Chapter 17: The Age of Baroque Flashcards
Diego Velázquez
a. Spain
b. Flanders
c. Holland
d. France
e. Italy
a. Spain
Gianlorenzo Bernini
a. Spain
b. Flanders
c. Holland
d. France
e. Italy
e. Italy
Rembrandt
a. Spain
b. Flanders
c. Holland
d. France
e. Italy
c. Holland
Spans roughly the years from 1600 to 1750
a. Baroque
b. Rococo
c. Renaissance
a. Baroque
______ is the element that is probably the unifying theme of the formal changes in the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque.
Space
Among the general characteristics of Baroque art are a sense of movement, energy, and tension (whether real or implied).
a. True
b. False
a. True
Restrained spirituality is often present in works of baroque art; in the Roman Catholic countries, for example, scenes of ecstasies, martyrdoms, or miraculous apparitions are not common.
a. True
b. False
b. False
___________________’s David is a perfect example of Baroque style: which combines space, a sense of movement, energy, tension and theatrical spirituality.
a. Caravaggio
b. Gentileschi
c. Velázquez
d. Bernini
d. Bernini
The artist ____________________________’s
un-idealized figures and naturalistic treatment of subject matter influenced many later artists throughout Europe, and changed the manner painting was executed.
a. Caravaggio
b. Gentileschi
c. Velázquez
d. Bernini
a. Caravaggio
Painting the divine intervention of the Counter-Reformation Caravaggio’s The Conversion of Saint Paul pulls the viewer in by the use of naturalistic treatment of the subject matter and the use of Tenebrism.
a. Caravaggio
b. Gentileschi
c. Velázquez
d. Bernini
a. Caravaggio
Among the foremost painters of the Italian Baroque was Artemisia _________________, the daughter of a successful Roman artist.
a. Caravaggio
b. Gentileschi
c. Velázquez
d. Bernini
b. Gentileschi
Peter Paul ________, a much sought-after painter, was also an ambassador and diplomat.
a. Rubens
b. Rembrandt
c. Vermeer
a. Rubens
The Spanish Baroque artist Diego _______ is considered the “painters’ painter”.
Velázquez
During the Baroque Period we get a glimpse of inwardness, the psyche of the sitter: mostly with __________________________’s 90 self-portraits. In these works we witness his successes and failures throughout his life: in other words the scrutiny of his life.
a. Rembrandt
b. Poussin
c. Rubens
d. Vermeer
a. Rembrandt
The principal exponent of the Classical style in French Baroque painting was _____________________.
a. Rembrandt
b. Poussin
c. Rubens
d. Vermeer
b. Poussin
