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Dutch and French baroque

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the artist for "Night Watch" or "The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq"?

a)

Rubens

b)

Rembrandt

c)

Il Rosso

d)

Caravaggio

2.

What is a "genre scene"?

a)

Scenes of everyday life

b)

A type of 17th-century Spanish still-life painting that typically features still-life elements, cooked or uncooked food or drink, and genre or lower class individuals

c)

style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur and surprise to achieve a sense of awe

3.

Which of the following statements is false?

a)

One of the Dutch Baroque characteristics is the secular subjects, including genre scenes (everyday life)

b)

The Protestant church was the main patrons of the arts in this area

c)

Dutch Baroque was much less ostentatious (extravagantly decorated) than the other baroque styles

d)

Louis XIV(14th) was the French king who was a MAJOR patron of the arts


4.

How many paintings are attributed to Vermeer?

a)

32

b)

33

c)

34

d)

35

5.

This painting has cleverly placed self-portrait in the still life

a)

Claesz, Vanitas Still life

b)

Heda, Still life

c)

Peeters, Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit, and Pretzels

d)

Vermeer, The Letter

6.

"Memento mori" means____, and is usually represented with a skull and/or other symbols of the passage of time to remind people that they are mortal

a)

"We gladly feast on those who would subdue us"

b)

"Never tickle a sleeping dragon"

c)

"Remember you will die"

d)

"I came, I saw, I conquered"

7.

Which French Baroque artist worked on both the Garden façade and the Hall of mirrors at the palace of Versailles?

a)

Le Brun

b)

Le Vau

c)

Hardouin-Mansart

d)

Heda

8.

Since Rembrandt used printmaking techniques (etching and drypoint), that would make him a _______?

a)

cool dude

b)

Printmaker

c)

Architect

d)

Musician