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Art across Time, 2/e
Laurie Schneider Adams
The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Essay Quiz



1

Discuss the political developments of the 17th century in Western Europe. How did they affect the arts?
2

Using examples in your text, compare Baroque and Renaissance pictorial style.
3

Explain the iconography of Bernini's Pluto and Proserpina. What is it based on, and how is it reflected in the style?
4

Describe the Baroque, Renaissance and Gothic elements of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
5

Compare Bernini's David to Michelangelo's David, showing how they illustrate the Baroque and Renaissance styles respectively.
6

Compare Caravaggio's tenebrism with Leonardo's chiaroscuro, using the examples in your textbook.
7

Discuss the role of women in the arts from Antiquity through the seventeenth century. Cite examples from your textbook.








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