REVIEW FOR TEST #2
-Bernini’s David is depicted doing what? Getting ready to sling a rock at Goliath
-Poussin was different from Rubens in that Poussin supported that line was superior to
color and vice versa for Rubens
-Which artist led a short, turbulent life that included murdering a man? Caravaggio
Rembrandt van Rijn painted The Night Watch (on the cover of your book) which
represented the Amsterdam civic guard.
-In the Calling of St. Matthew, Caravaggio creates a religious atmosphere by his dramatic
use of light, known as tenebrism.
-The Hall of Mirrors is located in Palace of Versailles.
-Descartes is known as the “Father of Modern Philosophy”, and once said “I think,
therefore I am.”
-The rubenistes (group) favored color over line, and painted for the masses rather than
for an educated few.
-Baroque translates loosely as Irregular Pearl.
-About how long did the Thirty Years War last? 30 years
-The Rococo style is known for its frivolous subject matter.
-A symphony consists of four movements.
-What style turned away from rococo and back towards ancient Greek and Roman ideals?
neoclassicism
-The Marriage a’ la Mode series by Hogarth depicts what? The disastrous results of an
ill-considered marriage for money
-What is the narrative behind David’s Oath of the Horatii? Three brothers from Rome
pledge an oath to fight the three brothers from Alba.
-Jane Austen is known for writing in what format? Third-person narration
-Which composer continued to write music while deaf? Beethoven
-Angelica Kauffman’s Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures is a model of
neoclassical style and technique.
-The enlightenment philosophy known as Rational Humanism was based on the idea
that progress is possible only through learning and the individual’s freedom to learn.
-The Tennis Court Oath shows the moment when there is an agreement not to separate
until France had a new constitution.
-Which style of painting is known for its drama and sense of movement?
-The Counter-Reformation was an on going battle between what two churches?
Protestant and Catholic
-The Ecstasy of St Theresa was sculpted by what artist? Bernini
-Who painted The Entombment of Christ? Caravaggio
-What artist created paintings that were likely a reaction to being sexually harassed and
raped? Artemisia Gentileschi
-The word opera means "work" in Italian suggesting that it combines the arts of solo and
choral singing, acting and dancing in a staged spectacle.
-What Baroque composer wrote the Four Seasons? Vivaldi
-While Bach fame as an organist was great during his lifetime, he is now widely
considered to be one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition.
-Galileo Galilei has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy“, the
"father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the Father of Modern Science.”
