Deck 10: The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque

Question 1

Which of the following is considered a "landscape" painting?

A) The Geographer
B) Christ Preaching
C) Woman with a Pearl Necklace
D) View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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?

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

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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

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 5

What was John Donne's intent behind his poem "Batter My Heart"?

A) to capture the experience of Saul at the moment of conversion
B) to demonstrate the sensual nature of chiaroscuro
C) to appeal to the theatrical nature of the viewer
D) to compare the biblical conversion to the current political state of the Church

Question 6

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

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 7

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

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 8

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

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

Question 9

Which of the following wrote Spiritual Exercises,calling on Jesuits to develop all of their senses?

A) Pope Urban III
B) Ignatius of Loyola
C) John Donne
D) Giulio Caccini

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

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

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 14

With which of the following musical forms is Antonio Vivaldi most closely associated?

A) the cantata
B) the sonata
C) the opera
D) the concerto

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

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?

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

Question 17

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

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 18

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?

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 19

The Council of Trent mandated that music heard during the Mass must

A) not be secular music.
B) entertain parishioners and inspire creativity.
C) be new secular music.
D) be a grand style for the reformed "spiritual" Church.

Question 20

Why was Venice considered to be the most innovative and cosmopolitan for music of the seventeenth century?

A) The efforts of Giovanni Gabrieli, the organist at St. Mark's, composed secular music and worked to make church music more engaging.
B) Guillaume Dufay established a school of music in Venice.
C) Composer Josquin des Prez restructured the orchestral stage to optimize sound quality.
D) The Venetian guild commissioned work by Claudio Monteverdi for public performances.

Question 21

Discuss the presence of tenebrism in Caravaggio's art.

Question 22

What is the signature stylistic component of Rubens's work,The Arrival and Reception of Marie de' Medici at Marseilles?

A) the robust nudes featured prominently in the foreground
B) the use of color for drama within the scene
C) the use of a contemporary political figure
D) the inclusion of mythological figures mixed with figures of well-known individuals

Question 23

In 1666,King Louis XIV created the Académie des Sciences in France,following the lead of which English king,who had chartered the Royal Society in 1662?

A) Henry VIII
B) James I
C) Charles I
D) Charles II

Question 24

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

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

Question 25

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

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

Question 26

Distinguish between the rubeniste and the poussiniste styles of painting.

Question 27

Discuss the consequences of England's Glorious Revolution.

Question 28

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

Question 29

Contrast Bernini's David to Michelangelo's David.

Question 30

Who created Las Meninas and became the only artist permitted to paint Spain's King Philip IV?

A) Pedro Calderón de la Barca
B) Lope Félix de Vega
C) Francisco de Quevedo
D) Diego Velázquez

Question 31

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