Unit 2 Art Review - Test 2

Question 1

Which French painter created guidelines for artists known as ‘maniera magnifica’?

Answer 1

Nicholas Poussin

Question 2

What was the symbolic title of King Louis XIV?

Answer 2

“Sun King”

Question 3

Which painter was questioned by the Inquisition judges?

Answer 3

Paolo Veronese

Question 4

Which painter was tortured to tell the truth in a trial?

Answer 4

Artemisia Gentileschi

Question 5

Which artist produced almost 100 images of himself?

Answer 5

Rembrandt van Rijn

Question 6

Which lighting technique uses a spotlight effect that shines a light in a small area of a painting?

Answer 6

Tenebrism

Question 7

Who was the first artist to add a curtain as a theatrical detail or ‘prop’ in his paintings?

Answer 7

Giovanni Bernini

Question 8

Name 2 painters influenced by the art of Michelangelo from the Renaissance.

Answer 8

Caravaggio Merisi and Peter Paul Rubens

Question 9

As a Baroque painter, why would you use tenebrism in your art when it reduces so much light?

Answer 9

I would use tenebrism when it’s not dark enough because that helps an image through a spotlight effect to obtain a dramatic impact by covering the use of less extreme contrasts of light and dark.