Deck 14: The High Renaissance in the North

Question 1

Which German composer worked for 27 years as the music director at a church school?

A)Johann Sebastian Bach
B)Georg Frederic Handel
C)Heinrich Schütz
D)Jean Philippe Rameau

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Who was Rubens' assistant before beginning his own career as an artist?

A)Heinrich Schütz
B)Annibale Carracci
C)Diego Velázquez
D)Anthony van Dyck

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which Dutch artist is best known for his quiet scenes of ordinary domestic life?

A)van Dyck
B)Rubens
C)Vermeer
D)Sweelinck

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which French painter saw his work as a protest against the excesses of the Baroque?

A)Moliėre
B)La Tour
C)Vermeer
D)Poussin

Question 5

What two musical genres emerged in the seventeenth century?

A)Opera and concerto grosso
B)Madrigal and ayre
C)Symphony and string quartet
D)Motet and rondo

Question 6

Who was the first great genius in the history of opera?

A)Bach
B)Monteverdi
C)Rameau
D)Vivaldi

Question 7

Who was the leading painter in the court of Spanish king Philip IV?

A)Monteverdi
B)Goya
C)Velázquez
D)de Loma

Question 8

Which artistic style is reflected in the external decoration of the Palace of Versailles, especially its classically balanced threes and emphasis on the horizontal?

A)Byzantine
B)Classical Greek
C)Gothic
D)Renaissance

Question 9

What kinds of subjects were commonly commissioned from Dutch painters?

A)Group portraits
B)Solo portraits
C)Battle scenes
D)Agricultural scenes

Question 10

What two qualities characteristic of Rubens' painting are seen in The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus?

A)Drab color and focus on natural landscape
B)Energy and female sensuality
C)Chiaroscuro and an idyllic setting
D)Motionlessness and sprezzatura

Question 11

What technique did Caravaggio use to increase the dramatic impact of his The Calling of Saint Matthew?

A)sfumato
B)linear perspective
C)vanishing point
D)chiaroscuro

Question 12

How did Galileo study motion and learn how objects move in time and space?

A)by logical reasoning
B)by experimentation
C)by reading Greek texts
D)by asking for expert opinions

Question 13

Which French king was called the "Sun King"?

A)Charles V
B)Charles X
C)Louis XIV
D)Louis XVI

Question 14

Who was the most important Italian sculptor of the Baroque Age?

A)Borromini
B)Bernini
C)Brunelleschi
D)Gentileschi

Question 15

What was added to performances of operas by Lully and Rameau at the court of Louis XIV?

A)ballet
B)concerto grosso
C)organ accompaniment
D)waltz

Question 16

What was the name of the predominant European art style of the 1600s?

A)Renaissance
B)Baroque
C)Rococo
D)Arcadian

Question 17

Which work is considered the greatest novel in the Spanish language?

A)Il Gesù
B)Tartuffe
C)Don Quixote
D)La Primavera

Question 18

This female contemporary of Caravaggio was famous for her dramatic paintings of Biblical scenes.

A)Annibale Carracci
B)Artemesia Gentileschi
C)René Lorrain
D)Jan Sweelinck

Question 19

What was the name of the military religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola?

A)The Army of Christ
B)The Spanish Inquisition
C)The Society of Jesus
D)Soldiers of the Cross

Question 20

What was Borromini's most important contribution to the architecture of Rome?

A)San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
B)The Sistine Chapel
C)St.Mark's Cathedral
D)Il Duomo Nuevo

Question 21

_______________________ Roman Catholic movement formed in reaction to rise of Protestantism

Question 22

_______________________ Novel telling a story involving a rogue or adventurer

Question 23

_______________________ System of reasoning that starts from the observation of specific instances

Question 24

What was the Ptolemaic view of the universe and why was this view supported by the Catholic Church?

Question 25

_______________________ Italian word for "slow," used to indicate musical tempo

Question 26

What is generally considered to be the greatest epic poem in English of the 1600s?

A)The Canonization
B)Paradise Lost
C)On the Wounds of Our Crucified Lord
D)Leviathan

Question 27

Which French philosopher is often called the "Father of Modern Philosophy"?

A)Sartre
B)Racine
C)Descartes
D)Moliere

Question 28

_______________________ Keyboard instrument, the forerunner of the modern piano

Question 29

_______________________ Musical form in which the same themes are repeated and combined in counterpoint

Question 30

What is the greatest novel in the Spanish language?

A)Don Juan
B)El caballero loco
C)El día ordinario
D)Don Quixote

Question 31

_______________________ Court created by the Catholic Church to try those accused of heresy, including Galileo

Question 32

_______________________ Poetic form Milton used for Paradise Lost

Question 33

Who was the creator of French Baroque comedy?

A)Racine
B)Molière
C)Corneille
D)Rameau

Question 34

According to Hobbes, what are laws created to protect people from?

A)The government
B)Human greed and aggression
C)The church
D)The university system

Question 35

_______________________ Musical composition contrasting a full orchestra with a small group of soloists

Question 36

What was the name of the military religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola? Why was it so successful?

Question 37

What was John Locke's most influential work 1690)on ideas and learning? According to Locke, are ideas innate? If not, from where do they come?

Question 38

Why did Dutch painters have to depend on the tastes and demands of the open market rather than the patronage of the Church?

Question 39

_______________________ Sacred musical drama performed without action, scenery, or costume

Question 40

What was the response of the Roman Catholic Church to Protestant criticism of its belief in purgatory, transubstantiation, and celibacy for the clergy? What is meant by the doctrine of "transubstantiation"?