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Baroque gets its name from a French variant of a Portuguese word meaning |
| | A) | elongation. |
| | B) | an irregular pearl. |
| | C) | stylized. |
| | D) | logical conclusion. |
| | E) | a bird in the hand. |
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Which gained new status in the seventeenth century? |
| | A) | landscape, mythology, and genre |
| | B) | portraiture, mythology, and still life |
| | C) | landscape, portraiture, and mythology |
| | D) | landscape, genre, and still life |
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The two main shapes used by Bernini in St. Peter's piazza are |
| | A) | a square and a circle. |
| | B) | a trapezoid and an oval. |
| | C) | a rectangle and an oval. |
| | D) | a trapezoid and a circle. |
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A piazza is |
| | A) | an Italian pie. |
| | B) | an Italian villa. |
| | C) | an Italian costume. |
| | D) | an Italian square. |
| | E) | an Italian palace. |
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Bernini's colonnades outside St. Peter's consist of columns made of |
| | A) | marble. |
| | B) | travertine. |
| | C) | tufa. |
| | D) | concrete. |
| | E) | stucco. |
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Which is by Borromini? |
| | A) | San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane |
| | B) | Cornaro Chapel |
| | C) | the façade of the Louvre |
| | D) | Ile Gesù |
| | E) | All of these are by Borromini. |
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Which is true of the interior dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane? |
| | A) | It has square coffers only. |
| | B) | It has square, hexagonal, and octagonal coffers. |
| | C) | It has hexagonal, square, and cross-shaped coffers. |
| | D) | It has hexagonal, octagonal and cross-shaped coffers. |
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The purpose of Louis XIV's Academy was to |
| | A) | educate artists in humanism. |
| | B) | establish a national style. |
| | C) | have a school for the court painters. |
| | D) | teach the principles of Baroque style. |
| | E) | revive the Socratic method. |
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Louis XIV decided to move his court to Versailles in _______. |
| | A) | 1665 |
| | B) | 1660 |
| | C) | 1667 |
| | D) | 1650 |
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Which is the best match? |
| | A) | Poussin—color—Apollo—Moderns |
| | B) | Rubens—color—Apollo—Ancients |
| | C) | Poussin—line—Dionysos—Moderns |
| | D) | Rubens—color—Moderns—Dionysos |
| | E) | Poussin—line—Dionysos—Ancients |
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The landscape architect at Versailles was |
| | A) | Le Brun. |
| | B) | Le Nôtre. |
| | C) | Le Vau. |
| | D) | Hardouin-Mansart. |
| | E) | Colbert. |
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The Greek god most closely associated with Louis XIV was |
| | A) | Zeus. |
| | B) | Ares. |
| | C) | Dionysos. |
| | D) | Apollo. |
| | E) | Poseidon. |
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Which artist erected the bronze baldachino over the altar about St. Peter's tomb? |
| | A) | Gianlorenzo Bernini |
| | B) | Francesco Borromini |
| | C) | Jules Hardouin-Mansart |
| | D) | Giovanni Battista Gaulli |
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"You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting" is a message featured in which work? |
| | A) | Rembrandt's Self-Portrait as Saint Paul |
| | B) | Belshazzar's Feast |
| | C) | van Oosterwyck's Vanitas Still Life |
| | D) | The Geographer |
| | E) | Calling of St. Matthew |
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Artemisia Gentileschi was a follower of which artist? |
| | A) | Rembrandt |
| | B) | van Oosterwyck |
| | C) | Caravaggio |
| | D) | Rubens |
| | E) | Borromini |
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