Art in Focus

Chapter 19: Baroque Art

Online Quizzes

1
Which of the following words best describes the appearance of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane's façade?
A)Gothic
B)traditional
C)elastic
D)rigid
2
The Surrender of Breda depicts
A)a Spanish military defeat.
B)a Spanish military victory.
C)the martyr of a saint.
D)the death of a king.
3
Steen specialized in painting
A)portraits.
B)still lifes.
C)genre scenes.
D)landscapes.
4
The Return of the Prodigal Son was painted by
A)Murillo.
B)Velázquez.
C)De Ribera.
D)Bernini.
5
During the Baroque period, what city became the center of the art world?
A)Bruges
B)Florence
C)Venice
D)Rome
6
Rembrandt's painting, The Mill, expresses a feeling of
A)joyfulness.
B)loneliness.
C)fear.
D)distrust.
7
Caravaggio used light to
A)expose his figures' imperfections.
B)hide his figures' imperfections.
C)show his figures' great beauty.
D)create calm, soothing scenes.
8
Female Dutch artists of the seventeenth-century were expected to limit themselves to painting
A)religious scenes.
B)genre scenes.
C)still lifes.
D)portraits.
9
During the Baroque period, sculptors preferred to work in
A)bronze.
B)limestone.
C)white marble.
D)colored marble.
10
The Blind Old Beggar may depict characters from
A)de Ribera's early childhood.
B)a very old Spanish folk tale.
C)de Tormes's autobiography.
D)a well-known religious story.
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