Art History II 1304 Blinn College Test 2
Exam Questions and Verified Answers
Gianlorenzo Bernini; Saint Peter's. - ✔✔__________________ received the
prestigious commission to construct a monumental colonnade-framed piazza in
front of Maderno's facade. The colonnades extend a dramatic gesture of
embrace to all who enter the piazza, the artist himself referred to his
colonnades as the welcoming arms of ____________.
architecture, sculpture, and painting - ✔✔Bernini combined the arts of
________________ to archive the desired theatrical effect in the sculptural
group The Ecstasy of St. Theresa for the chapel of the Cornaro family in the
church of Saint Maria Della Vittoria. Uncontrollable passion and theatrical
drama best describe this masterpiece of Baroque art.
David by Donatello; - ✔✔
David by Verrocchio; - ✔✔
David by Michelangelo; - ✔✔
David by Bernini - ✔✔
Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini all created a sculpture of
David. Compare and contrast these sculptures. Which of these statements is/are
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,true? All of these are correct with A, B, and C being the proof of statement D. -
✔✔A. Bernini's David is depicted in the process of the fight were as the others
are either before or after. This adds a sense of implied time and movement; we
know he is in the process of slinging the rock so we complete the action in our
mind.
B. Bernini's David no longer stands in the Classical contrapposto stance as in the
other three David's. He extends into the surrounding space away from the
vertical axis so that the concept of space now plays a part in our viewing of the
work.
C. There is no longer the balance between emotion and restraint in Bernini's
David, but we have a full grown youth in the process of extreme physical
exertion.
D. The differences in the sculptures can be summed up in the differences
between Classical and Hellenistic Greek sculpture. With Donatello, Verrocchio,
and Michelangelo David's as Classical Greek sculpture and Bernini's David as
Hellenistic Greek sculpture.
Borromini; San Carlo's - ✔✔________________ went much further than any of
his predecessors or contemporaries in emphasizing a building's sculptural
qualities. He rejected the notion that a church should have a flat frontispiece.
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, He set ___________ facade in undulating motion, creating a dynamic
counterpoint of concave and convex elements.
quadro riportato - ✔✔In Loves of the Gods, ceiling frescoes Carracci arranged
the scenes in a format resembling framed easel paintings on a wall,
________________ (transferred framed painting). He made this technique
fashionable for more than a century.
How did Caravaggio create a dynamic composition in Conversion of Saint Paul? -
✔✔Caravaggio used a perspective and a chiaroscuro intended to bring viewers
as close as possible to the scene's space and action, almost as if they were
participants. The low horizon line augments the sense of inclusion.
Caravaggio's figures are still heroic with powerful bodies and clearly delineated
contours in the Renaissance tradition, but the stark and dramatic contrast of
light and dark, called tenebrism obscures the more traditional aspects of his
style. The dramatic spotlight shining down upon the fallen Paul is the light of
divine revelation.
How does Fra Andrea Pozzo create the illusion of Heaven opening above the
heads of the congregation in the church of Sant'Ignazio? - ✔✔He illusionistically
continued the church's actual architecture into the vault so the roof seems to be
lifting off.
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Exam Questions and Verified Answers
Gianlorenzo Bernini; Saint Peter's. - ✔✔__________________ received the
prestigious commission to construct a monumental colonnade-framed piazza in
front of Maderno's facade. The colonnades extend a dramatic gesture of
embrace to all who enter the piazza, the artist himself referred to his
colonnades as the welcoming arms of ____________.
architecture, sculpture, and painting - ✔✔Bernini combined the arts of
________________ to archive the desired theatrical effect in the sculptural
group The Ecstasy of St. Theresa for the chapel of the Cornaro family in the
church of Saint Maria Della Vittoria. Uncontrollable passion and theatrical
drama best describe this masterpiece of Baroque art.
David by Donatello; - ✔✔
David by Verrocchio; - ✔✔
David by Michelangelo; - ✔✔
David by Bernini - ✔✔
Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini all created a sculpture of
David. Compare and contrast these sculptures. Which of these statements is/are
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,true? All of these are correct with A, B, and C being the proof of statement D. -
✔✔A. Bernini's David is depicted in the process of the fight were as the others
are either before or after. This adds a sense of implied time and movement; we
know he is in the process of slinging the rock so we complete the action in our
mind.
B. Bernini's David no longer stands in the Classical contrapposto stance as in the
other three David's. He extends into the surrounding space away from the
vertical axis so that the concept of space now plays a part in our viewing of the
work.
C. There is no longer the balance between emotion and restraint in Bernini's
David, but we have a full grown youth in the process of extreme physical
exertion.
D. The differences in the sculptures can be summed up in the differences
between Classical and Hellenistic Greek sculpture. With Donatello, Verrocchio,
and Michelangelo David's as Classical Greek sculpture and Bernini's David as
Hellenistic Greek sculpture.
Borromini; San Carlo's - ✔✔________________ went much further than any of
his predecessors or contemporaries in emphasizing a building's sculptural
qualities. He rejected the notion that a church should have a flat frontispiece.
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, He set ___________ facade in undulating motion, creating a dynamic
counterpoint of concave and convex elements.
quadro riportato - ✔✔In Loves of the Gods, ceiling frescoes Carracci arranged
the scenes in a format resembling framed easel paintings on a wall,
________________ (transferred framed painting). He made this technique
fashionable for more than a century.
How did Caravaggio create a dynamic composition in Conversion of Saint Paul? -
✔✔Caravaggio used a perspective and a chiaroscuro intended to bring viewers
as close as possible to the scene's space and action, almost as if they were
participants. The low horizon line augments the sense of inclusion.
Caravaggio's figures are still heroic with powerful bodies and clearly delineated
contours in the Renaissance tradition, but the stark and dramatic contrast of
light and dark, called tenebrism obscures the more traditional aspects of his
style. The dramatic spotlight shining down upon the fallen Paul is the light of
divine revelation.
How does Fra Andrea Pozzo create the illusion of Heaven opening above the
heads of the congregation in the church of Sant'Ignazio? - ✔✔He illusionistically
continued the church's actual architecture into the vault so the roof seems to be
lifting off.
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