Baroque Italy

Who is the artist of this sculpture?

• Bernini

• Michelangelo

• Durer

• Maderno

Bernini's Colonnade has the form of a hug to "welcome and embrace the people"

• True

• False

Which of the following are characteristics of the Baroque

(3 of these are correct)

• Use of Drama (lighting and story)

• Use of Diagonals (complex compositional arrangements)

• Use of Dynamism (movement)

• Use of Marble (lots of marble sculptures)

Which is false from the following piece?

• This piece is 98ft tall- up to 8 stories

• Bernini was the artist behind this piece

• This Baldacchino marks the tomb of St.Teresa

• The pillars are in the form of Solomonic

  columns

Baroque architecture is characterized by

• Monumentality

• Movement

• Heavy decoration

• All of the above

Which of these does Bernini's David NOT have?

• Incredible size

• Drama/ emotionally intensity

• Movement

• Diagonal