Art History Final Exam

Which of the following is true of this image? (all are true)

- A hidden light well makes it appear that divine light falls on the saint - Bernini expressed Theresa's spiritual ecstasy with a sensual metaphor - The chapel's configuration reveals Bernini's interest in theatre

How does this image evoke a sense of the sublime?

- By showing the destructive effects of time on human endeavors - By contrasting the vast scale of the ruin to the small human figures

Which of the following are true of Rembrandt's practice as a printmaker? (both are true)

- He frequently reworked plates creating several different states - His prints were highly valued on the art market

Which of the following is true of Frans Hals? (all are true)

- His paintings are characterized by very loose brushwork - His popularity was revived in the nineteenth century - He frequently painted "wet-in-wet"

Which of the following is true of this picture? (all are true)

- It includes a self-portrait of the artist - It represents the King and Queen's point of view - the King and Queen are reflected in the mirror on the back wall

Which of the following is true of this painting? (both are true)

- It inflects a history painting with a female point of view - It was painted by a woman

Which of the following is true of this print? (both are true)

- It is the type of item frequently purchased by those on the "grand tour" - It can be seen as an attempt to represent the sublime

Which of the following is true of this painting? (all are true)

- It represents an "intrigue" - It was commissioned by the man in the bushes at the lower left - The lush landscape reflects its emphasis on eroticism

Which of the following is TRUE about this painting? (both are true)

- It represents people abandoned at sea by the captain of a sinking ship - It universalizes a unique event into a struggle of humanity

Which of the following is true of this painting?

- It shows Napoleon visiting victims of the plague - It aggrandizes Napoleon by evoking themes from history painting - Napoleon exhibited pictures like this in Paris as propaganda

Which of the following is TRUE of this painting? (both are true)

- It shows a French revolutionary who was assassinated in his bath - It evokes traditional images of Christ and Christian martyrs

Which of the following is true of this painting? (all are true)

- It shows a young Englishman wasting his inheritance - It is a paintings that was also produced and sold as an engraving - It imparts a lesson by presenting a negative example

Which of the following are true of this structure? (both are true)

- It was originally designed to house the campus library - It was modeled after the Pantheon in Rome

Which of the following is true of this painting? (both are true)

- It was painted in the artist's studio - It includes a self-portrait of the painter

Which of the following is true of this sculpture? (all are true)

- Its dynamic outward focus makes the spectator part of the action - It represents a dramatic and suspenseful moment of the story - It represents David winding up his sling to hurl a stone at Goliath

Which of the following is true of this picture? (both are true)

- Its menacing atmosphere is atypical of this genre - Its menacing atmosphere probably reflects the feminine perspective of its author

What advantages are offered by painting on a copper plate?

- The copper plate has an exceptionally smooth surface - The color of the plate gives the painting a warm tone

Which of the following has been seen as contributing to the eighteenth-century interest in the art and culture of ancient Rome? (both are true)

- The discovery and excavation of Pompeii - The tradition of the "grand tour"

What aspect of this picture is considered a break with the tradition of history painting? (both are true)

- The event shown is not from ancient history - The event shown took place shortly before the picture was painted

Which of the following was a result of the Dutch Reformed Church's ban on religious images? (all are true)

- The production of art moved away from a patronage system - Paintings began to be produced for sale on the open market - Painters began to work in secular genres (landscape/portrait/still-life)

Which of the following is true of the mirrors in this room? (both are true)

- They reflect exterior gardens and make the room seem larger - They were imported at great expense from Venice

The representation of human anatomy, and especially the emphasis on the muscles of the figures, in this painting have been traced to Rubens' study of what? (both are true)

- figures painted by Michelangelo - Ancient sculpture he saw in Rome

Which of the following elements of this painting could be interpreted as a VANITAS symbol? (all are true)

- the cemetery - the ruined abbey - the rainbow

Which elements of this picture are understood to be characteristic of the Baroque style?

- the diagonal composition - the dramatic action depicted

Which of the following are techniques employed by the Rembrandt Research Project to determine the authorship of paintings attributed to Rembrandt? (all are true)

- x-ray photography - infrared photography - dendrochronology

Thomas Jefferson's architectural designs were heavily influenced by his knowledge of which architect?

Andrea Palladio

How did the duc de Saint-Simon describe the Palace of Versailles in his diary?

As a repulsive, humid, smelly, and monstrous place

The complex interlocking shapes (hexagons, octagons, and crosses) that make up the coffers of this vault are best seen as an example of which artistic style?

Baroque

Which of the following aesthetic movements or styles is most closely associated with the "Cult of the Individual"?

Romanticism

Many French painters, including Poussin, David, Ingres, Vouet and others, spent long periods of time in which city?

Rome

As a VANITAS symbol, to what does the soap bubble in this painting refer?

The brevity of human life

The emergence of the Rococo style has been linked to which of the following developments?

The desire for a less oppressive style on the part of the nobility

What is the purpose of a vanitas symbol in a painting?

To remind the spectator of his or her own mortality

The grainy quality of the grey background in this print is a characteristic associated with which printing process?

aquatint

What is the pointed chisel used to make copper plate engravings called?

burin

What do we call the printmaking process that involves scratching the surface of a metal plate with a hard needle in order to leave behind the metal filings (called a burr)?

drypoint

What do we call the intaglio printing technique that uses an acid bath to create incised lines on the surface of the printing plate?

etching

Rembrandt did not produce many self-portraits over the course of his career.

false

Which of the following terms best describes what type of painting this is?

genre scene

Why was Hendrick Goltzius able to engrave copper plates with extraordinary results?

his malformed hand let him wield the burin more effectively

According to Nicolas Poussin, which pictorial genre was the most important and most praiseworthy?

history painting

Which of the following terms describes paint that has been applied in thick, textural layers?

impasto

Which of these interiors is best described by the term Rococo?

interior A

Christopher Wren built the dome of St. Paul's in London to a height of 365 feet because [blank].

it is the number of days in a year

One of the reasons that Louis XIV decided to build an enormous palace to house the French court and government at Versailles was because [blank].

it was the site of his father's hunting lodge

Which of these paintings is best described by the term Neo-Classical?

painting A

Which of this paintings is best described by the term Poussiniste?

painting A

Which of these paintings best represents the Rococo style?

painting B

Most of the bronze Bernini used to cast the Baldacchino (St. Peter's, Rome, 1624-33) came from where?

stripping the bronze elements from the dome of the Pantheon

The small scale and modest materials of this sculpture can be seen as the result of [blank].

the French nobility's reaction to the massive scale of Versailles

Christopher Wren became a practicing architect largely as a result of [blank].

the destruction caused by the Great Fire of London

At Versailles it was common for the many fountain jets in the garden to remain turned off when King Louis XIV was not around, and for them to be turned on when he was nearby so that they would be running in his presence.

true

In its final form, the new basilica of St. Peter's covered all of the ground that had been occupied by the basilica of Old St. Peter's.

true

The dominant style of French Baroque painting was modeled on the personal style of Poussin.

true

This style of painting is referred to as a "pronk" still-life.

true

Canaletto specialized in painting views of cities known as [blank].

vedute