CHapter 17 Art 111 Quiz

One of the woman artists to gain widespread notoriety as an artist in the Baroque period was:

Artemisia Gentileschi

The sculptor _______________ depicted David in movement, flinging his stone at Goliath.

Bernini

Caravaggio's dramatic portrayal of scenes at night, as seen in The Conversion of Saint Paul, was called:

Chiaroscuro

Leonardo da Vinci's technique of blurred edges, a special type of _______, can be seen in his Mona Lisa.

Chiaroscuro

Paintings that focus on the lives and surroundings of everyday people are called ______________________.

Genre paintings

Michelangelo's David has a pose influenced by the sculpture of the ancient:

Greeks

The term Renaissance means

Rebirth

In the Netherlands, the major patrons of such artists as Vermeer and Rembrandt were:

The nobility

Many Baroque characteristics developed as propaganda for the:

Counter Reformation

The art of the Baroque period is characterized by ________________

Emotion and drama

In Jan van Eyck's The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami, the woman is wearing green because:

It symbolized fertility

Rococo paintings mainly showed:

Life without troubles

The Holy Trinity fresco, by Masaccio, is considered to be the first painting based on the use of:

Linear Perspecive

Many Renaissance artists benefited from the patronage of the _______ family.

Medici

Rembrandt's Return of the Prodigal Son depicts a story from _____________.

The Bible