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Compare Andrea Pozzo's Baroque Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius to Michelangelo's Mannerist Last Judgment (Chap.20),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

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Question 2

Orphanage directors hoped that audiences would be dazzled by the orphans' musical performances so that they would

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A)   adopt the talented children.
B)   buy tickets to their performances.
C)   help find jobs for the orphans.
D)   donate money to the orphanages.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

In The Calling of Saint Matthew,Caravaggio uses light to

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A)   transform the calling into a miracle.
B)   identify which of the subjects is Matthew.
C)   make Matthew's conversion seem threatening.
D)   makes Jesus's entrance seem threatening.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Baroque compositions such as The Four Seasons are perhaps most distinguishable from their Renaissance predecessors because of their

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A)   solo passages.
B)   trio sonatas.
C)   arias.
D)   modulation.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Why is Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons known as program music?

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A)   He composed it for one of the orphans' performances, or programs.
B)   Its purely instrumental music is connected to a story or idea.
C)   Its episodes contrast back and forth with the musical score.
D)   The music follows the program and rhythms of speech.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 6

A defining characteristic of Baroque art is

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A)   attention to viewers' emotional experience of a work.
B)   return to the forms and proportions of Classical art.
C)   focus on symbolism.
D)   minimal decoration and sensuousness.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Baroque artists placed elements on a diagonal plane,rather than the frontal and parallel planes used by Renaissance artists to

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A)   evoke a sense of greater depth.
B)   induce more defined shadows.
C)   produce a stronger sense of action.
D)   provide greater balance.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Artemisia Gentileschi was so obsessed with the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes that she painted five versions of it with Judith being a self-portrait,because

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A)   Gentileschi was of Jewish descent.
B)   Gentileschi's mother was named Judith.
C)   Judith was a female artist.
D)   Gentileschi had been raped.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Compare Bernini's Baroque David to Michelangelo's Renaissance David (Chap.14),explaining how each is representative of its respective period.

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Question 10

In his Cornaro Chapel's sculptural program,Bernini equated Teresa of Ávila's religious visions with

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A)   spiritual rebirth.
B)   chastity.
C)   sexual orgasm.
D)   dancing.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Fra Andrea Pozzo created the highly dramatic space in Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius by using

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A)   chiaroscuro.
B)   foreshortening.
C)   tenebrism.
D)   an invisible complement.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Provide a detailed explanation for the reasons opera developed during the Italian Baroque period.

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Question 13

Caravaggio's Conversion of St.Paul and John Donne's sonnet "Batter My Heart" share a thematic interest in

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A)   the celebration of the physical appetite.
B)   the tension between the sacred and the secular.
C)   conversion imagined as physical ravishment.
D)   light revealing faith's transformative power.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

In her paintings,Elisabetta Sirani depicted Christianity's miracles as

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A)   everyday events.
B)   mythological events.
C)   sexual experiences.
D)   dramas of harmony.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

The Roman patrons who were most responsible for creating the Baroque style were

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A)   the middle class.
B)   the nobility.
C)   women
D)   the papal court.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Louis XIV rejected Gianlorenzo Bernini's Baroque design for a new façade for the Louvre,finding it too

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A)   similar to the Vatican colonnade.
B)   simple and classical.
C)   expensive to build.
D)   elaborate and ornate.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

The canzona's dominant rhythm is

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A)   short-long.
B)   long-short-short.
C)   long-long.
D)   short-long-long.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Fra Andrea Pozzo created the highly dramatic space in Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius by using

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Baroque artists placed elements on a diagonal plane,rather than the frontal and parallel planes used by Renaissance artists to

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In his Cornaro Chapel's sculptural program,Bernini equated Teresa of Ávila's religious visions with

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In The Calling of Saint Matthew,Caravaggio uses light to

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Baroque compositions such as The Four Seasons are perhaps most distinguishable from their Renaissance predecessors because of their

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Louis XIV rejected Gianlorenzo Bernini's Baroque design for a new façade for the Louvre,finding it too

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Orphanage directors hoped that audiences would be dazzled by the orphans' musical performances so that they would

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