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Chapter 10
Baroque1. What term most accurately describes Parmigianino’s Madonna of the Long Neck?
A. Mannerist
B. Baroque
C. Neoclassical
D. Academic
Learning Objective: Describe the Mannerist style in art
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: Italian Baroque
2. Who was the founding figure of the Society of Jesus?
A. Milton.
B. Saint Teresa.
C. Bernini.
D. Loyola.
Learning Objective: Understand the influence and reach of the Jesuit order
Topic: Catholic reformation
Topic: History
3. One of the most influential Baroque artists was ________, the designer of the piazza in front of St. Peter’s Basilica.
A. Bernini
B. El Greco
C. Wren
D. Parmigianino
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: Italian Baroque
4. Which is NOT a characteristic of Italian baroque churches?
A. Wide naves
B. Vast domes
C. Minimal ornamentation
D. Magnificent altarpieces
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: Italian Baroque
5. Which influential handbook reflected the mysticism and militancy of the Jesuit order?
A. Confessions
B. Praise of Folly
C. Spiritual Exercises
D. Visions
Learning Objective: Understand the influence and reach of the Jesuit order
Topic: Catholic reformation
Topic: History
Topic: Literature
6. What description of Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is accurate?
A. It is a Mannerist painting.
B. It was executed in terra cotta, jade, and fiber.
C. It is located in a German church.
D. It is theatrical in presentation.
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: Italian Baroque
7. Whose “music of mystic serenity” captured the conservative quality of the Catholic Reformation?
A. Palestrina
B. Bach
C. Monteverdi
D. Vivaldi
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Catholic reformation
Topic: Music and Dance
8. The term, “baroque” in painting comprises all of the following EXCEPT which feature?
A. Strict compositional symmetry
B. Illusionistic effects
C. Strong contrast of light and dark
D. Theatrical flamboyance
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Topic: Art and Architecture
9. Which of the genres in which Rembrandt worked was the most lucrative for the Dutch painter?
A. Landscape
B. Religious woodcuts
C. Group portraiture
D. Self-portraiture
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Topic: Art and Architecture
10. What feature of Wren's design for Saint Paul's Cathedral in London reflects its Baroque style?
Learning Objective: Recognize the baroque style in architecture
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: Northern Baroque
11. In seventeenth-century England, the influential Calvinists who called for churchly reform were known as ______.
A. Jesuits
C. Anabaptists
D. Puritans
Learning Objective: Understand the shift in England toward constitutional monarchy and popular sovereignty
Topic: History
Topic: Philosophy and Religion
12. Academic art, as envisioned by Louis XIV and his followers, depended primarily on what element?
A. Neoclassical principles
B. Vivid illusionism
C. Medieval models
D. Mannerist techniques
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Learning Objective: Understand the significance of Nicolas Poussin and the rules he established for academic art
Learning Objective: Understand the style of leadership of Louis XIV
Topic: aristocratic baroque
Topic: Art and Architecture
13. Who was a leading figure in the evolution of academic art?
A. Rembrandt
B. Vermeer
C. Bernini
D. Poussin
Learning Objective: Understand the significance of Nicolas Poussin and the rules he established for academic art
Topic: aristocratic baroque
Topic: Art and Architecture
14. The Dutch painter Maria van Oosterwyck excelled in which genre?
A. The group portrait
B. Landscape painting
C. Still life painting
D. All these answers are correct.
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: Northern Baroque
15. What is the subject of Milton’s landmark epic, Paradise Lost?
A. The story of King Arthur
B. The fall of Adam and Eve
C. A hero who visits hell and heaven
D. The birth of the English Commonwealth
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Topic: Literature
16. Which description about the plays of Molière is accurate?
A. They often included musical interludes.
B. They were presented at the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
C. They described the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
D. They depend largely on intricate plots.
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Topic: Literature
17. What musical technique, introduced by Monteverdi, involves a performer plucking a stringed instrument that is normally bowed?
A. Figured bass
B. Cantata
C. Ritornello
D. Pizzicato
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Music and Dance
18. The text of an opera is found in its ______.
A. libretto
B. pizzicato
C. recitative
D. aria
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Music and Dance
19. Both El Greco and Velázquez served in the courts of which country?
A. France
B. England
C. Germany
D. Spain
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Topic: aristocratic baroque
Topic: Art and Architecture
20. Bach’s cantatas were largely based on what source?
A. Monteverdi's arias
B. Gregorian chant
C. Lutheran chorales
D. Renaissance madrigals
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Music and Dance
21. In the seventeenth-century, Cremona, Italy, was the world center for the manufacture of what instrument?
A. Violins
B. Harpsichords
C. Pianos
D. Organs
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Music and Dance
22. Giovanni Gabrieli came to be celebrated for what artistic contribution?
A. Illusionistic paintings
B. The design of Saint Mark's Cathedral in Venice
C. A radical new approach to religious sculpture.
D. Clear and simple religious music.
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Music and Dance
23. What characteristic marked the Baroque era as a turning point in Western music?
A. Abandonment of polyphonic music
B. Introduction of the harpsichord
D. Advancement of major-minor tonality
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Music and Dance
24. Which composer is associated with the birth of the English oratorio?
A. Handel
B. Gabrieli
C. Vivaldi
D. Lully
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Music and Dance
25. Select six landmarks (visual, literary, or musical) that are, in your view, most representative of Baroque “piety and extravagance.” Explain why and how they typify the period between ca. 1650 and 1750, often called, “the Age of the Baroque.”
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: Literature
Topic: Music and Dance
26. Discuss the ways in which the upper classes influenced production and style in the arts of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Draw examples both from Europe and from regions beyond the West.
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature
Learning Objective: Recognize the baroque style in architecture
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: Literature
Topic: Music and Dance
27. What are the most memorable landmarks in the music of the Baroque era? How did these influence the future of Western music?
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music
Topic: Music and Dance
Category # of Questions
Learning Objective: Describe the Mannerist style in art 1
Learning Objective: Explain the baroque style in art and literature 12
Learning Objective: Recognize the baroque style in architecture 2
Learning Objective: Understand major styles and characteristics of Baroque music 11
Learning Objective: Understand the influence and reach of the Jesuit order 2
Learning Objective: Understand the shift in England toward constitutional monarchy and popular
sovereignty 1
Learning Objective: Understand the significance of Nicolas Poussin and the rules he established for
academic art 2
Learning Objective: Understand the style of leadership of Louis XIV 1
Topic: aristocratic baroque 3
Topic: Art and Architecture 13
Topic: Catholic reformation 3
Topic: History 3
Topic: Italian Baroque 4
Topic: Literature 5
Topic: Music and Dance 11
Topic: Northern Baroque 2
Topic: Philosophy and Religion 1
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