supplement B grade A q&a
What are the characteristics of Baroque art and architecture - (correct answer)a period
of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to
produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture,
literature, dance, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to
most of Europe.
What historic periods coincide with the Baroque style - (correct answer)in the history of
the Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestations,
which occurred in Italy, date from the latter decades of the 16th century, while in some
regions, notably Germany and colonial South America, certain of its culminating
achievements did not occur until the 18th century.
Bernini - Chair of Peter, Baldacchino, Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Trevi Fountain - (correct
answer)Italian sculptor, painter, and architect. His work includes the great canopy over
the altar and the colonnade around the piazza at St. Peter's in Rome.
Peter Paul Rubens - Assumption of the Virgin, The Lion Hunt, Rape of the daughters of
Leucippus - (correct answer)Flemish painter. He is best known for his portraits and for
his paintings of mythological subjects featuring voluptuous female nudes, such as in
Venus and Adonis ( c. 1635).
What are the characteristics of Baroque music - (correct answer)Contrast is an
important ingredient in the drama of a baroque composition. The differences between
loud and soft, solo and ensemble (as in the concerto), different instruments and timbres
all play an important role in many baroque compositions. Composers also began to be
more precise about instrumentation, often specifying the instruments on which a piece
should be played instead of allowing the performer to choose. Brilliant instruments like
the trumpet and violin also grew in popularity.
Rembrandt - Syndics of the Cloth - (correct answer)Dutch painter; full name Rembrandt
Harmensz van Rijn. He established his reputation as a portrait painter with the Anatomy
Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632). In The Night Watch (1642), he used chiaroscuro to give his
subjects a more spiritual and introspective quality. Rembrandt is identified with the
series of more than sixty self-portraits painted from 1629 to 1669.
, Caravaggio - Death of the Virgin - (correct answer)talian painter; full name Michelangelo
Merisi da Caravaggio. He was an influential figure in the transition from late mannerism
to baroque.
Baroque composers - (correct answer)Bach, Handel, Vivaldi
Rococo - What are the characteristics? - (correct answer)Pretty, little meaning.
What are the basic principles of Neoclassicism in art and architecture - (correct
answer)name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature,
theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture
of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. The main coincided with the 18th century Age of
Enlightenment, and continued into the early 19th century, latterly competing with
Romanticism. In architecture, the style continued throughout the 19th and 20th
centuries and into the 21st.
What inspired the Neoclassical movement - (correct answer)a cultural, artistic, and
architectural sense, grew as a response against Rococo, which was seen as over-the-
top and shallow. Architecturally, it was characterized by similarities to classical
structures as well as the Renaissance, including order and simplicity, and artistically, it
was also modelled on works from the classical world, often containing political themes
including bravery and war.
Architectural examples: The Prado, Lincoln Memorial, Capital Building - (correct
answer)Neoclassical!
What are some of the basic architectural principles of Neoclassicism? - (correct
answer)white columns , very greek!
Jacques Louis David - (correct answer)French painter known for his classicism and his
commitment to the ideals of the French Revolution. His works include The Oath of the
Horatii (17850 and The Death of Marat (1793). NEOCLASSIC
What are the characteristics of Baroque art and architecture - (correct answer)a period
of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to
produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture,
literature, dance, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to
most of Europe.
What historic periods coincide with the Baroque style - (correct answer)in the history of
the Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestations,
which occurred in Italy, date from the latter decades of the 16th century, while in some
regions, notably Germany and colonial South America, certain of its culminating
achievements did not occur until the 18th century.
Bernini - Chair of Peter, Baldacchino, Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Trevi Fountain - (correct
answer)Italian sculptor, painter, and architect. His work includes the great canopy over
the altar and the colonnade around the piazza at St. Peter's in Rome.
Peter Paul Rubens - Assumption of the Virgin, The Lion Hunt, Rape of the daughters of
Leucippus - (correct answer)Flemish painter. He is best known for his portraits and for
his paintings of mythological subjects featuring voluptuous female nudes, such as in
Venus and Adonis ( c. 1635).
What are the characteristics of Baroque music - (correct answer)Contrast is an
important ingredient in the drama of a baroque composition. The differences between
loud and soft, solo and ensemble (as in the concerto), different instruments and timbres
all play an important role in many baroque compositions. Composers also began to be
more precise about instrumentation, often specifying the instruments on which a piece
should be played instead of allowing the performer to choose. Brilliant instruments like
the trumpet and violin also grew in popularity.
Rembrandt - Syndics of the Cloth - (correct answer)Dutch painter; full name Rembrandt
Harmensz van Rijn. He established his reputation as a portrait painter with the Anatomy
Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632). In The Night Watch (1642), he used chiaroscuro to give his
subjects a more spiritual and introspective quality. Rembrandt is identified with the
series of more than sixty self-portraits painted from 1629 to 1669.
, Caravaggio - Death of the Virgin - (correct answer)talian painter; full name Michelangelo
Merisi da Caravaggio. He was an influential figure in the transition from late mannerism
to baroque.
Baroque composers - (correct answer)Bach, Handel, Vivaldi
Rococo - What are the characteristics? - (correct answer)Pretty, little meaning.
What are the basic principles of Neoclassicism in art and architecture - (correct
answer)name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature,
theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture
of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. The main coincided with the 18th century Age of
Enlightenment, and continued into the early 19th century, latterly competing with
Romanticism. In architecture, the style continued throughout the 19th and 20th
centuries and into the 21st.
What inspired the Neoclassical movement - (correct answer)a cultural, artistic, and
architectural sense, grew as a response against Rococo, which was seen as over-the-
top and shallow. Architecturally, it was characterized by similarities to classical
structures as well as the Renaissance, including order and simplicity, and artistically, it
was also modelled on works from the classical world, often containing political themes
including bravery and war.
Architectural examples: The Prado, Lincoln Memorial, Capital Building - (correct
answer)Neoclassical!
What are some of the basic architectural principles of Neoclassicism? - (correct
answer)white columns , very greek!
Jacques Louis David - (correct answer)French painter known for his classicism and his
commitment to the ideals of the French Revolution. His works include The Oath of the
Horatii (17850 and The Death of Marat (1793). NEOCLASSIC
