Unit 2 Art Review - Test 2 Flashcards
Study Guide & Review
Which French painter created guidelines for artists known as ‘maniera magnifica’?
Nicholas Poussin
What was the symbolic title of King Louis XIV?
“Sun King”
Which painter was questioned by the Inquisition judges?
Paolo Veronese
Which painter was tortured to tell the truth in a trial?
Artemisia Gentileschi
Which artist produced almost 100 images of himself?
Rembrandt van Rijn
Which lighting technique uses a spotlight effect that shines a light in a small area of a painting?
Tenebrism
Who was the first artist to add a curtain as a theatrical detail or ‘prop’ in his paintings?
Giovanni Bernini
Name 2 painters influenced by the art of Michelangelo from the Renaissance.
Caravaggio Merisi and Peter Paul Rubens
As a Baroque painter, why would you use tenebrism in your art when it reduces so much light?
I would use tenebrism when it’s not dark enough because that helps an image through a spotlight effect to obtain a dramatic impact by covering the use of less extreme contrasts of light and dark.