Test 2 Flashcards
What is notable about Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit of 1597?
It’s the first independent still-life painting made by an Italian artist. This painting is a still life with damaged/ rotting fruit.
What do we know about Caravaggio’s working technique?
He did not draw or sketch a base, he painted straight from what he saw. He doesn’t have any (surviving) preparatory drawings.
Who were the painters whose classicizing art was found on the ceiling of the gallery in the Farnese Palace containing Odoardo Farnese’s collection of antique sculptures?
Annibale Caracci with assistance from Agostino Caracci.
What does the pointing hand of Christ in Caravaggio’s Calling of Saint Matthew recall?
The hand of Adam in Michelangelo’s Sistine ceiling.
Whose likeness does Caravaggio use for the head of Goliath in his David with the Head of Goliath?
His own. It was practical, and it may have had something to do with something psychological because of his crime of murder.
How does Artemisia Gentileschi’s version of Judith Slaying Holofernes differ from the one by Caravaggio painted about 22 years earlier?
Artemisia:
Younger handmaiden
Characters more involved in the act of killing
Judith dressed elegantly
Portrait style
Caravaggio:
Older handmaiden
Judith dressed plainly
Landscape style
What do the arcs of blood spurting from Holofernes’s neck wound in Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes resemble?
They resemble Galelio’s scientific parabolas.
What is the term used for the effect of Francisco de Zurbarán’s Christ on the Cross when it was displayed behind the altar at San Pablo el Real in Seville?
Trompe l’oeil-
Deceives the eye to make it seem like there’s something three dimensional behind the altar
How does Velázquez’s Water Carrier of Seville portray its principal figure?
He portrays him with a lot of dignity as opposed to a scoundrel.; it shows someone from a humble profession, with dignity instead of scorn which is unusual. This is a ‘bodegon’ which is a genre of painting that represents everyday life.
In Surrender of Breda by Velázquez, who is presenting the key to the commander of the Spanish forces?
Justinus of Nassau.
What makes Velázquez’s portrait of Juan de Pareja unusual within the genre of portraiture?
It is not usual to represent slaves in portraiture.
What does the red cross on Velázquez’s chest in Las Meninas signify?
Membership of order of Santiago, the cross was added after completion of the painting.
What is significant about the mirror, the silver tray, and the red vessel on the tray in Las Meninas?
They all represent the new world in some way, representing that these are all a result of Spanish colonialism.
What is the format of the Elevation of the Cross by Rubens?
Triptych - 3 panels.
Who is the figure dressed in a yellow daopao in The Miracles of Francis Xavier by Rubens?
The Chinese merchant, Yippong
What is the main source for the Indian painting of the Deposition painted around 1598?
A print by Marcantonio Raimondi
In Bichitr’s Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaykh to Kings, the Mughal emperor hands
a book to the Sufi shaykh over which kings?
Two, The ottoman Sultan and James the First of England
What do we know about the Jesuits’ use of the illustrations of the Gospel Stories
in Asia?
Gospel events present in book by Geronimo Nadal, book was brought by Jesuit missionaries to Asia, Nativity was copied by an Indian artist, book was reissued in Chinese by another Jesuit, Giulio Aleni, (Chinese woodcut)
Also includes didactic legend in Chinese, took some stylistic liberties to make the piece more relatable
In the painting by Dong Qichang after Ni Zan in his Landscapes after Old Masters,
what is different about Dong’s representation of the landscape vis-à-vis Ni Zan’s
fourteenth-century approach?
Hatching and tilted ground plane, closer to European art.
What was the source for the idol in the background of The Martyrdom of Saint
Thomas by Rubens?
The sculpted handle of an Indonesian dagger called a “kris.”
Who is the figure with cuckold’s horns in the bottom right of The Felicity of the Regency
by Rubens?
Envy
What do we know about the Triumph of the Church by Rubens and its afterlife?
It was ade for a convent in Madrid. Tapestry designs translated into pint around the middle of the 17th century and reimagined in Puebla Mexico, the same composition more or less, made by Baltazar de Echave rioja, who had never been to Spain and had to reimagine the color scheme
Who were Rembrandt’s principal patrons?
Dutch east india company members
Which part of the body does The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt show the doctor demonstrator working on?
The left forearm
