Art 100 Ch 17. The 17th and 18th Centuries

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What does a Dutch genre painting feature?

Scenes of everyday life

In the academies, the highest form of art was

history paintings

Unlike Renaissance architecture, Baroque architecture

protrudes into the viewer's space through convex and concave surfaces

Unlike Baroque art, where was Rococo art most suitable?

Aristocratic homes

The painter of the American Revolution was

John Singleton Copley

The success of Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of the Horatii was emblematic of the departure of Rococo and the arrival of _____, the official style of the Revolution.

Neoclassicism

Many religious paintings from the 17th century employ chiaroscuro- the extreme contrast of light and dark values- an innovation of _____.

Caravaggio

What shape does the gently indented oval shown in the plan of Francesco Barromini's Facade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane suggest?

Cross

What is one Baroque quality of Gianiorenzo Bernini's St. Theresa in Ecstasy?

Dramatic use of shadows

Women could not succeed as a professional artist in the Baroque era.

False

What circumstance is largely accredited for the secularization of art at the end of the 17th century?

Rather than popes and cardinals, kings and wealthy merchants became the most important patrons of art

What did the prominence of Protestantism during the 17th century in the Netherlands mean?

Religious imagery and ornate churches were less important

In Self-Portrait with Saskia in the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt uses _____, a technique he learned from his Italian-influenced teacher, Lastman.

dramatic lighting

What is the subject matter of Nicholas Poussin's The Ashes of Phokion?

A famous Classical Athenian general

Who was Jean-Paul Marat, the subject of Jacques-Louis David's painting The Death of Marat?

A radical revolutionary leader responsible for the execution of hundreds of royalists

In Entombment of Christ, what effect does Caravaggio create with high contrast of light foreground and dark background?

It pushes the foreground characters into our space

Which 17th and 18th century artists were well-known portrait painters?

Rembrandt, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, Artemisia Gentileschi

Which of the following characteristics were common in religious paintings of the 17th century?

Strong contrast of light areas and shadows, Emphasis on emotions, Intense theatricality

The life of St. Theresa, the subject matter of Gianloranze Bernini's St. Theresa in Ecstacy, was closely associated with what contemporaneous political and religious movement?

The Counter-Reformation

French Baroque painting shared what quality with Italian Baroque painting?

Theatricality and grandeur

In 1787, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun painted this portrait of Marie Antoinette and her children for what specific purpose?

To foster good will and positive sentiment for the Queen and royal family

Who was the audience for Artemisia Gentileschi's work?

Wealthy and politically powerful patrons

The _____ era of the 17th and 18th century art is full of emotion, energy, and movement. Works of art are characterized by the use of bright colors, extreme contrast of light and dark, and rich ornamentation.

Baroque

Which of the following are characteristics of 17th and 18th century European landscape paintings?

Depiction of the immensity of the natural world, Focus on architecture, De-emphasis of people

Like other Baroque artists, Diego Velazques uses _____ to create drama and organize space.

Light

What factors contributed to the rise of the Neoclassical style?

The discovery of the ruins at Herculaneum and Pompeii, A revived interest in Roman art and culture, The view that the Roman Republic embodied the civic virtues of patriotism, stoicism, and frugality

What does the candle flame in Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and the Maidservent with the Head of Holofernes serve to do?

To heighten the sense of dramma

What does the exterior of the Palace of Versailles reflect?

French interest in Classical architecture

The development of what genre at the end of the 17th century corresponded, in part, with the growing popularity of secular art?

Landscape

What was the intention of Hacques-Louis David's composition of the Death of Marat?

To frame the death of a revolutionary leader as the heroic death of a martyr

King Louis XIV of France rebuilt this place, _____, his favorite, to ncrease the perception of his divinity, kingship, and pageantry.

Versailles

One Rococo quality of Francois Cuvillies the Elder's Mirror Room in Amalienburg is the

pastel color

The term Rococo is an extension on the word Baroque and is French for

rocks and shells

The self-portrait of Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun reflects her

successful career as a painter


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