BAROQUE/NEOCLASSICAL TEST
1. What best characterizes the Baroque era?
a. Reserved and conservative
b. Ornamentation and excess
c. Progressive and democratic
d. Declining and moderate
2. Some artists thought Caravaggio’s paintings were disrespectful and lacking in
a. Devotion
c. Color
b. Skill
d. Character
3. Caravaggio was known for which technique of art?
a. Chiaroscuro
b. Etching
c. Portraiture
d. Ballet
4. Rembrandt was known for his __________.
a. Landscapes
b. Still-life
c. Perspective
d. Portraits
5. What are the dates of the Baroque period?
a. 1400-1500
b. 1600-1750
c. 1800-1900
d. 1900-present
6. Which artist abandoned the idea of human and religious experience and instead painted realistic
naturalism?
a. Velasquez
c. Bernini
b. Caravaggio
d. da Vinci
7. A (an) ___________ is created by placing wax on a copper sheet and scratching the image into the
surface then immersing it in acid.
a. chiaroscuro
c. perspective
b. etching
d. genre
8.
________ is a polyphonic musical composition based on a main theme for instruments or voices. The
subject is imitated by other voices, being combined with different melodies and rhythmic ideas.
a. fugue
c. oratorio
b. libretto
d. concerto
9. _____________ was a German composer known for his compositions of the fugue.
a. Bach
c. Vivaldi
b. Handel
d. Caravaggio
10. During his life, Bach was best known for his ability to play this instrument.
a. Piano
c. Flute
b. Violin
d. Organ
11. Who is known as the greatest Spanish painter?
a. Louis XIV
b. Handel
c. George II
d. Velasquez
12. “The Night Watch” is one of _________________ greatest paintings.
a. Caravaggio’s
b. Rembrandt’s
c. Bach’s
d. Handel’s
13. The primary melodic material of a fugue.
a. Subject
b. Countersubject
c. Exposition
d. Answer
14. This composer was known for his most famous oratorio “Messiah”.
a. Bach
c. Vivaldi
b. Handel
d. Caravaggio
15. The theme of an oratorio is usually
a. Realistic
b. Comedic
c. Tragic
d. Biblical
16. A _____________ is a musical composition in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an
orchestra.
a. oratorio
c. libretto
b. fugue
d. concerto
17. How is an oratorio different from an opera?
a. It is a secular work
b. It does not have instruments
c. It has costumes
d. It does not have costumes
18. The grand home of the French monarchy in the late 1600s; the gardens demonstrate the Greek ideal of
man’s dominance over nature.
a. Buckingham Palace
c. Monticello
b. Taj Mahal
d. The Palace of Versailles
19. The text to an opera is called a (an) ______________.
a. Poem
b. Libretto
c. Oratorio
d. Fugue
20. This art period emphasizes dramatic lighting, movement, and emotional intensity
a. Renaissance
c. Medieval
b. Baroque
d. Mannerism
21. Know as “the Sun King,” this French monarch was a huge supporter of the arts and was an
accomplished ballet dancer.
a. George II
c. Louis XIV
b. Philip V
d. Henry VIII
22. This choreographer was director of the Royal Academy of Dance and established the five basic
foot positions in ballet.
a. Moliere
c. Handel
b. Beauchamp
d. Lully
23. The discovery of which ancient city help create the renewed interest in ancient Greece and
Rome?
a. Athens
c. Pompeii
b. Florence
d. Rome
24. What are the dates of the Neo-Classicism Period?
a. 1400 – 1500
b. 1600 – 1750
c. 1750 – 1820
d. 1800 – 1900
25. A musical staged drama that is generally sung throughout is called what?
a. Satire
c. Operetta
b. Opera
d. Symphony
26. _______________ was a French artist during the Neo-Classical Period whose work appealed to
French republican politicians.
a. Thomas Jefferson
c. John Singleton Copley
b. Jacques Louis David
d. Franz Joseph Haydn
27. What is considered a predecessor to the piano?
a. Harpsichord
b. Organ
c. Tympani
d. Cymbals
28. ______________ is the period of art that was inspired by the revived interest in the styles of
classical antiquity.
a. Baroque
c. Neo-Classicism
b. Romantic
d. Impressionism
29. ______________ was an Austrian composer famous for his operas and was a child prodigy.
a. Ludwig van Beethoven
c. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b. Jacques Louis David
d. Franz Joseph Haydn
30. Who helped lead the Neo-Classical movement in America through his work in architectural
design?
a. Thomas Jefferson
c. Richard Wagner
b. Jacques Louis David
d. Franz Joseph Haydn
31. What was a reason artists wanted to change their style from Baroque to Neo-Classicism?
a. They could no longer afford the excess and ornamentation.
b. They wanted to return to order, reason and structural clarity.
c. They were tired of the same old thing and wanted something new.
d. The king had ordered the change
32. Who hired David as his court painter to be better portrayed as a noble and confident leader?
a. Thomas Jefferson
c. King Louis XIV
b. Napoleon
d. Moliere
33. The painter who displayed historical accuracy using Greek and Roman themes (Oath of the
Horatii) is
a. David
b. Goya
c. Jefferson
d. King Louis
34. David’s first paintings focused on the ideals of the_________________: freedom, opposition to
tyranny, and valor.
a. Greek Republic
c. French Republic
b. Roman Republic
d. Spanish Republic
35. Beethoven’s Op 13 is in three movements. The third movement is structured ABACABA which
is known as which form?
a. Rhumbus
b. Remus
c. Rondo
d. Fugue
36. Who pioneered the symphony from short to long and sophisticated?
a. Mozart
e. Haydn
f. Beethoven
g. David
37. The Death of Socrates by David depicted Socrates’ desire to become a:
a. Martyr
b. Politician
c. Teacher
d. Artist
38. What was the name of Jefferson’s home in Virginia that was modeled after the Villa Rotunda in
Vicenza, Italy?
a. Pantheon
c. Maison Carree
b. Monticello
d. Seville
39. ____________ was an Austrian composer known as “the Father of Symphony”.
a. Ludwig van Beethoven
c. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b. Jacques Louis David
d. Franz Joseph Haydn
40. _________________ was a German composer and prominent figure in the transitional period
between the Classical and Romantic eras.
a. Ludwig van Beethoven
c. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b. Jacques Louis David
d. Franz Joseph Haydn
41. A ____________ is a play in which sarcasm, irony, and ridicule are used to criticize an event,
individual or group in society.
a. Satire
b. Opera
c. Camerata
d. Symphony