Art Review
During what period did English architect Inigo Jones produce most of his works?
1600-1650
Bernini places his sculpture Ecstasy of Saint Teresa in a setting that resembles what?
A grotto
From which source did Albrecht Altdorfer derive the landscape depiction appearing in his painting Battle of Issus?
A map in Nuremberg Chronicle
A painting of inanimate objects such as flowers and fruits is referred to as what?
A still life
Which of the following was the mother church for the Jesuits in Rome?
II Gesù
What term do art historians use to describe the use of rough brushstrokes and thick and opaque application of paint to highlight the uneven surface so it catches the light?
Impasto
The portrait Elizabeth I as a Princess, showing her as an elegant, formally attired young Elizabeth was created by which artist?
Levina Teerlinc
What is the size of Levina Teerlinc's portrait Elizabeth I as a Princess?
Life-size
In Dürer's Melencolia I, what element is interpreted as an optimistic note suggesting that the artist can overcome depression?
Light above the horizon
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
What painting style takes its name from the importance of the hand of the artist in creating a work?
Mannerism
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
Thomas Jefferson's redesign of Monticello was influenced by the subject house and which other building?
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
At the age of 25, Christopher Wren was appointed to which of the following positions in London?
Professor of astronomy
In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia, with its recognition of religious freedom, served to validate what?
Protestantism
In Money-Changer and His Wife by Quentin Massys, what is the viewer warned against as being a distraction from religious life?
Pursuit of wealth
The work of which artist is emblematic of the Dutch Republic's position as the leading grower and exporter of flowers in Europe?
Rachel Ruysch
In paintings such a s Et in Arcadia Ego, Poussin chose to emulate the rational order and grandly severe style of which artist?
Raphael
Which Netherlandish artist is known to have created more than 70 self-portraits?
Rembrandt
What typical Palladian architectural element is NOT present in his most famous villa, Villa Rotonda?
Roman temple-like porches
When two doctrines divided the French Academy, which taught that color was the most important element?
Rubénsites
In which church did Christopher Wren integrate Palladian, French, and Italian Baroque features?
Saint Paul's, London
What is the name of the Venetian church in which Palladio joined a Mannerist, ambiguous facade with a High Renaissance, logical interior?
San Giorgio Mangiore
In what building did Borromini match the shape of the dome to the floor plan?
Santa Sussana
Bellini's Feast of the Gods is said to have an Arcadian theme, meaning that it is what?
Set in a scene of idyllic simplicity and rustic beauty
In her self-portrait La Pittura, how does Artemesia Gentileschi break with earlier artists' self-portraits?
She is turned from the viewer
The Roman ruins of Baalbek in Syria provided the inspiration for what 18th-century building?
Soufflot, Pantheon
El Escorial is in which present-day country?
Spain
Amid their new economic prosperity, which artistic subject became especially popular among the Dutch middle class?
Still lifes
The park of which English estate, designed by Flitcroft and Hoare, is based on episodes from Virgil's Aeneid?
Stourhead park
In Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, why does the river for the continent of Africa cover its face?
The Nile River source was not yet known
Much of the bronze for the tall columns of Bernini's Baldacchino was taken from what earlier building?
The Pantheon
Eschewing a contrived pose, Vigée-Lebrun's Self-Portrait demonstrates what new trend in art?
The naturalistic impulse
Who is the artist of this Mannerist version of the Last Supper?
Tintoretto
Albrecht Altdorfer's landscape painting Battle of Issus is a reference to what contemporary conflict?
Wilhelm IV's campaign against the Ottoman Turks
In his painting, Jean Clouet presents Francis I as what?
Worldly ruler
The dignified demeanor of the subjects in Le Nain's Family of Country People is most similar to that of which other work?
van Honthorst, Supper Party
Inigo Jones adopted the design principles of which Venetian architect to his own work?
Andrea Palladio
The title of Watteau's Pilgrimage to Cythera, as well as the activities and figures shown in the painting, is an allusion to which Greco-Roman deity?
Aphrodite
Gian Lorenzo Bernini's baldacchino for Saint Peter's features numerous bees, which were the symbol of which Roman family?
Barberini
Clara Peeters's influential still lifes containing bread and fruit are referred to by which term?
Breakfast pieces
Which painter created this painting of mother-and-son pair Eleanora of Toledo and Giovanni de' Medici?
Bronzino
What tool do art historians believe Vermeer used to aid in his virtuoso depiction of light?
Camera obscure
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
Hendrick ter Brugghen's Calling of Saint Matthew echoes a work of which great master?
Caravaggio
osé de Ribera brought the style of which artist to Spain?
Caravaggio
Portals of Spanish Plateresque facades generally took what form?
Carved retable against patterned stone walls
The Coalbrookdale Bridge, built over the Severn River, was the first such structure built from what material?
Cast iron
The first known northern European self-portrait by a woman is purportedly by which artist?
Caterina van Hemessen
The fundamental conflicts underlying the Thirty Years' War arose from ongoing friction between which groups?
Catholics and Protestants
Jan Steen's painting Feast of Saint Nicholas depicts a Dutch household in what mood?
Chaotic and in an uproar
The composition of Titian's Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne was most likely inspired by what?
Classical mythology and art
In the debate among members of the French Royal Academy regarding the relative superiority of color or form, which side did Watteau favor?
Color (Rubénistes)
What does Vermeer use to direct the viewer's gaze to the allegorical focus of his painting Woman Holding a Balance?
Converging orthogonal
Which 18th-century Enlightenment figure was also a pioneer in the field of art criticism, expressing a preference for naturalism in painting?
Denis Diderot
What is the physical format of Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights
Diptych
Saint Anthony and Saint Sebastian appear in Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece because of their association with what?
Disease and miraculous cures
What is the location of Veronese's massive ceiling painting Triumph of Venice?
Doge's Palace
In his painting Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, which aspect of the traditional group portrait has Rembrandt modified to enliven the painting?
Expressions of figures
How does the composition of Titian's Pesaro Madonna differ from that of other High Renaissance works in central Italy?
Figures placed on a steep diagonal
In Pieter Aertsen's Butcher's Stall, which element is a reference to a degenerate life?
Fishes on platter
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
The painting genre created by Antoine Watteau in which the amusements and entertainments of the upper classes are depicted is referred to by what term?
Fête galante
The decorative scheme of the Etruscan Room in Osterley Park House was inspired by what contemporary activity?
Grand Tour travels through ancient towns of Italy
What construction material was used for the El Escorial complex?
Granite
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
Bernini's statue of David differs from his predecessors by showing David in what moment?
In the heat of combat
The artist whose work best spoke for the French Revolution was which of the following?
Jacques-Louis David
Chardin's praise of the simple goodness of ordinary people, in such paintings as his Grace, is based on the work of what key Enlightenment figure?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Which artist does Albrecht Dürer describe as a good landscape painter?
Joachim Patinir
The Enlightenment notion of "progress" and the scientific revolution are highlighted in the paintings of which artist?
Joesph Wright of Derby
Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in which of the following genres?
Landscapes
Many aspects of El Greco's works, such as the placement of elongated figures in an undefined space, are characterized as what style?
Mannerist
Jean-Antoine Houdon and Horatio Greenough created Neoclassical artworks in which medium?
Marble sculpture
In her painted Self-Portrait, whose likeness does Vigée Le Brun show herself painting?
Marie Antoinette
In the Protestant Dutch Republic, art was mainly commissioned by which group?
Merchant Patrons
Which French building of the 17th century resembles a classical temple front with the sides spread out next to it like wings?
Palace of Versailles
Chiswick House is a reflection of what stylistic trend in English architecture?
Palladian Classicism
James Gibbs's influential design for St Martin-in-the-Fields combines a body inspired by classical temples with what?
Palladian central dome
Who was the chief architect of the Republic of Venice from 1570 until his death?
Palladio
Thomas Jefferson's redesign of Monticello was influenced by the subject house and which other building?
Palladio's Villa Rotanda
Which agreement ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648?
Peace of Westphalia
A gathering of wealthy socialites in the first half of the 18th century in France would most likely take place in a room decorated in which style?
Rocco
Which 18th-century artistic style enabled a unification among diverse artistic media such as architecture, painting, sculpture, and even music?
Rocco
In his portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Gainsborough combines a naturalistic rendering of the sitter with what?
Rocco setting
The Neoclassical follies and other monuments created for the estates of English country houses were part of which trend in landscape architecture?
The picturesque garden
After Bellini's death in 1516, who became the official painter of the Republic of Venice?
Titian
This scene of the Assumption of the Virgin is by which painter?
Titian
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
What do art historians call still-life compositions that contain at least one memento mori?
Vanitas paintings
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
What is the title of this painting by Titian, which established the standard for the reclining female nude?
Venus of Urbino
Which Dutch artist made the subject of much of his art the interiors of Dutch middle-class dwellings?
Vermeer
Which Netherlandish painter's use of light to reveal subtleties of mood and character had a great influence on the later genres of film and photography?
Vermeer
In his Assumption of the Virgin, what did Titian use to create intensity and drama?
Vibrant color
