Exam 2

Question 1

_________ is a highly ornate and elaborate style of architecture, art, and design that flourished in Europe in the 17th and first half of the 18th century.

Answer 1

Baroque

Question 2

____________ tacked his 95 theses to the doors of Wittenberg Cathedral in 1517, protesting the Catholic Church’s corruption, he initiated a movement that would transform the religious, political, and artistic landscape of Europe.

Answer 2

Martin Luther

Question 3

_________ which featured soft, fleshy abstract shapes, also emerged in the early 17th century, creating an effect that was ambiguous, suggestive and bizarre.

Answer 3

auricular style

Question 4

Baroque art and design addressed the viewer’s _____ directly, appealing to the emotions as well as the intellect.

Answer 4

senses

Question 5

Martin Luther referred to Rome as ________?

Answer 5

The Whore of Babylon

Question 6

Urban squares such as the Piazza Navona in Rome were created for _____?

Answer 6

Public displays, fireworks, theatre, processions

Question 7

The imposing architecture was also used to reinforce the ______ of absolute rulers, such as with the Palace of Versailles in France.

Answer 7

Power

Question 8

Porcelain and lacquer from _____ became fashionable and were imitated in Europe.

Answer 8

East Asia

Question 9

Europeans developed a less labor-intensive faux lacquer technique called _______?

Answer 9

japanning

Question 10

___________, established in 1602, became the largest trade and shipping company in the world at that time.

Answer 10

The Dutch East India Company

Question 11

The inspiration for this bed is thought to have come from the designs of _________?

Answer 11

Daniel Marot

Question 12

They founded a painting academy in Bologna, Italy around 1580 that focused both on the study of the best artistic models of the Renaissance and on the direct study of nature, & anatomy and life drawing

Answer 12

Carracci

Question 13

Why was Peter crucified upside down?

Answer 13

He did not feel worthy to be crucified in the same way as Christ.

Question 14

Arrogant, rebellious, and a murderer, ______ short and tempestuous life matched the drama of his works.

Answer 14

Caravaggio

Question 15

What is the Italian word for shadowy?

Answer 15

Tenebroso

Question 16

Who were the Caravaggisti?

Answer 16

Painters, emulated aspects of Caravaggio’s style, technique, and choice of subjects.

Question 17

Who are (were) the fabricca of St. Peter’s (Vatican)?

Answer 17

They are charged with the care of St. Peter’s

Question 18

Name one subject of ceiling paintings

Answer 18

Motifs; from classical gods and goddesses to the apotheosis of saints and the glorification of family lineage.

Question 19

What do the initial “IHS” stand for?

Answer 19

Jesus

Question 20

Gaulli painted many of the sinners on _____ projecting outside the paintings frame.

Answer 20

wooden extensions

Question 21

Referring to the above work, _______ founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded in 1534.

Answer 21

Ignatius of Loyola

Question 22

The Latin “Roma in forma sideris” translates to _____?

Answer 22

Rome in the Shape of a Star

Question 23

Bernini depicts his David in what action?

Answer 23

Just before he launches his slingshot.

Question 24

Compared to Renaissance versions of David by Donatello and Michelangelo, Bernini’s version shows?

Answer 24

Movement

Question 25

The bronze from Baldacchino is thought to have come from what Roman monument?

Answer 25

The portico of the Pantheon.

Question 26

What Pope commissioned Bernini to create the Baldacchino?

Answer 26

Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini)

Question 27

Directly behind the Baldacchino is what other work by Bernini?

Answer 27

Chair of St. Peter (Cathedra Petri)