Wrong/Unsure Answers - Practice Problems

At the age of 25, Christopher Wren was appointed to which of the following positions in London?

. Professor of astronomy

During what period did English architect Inigo Jones produce most of his works?

1600-1650

From which source did Albrecht Altdorfer derive the landscape depiction appearing in his painting Battle of Issus?

A map in the Nuremberg Chronicle

Inigo Jones adopted the design principles of which Venetian architect to his own work?

Andrea Palladio

In his painting Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, which aspect of the traditional group portrait has Rembrandt modified to enliven the painting?

Arrangement of figures??

Gian Lorenzo Bernini's baldacchino for Saint Peter's features numerous bees, which were the symbol of which Roman family

Barberini

In Pieter Aertsen's Butcher's Stall, which element is a reference to a degenerate life?

Beggar and his son??

Georges de la Tour's dramatic use of light in Adoration of the Shepherds suggests his familiarity with the work of which Italian artist?

Caravaggio

José de Ribera brought the style of which artist to Spain?

Caravaggio

What does Vermeer use to direct the viewer's gaze to the allegorical focus of his painting Woman Holding a Balance?

Converging orthogonals

Pope Paul V commissioned Maderno to add what elements to the structure of Saint Peter's as previously designed by Bramante and Michelangelo?

Facade and three nave bays

Which New Testament scene does Pieter Aertsen depict in the background of Butcher's Stall?

Flight into Egypt

Which European monarch was a patron of sculpture and the decorative arts, a passionate collector of paintings, and a builder on a grand scale, as well as declaring Protestantism illegal within his realm?

Francis I

During which conflict did bands of Calvinists destroy artworks in Catholic churches in the Netherlands?

Great Iconoclasm

The publication of the travels of Stuart and Revett provided direct information on the ancient architecture of which country?

Greece

Which artist does Albrecht Dürer describe as a good landscape painter?

Joachim Patinir

The drama and fervor of Spanish Baroque paintings find a parallel in the sculptural works of which artist?

Juan Martínez Montañés

In what medium did satirical artist Honoré Daumier create most of his works?

Lithography

Which German artist is referred to by the title "painter of the Reformation"?

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Which artist provided the illustrations for Luther's translation of the Bible into German?

Lucas Cranach the Elder

In northern Europe of this period, the expansion in genre painting—landscapes, portraits, still lifes—was accompanied by what new element?

Moralizing reminders of human vices

Viewing the art treasures of Italy on the Grand Tour played a major role in the rise of which movement?

Neoclassicism

Which foreign ruler controlled the region of the Netherlands in the 16th century and attempted to impose Catholicism on its entire population?

Philip II

Which artist had traveled to Italy yet chose not to incorporate classical elements into his work?

Pieter Bruegel

The painted simulation of groups of easel paintings arranged on a ceiling is called what?

Quadro riportato

In paintings such a s Et in Arcadia Ego, Poussin chose to emulate the rational order and grandly severe style of which artist?

Raphael

Velázquez's Surrender of Breda was part of a series of ten paintings celebrating what?

Recent Spanish military successes

Which 18th-century artistic style enabled a unification among diverse artistic media such as architecture, painting, sculpture, and even music?

Rococo

The aim of much Italian Baroque art was to restore the predominance of which group?

Roman Catholic Church

When two doctrines divided the French Academy, which taught that color was the most important element?

Rubénistes

In which church did Christopher Wren integrate Palladian, French, and Italian Baroque features?

Saint Paul's, London

In her self-portrait La Pittura, how does Artemesia Gentileschi break with earlier artists' self-portraits?

She is turned away from the viewer.

Salon jurors regarded Courbet's depiction of the rural poor in The Stone Breakers as what?

Socialistic

Portals of Spanish Plateresque facades generally took what form?

Tall two-towered portal projecting from rusticated wall???

The use of dark settings in Caravaggio's paintings is referred to by what art historical term?

Tenebrism

In Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, why does the river for the continent of Africa cover its face?

The Nile's source was not yet known

What Italian city was transformed by the architectural projects of Guarino Guarini?

Turin

In the Triumph of the Barberini by Pietro da Cortona, the papal tiara and keys are meant to announce the accomplishments of which pope?

Urban VIII

Canaletto's Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice is an example of what painting genre, which was a product of the 18th-century tradition of the Grand Tour?

Veduta

Which Dutch artist made the subject of much of his art the interiors of Dutch middle-class dwellings?

Vermeer

In his painting, Jean Clouet presents Francis I as what?

Worldly ruler

Bernini places his sculpture Ecstasy of Saint Teresa in a setting that resembles what?

a theater

Chiswick House is a reflection of what stylistic trend in English architecture?

a. Palladian classicism

What school was founded by several members of the Carracci family on the premise that art can be taught?

b. Bolognese academy

In the debate among members of the French Royal Academy regarding the relative superiority of color or form, which side did Watteau favor?

b. Color (Rubénistes)

Which 18th-century Enlightenment figure was also a pioneer in the field of art criticism, expressing a preference for naturalism in painting?

b. Denis Diderot

The Enlightenment notion of "progress" and the scientific revolution are highlighted in the paintings of which artist?

b. Joseph Wright of Derby

In which aspect does Courbet's Burial at Ornans most resemble traditional history paintings?

b. Monumental size of the painting

What is the medium in which Juan Martínez Montañés created the majority of his works?

b. Polychrome wood

The name baldacchino for Bernini's work invokes its intended resemblance to what form?

c. A canopy

The decorative scheme of the Etruscan Room in Osterley Park House was inspired by what contemporary activity?

c. Excavation of Pompeii and Herculaneum

The Roman ruins of Baalbek in Syria provided the inspiration for what 18th-century building?

c. Soufflot, Panthéon

The park of which English estate, designed by Flitcroft and Hoare, is based on episodes from Virgil's Aeneid?

c. Stourhead Park

The Neoclassical follies and other monuments created for the estates of English country houses were part of which trend in landscape architecture?

c. The picturesque garden

In Women of Algiers, Delacroix's interest in what element of painting is on display?

color

Which French building of the 17th century resembles a classical temple front with the sides spread out next to it like wings?

d. East facade of the Louvre

The grand pictorial drama of Delacroix's painting Death of Sardanapalus is based on a literary work by which Romantic author?

d. Lord Byron

In her painted Self-Portrait, whose likeness does Vigée Le Brun show herself painting?

d. Marie Antoinette

James Gibbs's influential design for St Martin-in-the-Fields combines a body inspired by classical temples with what?

d. Palladian central dome???

In his portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Gainsborough combines a naturalistic rendering of the sitter with what?

d. Rococo setting

Eschewing a contrived pose, Vigée-Lebrun's Self-Portrait demonstrates what new trend in art?

d. The naturalistic impulse

The Baroque element of Bernini's sculptural art is most evident in which aspect of his David?

face

What construction material was used for the El Escorial complex?

granite

Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in which of the following genres?

landscapes

What is the size of Levina Teerlinc's portrait Elizabeth I as a Princess?

life-size

The Spanish painter Velázquez was both first painter to the king and what else?

manager of the stables???

Amid their new economic prosperity, which artistic subject became especially popular among the Dutch middle class?

portraits

What do art historians call still-life compositions that contain at least one memento mori?

vanitas