Art History
Which of the following was a popular subject matter among the 17th century Northern European mechants
-portraiture -landscape -genre scenes
Which Northern European city became a central hub of economic and cultural activity during the 17th century?
Amsterdam
How does italian Baroque art and architecture differ from the styles of the High Renaissance?
An emphasis on drama, dynamic movement, and ornamentation
______ was the most renowned female painter of the 17th century?
Artemisia Gentileschi
Art historians believe that Vermeer used tools such as the ____ to aid in his virtuosic depiction of light.
Camera obscura
The aim of much Italian Baroque art was to restore the predominance of ________
Catholicism
Rembrandt deviated from typical group portraits in his Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp by portraying members of the guild:
Clustered together in the act of observation
The Roman Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation was formulated at which of the following?
Council of Trent
According to the documentary on Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio, the artist was most comfortable socializing among Rome's elite humanists.
False
Velasquez elevates his status in Las Meninas in which of the following ways?
He depicts himself painting in the presence of the King and Queen of Spain
How did Louis XVI use art as a tool of the monarchy?
He spared no expense in commissioning art and architecture that glorified his absolute power
Clustered together in the act of observation
In the moment of combat
French artist Poussin chose to emulate the artist ____________ and the Classical past rather than depicting dynamic movement and emotions.
Raphael
How did Artemisia Gentileschi adapt the conventions of the artist's self-portrait in her Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting?
She depicted herself in action with messy hair, a gold chain, and palette
Why did Judith Leyster appear as elegantly attired, rather that in an artist's smock as Rembrandt did in her own self-portrait?
She wanted to indicate her Social prominence
Influential throughout Europe in the 17th century, which technique defined Caravaggio's use of intense light and shadow?
Tenebrism
Believed by some of his contemporaries to be 'the anti-christ of painting'. Caravaggio artistic style is known for what?
Unflinching natrualism
Which painter held the title of first painter to the King of Spain?
Velasquez
______________ was a Dutch artist known for his depictions of tidy middle-class households and domestic themes.
Vermeer
According to the documentary, what best describes Caravaggio's work?
emotionally intense evoke the sense of touch and bodily experience based in the gritty realities of life
Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is exemplary of the Italian Baroque in all of the following ways EXCEPT?
his reference to the values of High Classical Greeks
Which of the following impacted the politics, economics and culture of the 17th century?
increased secularism and religious freedom trans-Atlantic slave trade colonial expansion
