Italian Baroque Art & Spanish Baroque Art

Question 1

Baroque

Answer 1

Art style that focused on the dramatic. It was dynamic and realistic, and was part of the Counter-Reformation.

Question 2

Baldacchino

Answer 2

A canopy built over an altar.

Question 3

Plastic / Plasticity

Answer 3

Physical manipulation of a plastic medium by molding or modeling such as sculpture.

Question 4

Pastoral Landscape

Answer 4

A formula to create landscapes - Humanity, architecture, meandering pathways, sunset.

Question 5

Tenebrism

Answer 5

A violent or intense spotlight of light on main character surrounded by darkness.

Question 6

Answer 6

Maderno - St. Peter’s Basilica – façade and nave

Medium: Architecture

Question 7

Answer 7

Bernini - Baldacchino

Medium: Bronze

Question 8

Answer 8

Bernini - David

Medium: Marble

Question 9

Answer 9

Caracci - Landscape with the Flight into Egypt

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Question 10

Answer 10

Caravaggio - The Calling of St. Matthew

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Question 11

Answer 11

Gentileschi - Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Question 12

Answer 12

Gaulli - Triumph of the Name of Jesus

Medium: Fresco

Question 13

Answer 13

Cotán - Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Question 14

Answer 14

Velázquez - The Maids of Honor

Medium: Oil on Canvas