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Which is the most characteristic feature of Baroque style? |
| | A) | elongation |
| | B) | violent action |
| | C) | restraint |
| | D) | flat spaces |
| | E) | frontal figures |
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2 | |
Which gained new status in the 17th century? |
| | A) | landscape, mythology, genre |
| | B) | portraiture, mythology, still life |
| | C) | landscape, portraiture, mythology |
| | D) | landscape, genre, still life |
| | E) | landscape, mythology, still life, humanism |
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3 | |
The Throne of Saint Peter is |
| | A) | an elaborate chair in St. Peter's cathedral |
| | B) | a baldacchino |
| | C) | a reliquary |
| | D) | a triptych |
| | E) | an altarpiece |
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4 | |
Bernini's colonnades outside St. Peter's are made of |
| | A) | marble |
| | B) | travertine |
| | C) | tufa |
| | D) | concrete |
| | E) | stucco |
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5 | |
Which is by Borromini? |
| | A) | The Louvre |
| | B) | The Martyrdom of St. Lieven |
| | C) | the facade of the Louvre |
| | D) | Sant'Ivo della Sapienza |
| | E) | Saint Paul's |
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6 | |
The purpose of Louis XIV's Academy was to |
| | A) | educate artists in humanism |
| | B) | establish a national style |
| | C) | have a school for the court painters |
| | D) | teach the principles of Baroque style |
| | E) | revive the Socratic method |
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7 | |
The landscape architect at Versailles was |
| | A) | Le Brun |
| | B) | Le Nôtre |
| | C) | Le Vau |
| | D) | Hardouin-Mansart |
| | E) | Colbert |
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Which is NOT a feature of Wren's façade of St. Paul's? |
| | A) | pediment |
| | B) | columns |
| | C) | entablature |
| | D) | towers |
| | E) | pointed arches |
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9 | |
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 |
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10 | |
The Farnese Grand Gallery ceiling frescoes illustrate |
| | A) | Christian scenes |
| | B) | scenes of the Farnese family |
| | C) | mythological scenes |
| | D) | scenes of Roman history |
| | E) | the Triumph of Urban VIII |
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The Italian Baroque equivalent of Vasari was |
| | A) | van Mander |
| | B) | Carracci |
| | C) | Cortona |
| | D) | Bellori |
| | E) | Ridolfi |
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12 | |
Which is NOT true of Pietro da Cortona's Glorification of the Reign of Urban VIII? |
| | A) | it is on a ceiling in the Palazzo Barbarini |
| | B) | it depicts three huge bees |
| | C) | it exalts the Catholic Church |
| | D) | it is organized like a Last Judgment |
| | E) | it contains mythological figures |
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13 | |
Gaulli's Triumph of the Name of Jesus |
| | A) | is in the vault of Saint Peter's |
| | B) | is in the vault of Il Gesù |
| | C) | is a collaboration between Gaulli and Bernini |
| | D) | was commissioned by the pope |
| | E) | is on the Farnese ceiling |
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14 | |
Caravaggio's Medusa |
| | A) | was based on the features of his lover |
| | B) | was a wedding present |
| | C) | is oil on wood |
| | D) | is the same figure as the boy in the Boy with a Basket of Fruit. |
| | E) | is in an oval frame |
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15 | |
"Tenebrism" refers to |
| | A) | chiaroscuro |
| | B) | a preponderance of cast shadows |
| | C) | a preponderance of darkness |
| | D) | the tenets of shading |
| | E) | atmospheric perspective |
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16 | |
Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes is based on |
| | A) | the Bible |
| | B) | the Old Testament Apocrypha |
| | C) | the Metamorphoses |
| | D) | the New Testament Apocrypha |
| | E) | Vasari |
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17 | |
The figure in Rubens's The Straw Hat was |
| | A) | a wealthy patron |
| | B) | the artist's sister |
| | C) | the artist's wife |
| | D) | the artist's future sister-in-law |
| | E) | the artist's future mother-in-law |
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18 | |
The court portrait painter to Charles I of England was |
| | A) | Anthony van Dyck |
| | B) | Christopher Wren |
| | C) | Hans Holbein |
| | D) | Oliver Cromwell |
| | E) | Judith Leyster |
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19 | |
Three emperors who patronized Mughal painting in India were |
| | A) | Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Shah Jehan |
| | B) | Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Jahangir |
| | C) | Mumtaz, Jahangir, and Akbar |
| | D) | Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jehan |
| | E) | Mumtaz Mahal, Genghis Khan, and Jaghangir |
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20 | |
The Taj Mahal was a memorial to |
| | A) | Akbar |
| | B) | Mumtaz |
| | C) | Shah Jehan |
| | D) | Jahangir |
| | E) | Genghis Khan |
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21 | |
Rembrandt's painted light is typically |
| | A) | yellow |
| | B) | white |
| | C) | light blue |
| | D) | gray |
| | E) | light green |
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22 | |
The predominant planes in Baroque painting are |
| | A) | horizontal |
| | B) | vertical |
| | C) | curvilinear |
| | D) | spiral |
| | E) | diagonal |
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23 | |
The Baroque artist best known for self-portraits is |
| | A) | Poussin |
| | B) | Rubens |
| | C) | Rembrandt |
| | D) | Vermeer |
| | E) | Bernini |
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24 | |
Which is least likely to appear as vanitas iconography? |
| | A) | a skull |
| | B) | a windmill |
| | C) | a watch |
| | D) | a candle |
| | E) | a shell |
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25 | |
Which is NOT by Velazquez? |
| | A) | The Nightwatch |
| | B) | The Surrender of Breda |
| | C) | The Rokeby Venus |
| | D) | Las Meninas |
| | E) | The Crucifixion |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education