Baroque Art and Music: Key Facts and Figures Revealed

1. Bernini's  David  depicts the subject in the act of the killing Goliath. True 2. The Council of Trent reaffirmed...   all of above 3. The Apotheosis of St.   Ignatius   by Pozzo is considered to be a masterpiece of Baroque-era ceiling painting. True 4. The Messiah   by Handel is a(n) ____________ .   Oratorio 5. Louis XIV exerted control over the nobility at Versailles by requiring them to participate in elaborate social rituals. True 6. The Baroque composer who was born in Germany but spent most of his career in England. Two of his best-known works are   Messiah   and   Water Music .   Handel 7. According to the author of the first section of chapter 6,  "An Introduction to the Counter-Reformation," the Three Pillars of the Counter-Reformation are Popes, Orders, and Doctrine.     False 8. Louis XIV was a young child when he became the king of France. His paternal uncle served as his regent until he came of age. False 9. The capital city of the Aztec empire. Tenochtitlan 10. This Baroque artist and architect left his “stamp” on Rome and the Vatican by the creating the new square in front of St. Peter’s Basilica marked by a colonnade known as the “Arms of Christ” as well as fountains and statues. Bernini 11. The Counter-Reformation, also known as the Catholic Reformation, was the Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation. True 12. The Baroque style takes its name from the word   barocco , Italian for an irregularly shaped pearl. True 13.A(n) ___________________ is the text (lyrics) of an opera or oratorio.  Libretto 14. Charles I of Spain was also Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.   True 15. Louis XIV, the French King, wanted to be in control of everything, including art and how it was created. So, he appointed _____________and they established the French Academy.   Colbert 16. ____________________is the “blending” of different religious traditions. An example would be the Christian monks connecting the Aztec traditions of honoring the dead to the Christian All Saints Day.   Syncretism 17. ________________________is considered a master of perspective. In 1693, he published his theoretical work on art and architecture,   Perspectiva Pictorium etArchitechtorum   and the second volume was published in 1698.   Pozzo 18. In ballet, the five primary foot positions, still in use today, can be attributed to this court of Charles V. True 19.The Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City was built on the site of the temple to the Aztec deity, Quetzalcoatl. True 20. This composer was born in Italy, but was eventually granted French citizenship. He spent most of his life serving King Louis XIV in Versailles as the "superintendent of royal music."     Lully 21. One of the "Three Pillars" of the Counter-Reformation was the formation of new monastic orders such as the Capuchins, the Jesuits, Theotines, and Urselines.