Chapter 25: The Baroque in Northern Europe

Jan Steen's ________ captures the joy and chaos of Christmas holidays, while also adding a subtle satirical jab at adult selfishness.

"Feast of Saint Nicholas"

The creation of the ________ allowed merchant firms to hold money on account instead of carrying precious metals as a form of payment for trade goods.

Bank of Amsterdam

Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in which of the following? Still life, portraits, or landscapes

Landscapes

_______ created one of the first pictorial records of the human disaster armed conflict creates. His etchings created detailed powerful statements, and his work was widely known and influential in 17th century France.

Jacques Callot

Who painted "Allegory of the Art of Painting"?

Jan Vermeer

Versailles was a sumptuos symbol for the sophistication and brilliance of _____ and his court, and by association it was reflective of French society at that time.

Louis XIV

In his "Elevation of the Cross", Rubens has synthesized the styles of three Italian artists: Caravaggio, Tinoretto, and ________.

Michelangelo

In his "Et in Arcadia Ego," ______'s fascination with ancient Rome and Italian Renaissance cultures as well as rational order and classicism, is reminiscent of Raphael.

Poussin

Which one of the following artists was most closely associated with the style known as classical Baroque? Rubens, Poussin, or Steen

Poussin

Marie de'Medici commissioned _______ to create a series of paintings that memorialized and glorified her career as queen and regent of France. Her late husband, Henry VI, was the first in the Bourbon royal line.

Rubens

How does Rembrandt break awak from traditional group portaiture arrangement in "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp"

The subjects are clustered to one side rather than spread throughout the piece.

Wren synthesized the design elements from the Italians, French, and Inigo Jones into a unified monumentality for which of the following churches? St. Dunstan's, St. Paul's, or Eglise du Dome

St. Paul

Instead of portraying herself in a painter's smock in her self portrait, Judith Leyster portrays herself as a confident, accomplished painter, seated in front of her easel working, yet taking time to stop work and meet the viewer's eye because she wants to indicate her social _________.

Self-assurance

______ made his reputation as a painter of dutch interior scenes. He was known to have used the camera obscura to achieve these convincing representations.

Vermeer

____________ was a visual statement documenting the power and ambition of Louis XIV. It influenced subsequent generations of aristocrats both in France and throughout Europe.

Versailles Palace

Georges de la Tour's use of light in his artwork suggests a familiarity of ______'s artwork.

Caravaggio's

Hardouin-Mansart's Church of the Invalides in Paris is reminiscent of the ______ Boraque and French Classical styles.

Italian