Baroque Style
Architecture
Painting
Sculpture
Miscellaneous
100
This term is a French variant of the Portuguese barroco, meaning irregular, and therefore imperfect, pearl.
Baroque
100
Whom did Pope Urban VII appoint to complete the interior decoration and spatial design of St. Peter’s?
Gianlorenzo Bernini
100
Who was the leading Baroque painter in Rome?
Michelangelo Merisi (aka Caravaggio)
100
Who is considered the most important sculptor of the Baroque style in Rome?
Gianlorenzo Bernini
100
Name the astronomers who posed the greatest threat to established theology?
Nicolas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo Galilei.
200
Baroque style tended to have these themes.
Relatively unrestrained, overtly emotional, and more energetic than earlier styles.
200
What did Bernini compare to the curved colonnades?
The arms of St. Peter’s, the Mother Church, spread out to embrace the faithful.
200
Caravaggios depiction of religious themes were intended to appeal to what audience?
The ordinary observer, and was not aimed at a social or cultural elite.
200
The Cornaro Chapel was the funerary chap of Cardinal _______ (fill in the blank).
Federico Cornaro
200
What year did the Thirty Year War start, and what year did it end?
Started 1618, ended 1648
300
What did Baroque Art achieve?
A new kind of naturalism that reflects some of the scientific advances of the period.
300
What was established to create a nation a style, which would reflect the glory of France and its king?
The French Academy
300
In his more private commissions, Caravaggio was equally direct in depicting subjects and themes of what?
Homoerotic nature
300
What sculpture combines the baroque taste for inner-emotion with counter-reformation mysticism?
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
300
Who did England behead in 1649 which lead to the installation of parliamentary rule?
Charles the First
400
Baroque space is usually?
Asymmetrical and lacks the appearance of controlled linear perspective.
400
The second stage of the construction of the Palace of Versailles included this.
Hall of Mirrors
400
Who was the first woman to join the successor of the Company of Saint Luke, the Accademia del Disegno in 1616?
Artemisia Gentileschi
400
How is Bernini's "David" different from Donatello's and Michelangelo's "David"?
Bernini's "David" is in action compared to the other two "David" sculptures.
400
The Rubénistes championed color, while the Poussinistes preferred ______.
Line
500
What were the two major Baroque architectural achievements?
St. Peter’s in Rome, and the sumptuous court of the French monarch Louis XIV.
500
The western façade of the St. Paul’s Church is reminiscent what famous art gallery?
The Louvre
500
What was the subject matter of Rembrant van Rijn's paintings?
Biblical and mythological scenes, landscapes, and portraits
500
Describe the interior of the chapel Bernini designed for the Cornaro Family. (there are multiple answers)
-Bernini designed the chapel like it was a little theater. -Directly opposite the worshiper, the altar wall opens onto the dramatic encounter between Saint Teresa and the angel. -members of the Cornaro family were sculpted into balconies on the side walls.
500
Name the throne room that was named after Apollo in the Palace of Versailles.
The Salon d’Apollon
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