CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
baroque art
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Hyacinthe Rigaud painted a 1701 portrait of __________.
A. Louis XIV.
B. Charles V.
C. Julius II.
D. Francis I.
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2. At the end of the sixteenth century, __________ made it a major goal of the Counter-Reformation to
embellish the church and renew Rome.
A. Pope Francis I
B. Pope Domenico
C. Pope Sixtus V
D. Pope Julius II
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3. Pope Paul V commissioned __________ to provide Saint Peter’s with a longer nave and a new
façade.
A. Michelangelo
B. Borromini
C. Maderno
D. Cruyl
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4. __________ was appointed Vatican architect in 1629 and continued accepting outside commissions
because of his large workshop.
A. Rubens
B. Prandtauer
C. Maderno
D. Bernini
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5. Bernini’s great sculptural grouping Saint Teresa of Ávila in Ecstasy (figure 22-6) is located in the
Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in the city of __________.
A. Antwerp.
B. Rome.
C. Paris.
D. Vienna.
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6. The Fountain of the Four Rivers (figure 22-12) __________ is located in the Piazza Navona
(figure 22-11).
A. Bernini
B. Borromini
C. Maderno
D. Rubens
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7. Most of Caravaggio’s commissions after 1600 were __________.
A. landscapes.
B. portraits.
C. religious.
D. genre scenes.
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8. Caravaggio actively used __________, in which he painted forms emerging from a dark background
into a spotlight outside the painting.
A. ash
B. tenebrism
C. grisaille
D. ignudi
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9. The most famous work of __________ is Aurora (figure 22-20), which decorates the ceiling of a
palace garden house in Rome.
A. Caravaggio
B. Rubens
C. Gentileschi
D. Reni
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10. Gaulli’s The Triumph of the Name of Jesus and The Fall of the Damned (figure 22-23) is on the
ceiling of the __________.
A. Church of Il Gesù.
B. Vatican.
C. Palazzo Barberini.
D. Palazzo Farnese.
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11. Gaulli had worked in his youth for the artist __________.
A. Caravaggio.
B. Bernini.
C. Reni.
D. Gentileschi.
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12. Velàzquez’s painting The Surrender at Breda (figure 22-28) is popularly known as __________.
A. The Wells.
B. The Cupids.
C. The Lances.
D. The Caves.
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13. Murillo worked in __________, despite its decline after an outbreak of the plague in 1649.
A. Antwerp
B. Toledo
C. Madrid
D. Seville
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14. Renewed interest in __________ resulted in the expansion of the façade of The Cathedral of
Santiago de Compostela (figure 22-31).
A. pilgrimages
B. wealth
C. Madrid
D. dueling
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15. In the seventeenth century after a period of relative autonomy, __________ returned to direct
Spanish rule.
A. Austria.
B. Florence.
C. Paris.
D. Flanders.
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16. Rubens’s first major commission in __________ was The Raising of the Cross (figure 22-35).
A. Vienna.
B. Rome.
C. Siena.
D. Antwerp.
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17. Anthony van Dyck had an illustrious independent career as a __________.
A. still life painter.
B. portraitist.
C. priest.
D. miniaturist.
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18. A popular form of Dutch still life painting, showing a table set for a meal, is called a __________.
A. grisaille.
B. tenebrism.
C. breakfast piece.
D. ignudi.
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19. Neighbors in Antwerp, __________ and Jan Brueghel frequently collaborated on paintings.
A. Hals
B. Caravaggio
C. Vermeer
D. Rubens
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20. A painting long thought to be the work of Franz Hals was recently discovered to be the work of
________.
A. Leyster.
B. Gentileschi.
C. Rembrandt.
D. Caravaggio.
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21. The circulation of prints of paintings in Amsterdam, such as works by Leonardo, enabled
__________ to study them without traveling.
A. Caravaggio
B. Rembrandt
C. Reni
D. Carracci
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22. Rembrandt’s prints of Three Crosses (figure 22-46 and 22-47) exists in five __________.
A. altars
B. stones
C. stages
D. lintels
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23. Gerard ter Borch was a renowned __________ painter.
A. genre
B. cantilever
C. mirror
D. religious
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24. Still life paintings with a moralizing __________ theme were very popular in the seventeenth
century.
A. grisaille
B. quadratura
C. tenebrism
D. vanitas
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25. __________ had a renowned seventy-year career as a still life painter.
A. Le Vau
B. Mansart
C. Ruysch
D. Mazarin
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26. __________ were tiny and extremely expensive in seventeenth century, making them into a luxury.
A. Mirrors
B. Palais
C. Trees
D. Paintings
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27. __________ were one of the key features of French Baroque garden design.
A. Buttons
B. Parterres
C. Paintings
D. Dogs
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28. French academicians who favored classical principles of subject and design were known as
__________.
A. conservatives.
B. rubénistes.
C. poussinistes.
D. radicals.
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29. Claude Lorrain started out making architectural paintings, but then began painting __________.
A. bronzes.
B. landscapes.
C. churches.
D. miniatures.
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30. Like __________, Sir John Vanburgh came late to architecture.
A. Wren
B. Reni
C. Rubens
D. Carracci
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31. The Parson Capen House (figure 22-68) was made using wattle and daub technique and has plank
siding called __________.
A. lintels.
B. posts.
C. ceilings.
D. clapboards.
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Fill-in-the-blank
32. The Roman Catholic reaction to Protestantism is known as the __________.
Answer: _______________________________________________________
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33. The Baldacchino (figure 22-3) by __________ is a canopy over the high altar of St. Peter’s.
Answer: _______________________________________________________
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34. The undulating façade and building of the Church of San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane (figure 22-7) is
the work of __________.
Answer: _______________________________________________________
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35. The __________, two brothers and a cousin, founded an art academy in Bologna.
Answer: _______________________________________________________
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36. The approach of the artist __________ has been likened to the preaching of Filippo Neri, who
sought ordinary people to make Christian doctrine and history meaningful.
Answer: _______________________________________________________
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37. Il Guercino was a follower of the __________, because he liked their Baroque classicism.
Answer: _______________________________________________________
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