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Art History Chap19
Art History Chapter 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In works like Ashes of Phokion, Poussin most clearly shows the influence of | Classicism |
| Velazquez'sd Las Meninas is notable for all the following characteristics EXCEPT | its depiction of female nudity |
| Who painted the erotic Venus with a Mirror, probably for the libertine marquis of Eliche? | Velazquez |
| De Zurbaran Saint Serapoion refelcts seventeenth-century Spanish arts fascination with crusading knights and Christian soldiers | martyrdom |
| Whose Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber demonstrates the precise naturalism of seventeenth-century Spanish art? | Cotan |
| The Baroque vanitas, as exemplified by Maria van Oosterwyck's Vaanitas Still Life, centered on what theme? | the danger of folly and te inevitability of decay |
| Which artist compared the vastness of nature to the impermanence of human achievements in works like Extensive Landscape with Ruins (1660s) | Ruisdael |
| Who Pained the weeping View of Delft | Vermeer |
| Most of Vermeer's work was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT | Sweeping vistas of landscapes |
| as seen in works like The Last Drop, Leyster departed from Hals in Leysters | Setting figures back in space rather than right against the picture frame. |
| Which Harlem artist was known primarily for portraiture such as The Laughing Cavalier (1624) | Hals |
| Who painted Night Watch (1642), a work that has come to be regarded as emblematic of the | Rembrandt |
| In the paintings Belshazzar's Feast Rembrandt shows a shared affinity with Caravaggio for linear perspective | A dramatic lighting |
| Which artist showed a fascination with self-portraits which was unusual for his time? | Rembrandt |
| Who painted Raising of the Cross for the central panel of a triptych in Antwerp Cathedral? | Rubens |
| In his Venus and Adonis, Rubens departed from Classical and Renaissance depictions of nude women by making Venus | An active seducer |
| Who painted the Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling painting for the vault of Il Gesu? | Gaulli |
| Which of the Caravaggisti painted Judith Slaying Holofernes | Artemisia |
| What is Tenebrism? | The use of sharply contrasting light and dark in paintings |
| The works of Caravaggio demonstrate all of the following EXCEPT | The use of linear perspective to draw viewers into the painting |
| The works of Caravaggio demonstrate all fo the following EXCEPt | The use of linear perspective to draw viewers into the paintings. |
| Who sculpted the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa for the Cornar Chapel? | Bernini |
| Who helped to redesign several London churches after the Great Fire, in addition to designing his most famous work, St. Paul's Cathedral? | Wren |
| In order to enhance his royal power, Louis XIV had a massive palace complex built in which towm to whcih he moved hisd court? | Versailles |
| In contrast to the Italian Baroque architecture, that of France favored | Geometric regularity |
| The piazza of St. Peter's in Rome demonstrates the Baroque taste for | Involving audiences in a created space |
| Which city had emerged as the artistic center of Europe by the end of the Baroque period? | Paris |
| In order to draw attention to its altar, the church of St. Peters in Rome was fitted with a bronze canopy or | Baldachino |
| Baroque art generally exhibits all the following attributes EXCEPT | The appearance of controlled linear perspective. |
| Where did Baroque art begin? | Italy |
| The Baroque style is characterized by | Its unrestrained and emotional tone |