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Question #1
Caravaggio's dramatic shifting of the vanishing point, light and position of main characters brought the viewer into
A.   none of these answers.
B.   the scene with psychological distance.
C.   the scene with emotional void.
D.   the scene with boldness and psychological connection.
Question #2
The work of Italian Baroque artists Bernini, Caravaggio and Gentileschi was characterized by
A.   dramatic contrast between light and dark.
B.   All of these answers
C.   emotional intensity.
D.   a focus on religious imagery.
Question #3
French absolutist monarch Louis XIV endeavored to shift the mythic base of culture from
A.   God to Science
B.   All of these answers
C.   God to Humanist Naturalism
D.   God to King
Question #4
The "Camera Obscura" refers to
A.   box with a small hole through which an image can be projected and traced.
B.   a photographic process for developing film
C.   an obscure object that used a box, a small hole and plastic film.
Question #5
French painter Jacques Louis David
A.   directed the French Revolution's search for new icons for the state.
B.   created idealized images of Napoleon.
C.   was famous before the revolution for paintings like "Oath of the Horatii"
D.   None of these answers
E.   All of these answers
Question #6
The function(s) of the French Royal Academy of Fine Arts was/were
A.   to develop a complex curriculum based on a rationalistic philosophy
B.   to establish and maintain artistic standards
C.   all of these answer
D.   none of these answer
E.   to use painting as propaganda for the monarch's version of history
Question #7
Artemisia Gentileschi was
A.   None of these answers
B.   the first woman to join the Academy in Florence
C.   the woman who sat for the Mona Lisa
D.   the real name of Marie Antoinette
Question #8
Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun was
A.   the real name of Marie Antoinette
B.   the most celebrated woman artist of her time
C.   the woman who sat for the Mona Lisa
D.   none of these answers
Question #9
The Baroque period was characterized by
A.   All of these answers
B.   Protestantism and capitalism in Northern Europe
C.   None of these answers
D.   remarkable scientific advances
E.   the Counter Reformation and absolutist monarchs in Southern Europe
Question #10
Spanish artist Diego Velazquez is famed for, among other things
A.   his multi-media portrayal of "Santa Teresa in Ecstasy"
B.   his dramatic depiction of Judith with the head of Holofernes
C.   the depiction of light and reflection in his masterwork "Las Meninas"

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