Test 3 TA Review

Question 1

Answer 1

Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor), Diego Velazquez, 1656

Question 2

Answer 2

Saying Grace, Jean-Baptiste Chardin,1740

Question 3

Answer 3

Elevation of the Cross, Peter Paul, Rubens, 1610

Question 4

Answer 4

Et in Arcadia Ego, Nicolas Poussin, 1637

Question 5

Answer 5

Hall of Mirrors, Le Brun, 1678

Question 6

Answer 6

The Conversion of Saint Paul, Carvaggio, 1601

Question 7

The Baroque art in catholic countries is associated with waht religious movement?

Answer 7

The Counter- Reformation

Question 8

Answer 8

Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrant, 1665

Question 9

Other Works By Rembrant?

Answer 9

Anatomy lesson of Dr. Tulp

Question 10

Other Works by rembrant? 2

Answer 10

The Night Watch

Question 11

Answer 11

David, Bernini, 1623

Answer 12

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, Bernini

Question 13

Answer 13

Apollo and Daphne, Bernini

Question 14

Answer 14

St. Peter’s in Rome

Question 15

Answer 15

Pilgrimage to Cythera, Watteau

Question 16

Answer 16

L’Indifferent, Watteau

Question 17

Watteau Facts

Answer 17

Painter of the Rococo in the 18th century
Introduced a new type of subject called the fete galante (courtship party)
Associated with pastel colors, fluid lines, s-curve, or wave compositions
Painterly touch
Subjects are about falling in love and courtship

Question 18

Differences between Michelangelo’s and Bernini’s David

Answer 18

A different moment in the story

Moment of action
Most dramatic moment

Theatrical and dramatic
Asymmetrical balance

Leaps onto the forward leg

Dynamic balance with twist to one side
Shows maximum action
Seems to move through time and space
It demands space around it
We stand in the place of Goliath

Question 19

What is different about Remebrant’s Approach to depicting religious subject matter?

Answer 19

He doesn’t usually represent the Catholic scenes of the life of Christ or the lives of saints and martyrs

This is a parable

Not an altar panel

Meant for private worship

He sees the Biblical scenes in human terms with human feelings and psychology
Doesn’t use poses and gestures from antiquity
Emphasis on feelings and emotions

Question 20

What is new about Rembrants’s approach to color, light, pigment?

Answer 20

Light: everywhere mingled with shadow

Not a high contrast of light
Uses the light to bring the focal point to the father and son

Pigment: he uses a wash of red that warms his tones and colors
Color: warm glowing color

Impasto and use to palette knife gives texture to the surface of the work

Question 21

Characteristics of Carvaggio

Answer 21

Tenebrism (dramatic illumination)
Theatrical use of light
Figures often close to the frontal plane
Large, hard, sculptural figures
Dark rich color against neutrals
Low-keyed color tonality with high contrast
Humble treatment of subject with detailed realism
Dramatic interpretation of the subject
Figures attempt to break through the picture plane
Shallow, box-like space

Question 22

Why was the church interested in Carvaggios subject matter?

Answer 22

Wants to help worshippers identify with the saint and his struggle for faith
Emphasized the life of the saints
Emphasis on conversion

Catholics hoped to convert the Protestants back to Rome