 12. Which artist virtually created the modern art market as we know it today, that is, art created on speculation for potential buyers, not just by commission or contract? a. van Dyck b. Rubens c. Rembrandt d. Vermeer 13. Rembrandt created more ___ than any other artist. a. self-portraits b. equestrian portraits c. biblical dramas

d. portraits of royalty

14. Rembrandtʼs use of ___ became an emotional factor, the source of the drama in his paintings of people and events. a. light b. shadows c. value d. color 15. Which of the following statements is true about Rembrandt’s Militia Company (Night Watch)? a. It is a group portrait of a professional army corps. b. It was commissioned for the new Musketeers’ Hall banquet room in Amsterdam. c. It is a “portrait” of the civil militia of Amsterdam getting ready for a parade. d. b and c 16. Meaning “emptiness”, still life paintings called ____ were very popular subjects in Dutch art because they contained lots of iconography filled with moral messages and reminders of the transience of life. a. illustrations b. vanitas c. polyptychs d. saccades 17. Considered pure poetry of Baroque technique, Dutch artist Jan Vermeer painted a portrait of a serving girl wearing her mistress’s jewelry, called ____. a. Judith Decapitation Holofernes c. Girl with a Pearl Earring b. Portrait of the Artist’s Sisters Playing Chess d. Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin 18. The historical period known as the Baroque was also known as the Age of ___. a. Kings b. Expansion c. Philosophers d. all of the above 19. In an age of revolutionary scientific discoveries, who published his ideas of heliocentric theory, that is, the sun as the center of the solar system, which was banned by the Church? a. Copernicus b. Galileo c. Isaac Newton d. Charles Darwin 20. A new public mania for art began during the Baroque. Who were the most important patrons of art during this period? a. the royal courts b. wealthy merchants c. the Church d. all of the above

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