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Example Question #5 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century 2 D Art
The Flemish artist who painted a cycle of works for Marie de Medici, Queen of France, was __________.
Rembrandt van Rijn
Peter Paul Ruebens
Johannes Vermeer
Anthony Van Dyck
Peter Paul Ruebens
The Marie de Medici Cycle was a series of twenty four paintings dedicated to, and depicting, the life of the Queen of France, Marie de Medici. Commissioned in 1621, and completed within three years, the massive project was given to the Flemish painter Peter Paul Reubens, who had already done portraits of many of the queen's relatives. Reubens' many portraits and canvases in the cycle are one of the landmarks of Baroque painting.
Example Question #32 : Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century 2 D Art
The Spanish court painter to King Philip IV, famous for the painting of the royal family known as Las Meninas, was __________.
Francisco de Zurbarán
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Juan Sánchez Cotán
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas is one of the most well-respected paintings in history, with artists as diverse as Thomas Gainsborough, Édouard Manet, and Pablo Picasso citing it as a major influence. Velazquez's painting is borne out of his role as court painter to the Spanish King Philip IV, as the King's daughter is the main subject, but she is shown with various attendants and even the painter himself. Remarkably for his time, the subjects are shown in full humanity and the brushstrokes are relatively impressionistic.
Example Question #1 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century 2 D Art
The Italian transitional painter who produced two different paintings depicting the supper at Emmaus is __________.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Titian
Caravaggio
Michelangelo
Caravaggio
Caravaggio was a significant transitional figure between the Mannerist style and the Baroque style, despite having a career that only lasted from 1592 to 1610. Caravaggio used dramatic changes between light and dark, known as "chiaroscuro," to highlight emotional moments and painted with vivid color. In Caravaggio's two paintings of The Supper at Emmaus, he uses these techniques to highlight the surprise of Jesus' disciples when the risen Christ reveals himself to them on the road to Emmaus.
Example Question #33 : Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century 2 D Art
The works of painters from the Dutch Golden Age included all of the following types, EXCEPT __________.
biblical scenes
historical paintings
landscapes
portraits of saints
portraits of saints
The Dutch Golden Age refers to the era of the mid-seventeenth century when the Dutch Republic had its most clout in trade, foreign affairs, and culture, especially in the realm of visual art. The great Dutch masters of the time include Johannes Vermeer, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, and Rembrandt van Rijn, who all produced striking portraits, landscapes, and history paintings with vivid colors and remarkable use of light. Not popular among these painters were images of saints, as the Netherlands had become mostly Protestant and Calvinist.
Example Question #561 : 2 D Art
The painter who commemorated a Spanish victory over the Dutch in the 1625 painting The Surrender of Breda was __________.
Peter Paul Rubens
Juan Bautista Maino
Caravaggio
Diego Velazquez
Diego Velazquez
The Spanish victory at Breda was a rare success for Spanish troops over the Dutch in the Eighty Years' War. The moment was commemorated by the court painter to King Philip IV, Diego Velazquez. The life-size painting shows the Dutch surrender, which glorifies the Spanish troops and shows the Spaniards as both victorious and magnanimous. This painting also serves as a prime example of Velazquez' great skill with color and composition.
Example Question #1 : Identifying Artists, Works, And Schools Of Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century 2 D Visual Art
Who was the painter of the odd court painting Las Meninas?
Diego Velazquez
El Greco
Raphael
Hans Holbein
Titian
Diego Velazquez
Diego Velazquez was an idiosyncratic painter who became the offical court painter for the Spanish king Philip IV. Velazquez's unique composition style, love of odd subjects, and expressive portrait style found its culmination in Las Meninas, a 1656 painting that shows the daughters of the King with their attendants and the painter in a large room with people coming and going. The painting was so remarkable that Pablo Picasso made a cubist version of it in the twentieth century.
Example Question #41 : Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century 2 D Art
Markers of the artistic style of the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) include all of the following EXCEPT __________.
portraits of individuals
the insertion of himself into his group paintings
a use of very rich and dark colors
dramatic use of lighting
large-form landscapes
large-form landscapes
Rembrandt van Rijn was one of the great masters of the Dutch Golden Age of painting during the seventeenth century. His style was notable for featuring bold colors and dramatic lighting in "everyday scenes" of commonfolk, as well as portraits and scenes out of the Bible. Almost all of Rembrandt's paintings featured people, and he almost never drew landscapes.
Example Question #43 : Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century 2 D Art
The artist Francisco Goya is from what country?
Brazil
France
Italy
Spain
Argentina
Spain
Francisco Goya is from Spain.
Example Question #411 : Clep: Humanities
The painter Gilbert Stuart was most well-known for his __________.
portraits
landscapes
domestic scenes
historic paintings
still lifes
portraits
Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) was one of the very first well known American painters. During the Revolutionary Era, Stuart became essentially the "court painter" of the early American government because of his portraits of leading figures. Stuart's work includes the most famous portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and many other of America's Founding Fathers.
Example Question #11 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century 2 D Art
Jean-Antoine Watteau's specialty can best be described as __________.
Satirical works
Celiing paintings
Fête galante
Grand manner
Fête galante
Watteau's specialty was fête galante, a style of eighteenth-century painting that depicts aristocrats walking through forested scenes. Ceiling paintings were painted by Giambattista Tiepolo. Satirical pieces during the Rococo era included William Hogarth's Marriage à la Mode. Grand manner is a style of eighteenth-century works that featured figures posed as ancient statues or accompanied by classical architectural features.