Baroque Art questions with correct answers graded A+ 2023

Baroque ArtThe Loves of the Gods - correct answer Carracci -located in Farnese Palace -hired by Cardinal Farnese -scenes of love from Ovid, Metamorphoses Carracci - correct answer -Brothers, studio on Bologna -Tried to create drama of immeasurable heaven -inspired ceiling frescos -used Di sotto in su -used Quadratura created The Loves of the Gods, Farnese Palace define:Quadro riportato - correct answer wall mural on a curved ceiling *viewer must stand in a particular spot for it to appear right side up define:Di sotto in su - correct answer -from below up *figures hover from above, looking down. Glass ceiling define:Quadratura - correct answer Architectural settings painted in meticulous perspective Caravaggio - correct answer -most original, most influential painter of the 17th century -anti-tradition, gritty realism -secularized religious art -saints were painted as ordinary people -dramatized scenes with diagional light beam, higlighting emotion -rebellious against conventions -brings viewers into the scene Created -Calling of St. Matthew -Entombment -Conversion of St. Paul Calling of St. Matthew - correct answer Caravaggio -Religious commission, San Luigi dei Francesci -Earliest religious commission, served French community in Rome -conversion: common counter reformation theme -painted on oil canvas, not frescoes -no official decision on who matthew is Entombment - correct answer Caravaggio -Vatican Museum, Rome -placed over an Altar, Christ being placed ON the altar -Located where communion served -Counter Reformation idea of transubstantiation define:Tenebrism - correct answer italian word for murky, gloomy, in a dark manner; dramatic dark and light contrast define:Transubstantiation - correct answer body and blood from wine and bread, counter reformation belief