Quarter 2 Week 3 - The Baroque Period

The King James Bible was made during the Baroque Period. Provide the year it was made.

(a)  

Choose two (2) literary works made during the Baroque period.

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• Gulliver's Travels

• Dante's Inferno

• Robinson Crusoe

The term Baroque means (a)   .

An oversimplified but useful characterization of baroque style is that it fills space - canvas, stone, or sound - with action and movement.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Kings and princes proclaimed their greatness by means of splendid palaces

and magnificent court entertainments like balls, __________, ballets, operas, and

_________. (choose 2 answers)

• courts

• dances

• banquets

• plays

The baroque period is also known as the "age of (a)   " because many

rulers exercised absolute power over their subjects.

Churches used the mental and solemn qualities of art to make worship more attractive and appealing.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Churches used the EMOTIOANL and THEATRICAL qualities of art to make worship more attractive and appealing.

Who influenced the development of the baroque style?

• middle class

• businessmen

• nobility

• clergy

The baroque style helped against the backdrop of scientific discoveries during the 17th and 18th centuries.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Provide the year span of the Baroque Period

(a)