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What does tenebrism mean?

A) Full of implied movement
B) Indentations in a dome to reduce its weight
C) A long rectangular space that usually functions as a passageway or corridor, frequently containing paintings or works of sculpture
D) Dramatic contrasts of lights and darks, as in the use of strong focused light in a dark painting

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Bernini's architecture and sculpture in the Cornaro Chapel were inspired by the writings of

A) St. Teresa of Ávila
B) St. Ignatius of Loyola
C) Giorgio Vasari
D) Andrea Palladio

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Trompe l'oeil is a French expression for tenebrism, the effects of light and shadow in Caravaggio's paintings.

Who is known for using light very dramatically with extremes of light and dark?

In comparing Bernini's David to Donatello's David, Bernini's is significantly:

Describe Velázquez's The Maids of Honor and comment on the likely purpose of the painting.

Velázquez was best known as a painter of:

The term "Baroque" may come from the Portuguese word "Barrocco," which refers to:

The Counter Reformation was a movement that began the in the seventeenth century and was inspired by the religious art of Caravaggio.

Zurbarán and Murillo were very active as painters of religious subjects in seventeenth-century Spain.

Discuss the colonnade by Gianlorenzo Bernini at St. Peter's. How is this work representative of the objectives of the Catholic Counter Reformation?

Which city is a major center for Baroque patronage during the Catholic Counter-Reformation?

Examine Bernini's The Ecstasy of St. Teresa. How is the Cornaro Chapel like a multi- media stage set? How do the visual effects that Bernini uses relate to the Counter-Reformation interests of the Church?

Who was the illusionistic ceiling painter who painted The Loves of the Gods in quadri riportati?

The promotion of the Virgin in Spanish art substantially defined Spain's Catholic role in defying the Reformation of northern Europe.

Who became court painter to Philip IV of Spain?

The Maids of Honor by Velázquez documents in paint the artist's aspirations for increased social status.

How does Caravaggio handle light and what function(s) does light play in his The Calling of St. Matthew?

Which of the following is typical of Italian Baroque art?

Which is true of the painting of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo?