Quiz #4 Ch. 24-26

What type of scene is Judith Leyster in the process of painting in her Self-Portrait?

Genre scene

In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia, with its recognition of religious freedom, served to validate what?

Protestantism

What Italian city was transformed by the architectural projects of Guarino Guarini?

Turin

Which painting by Rembrandt is known to have been reduced in size when moved from its original location to Amsterdam's town hall?

Night Watch

In Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, why does the river for the continent of Africa cover its face?

The Nile's source was not yet known

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

Artemisia Gentileschi

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

Chamberlain of the palace

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

Juan Martínez Montañés

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

Juan Sánchez Cotán

Which term best describes the color palette of Hals's The Women Regents of the Old Men's Home at Haarlem?

Monochromatic

Viewing the art treasures of Italy on the Grand Tour played a major role in the rise of which movement?

Neoclassicism

Which Netherlandish artist is known to have created more than 70 self-portraits?

Rembrandt

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

She is turned away from the viewer.

The name baldacchino for Bernini's work invokes its intended resemblance to what form?

A canopy

A painting of inanimate objects such as flowers and fruit is referred to as what?

A still life

Which architect is responsible for the entire plan and arrangement of the park and gardens of Versailles?

André Le Nôtre

Which artist was responsible for creating the canonical iconography of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, in her blue and white garments?

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

The Baroque element of Bernini's sculptural art is most evident in which aspect of his David?

Face

Which figure is the personification of France in Rubens's Arrival of Marie de' Medici at Marseilles?

Helmeted soldier in blue cape

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

Her garments indicate her family's wealth.

Which Dutch artist made the subject of much of his art the interiors of Dutch middle-class dwellings?

Vermeer

Which individual brought the ideas of Newton and Locke, which formed the basis of Enlightenment thought, to France?

Voltaire

Who was a leading advocate of the Enlightenment in France?

Voltaire

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

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

Council of Trent

What method(s) did Rembrandt use to create Christ with the Sick around Him?

Engraving and etching

Who was the preeminent French art patron of the 17th century?

Louis XIV

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 Baroque artist was known for "classical" landscape settings that take precedence over the narrative of the painting?

Annibale Carracci

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 orthogonals

Which work did Jacques-Louis David paint to provide inspiration and encouragement to French revolutionary forces?

Death of Marat

The artist whose work best spoke for the French Revolution was which of the following?

Jacques-Louis David

Eschewing a contrived pose, Vigée-Lebrun's Self-Portrait demonstrates what new trend in art?

The naturalistic impulse

Clara Peeters's influential still lifes containing bread and fruit are referred to by which term?

Breakfast pieces

What tool do art historians believe Vermeer used to aid in his virtuoso depiction of light?

Camera obscura

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

Which Baroque work takes its inspiration from Ovid's Metamorphoses?

Carracci, Loves of the Gods

The fundamental conflicts underlying the Thirty Years' War arose from ongoing friction between which groups?

Catholics and Protestants

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

Which two Italian masters are the clearest influences on Rubens's Elevation of the Cross?

Michelangelo and Caravaggio

What two elements was Bernini required to incorporate into his design for the area in front of Saint Peter's?

Obelisk and fountain

In which church did Christopher Wren integrate Palladian, French, and Italian Baroque features?

Saint Paul's, London

Why is Louis XIV pulling back his garment to show his legs in the 1701 portrait by Rigaud?

The king was a ballet dancer in his youth and was proud of his legs.

Which element of Marat's Oath of the Horatii reflects Enlightenment ideals rather than Neoclassicism?

Juxtaposed actions of men and women

Thomas Jefferson's redesign of Monticello was influenced by the subject house and which other building?

Palladio's Villa Rotonda

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

Tenebrism

Which income-producing activity accounts for Dutch middle-class prosperity the 17th century?

Trade