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1
Mirrors and fountains were an important part of the Baroque because they:
A)were a theatrical display of changing light in limitless space
B)reinforced the idea that someone was watching and in control
C)were very inexpensive ways to give the appearance of wealth
D)were both newly developed technologies
2
The artists of the French Baroque were primarily inspired by:
A)The traditions of the medieval Church
B)The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome
C)A passion for untamed nature
D)The desire to break all the rules
3
The painting of "The Arcadian Shepherds" ("Et In Arcadia Ego") is all of the following EXCEPT:
A)set in the contemporary times of the artist
B)a statement of the universality of death
C)an example of the French academic style
D)a reflection of the influence of Renaissance masters like Raphael
4
Which of the following statements best describes Louis XIV's concept of government?
A)"power of the people" = democracy
B)"I am the state" = absolutism
C)"let them eat cake" = aristocracy
D)"God's will be done" = theocracy
5
Louis XIV was NOT responsible for:
A)establishing the French academies
B)sponsoring the comedic-ballet
C)bringing Bernini to the court of Versailles
D)authorizing a new translation of the Bible
6
The art of Poussin is representative of he rise of:
A)fresco painting
B)academic classicism
C)aristocratic portraiture
D)baroque illusionism
7
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme reflects Moliere's concern with social class in his portraying M. Jourdain as a man who:
A)commissions a magnificent tomb for his deceased wife
B)seeks to marry his daughter to a leading portrait painter
C)tries desperately to assume upper class respectability
D)is willing to serve the king under any circumstances
8
Known as "the Magnificent," __________ ruled over the Ottoman Empire and encouraged a golden age of literature and art.
A)Akbar
B)Shah Jahan
C)Suleiman
D)Jahangir
9
Shared by the seventeenth-century aristocratic courts of France, India, China, and Japan was the:
A)production of comic opera and ballet
B)effort to make cultural contact with each other
C)will to employ the arts as expressive of mass sentiments
D)commissioning of extravagant royal palaces





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