CHAPTER 17 – Test Bank
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. Which is the best match?
a. Hobbes – astronomy
b. Copernicus – political philosophy
c. Galileo – biology
d. Kepler – heliocentrism
Answer: d
2. Which is the best match?
a. Philip IV – Habsburg
b. Charles I – Protector
c. Louis XIII – the Sun King
d. Cromwell – Stuart
Answer: a
3. High Baroque style is
a. dynamic.
b. sensual.
c. theatrical.
d. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d
4. Baroque intellectuals and artists were interested in
a. showing the hand of God at work in an orderly world.
b. demonstrating the laws of creation in action.
c. illustrating the hierarchy of authority in society and religion.
d. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d
5. Which is the most characteristic feature of Baroque style?
a. elongation
b. violent action
c. restraint
d. flat spaces
e. frontal figures
Answer: b
6. ________ was the place Baroque art was born.
a. London
b. Rome
c. Versailles
d. Florence
Answer: b
7. Which of the following gained new status in the 17th century?
a. landscape, mythology, and genre
b. portraiture, mythology, and still life
c. landscape, portraiture, and mythology
d. landscape, genre, and still life
Answer: d
8. The “Throne of Saint Peter” is
a. an elaborate chair in St. Peter’s cathedral.
b. a baldacchino.
c. a reliquary.
d. a triptych.
e. an altarpiece.
Answer: c
9. The two main shapes used by Bernini in front of Saint Peter’s are
a. a square and a circle
b. a trapezoid and an oval
c. a rectangle and an oval
d. a trapezoid and a circle
Answer: b
10. A piazza is
a. an Italian pie.
b. an Italian villa.
c. an Italian costume.
d. an Italian square.
e. an Italian palace.
Answer: d
11. Bernini’s colonnades outside St. Peter’s are made of
a. marble.
b. travertine.
c. tufa.
d. concrete.
e. stucco.
Answer: b
12. Which is by Borromini?
a. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
b. Martyrdom of St. Lieven
c. the façade of the Louvre
d. Collegiate Church of Sant’Ivo della Sapienza
e. both San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and the Collegiate Church of Sant’Ivo della
Sapienza
Answer: e
13. Borromini’s buildings are characterized by
a. dramatic frontality and heightened proportion.
b. curved movement from space to space.
c. contrasting concave and convex forms.
d. both curved movement from space to space and contrasting concave and convex forms.
Answer: d
14. The Collegiate Church of Sant’Ivo della Sapienza was Baroque because of its
a. centralized but asymmetrical plan.
b. all-embracing arms as at St. Peter’s.
c. remarkably classical façade.
d. orderly, symmetrical floor plan.
Answer: a
15. Which is true of the interior dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane?
a. It has square coffers only.
b. It has square, hexagonal, and octagonal coffers.
c. It has hexagonal, square, and cross-shaped coffers.
d. It has hexagonal, octagonal, and cross-shaped coffers.
Answer: d
16. The purpose of Louis XIV’s Academy was to
a. educate artists in humanism.
b. establish a national style.
c. have a school for the court painters.
d. teach the principles of Baroque style.
e. revive the Socratic method.
Answer: b
17. ________ worked for Louis XIV in a style called the Classical Baroque.
a. Poussin
b. Caravaggio
c. Bernini
d. Rubens
Answer: a
18. Nicolas Poussin was a Classical Baroque painter because we can see ________ in his work.
a. restraint
b. passion
c. moderation
d. both restraint and moderation
Answer: d
19. Louis XIV moved the court to Versailles in
a. 1665.
b. 1660.
c. 1667.
d. 1650.
Answer: c
20. Which is the best set?
a. Poussin – color – Apollo – Moderns
b. Rubens – color – Apollo – Ancients
c. Poussin – line – Dionysos – Moderns
d. Rubens – color – Moderns – Dionysos
e. Poussin – line – Dionysos – Ancients
Answer: d
21. The landscape architect at Versailles was
a. Le Brun.
b. Le Nôtre.
c. Le Vau.
d. Hardouin-Mansart.
e. Colbert.
Answer: b
22. The Greek god most closely associated with Louis XIV was
a. Zeus.
b. Ares.
c. Dionysos.
d. Apollo.
e. Poseidon.
Answer: d
23. Which is NOT a feature of Wren’s facade of St. Paul’s?
a. pediment
b. columns
c. entablature
d. towers
e. pointed arches
Answer: e
24. When Christopher Wren designed St. Paul’s Cathedral in London he was influenced by
a. Borromini.
b. Bernini.
c. the architecture of Louis XIV.
d. a synthesis of all of these: Borromini, Bernini, and the architecture of Louis XIV.
Answer: d
25. The Great Fire of London occurred in
a. 1666.
b. 1677.
c. 1688.
d. 1655.
Answer: a
26. Which does NOT appear in Bernini’s Pluto and Proserpina?
a. contrapposto
b. Cerberus
c. figura serpentinata
d. Ceres
e. Pluto
Answer: d
27. Which is NOT true of Bernini’s Saint Teresa?
a. She has an erotic quality.
b. She is on a horizontal plane.
c. She is in the process of levitating.
d. She is both relaxed and aroused.
e. She synthesizes emotion with mysticism.
Answer: b
28. The Farnese Grand Gallery ceiling frescoes illustrate
a. Christian scenes.
b. scenes of the Farnese family.
c. mythological scenes.
d. scenes of Roman history.
Answer: c
29. The Italian Baroque equivalent of Vasari was
a. van Mander.
b. Carracci.
c. Cortona.
d. Bellori.
Answer: d
30. Which is NOT true of Pietro da Cortona’s Glorification of the Reign of Urban VIII?
a. It is on a ceiling in the Palazzo Barbarini.
b. It depicts three huge bees.
c. It exalts the Catholic Church.
d. It is organized like a Last Judgment.
e. It contains mythological figures.
Answer: d
31. Gaulli’s Triumph of the Name of Jesus
a. is in the vault of Saint Peter’s.
b. is in the vault of the Gesú.
c. is a collaboration between Gaulli and Bernini.
d. was commissioned by the pope.
Answer: b
32. Caravaggio was described by van Mander as
a. combining the qualities of Mars and Minerva.
b. violent but charming.
c. a realist and a Neoplatonist.
d. a good tennis player.
Answer: a
33. Caravaggio’s Medusa
a. was based on the features of his lover.
b. was a wedding present.
c. is oil on wood.
d. is the same figure as the boy in the Boy with a Basket of Fruit.
Answer: b
34. Caravaggio’s Calling of Saint Matthew quotes visually from
a. the Gospel of Matthew.
b. the Amor Vincit Omnia.
c. Gaulli’s ceiling.
d. Michelangelo’s Sistine ceiling.
Answer: d
35. Tenebrism refers to
a. chiaroscuro.
b. a preponderance of cast shadows.
c. sharply contrasting light and dark.
d. the tenets of shading.
e. atmospheric perspective.
Answer: c
36. Artemisia Gentileschi was influenced by
a. Rubens.
b. El Greco.
c. Tintoretto.
d. Caravaggio.
Answer: d
37. Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes is based on
a. the Bible.
b. the Old Testament Apocrypha.
c. the Metamorphoses.
d. the New Testament Apocrypha.
Answer: b
38. Which is the best match?
a. Catholic – the Dutch Republic
b. Catholic – Switzerland
c. Protestant – the Dutch Republic
d. Protestant – France
Answer: c
39. Rubens’s paintings are characterized by
a. strong angular compositions.
b. brilliant colors and textures.
c. the human body in motion.
d. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d
40. Rubens synthesized the ideas of
a. Caravaggio.
b. Michelangelo.
c. Titian.
d. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d
41. The figure in Rubens’s Straw Hat was
a. a wealthy patron.
b. the artist’s sister.
c. the artist’s wife.
d. the artist’s future sister-in-law.
e. the artist’s future mother-in-law.
Answer: d
42. Which best describes Rubens’s women?
a. They are overweight.
b. They are voluptuous.
c. They are pious.
d. They are mythological.
e. They are peasants.
Answer: b
43. The court portrait painter to Charles I of England was
a. Anthony van Dyck.
b. Christopher Wren.
c. Hans Holbein.
d. Oliver Cromwell.
Answer: a
44. The Dutch East India Company secured a monopoly on
a. textiles.
b. slaves.
c. spices.
d. tulips.
e. porcelain.
Answer: c
45. Three emperors who patronized Mughal painting in India were
a. Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Shah Jehan.
b. Genghis Khan, Akbar, and Jahangir.
c. Mumtaz, Jahangir, and Akbar.
d. Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jehan.
Answer: d
46. The Taj Mahal was a memorial to
a. Akbar.
b. Mumtaz.
c. Shah Jehan.
d. Jahangir.
Answer: b
47. Rembrandt’s painted light is typically
a. yellow.
b. white.
c. light blue.
d. gray.
e. light green.
Answer: a
48. The “writing on the wall” appears in
a. Blinding of Samson.
b. the Night Watch.
c. Belshazzar’s Feast.
d. The Assumption of the Virgin.
Answer: c
49. Most of ________’s paintings are interior scenes, many with allegorical meanings.
a. Holbein
b. Anthony Van Dyck
c. Velázquez
d. Jan Vermeer
Answer: d
50. The seventeenth-century artist most interested in the science of optics was
a. Spinoza.
b. Rubens.
c. Vermeer.
d. Ucello.
Answer: c
51. Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in
a. landscape.
b. moralizing pictures.
c. vanitas.
d. portraits.
Answer: a
52. The predominant planes in Baroque painting are
a. horizontal.
b. vertical.
c. curvilinear.
d. spiral.
e. diagonal.
Answer: e
53. The Baroque artist best known for self-portraits is
a. Poussin.
b. Rubens.
c. Rembrandt.
d. Vermeer.
e. Bernini.
Answer: c
54. Rembrandt’s religious work was
a. contemplative.
b. spiritual.
c. heated and exotic.
d. both contemplative and spiritual.
Answer: d
55. The Baroque artist known to have used the camera obscura was
a. Vermeer.
b. Rubens.
c. Leyster.
d. Rembrandt.
e. Hals.
Answer: a
56. Which of the following is NOT a correct match of artist with city of origin?
a. Hals – Haarlem
b. Rembrandt – Leiden
c. Vermeer – Delft
d. Leyster – Amsterdam
Answer: d
57. Vanitas is the Latin word for
a. emptiness.
b. vanity.
c. vainglory.
d. lies.
Answer: a
58. Which is LEAST likely to appear as vanitas iconography?
a. a skull
b. a windmill
c. a watch
d. a candle
e. a shell
Answer: b
59. Diego de Velázquez was strongly influenced by
a. Annibale Carracci.
b. Caravaggio.
c. Tintoretto.
d. El Greco.
Answer: b
60. Velázquez’s main patron was
a. Philip II.
b. Louis XIV.
c. Philip IV.
d. Charles V.
Answer: c
61. Which is NOT by Velázquez?
a. Night Watch
b. Surrender of Breda
c. Rokeby Venus
d. Las Meninas
Answer: a
62. The most “classical” of the following Baroque artists was
a. Bernini.
b. Caravaggio.
c. Poussin.
d. Rubens.
e. Rembrandt.
Answer: c