Chapter 24: The Baroque in Italy and Spain

Who was the most renowned female painter of the 17th century?

Artemisia Gentileschi

Gian Lorenzo Bernini's baldacchino for Saint Peter's features numerous bees, which were the symbol of which Roman family?

Barberini

Which artist created a dramatic reworking of the story of The Taking of Christ, a subject previously treated by both Giotto and Duccio?

Caravaggio

Which artist was criticized for the "imitation of common and vulgar things" for destroying "the authority of antiquity and Raphael"?

Caravaggio

Which early patron of Caravaggio gave the artist a steady income in exchange for a selection of his paintings?

Cardinal Del Monte

How does Giovanni Battista Gaulli depict Jesus in his ceiling fresco Triumph of the Name of Jesus for Il Gesù?

IHS monogram

Bernini's statue of David differs from his predecessors by showing David in what moment?

In the heat of combat

Which painter deployed the drama and majesty offered by the height and scale of a ceiling fresco to glorify the Barberini family in Triumph of the Barberini?

Pietro da Cortona

What is the medium in which Juan Martínez Montañés created the majority of his works?

Polychrome wood

In her self-portrait La Pittura, how does Artemesia Gentileschi break with earlier artists' self-portraits?

She is turned away from the viewer

The use of dark settings in Caravaggio's paintings is referred to by what art historical term?

Tenebrism

Artemesia Gentileschi

Who is the artist of this painting?

The painted simulation of groups of easel paintings arranged on a ceiling is called what?

Quadro riportato

The aim of much Italian Baroque art was to restore the predominance of which group?

Roman Catholic Church

Why did Pope Paul V have Saint Peter's changed from its central plan with the addition of three nave bays?

The central plan evoked ancient temples, such as the Pantheon.

The Spanish painter Velázquez was both first painter to the king and what else?

Chamberlain of the palace

In her depiction of the figure La Pittura, Artemesia Gentileschi took the iconography and attributes of the image from which contemporary handbook?

Cesare Ripa, Iconologia

Which of the following is NOT one of the devices Diego Velázquez used to create visual complexity in Las Meninas?

Copies of paintings by Peter Paul Rubens celebrating immortal gods

Which of the following Renaissance churches influenced Maderno's design for Santa Susanna in Rome?

Il Gesù, Rome

The drama and fervor of Spanish Baroque paintings find a parallel in the sculptural works of which artist?

Juan Martínez Montañés

Which artist painted a series of still lifes that he described as "offerings to the Virgin," probably a reference to Mary as the source of spiritual food for the faithful?

Juan Sánchez Cotán

Which painter was responsible for establishing still life as an important genre of painting in 17th-century Spain?

Juan Sánchez Cotán

What is the site of the largest cathedral built in New Spain during the colonial period?

Mexico City

What earlier work does Caravaggio invoke in the hand gesture of Christ in Calling of Saint Matthew?

Michelangelo, Creation of Adam

The quiet and contemplative paintings of Francisco de Zurbarán were well suited to the needs of his patrons, which were primarily who?

Monastic orders