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