Humanities: Counter-Reformation and Baroque Flashcards
Who served as choirmaster of the Capella Gialia in the Vatican and Composed the “Mass for Pope Macellus?”
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestina
What was the term “braghetton” assigned to?
Those who painted draperies over the “offensive areas of the nude figure in Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment.”
Why did Correggio create “Jupiter” and “Io?”
As part of the set of paintings commissioned by Federico Gonzaga of Muntua.
Who appears to “Io” in the painting commission by Federico Gonzage of Mantua as a cloud?
Jupiter
Who wrote The Way to Perfection, which describes the ascent of the soul to union with the Holy Spirit?
Teresa of Avila
What does the “Resurrection” by El Greco include?
Distinct mannerist qualities and is decorous to the extent that draperies carefully conceal all inappropriate nudity.
The characteristics mentioned as “innovative” qualities of “Don Quixole:”
-Using everyday speech indialogue
-Creating vivid and complex portraits of the main and subordinate charcters
-Presenting the narrative in the solemn style free form affectation
-In delicate juxtaposition with the comic scenes
As the author of “Spiritual Exercises,” Ignatius of Loyola called on who to develop all of their senses?
Jesuits
Who completed the sculptural program for the Cornaro Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome?
Bernini
Who painted “The Calling of Saint Matthew” for the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome?
Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio)
In Caravaggio’s “The Calling of Saint Matthew,” who is standing beside Christ?
Saint Peter
Who painted 5 separate versions of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes and was admitted to the Florentine Academy of Design?
Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisa Gentileschi, in addition to Judith, she dramatized the stories of
Savannah, Bathsheba, Lucretia, Cleopatra, Esther, Diana, and Potiphar
What city in the 17th century became the center of musical innovation and practice in Europe?
Venice
Who is considered the 1st composer to specify dynamics by indicating piano for “soft” and forte for “loud.”
Giovanni Gabrieli
What was so special about Venice?
It was so popular that composers from across Europe came to study music thus Italian became the international language of music.
What did Orfeo require of an orchestra?
3 dozen instruments- including 10 viols, 3 trombones, and 4 trumpets.
Who is most closely associated with the concerto musical forms?
Antonio Vivaldi
What did Antonio Vivaldi compose?
The 4 Seasons
The “View of Haarlem from the Dunes of Overveen” is considered a ____ painting?
Landscape
Who is particularly successful with genre scenes, including “The Dancing Couple?
Jan Steen
Who composed the series of instrumental works known as the “Brandenburg Concertos?”
Johaan Sebastian Bach
What was Louis XIV (14) known as?
The Sun King
Among the French during the 17th century what was designed to convey the absolute power of the monarchy?
Architecture
Who served as chief painter to Louis XIV and directed the term of artists who decorated the interior of the Palace of Versailles?
Charles Le Brun
Who was the landscape architect in charge of the ground of the Palace of Versailles?
Andre Lose Notre
Who created Jupiter and Io as part of the set of paintings commissioned by Federico Gonzaga of Mantua
Correggio
Who painted the “resurrection”?
El Greco
author of Spiritual Exercises, called on Jesuits to develop all of their senses.
Ignatius of Loyola
Was so popular that composers from all across Europe went to study music there
Venice
became the international language of music, due to the popularity of Venice.
Italian
painted The Arrival and Reception of Marie de Medici at Marsailles.
Peter Paul Rubens
wagered the painting collections of Poussin and Rubens over a tennis match.
Louis XIV and Armand-Jean du Plessis
painted Arcadian Shepherds
Nicolas Poussin
served as the head of the Royal Academy of Music and created a new operatic genre known as tragedie en musique
Jean-Baptiste Lully
refers to a very lively dance, fast in tempo, usually employing a 6/8 meter
Gigue
refers to a slow and steady dance, with accent on the second beat, in triple meter
Sarabanda
refers to an elegant triple-time dance of moderate tempo, a dance form that quickly became the most popular of the age.
Minuet
author of Tartuffe and was in disfavor with many in the French Court because he permitted few people to escape his ridicule
Moliere
lost the throne during the Glorious Revolution of 1688
James II
created Las Meninas and became the only artist permitted to paint Spain’s King Philip IV.
Diego Velazquez
created Our Lady of the Victory of Malaga, which employs brocateado, a technique extremely popular among the Cuzco painters
Luis Nino
following the lead of King Charles II of England, who had charted the Royal Society in 1662, Louis XIV created the French Academy of Sciences in 1666.
Louis XIV
heels touching, feet forming a straight line
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