Unit 9: Mannerist and Baroque Art
The Ecstasy promoted ideas associated with the
Counter Reformation
The patron of the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa was
Fredrico Cornaro
On the basis of its style and medium, the work shown (similar to Ecstasy) can be attributed to which of the following artists?
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
The work shown can be attributed to
Juan Rodríguez Juárez, because of the subject choice of a casta painting
(Calling of Saint Matthew) The outstretched hand of the figure on the far right is a visual homage to a famous painting by
Michelangelo
The Calling of Saint Matthew depicts a subject recorded in the
New Testament
The subject of the Ecstasy is
a mystical experience of Saint Teresa
The painting shown can be attributed to the Master of Calamarca (La Paz School) because of its representation of
an angel in the dress of an Andean nobleman
Giovanni Battista Gaulli's Triumph of the Name of Jesus can be linked to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes through the two works'
blurred distinction between painting and architecture
The Calling of Saint Matthew was created as part of a larger decorative program for a
chapel
Entombment of Christ was commissioned for a
chapel in a church
Ruysch composed Fruits and Insects with an eye toward
combining discrete scientific studies of the different plants and creatures
Although some art historians have asserted that Miguel González's The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe) demonstrates the stylistic influence of Asian goods imported into Mexico, others have theorized that the
complexion of the Virgin represents the local identity of an indigenous Madonna
(Calling of Saint Matthew) The use of light symbolizes a moment of
conversion
The design of the architectural work shown can be attributed to Francesco Borromini because of its
curved, undulating forms and broken entablatures
Michelangelo's altar fresco in the Sistine Chapel differs from medieval depictions of the Last Judgment, such as the sculpted representation on the tympanum of the Church of Sainte-Foy, in that Michelangelo's depiction of Christ
depicts him with a muscular body and in a dynamic pose
In planning the cycle of painting for Marie de Medici, Rubens primarily considered Marie's:
desire to regain favor in the French court
The painting shown can be attributed to a follower of Caravaggio based on which of the following formal qualities?
dramatic tenebrism
The Mannerist style is characterized by
exaggeration of space and color
The subject matter of Fruit and Insects would have appealed to its original patrons because its
lush display of fruits and grains would have prompted thoughts of their Christian faith
At the time it was painted, Rachel Ruysch's Fruit and Insects would have been displayed in a
merchant's house
This Presentation of the portrait of Marie de Medici can best be described as:
part of a series
Which of the following are depicted in carved balconies on each side of the Ecstasy?
patron family members
The allegorical content in these works (from the same series) allude to the patron's:
political ambitions
In Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei, the Master of Calamarca (La Paz School) has posed the figure of the angel with a Spanish firearm most likely to suggest the
protective power of angels as divine defenders of the Catholic faith
Francesco Borromini shaped San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane using complex geometrical arrangements in part to
provide viewers with a spiritual vision of the divine
Giacomo da Vignola's use of a wide nave and shallow side chapels in his plan for the church of Il Gesù in Rome proved influential for the design of other Catholic churches because it
provided a theatrical space for the liturgy and processions
The painting Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo fuses elements of traditional European painting and its colonial context through its
rendering of local subjects through individualized portraiture
Some art historians have theorized that Velasquez included a mirror in the background of Las Meninas in order to
suggest that the viewer is seeing the painting from the perspective of the king and queen, whose presence it implies
The drama in the Calling of Saint Matthew is reinforced by the use of
tenebrism
Caravaggio's Calling of Saint Matthew was influential on later painters primarily because of his use of
tenebrism, which is the dramatic use of light and shadow
Some scholars have theorized that the differences in tone and style that are evident between Michelangelo's altar fresco of the Last Judgment and his earlier ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel may be the result of
the beginning of the Reformation, which resulted in religious turmoil and criticism of Catholic practices
The Ecstasy reveals the sculptor's interest in
theatrical stage design
Both Gaulli's Triumph of the Name of Jesus and Rubens' Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de' Medici express emotional drama by
using asymmetrical compositions focused on diagonals and contrast between light and dark
Vermeer's genre painting of Woman Holding a Balance and Rachel Ruysch's still life painting Fruit and Insects convey meaning in a similar way by
using depictions of everyday objects to communicate a moral message
