Question 1

Which would be concerned with a theme of Vanitas?

Accepted Answer

A)  genre 
B)  landscape 
C)  portraiture 
D)  still life

Question 2

Rembrandt was a versatile artist who worked both in painting and:

Accepted Answer

A)  Printmaking 
B)  Sculpture 
C)  Architecture 
D)  Textiles

Question 3

What artist etched more than 20 self-portraits, including Self-Portrait with Cap, Open Mouthed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rembrandt 
B)  Vermeer 
C)  Dürer 
D)  Hals

Question 4

Discuss the Baroque elements and influences in Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder Print. How would you relate this work to paintings by Caravaggio?

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Question 5

For both Flanders and Holland, discuss how each area was ruled and what were the available and predominant sources of artistic patronage. How did political and social conditions have an impact on the arts in these two areas?

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Question 6

All of the following are common specializations associated with the Dutch Baroque painters EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  landscape 
B)  group portrait 
C)  still life 
D)  palace art and court life

Question 7

What does a comparison of Rembrandt's The Night Watch and Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance tell us about Dutch society in the 17th century?

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Question 8

Which of the following is true about Rembrandt's Bathsheba with King David's Letter?

Accepted Answer

A)  It demonstrates the psychological depth of the artist's work 
B)  It faithfully recreates the subject from 2 Samuel 11:2-27 
C)  The patron was a wealthy Dutch businessman 
D)  Rembrandt idealizes the appearance of Bathsheba

Question 9

Rubens was distinguished among seventeenth century Flemish artists by his habit of completing all of his paintings by himself.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 20: The Baroque in the Netherlands