(M) L5.1: Art History (Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical)

Question 1

Baroque was taken from the Portuguese word “barocco” which means what?

Answer 1

Irregular pearl or stone

Question 2

Despite having Portuguese origins, where did the Baroque period actually start?

Answer 2

Rome, Italy

Question 3

This form of art took in ideals of the Renaissance and Mannerism

Answer 3

Baroque Art

Question 4

This period showed the religious conflicts of the Catholics with the Protestants

Answer 4

Baroque Period

Question 5

The Protestant Reformation was annunciated where?

Answer 5

Council of Trent

Question 6

This was defined as something that was highly extravagant or intricate and highly detailed

Answer 6

Baroque

Question 7

The development of the Baroque style was closely associated with the church of?

Answer 7

Catholics

Question 8

As a reply to the Protestant Reformation, where did the Catholic church determine that arts should convey and express religious ideas and direct emotional involvement?

Answer 8

Council of Trent

Question 9

Catholic-inspired Baroque art served what role in the development of large-scale works of art such as wall paintings and huge frescoes for ceilings and vaults?

Answer 9

Propagandist role

Question 10

T or F: Painters during the Baroque period were not interested in portraying movement

Answer 10

False (they used spirals and upward diagonals with strong color schemes)

Question 11

What 2 prominent art techniques were developed in the Baroque period which served to enhance atmosphere?

Answer 11

Tenebrism and chiaroscuro

Question 12

T or F: Baroque art aimed for drama, exuberance, and grandeur in their artworks

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T or F: The Baroque approach to appeal to the senses and emotions was to have vague subjects for their paintings

Answer 13

False (they wanted direct, obvious, and dramatic)

Question 14

He is the key figure in the Baroque period; he created a series of monumental statues of saints and figures whose faces and gestures lively expressed their emotions

Answer 14

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Question 15

Gian Lorenzo Bernini created remarkable artworks by the patronage of who?

Answer 15

Pope Urban VIII

Question 16

This term is also known as “late Baroque”

Answer 16

Rococo Period

Question 17

Rococo is a hybrid word combining rocaille in French and barocco in Italian, what do both these words mean?

Answer 17

Rocaille = Shell
Barocco = Baroque

Question 18

This art broadly featured shell-shaped curves and wavelike motifs particularly in furniture and interior design

Answer 18

Rococo Art

Question 19

T or F: Rococo was also known as the age of naturalism

Answer 19

False (age of artificiality; artworks depicted unreal subjects)

Question 20

Rococo art first appeared in what country?

Answer 20

France

Question 21

Which king of France requested more youthful art to be created under his reign during the Rococo period?

Answer 21

King Louis XIV

Question 22

The transition from Baroque to Rococo was evident as artists moved away from symmetry to?

Answer 22

More fluid designs

Question 23

T or F: Artists of the Rococo period paid attention to detail, ornamentation, and the use of bright colors

Answer 23

True

Question 24

T or F: Rococo focused on secular, light-hearted, and symmetrical designs

Answer 24

False (ASYMMETRICAL)

Question 25

T or F: Portraiture was also common during the Baroque period

Answer 25

False (Rococo)

Question 26

He is the Father of Rococo Art

Answer 26

Jean Antoine Watteau

Question 27

This artist was famous for portraying mythological scenes with sensuality during the Rococo period

Answer 27

Francois Boucher

Question 28

His artworks were the most fruitful during the Rococo period

Answer 28

Jean-Honore Fragonard

Question 29

Fragonard’s work highlighted themes of thinly-veiled erotic imagery which was seen in his most known work entitled?

Answer 29

The Swing

Question 30

This event led to the rise of the Age of Enlightenment

Answer 30

Industrial Revolution

Question 31

This period aspired to save and resurrect aesthetic and cultural values of the Greco-Roman civilization

Answer 31

Neoclassicism

Question 32

Archeological findings in the excavations of these 2 Roman cities had rekindled the interest for the Greco-Roman arts

Answer 32

Pompeii and Herculaneum

Question 33

T or F: Heroes and beings from Greco-Roman mythology were repeated subjects in paintings and neoclassical sculptures

Answer 33

True

Question 34

T or F: Neoclassical art used cool colors, removed perspectives, and gave importance to simplicity and aesthetic purity

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Which period influenced neoclassical sculptures?

Answer 35

Renaissance

Question 36

Neoclassical artists used this medium for their sculptures

Answer 36

White marble