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Who was the official architect of Saint Peter's Cathedral
Gianlorenzo Bernini
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Who's David from 1623 narrates movement and action?
Gianlorenzo Bernini.
100
What is painting has a hand similar to Jesus's hand in The Calling of Matthew?
Michelangelo's Creation of Adam.
100
Who's still lifes reflects an interest of art and natural science?
Juan Sanchez Cotan
100
Which one of Rubens' mythological paintings show the sensual side of life and seem unaffected by the counter-reformation?
Venus and Adonis
200
What has the approximate shape of an oval and at its center is an 83 feet tall obelisk?
Piazza San Pietro
200
What was The Cornaro Chapel used for?
It was a funerary chapel.
200
What is Tenebrism?
The use of sharply contrasting light and dark.
200
What is Velazquez's venus with a mirror also known as?
Rokeby Venus
200
What does Rembrandt emphasize in the painting Belshazzar's feast?
Mystical light required by the text.
300
What Building has elements of French and Italian baroque, with elements of Renaissance and Gothic style?
Wren's St. Paul's Cathedral
300
What is Bernini represents in his Ecstasy of Saint Teresa?
Ecstasy
300
Who's pictures are known for their strong heroic women and violent scenes?
Artemisia Gentileschi
300
Who painted the Saint Serapion (1628)
Francesco de Zurbaran
300
Define etching and tell what Rembrandt uses it for.
Etching is like engraving, is an intaglio method of producing multiple images. Rembrandt uses it to manipulate light and dark.
400
What was the Palace of Versailles before being a palace?
a hunting lodge.
400
What supports Saint Teresa in the sculpture?
Clouds.
400
What does IHS mean?
IHS are the first three initials of Jesus in Greek.
400
What is Velazquer's unqualified masterpiece?
Las Meninas (1656)
400
Who was the only woman to be elected in the painters guild?
Judith Leyster
500
Who created the hall of mirrors and for whom was it built?
Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun made it for King Louis XIV
500
When was Saint Teresa canonized?
1622
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Who was the first women to join the successor of the Company of Saint Luke, The Academia del Disegno?
Artemisia Gentileschi
500
Who is the focus of the Las Meninas?
The five-year-old infanta Margharita
500
What painting of Vermeer's creates a feeling of intimacy and how?
The View of Deft and The large canvas filled with meticulous detail