Chapter 8 Flashcards
The figures in this painting are quiet; the action is gentle.
a. Rembrandt.
During the Baroque period, wealth shifted to
b. Middle-class merchants.
c. Germany.
d. The Netherlands.
e. England.
Bacon
Scientific method
Newton
physics
Kepler
astronomy
Harvey
biology
Colbert
mercantilism
Pascal
mathematics
His artistic output includes “Mass in B minor.”
b. Bach.
The group that had a very negative effect on the arts was:
a. The Calvinists.
In Baroque painting, the tremendous vitality of the Baroque period is shown in
b. Open form.
Aristocratic society used music for
c. Spectacle.
d. Dancing.
During the Baroque period, the most significant and representative art was
d. All of the arts were equal in their contribution.
“Baroque” means
d. An imperfect pearl.
The group that destroyed or removed organs was:
c. The Calvinists.
This Baroque artist died with few friends.
c. Rembrandt.
In Baroque painting, line was generally
Diffused
The arts reflected the culture of aristocracy in
d. Southern countries.
During the Baroque period, the church and the state
a. Faced almost certain separation.
His skillful and innovative use of chiaroscuro is a trademark of his paintings.
c. Rembrandt.
This painting shows a militia company.
d. Rembrandt.
His Last Supper shows figures with a sense of motion.
c. Tintoretto.
What was the Catholic response to the Reformation?
c. The Counter-Reformation.
The rising wealthy middle class desired
c. Opulence.
In Baroque painting, color was often
b. Monochromatic.
The group that only allowed unaccompanied Psalm singing in worship was:
b. The Calvinists.
An important component(s) of art and religion during the Baroque was (were):
c. The personal experience.
He was a Jesuit artist
c. El Greco.
“Mercantilism” means
d. A system in which a country attempts to amass wealth through trade with other countries, exporting more than it imports.
Chiaroscuro means
b. The technique of using light and shade in pictorial representation.
He wrote “Messiah.”
Handel
The best description of the Baroque spirit or quality is
d. Luxurious in form, color, melody, and harmony, so people might have an intense experience and emotional satisfaction.
His Last Supper is classically balanced and formal.
b. da Vinci.
This Baroque artist designed an Anglican church.
e. Wren.
This artist is the most famous sculpturer of the Baroque.
b. Bernini.
Had more commission for paintings than he could personally fill.
Rubens
Produced assembly-line paintings.
c. Rubens.
This Baroque artist was also an English astronomer and geometrician.
Wren
This Baroque artist painted Maids of Honor.
d. Velasquez.
This Baroque artist was a great English architect.
a. Wren.
This artist shows Ignatius Loyola ascending into heaven.
a. Pozzo.
The human figures in this painting are fused into one grand diagonal movement.
Rubens
This architecture features double rows of colonnades.
a. St. Peters.
This artist came from the Flemish Counter-Reformation.
a. Rubens.
The King and Queen, in this Baroque artist’s painting, are present in a mirrored reflection.
f. Velasquez.
This artist’s career and life were spent in Spain.
Velasquez
This Baroque artist designed the plaza of St. Peter’s.
c. Bernini.
This Baroque artist was female.
a. Peeters.
One of this Baroque artist’s works is The Ecstasy of St. Theresa.
b. Bernini.
Painted The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus.
a. Rubens.
This Baroque artist’s ceiling painting shows St. Ignatius ascending right through the dome of the church.
e. Pozzo.
This Baroque artist’s David shows nervous energy.
e. Bernini.
For these Baroque artists, Antwerp was home.
d. Peeters.
e. Rubens
This artist’s greatest works were created in service to the Catholic church.
d. Rubens.
The most exciting and vigorous painter of the Baroque.
b. Rubens.
This Baroque artist designed a church without a steeple.
f. Wren.
Which phrase(s) describe Baroque architecture?
c. Exuberance and excitement.
e. Profuse ornamentation.
This Baroque artist was best know for still-lifes.
f. Peeters.
Like Rembrandt, this Baroque artist was a master of light and shade.
f. Velasquez.
The purpose of recitative is
a. To present the dramatic text in an intelligible fashion.
Wrote over 450 concertos.
c. Vivaldi.
Positioned instrumental ensembles in 4 different church balconies.
b. Gabrieli.
Wrote Orfeo.
d. Monteverdi.
Was pre-occupied with tonal masses.
d. Gabrieli.
Was a Lutheran composer.
b. Schutz.
The musical form that featured competing or contrasting groups of instruments was
d. The concerto.
Was an early composer of the concerto grosso.
e. Correli.
Wrote antiphonal instrumental music.
d. Gabrieli.
During the Baroque period, homophony became
a. Equal in importance to polyphony.
Specific poems went together with some of his concertos.
e. Vivaldi.
A liturgical oratorio was called
e. The cantata.
The Baroque composer was interested in music that would be entertainment for
d. All classes of people.
Wrote the Four Seasons.
e. Vivaldi.
By the end of the Baroque period, this was the most popular form of musical entertainment.
Oratio (opera)
A main line of musical development during the Baroque period was
c. The evolution of dramatic vocal music such as opera.
Opera plots were based on
a. Greek mythology.
c. Historic events.
One of the earliest composers of concerto grosso was
c. Corelli.
This composer wrote the most colorful concertos.
d. Vivaldi.
The type of music that fused drama and music was
b. Opera.
The Baroque use of tonality led to
d. Carefully constructed harmonies and chordal progressions.
Music with a baseline and numbers and symbols is
b. Figured bass.
Wrote cantatas.
c. Schutz.
For the Baroque composer, a new, key purpose of music was to
c. Create music that expressed the human experience; that produced an emotional response.
Chord progressions were designed to
a. Create a sense of tension and release.
Was the greatest of the early opera composers of the Baroque period.
b. Monteverdi.
A main line of musical development in the Baroque period was
a. The emancipation of instrumental music.
When music used tonality, the focal point for the harmony was
d. The tonic.
The type of music that was narrative in character was
a. Recitative.
Aria
extended vocal solo
tutti
everyone plays
diminution
melody faster-shorter note values
fugue
contrapuntal form with strict imitation
subject
main melody of fugue
inversion
upside down
retrogression
played backwards
countersubject
secondary melody in a fugue
augmentation
melody slower–longer notes
stretto
imitative melodies in a fugue overlap
ornamentation
musical flourishes that serve to decorate the musical line
suite
an instrumental work of usually 4 dance movements
concertino
a musical passage where the soloists dominate
Bach’s greatest creative period was at
d. The Church of St. Thomas in Leipzig.
He communicated very little with the musicians around him.
Bach
His music makes greater demands on the intellect.
Bach
Bach’s systematic approach to musical composition was counter to the general spirit of the Baroque period. TF
False
Time to write Messiah
24 Days
Where did Handel study music
Italy
His music had broader appeal.
Handel
Handel’s birthplace
Halle
Bach’s birthplace
Eisenach
Handel had financial success writing Italian operas in England. TF
True
He did not invent anything that was musically new.
Bach
After public tastes changed, Handel quit writing oratorios, and turned to writing operas.
False. quit operas and turned to oratorios
Bach only composed music for the church.
TF
False
most sung choral work
Messiah
The content of Bach’s cantatas were linked to
b. The scripture lessons of that day in the church year.
When we say that Bach was “prolific,” we mean
composed a great quantity of music
His music is more subtle and personal.
Bach
Bach was steeped in the traditions of Catholicism.
TF
True
His works have intense pathos.
Bach
Bach wrote entertainment music.
TF
True
He was a great organist.
Bach/Handel
He sought fame and fortune.
Handel
Messiah is a combination of German opera and Italian polyphony.
TF
False. German polyphone and Italian opera
When Messiah was first performed in London, King George I rose from his seat when he heard the imposing Hallelujah Chorus.
False. George II
He was the musical realist.
Handel
Rococo society was interested in
c. Gossiping.
The character of the French court of Louis XV was
d. Light and frivolous.
During the Rococo period, it was believe that reason applied to every field would result in
c. Utopia.
The word Rococo refers to
The word Rococo refers to
The Rococo period had the ultimate propensity for
a. Systematizing.
Amorous refers to
b. Love.
Advances in science, political absolutism, and economics, turned the hearts of the upper class
a. Away from religion.
The Rococo at its best is seen in
d. The architecture.
The Rococo period (the 18th Century) is called the Age of
Reason
Sculpture during the Rococo period
a. Had the same spirit of frivolity and superficiality as the other arts.
The French Revolution was a catastrophically climactic struggle for
c. Liberty.
The artist who best exemplifies Rococo music is
d. Couperin.
Madame de Pompadour was a primary patroness for
d. Boucher.
The best word to describe the architecture of the Rococo period is
d. Decorated.
Despotic means
a. Autocratic.
The Embarkation for the Island of Cythera is the work of the artist
a. Watteau.
During the Rococo period, the preferred music was
a. For dancing.
The Bells of Cythera is connected to the Rococo artist
c. Couperin.
The color of Rococo art is generally
d. Pastel.
The composer who epitomizes music of the Rococo period is
c. Couperin.
The Baroque art that has a timeless quality is
Music
The scale of Rococo art was generally
Small
The word or phrase that best describes the society of the Rococo period is
Decadent
The primary goal of artists in the Rococo period was
d. To flatter and please the patrons.
The best word to describe Rococo art is
a. Artificial.
To distinguish a Rococo work of art from a work of art from the Baroque period, you would have to focus on
a. The subject matter and attitude of the art.
The emphases of the Rococo period were most evident in
b. The French court of Louis XV.
Which words or phrases best describe the Rococo values and spirit?
b. Pleasantness and prettiness.
The word or phrase that best connects with or describes the art of Boucher is
d. Aristocratic eroticism.
