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Bernini's David (fig. 15.3) is depicted ________.
the split-second before David released the stone that kills Goliath
________ was in charge of her family's Bologna shop and supported her parents and three siblings through the sale of paintings that appealed to patrons with their sentimentality, such as the Virgin and Child (fig. 15.9) of 1663.
Elisabetta Sirani
Born in Germany, ________ was a Flemish Baroque painter who became extremely successful in Antwerp, possessing a studio containing over two hundred painters and students by 1611.
Peter Paul Rubens
________ invented the concerto.
Arcangelo Corelli
The Bedroom (fig. 15.17) by ________ represents everyday life in its most humble details.
Pieter de Hooch
The correct pace of the concerto is ________.
fast-slow-fast
In the Calling of St. Matthew (fig. 15.6), Caravaggio creates a religious atmosphere by his dramatic use of light, known as ________.
tenebrism
________ established the Jesuit order of Catholic priests.
St. Ignatius Loyola
The Council of Trent suggested that religious art be directed toward all of the following except ________.
elegance, it DID suggest that religious art be directed towards clarity, emotion, and realism
Caravaggio led a long and peaceful life during which he created such works as the Entombment (fig. 15.7). True or false?
False, his life was short and turbulent
Peter Paul Rubens was highly successful during his time; in fact, he is arguably the most successful artist of his age with over two hundred painters and students working in his Antwerp studio. True or false?
True
The recitative element of Baroque opera was musically heightened speech midway between spoken dialog and melodic aria. True or false?
True
The Spiritual Exercises, published in 1548 and written by ________, were designed to guide believers through a sequence of spiritual practices to intensify their relationship with God.
St. Ignatius Loyola
The ________ was the Catholic attempt counteract the rise of Protestantism.
Counter-Reformation
John Donne's A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, is recognized for its extended analogy comparing lovers to ________.
the two feet of a geometrician's compass
All of the following were Baroque writers except ________.
Alexander Pope
The plays of ________ "concentrate on the moral dilemmas of the Greek tragedies."
Jean Racine
Poussin was the opposite of Rubens ________.
in terms of the using line rather than color as the dominant element of design
________ is the most celebrated painting of Diego Velázquez in part because of the intriguing fact that it crosses the genres of portrait and genre painting.
Las Meninas (fig. 15.25)
The British philosopher ________ believed that the reasoning on which geometry is based could be extended to the social and political realm.
Thomas Hobbes
The Hall of Mirrors (fig. 15.29) is located in ________.
the Palace of Versailles
A ________ is composed of three or four independent parts of which one part, or voice, states a theme, which is then imitated in succession by each of the others.
fugue
________, a child prodigy who was selling works by the age of ten, is one of the most celebrated still life painters of the Baroque in France.
Louise Moillon
Miguel de Cervantes developed the picaresque, a form of novel that details the life of a rogue or knave who wanders from adventure to adventure. True or false?
True
René Descartres is known as the "Father of Modern Philosophy" and is well known for his dictum cogito ergo sum ("I think, therefore I am"). True or false?
True
A fugue is composed of multiple instrumental parts. True or false?
False
Seventeenth-century plays took place indoors on a picture-frame stage created by the use of a ________ arch that separated the stage from the auditorium.
proscenium
The science of observation of the age is typified by ________ who saw microorganisms, protozoa, bacteria, and red blood cells in his microscope.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Franz Joseph Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony no. 45 was conceived as an explicit protest at the living conditions at the ________ palace.
Eisenstadt
________ is a style that emerged as artists turned away from the Rococo and back toward ancient classical ideals.
Neoclassicism
In the Estates General, the Third Estate referred to the ________.
bourgeois citizens
The Chiswick House (fig. 16.17) is an excellent example of the ________ style.
Neoclassical
The French Committee's Reign of Terror had all of these goals, except to ________.
restore rights to individual citizens, DID want to
win the war with Austria and Prussia
suppress all its enemies
establish a "Republic of Virtue"
________ art was most closely associated with the French Revolution.
Jacques-Louis David's
Jane Austen's novels are classified as ________.
social comedies
The composer ________ began in the Classical vein and later became known for his Romantic style.
Ludgwig von Beethoven
Adam Smith was an ardent opponent of the Industrial Revolution. True or false?
False
Carolus Linnaeus developed the biological classification system used to identify species that is still in use today. True or false?
True
Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock set the standard for serious poetry. True or false?
False, it is a satire
occurred during the Enlightenment.
Newton's discovery of the laws of gravity
The eighteenth-century artistic style called the ________ was characterized by curved shapes, pastel colors, smaller scales, and often frivolous subject matter.
Rococo
Thomas Jefferson's ________, which has a deep portico or porch supported on Doric columns, is in the Neoclassical style.
Monticello