Chap 015

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715
Chapter 15
The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715
Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term baroque probably derives from the Portuguese word barocco meaning
A. an irregular pearl.
B. a sinking boat.
C. a labyrinthine palace.
D. a concave mirror.
2. What was a major side effect of the use of balance-of-power principles in Europe?
A. ending the need for standing armies
B. reducing the importance of direct state-to-state diplomacy
C. ending any significant role for lesser states such as Florence and Venice
D. reducing the role of absolutist monarchs in foreign or military policy
3. The most spectacular representative of absolutism in the baroque age was

A. James I of England.
B. Louis XIV of France.
C. Charles II of England.
D. Henry IV of France.
4. Which of the following is true of politics and power in the seventeenth century?
A. Kings and their advisers did not want to share power with church officials.
B. The heads of state claimed their power by divine right arguments.
C. Machiavelli's influence was evident in the acts and thoughts of many of the rulers.
D. All these answers are correct.
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5. Under France's King Louis XIII, actual power was wielded by

A. his wife Anne of Austria.
B. his son Louis XIV.
C. his brother Gaston d'Orlans.
D. Cardinal Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin.
6. During Louis XIV's reign,

A. political power was in the hands of the business class.
B. the state teetered on the edge of revolution.
C. all religious faiths enjoyed toleration.
D. the government emphasized the power and glory of the king.
7. Louis XIV's economic policy was called

A. laissez-faire.
B. mercantilism.
C. the guild system.
D. capitalism.
8. Which state briefly became a republic (called the Commonwealth) in the mid-seventeenth
century?
A. England
B. France
C. Spain
D. Austria
9. Over the course of the seventeenth century, England

A. enjoyed a hundred years of domestic peace.
B. reconverted to Roman Catholicism.
C. underwent a power struggle between the monarchy and Parliament.
D. entered the industrial age.
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10. By 1715, the principle that government could not rule without the participation of the
governed was successfully established in
A. France.
B. England.
C. Prussia.
D. Austria.
11. The Thirty Years' War was fought largely in

A. France.
B. Italy.
C. Germany.
D. Bohemia.
12. As a result of the Treaty of Utrecht, which nation gained control of Gibraltar and Minorca,
and acquired portions of Canada?
A. Italy
B. Spain
C. France
D. England
13. The baroque artistic ideal can be characterized as

A. valuing repose.
B. exuberant, with grand, sweeping gestures.
C. a single, static perspective.
D. a design complete in itself.
14. Which of the following technological advances in warfare made pikemen obsolete and
marked the end of medieval military equipment and infantry?
A. the arquebus
B. the bayonet
C. the musket
D. the rifle
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15. The florid baroque

A. was a product of the Counter-Reformation.
B. was aristocratic and courtly.
C. had a strong classical dimension.
D. was centered in the Netherlands.
16. The classical baroque

A. was dominated by Roman Catholic religious ideals and themes.
B. fit well with the absolutist policies of Louis XIV.
C. was middle class and respectable.
D. was characterized by extravagance and profusion.
17. The restrained baroque was

A. aristocratic and courtly.
B. in keeping with Protestant culture.
C. centered in Italy and Spain.
D. dominated by Christian themes.
18. The preeminent expression of florid baroque architecture is

A. St. Paul's cathedral, London.
B. the palace at Versailles.
C. the church of St. Peter's in Rome.
D. Villa Rotondo, Vicenza.
19. The Council of Trent led church leaders to call for a new art that resulted in portrayals of
A. simple people leading ordinary lives.
B. athletic nudes engaged in heroic action.
C. saints enthralled by ecstatic visions.
D. aristocrats in stately repose.
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20. Which of the following is the ornate canopy placed inside St. Peter's Basilica to cover the
spot where the bones of St. Peter are believed to lie?
A. baldacchino
B. chiaroscuro
C. clavier
D. fugue
21. Gentileschi's painting style was

A. flamboyant and dramatic.
B. devoted to grave beauty and illusion.
C. characterized by ripe sensuality and gorgeous color.
D. geared to domestic subjects rendered in basic colors (mainly blue and yellow).
22. Which of the following artists, as a master of printmaking, was able to support himself
because he was able to reap higher prices for his prints than for his paintings?
A. Andres de Islas
B. Jan Vermeer
C. Rembrandt van Rijn
D. Anthony van Dyck
23. In The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Bernini was able to

A. create a sculpture that characterized the restrained baroque.
B. carve, in marble, a saint administering to the poor.
C. make the saint appear in a state of forgiveness.
D. capture a moment when the saint sees the Holy Spirit.
24. Pozzo's Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits illustrates the baroque love of
A. infinite space.
B. repose.
C. serenity.
D. antinaturalism.
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25. A baroque theme in Velzquez's painting Las Meninas, or The Maids of Honor, is
A. the interplay of space and illusion.
B. the love of infinite space.
C. the intersection of the supernatural and the natural.
D. monumentality.
26. Rubens's paintings are known for their

A. disciplined order.
B. ripe sensuality.
C. calm beauty.
D. domestic tranquility.
27. Who of the following created an oratorio based on biblical texts and sung in English?
A. Johann Sebastian Bach
B. Jean-Baptiste Lully
C. George Frideric Handel
D. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
28. What was the distinguishing quality of the classical baroque?

A. glorification of the common people
B. simplicity in the service of God
C. exuberant expression of emotions
D. influence of the royal court
29. Which of the following selected his models directly from the street, banished landscape
from his canvases, and depended on chiaroscuro in many of his works?
A. Andrea Pozzo
B. Peter Paul Rubens
C. Caravaggio
D. Diego Velzquez
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30. The Education of Marie de' Medici can be characterized as a

A. work in the mannerist style.
B. painting that deals with the subject's psychological state.
C. work that combines Roman mythology with the queen's life.
D. painting produced at the command of Louis XIV.
31. Which of the following artists was Flemish, studied under Rubens, and eventually became
court painter to England's Charles I?
A. Andres de Islas
B. Jan Vermeer
C. Rembrandt van Rijn
D. Anthony van Dyck
32. The Netherlands in the seventeenth century

A. was ruled by an absolutist king.
B. lagged behind Europe's other trading states.
C. was dominated by the sober values of the Calvinist religion.
D. was conquered by Louis XIV of France.
33. Rembrandt's painting style was typified by all of the following EXCEPT
A. the portrayal of figures modeled on ancient statuary.
B. the use of dramatic chiaroscuro.
C. forceful expressiveness.
D. an ability to depict the full range of human moods and emotions.
34. The Dutch painter Vermeer specialized in

A. still lifes.
B. landscapes and seascapes.
C. domestic genre scenes.
D. portraits.
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35. Painting in seventeenth-century England

A. reflected the fluctuation of the local art market.
B. was controlled by the courtly but restrained taste of the aristocracy.
C. responded to the demands of middle-class patrons for a civic-minded art.
D. had religious themes as the dominant subject.
36. Anthony van Dyck's painting style was characterized by

A. elegant likenesses and psychological insight.
B. dramatic chiaroscuro and emotionalism.
C. quiet elegance and detached feelings.
D. "night pictures" and moody expressiveness.
37. Sir Christopher Wren's St. Paul's cathedral represented the climax of
A. the florid baroque.
B. the classical baroque.
C. Calvinist influence in architecture.
D. the restrained baroque.
38. Baroque writers made major contributions in all of the following genres EXCEPT
A. romance.
B. tragedy.
C. comedy.
D. epic.
39. Which of the following is NOT among the traits shared by baroque writers?
A. ornate language
B. a preference for plot over characterization
C. plots loaded with emotional extremes
D. dramatic rhetoric and sometimes empty bombast
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40. Which is NOT correct about seventeenth-century French drama?

A. It observed the unities of time, place, and action.
B. It dealt with the lives of ordinary people.
C. It focused on universal problems.
D. It employed formal language.
41. Who of the following created a collection of musical pieces that contributed to the
standardization of the pitches of the notes of the musical scale and of the tuning of keyboard
instruments?
A. Johann Sebastian Bach
B. Jean-Baptiste Lully
C. George Frideric Handel
D. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
42. Molire's plays were

A. verse tragedies based on Spanish legends and Roman themes.
B. psychological dramas that depicted the struggle between the will and the emotions.
C. satiric comedies that exposed the follies of French society.
D. romantic dramas devoted to exploring the varied forms of love.
43. The baroque literary work Paradise Lost is a

A. Christianity-themed epic.
B. satirical epic based on a trivial episode in middle-class life.
C. continuation of Homer's Odyssey, picking up the story where the original work ended.
D. historical epic based on the English Civil War.
44. In Oroonoko, Aphra Behn

A. repeated the themes found in Paradise Lost.
B. examined political tensions created by the reign of Louis XIV.
C. wrote a novel about a love affair set in a non-European land.
D. relied on neoclassical themes to illustrate her beliefs.
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45. Baroque music reached its climax after 1715. Which of the following composers were
responsible for this development?
A. Monteverdi and Lully
B. Haydn and Mozart
C. Palestrina and Byrd
D. Bach and Handel
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Essay Questions
46. Discuss baroque artistic developments in the Netherlands. How were they related to
conditions in the Calvinist Dutch Republic?
Answers will vary
47. Identify the three variations on the international baroque style. What were the leading
formal characteristics of each?
Answers will vary
48. How did political systems develop in France, England, and the Netherlands during the
baroque age? What impact did they have on the evolution of the baroque cultural style?
Answers will vary
49. What were Louis XIV's political aims? What were the various means he used to achieve
those aims?
Answers will vary
50. Define florid baroque. Which building best embodies the style of the florid baroque?
Explain.
Answers will vary
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51. How did the Council of Trent affect the ideals of the baroque arts and architecture?
Answers will vary
52. Compare and contrast the baroque nature of the church of St. Peter's in Rome with the
palace at Versailles.
Answers will vary
53. What new musical form developed in the baroque period? Why is this new form so
expressive of baroque cultural values?
Answers will vary
54. Discuss baroque literature in England, focusing on John Milton and Aphra Behn, their
accomplishments, and the cultural influences that helped shape their writing.
Answers will vary
55. Describe Caravaggio's painting style, focusing on one of his works. How did his work
influence that of Gentileschi?
Answers will vary
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Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

Multiple Choice Questions

3. The most spectacular representative of absolutism in the baroque age was

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

5. Under France's King Louis XIII, actual power was wielded by

6. During Louis XIV's reign,

7. Louis XIV's economic policy was called

9. Over the course of the seventeenth century, England

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

11. The Thirty Years' War was fought largely in

13. The baroque artistic ideal can be characterized as

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

15. The florid baroque

16. The classical baroque

17. The restrained baroque was

18. The preeminent expression of florid baroque architecture is

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

21. Gentileschi's painting style was

23. In The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Bernini was able to

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

26. Rubens's paintings are known for their

28. What was the distinguishing quality of the classical baroque?

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

30. The Education of Marie de' Medici can be characterized as a

32. The Netherlands in the seventeenth century

34. The Dutch painter Vermeer specialized in

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

35. Painting in seventeenth-century England

36. Anthony van Dyck's painting style was characterized by

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

40. Which is NOT correct about seventeenth-century French drama?

42. Molire's plays were

43. The baroque literary work Paradise Lost is a

44. In Oroonoko, Aphra Behn

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

Chapter 15 - The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

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