Question 1

Who served as chief painter to Louis XIV and directed the team of artists who decorated the interior of the palace at Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A)   Charles Le Brun
B)   Anthony van Dyck
C)   André Le Nôtre
D)   Alexander Henderson A

Question 2

Who served as the head of the Royal Academy of Music and created a new operatic genre known as tragédie en musique?

Accepted Answer

A)   Nicolas Poussin
B)   Peter Paul Rubens
C)   Roger de Piles
D)   Jean-Baptiste Lully D

Question 3

Who served as choirmaster at the Capella Giulia in the Vatican and composed the Mass for Pope Marcellus?

Accepted Answer

A)   Giorgio Vasari
B)   Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
C)   Lavinia Fontana
D)   Artemisia Gentileschi B

Question 4

Which of the following best defines the term "picaresque"?

Accepted Answer

A)   pungent and spicy
B)   demeaning to ordinary working people
C)   a genre of prose that celebrates a roguish hero in a corrupt society
D)   a genre of prose which employs magical realism

Question 5

Artemisia Gentileschi painted five separate versions of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes.Why did she focus on this story instead of the traditional subject of the Annunciation?

Accepted Answer

A)   She preferred stories in which women were heroines and strong figures.
B)   She was trying to paint strong women to reflect her powerful position in the political realm.
C)   She was restricted by subject matter because of her education.
D)   Her example of the Annunciation was originally rejected by the Academy of Design.

Question 6

Who was the landscape architect in charge of the grounds at Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A)   Charles Le Brun
B)   Anthony van Dyck
C)   André Le Nôtre
D)   Alexander Henderson

Question 7

In what way does the work Jupiter and Io embrace the Mannerist spirit?

Accepted Answer

A)   The sharp light and vast dark within the work is in sharp contrast.
B)   The work was stylistically supported by the Council of Trent.
C)   The Classical subject matter is reminiscent of humanism.
D)   The nudity was later covered by clothing.

Question 8

Describe how the Counter-Reformation affected the arts in Europe's Catholic countries.

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Question 9

Which work was investigated by the Roman Inquisition on grounds of possible heresy?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Rape of Europa
B)   Jupiter and Io
C)   Last Judgment
D)   Last Supper

Question 10

In Caravaggio's The Calling of Saint Matthew,what technique adds to the drama of the scene?

Accepted Answer

A)   tenebrism
B)   atmospheric perspective
C)   chiaroscuro
D)   foreshortening

Question 11

What is the intent behind the use of vanitas symbols such as those in Jan Steen's The Dancing Couple?

Accepted Answer

A)   to symbolize eternal punishment for Protestants who indulge in sin
B)   to show Dutch domesticity
C)   to remind the viewer of the fleeting nature of human life
D)   to rally support for the Catholic Church in seventeenth-century Dutch culture

Question 12

Which English monarch lost the throne during the Glorious Revolution of 1688?

Accepted Answer

A)   James II
B)   Charles I
C)   Charles II
D)   William III

Question 13

What event caused Versailles to become the unofficial capital of France?

Accepted Answer

A)   King Louis XIV permanently moved his court and government offices there.
B)   His residence in Paris was in danger of siege from riotous crowds.
C)   Louis's health required a bucolic setting.
D)   Louis wished to establish his power and authority as king outside of Paris.

Question 14

Discuss the presence of tenebrism in Caravaggio's art.

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Question 15

Summarize the situation that resulted in a "name change" for Paolo Veronese's Last Supper.

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Question 16

Which of the following terms was assigned to those who painted draperies over the "offensive" areas of the nude figures in Michelangelo's Last Judgment?

Accepted Answer

A)   braghettoni
B)   conversos
C)   alumbrados
D)   moriscos

Question 17

Who painted the Resurrection,which includes distinct Mannerist qualities and is decorous to the extent that draperies carefully conceal all inappropriate nudity?

Accepted Answer

A)   El Greco
B)   Michelangelo
C)   Giorgio Vasari
D)   Juan de la Cruz

Question 18

Contrast Bernini's David to Michelangelo's David.

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Question 19

The innovative qualities of Cervantes' prose in Don Quixote include using everyday speech in dialogue,creating vivid portraits of the characters,and

Accepted Answer

A)   presenting the narrative in a realistic way.
B)   featuring a narrative that includes class struggle.
C)   presenting the current state of the Church's politics.
D)   demonstrating the devotion of the saints.

Question 20

So popular was Venice as a source of music that composers from across Europe came to Venice to study.As a result,which of the following languages became the international language of music?

Accepted Answer

A)   English
B)   Spanish
C)   France
D)   Italian

Exam 10: The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque