Art 2 Exam 2 Study Guide
STUDY TIPS: Look at the slide lists and focus on the periods and questions below.
Make flashcards for each work with title, artist, date on one side
and the main idea and visual or stylistic elements on the other.
Use the textbook CD – remember there is one on reserve in the
library.
I. The Achievements of the 16th century High Renaissance Masters
1. What are the technical and aesthetic achievements of the High Renaissance?
2. What were the master works of the great individual artists of the High
Renaissance?
3. How did Leonardo achieve a “unified representation of objects in an
atmospheric setting”?
4. What were Bramante’s architectural achievements in the new St. Peter’s in
Rome?
5. What are the formal references to classical antiquity in Michelangelo’s David?
6. What are Michelangelo’s message and stylistic achievements in the Sistine
Chapel ceiling?
7. How did Raphael use classicism and synthesize of Renaissance ideals in his
paintings?
II. Venetian Art
1. How does 16th century Venetian art differ from that made in Florence and
Rome?
2. What did Bellini, Giorgione, and Titian each contribute to Venetian art?
3. How are drama and color used in Venetian art?
4. What is the role of women in Venetian art: as artists, patrons, subjects?
5. What is Arcadia and the pastoral ideal?
III. Mannerism
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How is Mannerism different in style than the naturalism of the High Renaissance?
Who are the key painters in the Mannerist style?
How do their works exhibit the characteristics of Mannerism?
What were Palladio’s architectural achievements and theories?
IV. 16th century Art in Northern Europe and Spain
1. Who are the Renaissance artists in Germany, France, the Netherlands and
Spain?
2. What are the key visual characteristics of artistic styles in each of those countries?
3. How does Protestant art differ from Catholic art during the Reformation and Counter
Reformation?
V. Southern Baroque Art
1. What are the distinctive stylistic characteristics of Baroque art in Italy and Spain?
2. Can you identify the work of Caravaggio, Bernini and Velasquez?
3. How does the design of St. Peter’s Cathedral represent Counter Reformation
goals?
4. How is Bernini’s David different than those of Renaissance sculptors?
5. What do the materials and setting of Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa contribute
to the works meaning?
6. What is unusual about Borromini’s façade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontaine?
7. What formal devices does Carravaggio use to compel the viewer’s interest in his
paintings?
8. How does Artememisa Gentileschi present a woman’s point of view?
9. What makes Velasquez’s Las Meninas a masterpiece of Baroque art?
VI. Northern Baroque Art
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What are the differences in Baroque art in Flanders, Holland and France?
What are the sources that Rubens combined in his art?
How did Van Dyck create an elegant royal portrait?
Who are the people in Hals’ portraits?
How did Rembrandt change portraiture?
What do landscapes and scenes of domestic interiors tell us about Dutch life?
What are Poussin’s guidelines for classicism in painting?
What were King Louis XIV contributions to French Baroque architecture?