Art History 17th Century Oh No!
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Art history 17th century oh no!
Questions and Answers
- 1.Who designed the piazza De San Pietro? (The piazza in front of St. Peter's)
- A.
Gianlorenzo Bernini
- B.
Michelangelo
- C.
Carlo Maderno
- 2.Who created the facade for Santa Susanna? (1597-1603) (Similar to il Gesu; but with a greater sense of verticality) (pilasters -> 3/4 columns -> projecting columns)
- A.
Borromini
- B.
Carlo Maderno
- C.
Gianlorenzo Bernini
- 3.Who designed the facade (and the three new bays (which elongate the cross shape of the floor lan)) to Saint Peter's? - - ( which ended up hiding the dome, destroying the sense of verticality)
- A.
Carlo Maderno
- B.
Gianlorenzo Bernini
- C.
Borromini
- 4.The piazza of St. Peter's (designed by Bernini) uses what shapes?
- A.
Square, Circle
- B.
Trapezoid, Circle
- C.
Trapezoid, Oval
- 5.A ______ is a canopy over the alter (Baldacco is Italian for "silk from Baghdad , such as cloth for a canopy).
- 6.A ______ is a spiral column (named after king Salomon temple in Jerusalem).
- 7.Pope Uban the 8th and Pope Paul the V where from what family?
- A.
Barberini
- B.
Medecchi
- C.
Farnezi
- 8.The ______ is a lower class neighborhood in front of Saint Peters.
- 9.Which pope commissioned Bernini to replace the old stair case connecting the papal apartments to the portica and narthex of Saint Peter's with the Scala Regia (Royal Staircase)?
- A.
Alexander VII
- B.
Urban VIII
- C.
Pope Sixtus V
- 10.Who commissioned Bernini's David?
- A.
Pope Paul V
- B.
Cardinal Scipione Borghese
- C.
Pope Alexander VII
- 11.Who carved the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Cornaro Chapel (commissioned by Cardinal Federico Cornaro) ?
- 12.Who designed the interior, as well as the exterior for San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane (or St Charles of 4 fountains (or San Carlino (little St. Charles) )
- A.
Bernini
- B.
Borromini
- 13.Who designed the Chapel of Saint Ivo? (dome is extension of floor plan (organic) vs ren style attached dome)
- A.
Bernini
- B.
Borromini
- 14.Where was Annibale Carracci from?
- A.
Netherlands
- B.
Rome
- C.
Bologna
- 15.Who commissioned Carracci's 'Loves of The Gods' ceiling fresco in the gallery of Palazzo Farnese, Rome?
- A.
Pope Paul III
- B.
Pope Urban 8th
- C.
Pope Paul V
- 16._______ is transferred frame painting.
- A.
Tres potatoes
- B.
Quadro riportato
- C.
Dos wavos
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