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Hispanic Styles

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This place is the last Muslim stronghold in Spain which fell in 1492. During this time, the Mudejars deteriorated even more rapidly. They were now forced to leave the country or convert to Christianity.

a)

Salamanca

b)

Escorial

c)

Granada

d)

Madrid

2.

Characteristics of the Mudejar style (choose all that apply)

a)

Frequent use of the horseshoe arch and the vault

b)

Ornamentation of wood and ivory, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles

c)

Use of Christian symbolism as influenced by the previous monarchs

d)

Mixture of Arabic and Spanish artistic elements

3.

The style which was considered as the Spanish Renaissance

a)

Plateresco

b)

Desornamentado

c)

Churrigueresco

d)

Herreresco

4.

Plateresco was characterized by an intricate and minutely detailed relief ornament that is generally applied to the surface of buildings for extravagant decorative effect and with regard for structural articulation

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What kind of artist is El Greco?

a)

Realist

b)

Impressionist

c)

Fauvist

d)

Mannerist

6.

The architect of the Granada Cathedral who was also a sculptor and whose achievements are recognized as among the finest of the Spanish Renaissance

a)

Diego Velázquez

b)

Jose de Churriguera

c)

Diego de Siloé

d)

Juan de Herrera

7.

A period of austere renaissance style

a)

Mudejar

b)

Plateresco

c)

Churrigueresco

d)

Desornamentado

8.

Golden Age of Spanish Art

a)

Churrigueresco

b)

Herreresco

c)

Desornamentado

d)

Plateresco

9.

What styles parallels the Churrigueresco style in Spain? (check all that apply)

a)

Rococo

b)

Classicism

c)

Baroque

d)

Empire

10.

Artist of Las Meninas, a dialogue between artist and viewer, with its double mirror imagery and sketchy brushwork that brings every figure and object in the room to life.

a)

El Greco

b)

Diego Velázquez

c)

José Benito de Churriguera

d)

Francisco Joya

11.

Sculptor of the El Transparente, which was considered to be the pinnacle art work of the Spanish Baroque and it is incorporated on the back of the Main Altar with a Spanish and Genovese marble altarpiece that shows the Apotheosis of the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist.

a)

Francisco Joya

b)

José Benito de Churriguera

c)

Juan de Herrera

d)

Narciso Tomé

12.

Architects of El Escorial

a)

José Benito de Churriguera

b)

Narciso Tomé

c)

Juan Bautista de Toledo

d)

Juan de Herrera

13.

Characteristics of Spanish furniture (check all that apply)

a)

structurally simple, lacking the architectural details found in Italy

b)

featured iron braces and mounts and exposed nail heads

c)

tooled or plain leather upholstery were used

d)

rectangular with heavy proportions

14.

A monk’s chair of medium height, square legs, stretchers and bracket feet and fretted front splat below the seat to which leather was attached using large ornamental studs

a)

Vargueño

b)

Sillon de Chadera

c)

Sillon Frailero

d)

Papeilera Vargueño

15.

Spanish storage chest

a)

Arca

b)

Vargueño

c)

Armaria

d)

Brazier