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Test II - Completions
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/01/2008

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Caravaggio
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The Sharp contrasting darks and lights of Baroque painting is evident in the work of ______, one of the foremost painters of the late 16th and 17th centuries.
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Medici
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The many patrons of the arts during the Renaissance were interested in secular subjects as well as sacred ones; the most notable patrons of these were the ___.
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The Birth of Venus
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In Botticelli's Renaissance masterpiece _____, we see the Venus, Roman goddess of love, in a position of importance held for centuries by the Virgin Mary.
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Wagner, Neushwanstein
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The famous 19th century Romantic composer, _____, was inspired by the Allegorical paintings and tapestires at Schloss (castle) ____ of King Ludwig II.
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Saturn Devouring His children
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__ is a gruesome, nightmarish image depicting an ancient myth painted by the Romantic artist, Francesco Goya
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The Pesthouse at Jaffa
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Napoleon, portrayed as the Romantic hero undaunted by the sick and diseased, illustrates his christ-like immortality _____.
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Sfumato
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A new Renaissance painting technique used by Davinci known as ____, deriving from the italian word for "smoke".
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Ignuti
Definition
Painted nude youths used in the spaces between the major panels in the Sistene Chappel ceiling were called ____.
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The Pieta
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What single sculpture did Michelangelo sign?
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Turns into a tree
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In the sculpture apollo and daphne by Bernini, what happens to Daphne?
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Brothel Proposition
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The Paternal Admonition is actually a scene depicting a ____.
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Struck Blind
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In the caravaggio painting "The Conversion of St. Paul", what has happened to St. Paul?
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His Own (Caravaggio)
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Whose face is the head of Goliath in Caravaggio's David and the HEad of Goliath?
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King & Queen
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In "Las Meninas by Velazquez", who is in the portrait the artist is painting?
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The Artist
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Who is the real subject/center of this great painting? (las meninas)
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Gargoyle
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Architectural element on gothic cathedrals functioned as a waterspout.
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