Name:______________________ Day/Period : ___/___ AP Art History
Chapter 10 and 11 Baroque, Rococo (Take Home Test –Return completed April 6th)
Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1.Wren's design for St. Paul's in London was based on ____.
a. the work of Palladio
b. Italian Baroque architecture
c. French Baroque architecture
d. all of these
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2. 2.Poussin's painting is most like the work of ____.
a. Annibale Carracci
b. Velázquez
c. Caravaggio
d. Rembrandt
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3. 3. Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the followers of ____.nb
a. Poussin
b. Rubens
c. Caravaggio
d. Bernini
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4. 4. Seventeeth-century Italian architecture was ____.
a. painterly
b. sculptural
c. sober
d. all of these
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5. 5. Vermeer was known to use ____.
a. stencils
b. camera obscura
c. plaster models of classical sculpture
d. tempera
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6. 6. Bernini's piazza at Saint Peter's ____.
a. symbolized the Counter Reformation
b. embodied Luther's reforms
c. recalls Michelangelo's design
d. derives from the Early Christian basilicas
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7. 7. Rembrandt's The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq represents ____.
a. the maneuvers of the Flemish military
b. a military company assembling for a parade
c. the victory of the Dutch army at Utrecht
d. the victory of Cocq's forces at Delft
8. 8. Tenebrism means painting ____.
a. dark themes
b. in the dark manner.
c. in a dramatic way
d. theatrical scenes
9. 9. Unlike Michelangelo's version, Bernini's David represents the moment ____ his confrontation of Goliath.
a. before
b. during
c. after
d. all of these
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10. 10. Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in ____.
a. landscapes
b. genre scenes
c. still lifes
d. portraits
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11. 11. Which answer best describes Annibale Carracci's style?
a. realistic
b. experimental
c. classical
d. theatrical
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12. 12. The Palace at Versailles symbolizes the ____.
a. power of the absolute monarch
b. triumph of nature
c. Spanish royal authority
d. all of these
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13. 13. The work of which three artists influenced Rubens' Elevation of the Cross?
a. Michelangelo, Tintoretto, and Caravaggio
b. Leonardo, Titian, and Carracci
c. Masaccio, Fra Angelico, and Mantegna
d. Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael
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14. 14. Terms associated with still-life painting include vanitas and ____.
a. sfumato
b. memento mori
c. quadri riportati
d. pentimenti
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15. 15.The art of Peter Paul Rubens is known for its ____.
a. classical restraint and rational compositions
b. early use of strong modeling and later use of subtle coloristic style
c. use of objects and figures painted directly from life
d. all of these
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16. 16. Rembrandt is known for his ____.
a. masterful use of light and shadow
b. Protestant interpretations of Scripture
c. penetrating images of the human soul
d. all of these
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17. 17. How did Fra Andrea Pozzo create the illusion of Heaven opening above the heads of the congregation in the church of
Sant'Ignazio?
a. He illusionistically continued the church's architecture into the vault
b. He renovated the nave ceiling to provide a better view of the paintings in the vault
c. He painted quadri riportati to simulate a painted view of Heaven
d. He illusionistically lowered the church's actual architecture
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18. 18. Las Meninas is a/an ____.
a. portrait of the the ladies of the French court
b. formal portrait of the Spanish royal family
c. declaration of the status of the court artist
d. example of the use of the camera obscura
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19. 19. Rubens' Arrival of Marie de' Medici at Marseilles is part of a series of paintings of the life of the ____.
a. Spanish queen
b. English consort
c. French queen
d. Italian princess
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20. 20. Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder Print is a/an ____.
a. woodcut
b. engraving
c. etching
d. aquatint
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21. 21. Claude Lorrain is known for his ____.
a. portraits
b. still life paintings
c. religious paintings
d. landscapes
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22. 22. What is a grand tour?
a. a world tour
b. Napoleon's march through Europe and Russia
c. landscape paintings made to simulate a trip abroad
d. the trip wealthy Europeans and Americans made to Italy
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23. 23. Which artist made portraits in the grant manner?
a. Vigée-Lebrun
b. Hogarth
c. David
d. Gainsborough
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24. 24. Which artist is known for painting vedute?
a. Fragonard
b. Canaletto
c. Kaufmann
d. Houdon
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25. 25. What type of Rococo painting depicted the outdoor amusements and entertainments of the upper classes?
a. fête galante
b. sans souci
c. fête de jour
d. joie de vivre
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26. 26. Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe illustrates the death of a/an ____ soldier.
a. French
b. American
c. British
d. Canadian
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27. 27. David's Death of Marat illustrates an episode from the ____.
a. American Revolution
b. French-Canadian Way
c. French Revolution
d. British invasion
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28. 28. The eighteenth-century philosopher who stressed the importance of the natural goodness of human beings was ____.
a. Newton
b. Voltaire
c. Locke
d. Rousseau
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29. 29. The Enlightenment idea of the "natural man" may be seen in paintings by ____.
a. Greuze
b. Watteau
c. Fragonard
d. Clodion
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30. 30. At the turn of the century, the French Academy was divided between the ____.
a. Poussinistes and the Claudistes
b. Rubenistes and the Poussinistes
c. Rubenistes and the Caravaggisti
d. Caravaggisti and the Claudistes
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31. 31. Which artist brought scientific accuracy and dramatic presentation to his painting?
a. Denis Diderot
b. William Hogarth
c. Joseph Wright of Derby
d. Antoine Watteau
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32. 32. The artist whose work best spoke for the French Revolution was ____.
a. Kauffmann
b. David
c. Fragonard
d. Soufflot
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33. 33. Jefferson based his design for Monticello on the work of ____.
a. Inigo Jones
b. Brunelleschi
c. Palladio
d. Bernini
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34. 34. Chardin's Saying Grace exemplifies the French ____.
a. rejection of Rococo frivolity
b. interest in the natural
c. taste for sentimental narrative
d. all of these
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35. 35. William Hogarth's paintings ____.
a. glorified the English monarchy
b. satirized the newly prosperous middle class
c. vindicated grand manner portraitists
d. celebrated the rituals of everyday life
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36. 36. Which answer best describes the paintings by John Singleton Copley?
a. down to earth and informal
b. theatrical and majestic
c. graceful and sophisticated
d. moralizing and grandiose
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. 37. Soufflot's Pantheon demonstrates the revival of ____cultures.
a. French
b. Roman
c. Imperial
d. traditional
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38. 38. Which American president was also an architect?
a. George Washington
b. John Adams
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. James Madison
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39. 39. Clodion's Satyr Crowning a Bacchante illustrates the Rococo taste for ____.
a. classical art
b. moralizing lessons
c. erotic playfulness
d. coloristic effects
Short Answer
40. 40. Explain Poussin's ideas about the "grand manner" of painting.
41. 41. Briefly describe the characteristics of Caravaggio's style.
42. 42. What is the Baldacchino at St. Peter's?
43. 43. What is the subject of the series of paintings Marie de' Medici commissioned from Rubens? How does this series exemplify
Rubens' interactions with royalty?
44. 44. What was the relationship of the French Royal Academy of Art and Versailles?
45. 45. Describe Claude's painting style and content.
46. 46. Explain the symbolism of Bernini's piazza at Saint Peter's.
47. 47. Explain the content of Velázquez's Las Meninas.
48. 48.Why did Thomas Jefferson choose a Neoclassical style for Monticello and Washington, D.C.?
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49. What is a fête galante?
50. 50. Who was Johann Winckelmann, and what was his significance to the history of art?
Essay - 10 points each ( 1-3 paragraphs each)
51. 51. Using examples from Italy, France, and Holland, address how artists and architects in the seventeenth century engaged the
classical tradition. Use examples from painting, architecture, and sculpture to support your essay.
52. 52 You have been asked to assemble an exhibition of seventeenth-century paintings addressing the theme of power and authority.
Which five works will you include (you may use fresco paintings)? Explain your selections.
53. 53. Explain how Versailles embodied French ideas about absolute monarchy. Cite specific examples in your answer.
54. 54. Compare David's Oath of the Horatii and Watteau's Pilgrimage to Cythera. How does each work relate to the sociopolitical climate
of the period?
55. 55. Compare the paintings of Hogarth and Gainsborough. How does each address the issue of class? Use examples to support your
essay.
Chapter 10 and 11 Baroque, Roccoco test
Answer Section
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SHORT ANSWER
40. ANS:
Artists must choose grand subjects (religion, battles, heroic actions), avoid minute details and low subjects.
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Caravaggio used dynamic composition, tenebroso or "night lighting" that utilized strong contrasts of light and
dark, and realistic detail
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The baldacchino is a canopy-like structure that marks the high altar and the tomb of St. Peter, located under
the church. It employs twisting columns to refer to the columns on the Temple of Solomon. It is also laden
with symbols of the papacy.
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The series memorializes and glorifies her career (Queen of France and Regent). Rubens regularly interacted
with royalty, who admired the ostentation and spectacle he brought to his paintings.
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The academy helped Louis to deploy art and architecture in the service of the state. Versailles was the
centerpiece of this agenda. The academy produced propaganda on behalf of the king.
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Claude is known for landscapes painted in a soft, classicizing style, suffused with golden light and hazy
atmosphere. He uses stories from mythology as an excuse for his landscape scenes.
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Bernini's oval and trapezoidal colonnade appears like two arms welcoming the faithful. It appears symbolic of
the triumphant spirit of the Catholic Counter Reformation.
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This is a portrait of the Spanish princess and her entourage. Although it includes them only in mirror
reflections, the king and queen are also present. The presence of the artist emphasizes his status at court.
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The style was associated with morality, civic virtues, idealism, patriotism, and republicanism.
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Fête galante is a type of Rococo painting that celebrated the outdoor entertainment or amusements of the elite
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Winckelmann was a German critic and the first modern historian of art whose book on Greek art did much to
spread the taste for Neoclassicism.
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ESSAY
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throughout the chapter.
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throughout the chapter.
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pages 316-318
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pages 321-322 and 330-333
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pages 327-328
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