Quiz 3

José de Ribera influenced the style of ____ to Spain.

Caravaggio

The Roman Catholic response to the Reformation was formulated at which of the following?

Council of Trent

Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in which of the following genres?

Landscapes

The influence of ____ is evident in Rubens's heroic figures and foreshortened anatomy in his Elevation of the Cross.

Michelangelo

The aim of much Italian Baroque art was to restore the predominance of ____.

Roman Catholicism

Why did Judith Leyster appear as elegantly attired, rather than in an artist's smock as Rembrandt did, in her own Self-Portrait?

She wanted to indicate her social prominence.

____ is a Dutch artist who featured as the subject of his art neat interiors of Dutch middle-class dwellings.

Vermeer

Art historians believe that Vermeer used tools, such as the ____, to aid in his virtuoso depiction of light.

camera obscura

Rembrandt deviated from typical group portraits in the Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by portraying members of the guild ____.

clustered to one side

José de Ribera's brutal themes, such as the Martyrdom of Saint Philip, appealed to the Spanish taste for ____.

courage and devotion

Bernini's statue of David differed from his predecessors by showing David ____.

in the moment of combat

Rembrandt's mature works, such as the Return of the Prodigal Son, differ from the religious art of Italy and Flanders in their ______________.

inward-turning contemplation

Caravaggio's Calling of Saint Matthew is representative of his mature work in which he injects ____ into the depictions of sacred subjects.

naturalism

The orb and the cross surmounting Bernini's Baldacchino symbolize ____.

the Church's triumph

The ____ of Francesco Borromini's architecture, visible in the facade of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, opposed ancient ideas about architecture.

undulating motion and enhanced three-dimensional effect