Boromini
Bernini
Caravaggio
Velazquez
Rubens
100
Boromini was apprenticed to this major practicing architect in Italy.
Who is Carlo Maderno
100
Bernini dominated this type of art during the seventeenth century.
What is Roman Art.
100
Caravaggio developed this type of painting style in which one uses extreme contrasts of light and dark to emphasize details of gestures or facial expressions.
What is Chiaroscuro.
100
This type of painting was what Velazquez was most famous for, due to the way they captured the appearance of reality through seemingly effortless handling of sensuous paint.
What is a portrait.
100
Peter Paul Rubens was this type of painter which emphasized movement, color, and sensuality.
What is a Flemish Baroque painter.
200
The famous Basilica worked on by Boromini during the 16th Century.
What is St Peter's Basilica.
200
A series of over-livesize marble statues were commissioned by this man for Bernini.
Who is Cardinal Scipione Borghese.
200
In 1584 he was apprenticed for four years to this Lombard painter.
Who is Simone Peterzano.
200
At Madrid, his art was profoundly influenced by Venetian paintings in the royal collection and by this notable 16th and 17th century artist.
Who is Peter Paul Rubens.
200
In Antwerp, Rubens received a humanist education, studying Latin and classical literature under this man.
Who is Tobias Verhaeght.
300
The Chapel Boromini worked on until his death, where he designed six pairs of colossal pilasters to define a generally rectangular space with bevelled corners.
What is the Re Magi chapel.
300
This famous Baroque sculpture created by Bernini illustrates the theme of metamorphosis.
What is Apollo and Daphne.
300
This commission was secured for Caravaggio by his patron Cardinal del Monte, whose links to the Medici meant that he had close connections with the French community in Rome.
What is the Contarelli Chapel of San Luigi dei Francesi.
300
Velázquez specialized in this type of kitchen scenes, (literally, taverns), with religious scenes relegated to the background.
What is bodegones.
300
Rubens's painting, and his later, mature style was profoundly influenced by this Italian Renaissance artist.
Who is Titan.
400
Boromini wished to create a dynamic facade by means of a piazza in this particular place.
What is San Giovanni in Laterano.
400
Under this Pope Bernini received several commissions including the enormous marble, bronze, and gilt baldacchino.
Who is Pope Urban VIII.
400
From Naples Caravaggio traveled to Malta, where he hoped to join these feared and respected Christian soldiers.
What is the Knights of the Order of St. John.
400
Among Velázquez's most notable works this painting depicts a group of revelers falling under the powerful spell of the Greek god of wine.
What is The Triumph of Bacchus.
400
In 1616 Rubens received his first tapestry commission, a series depicting the life of this legendary man.
Who is Roman consul Decius Mus.
500
Boromini's one disciple in 1660 died suddenly along with his patron Padre Virgilio Spada.
Who is Francesco Righi.
500
The interplay of concave and convex surfaces in the interior guide the viewer’s eye around the centralized plan in this particular Church created by Bernini.
What is Sant’Andrea al Quirinale.
500
Soon after finishing this painting, he was attacked by four men outside the Osteria del Cerriglio, a Neapolitan tavern of ill repute, and so severely wounded in the face that he remained close to death for several months.
What is The Raising of Lazarus for a chapel in the church of Sant’Anna dei Lombardi.
500
Velazquez was tasked with decoration responsibilities for this wedding in 1658.
What is the wedding of Maria Theresa and Louis XIV
500
This oil triptych was painted by Peter Paul Rubens for the high altar of Antwerp's church of St Walpurgis.
What is the Raising of the Cross.
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