Baroque Review

This word came to English from a French word meaning "irregularly shaped." To refer to something as such was initially considered an insult.

• Baroque

• Naturalistic

• Tronie

• Foreshorten

Baroque art is best connected with what historical event?

• Enlightenment
• Reformation
• Age of Exploration
• Middle Ages

Which of the following best describe Baroque art?

• idealized

  perfection

  detail

  stoic

• extravagant

  dramatic

  emotional

  passionate

• technical

  realistic

  nature

  moderate

• boring

  plain

  lifeless

  sad

Baroque Paintings often showed contrast between light and....

• Texture

• Darkness

• Emotion

Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s inclusion of sculptures of the Cornaro family members in the side balconies of the chapel was intended to elicit which of the following audience responses?

• Identification with their role as witnesses of Saint Teresa’s experience

• An understanding that lay people had an equal role in the ministry of the church

• Empathy for the family members as well as for their expressions of remorse and regret for past sins

• Anger over the reinstatement of a Venetian family that had been ousted from power

The Cornaro Chapel exemplifies Italian Baroque art with its

• combination of sculptural and architectural elements to create drama

• use of soaring domes and golden mosaics to evoke the heavenly realm

• adoption of decorative motifs from Gothic architecture to signal a return to earlier devotional practice

• severe geometry and restrained use of ornament to convey the humility of the Carmelites

Bernini's art promoted ideas associated with the

• Counter-Reformation

• Protestant Reformation

• Age of Enlightenment

• Scholastic movement

The design of the architectural work shown can be attributed to Francesco Borromini because of its

• careful re-creation of an actual facade from Roman antiquity

• bold and inventive use of coffers of varying shapes

• curved, undulating forms and broken entablatures

• combined use of molded concrete and carved stone

The artist of the work is

• Rubens

• Caravaggio

• Velasquez

• Raphael

• Ruysch

Allegorical content in the Marie de' Medici Series alludes to the patron's

• religious beliefs

• political ambitions

• literary talents

• scientific achievements