Survey of Humanities- Boroque

Who painted Las Meninas?

Diego Velazquez

Is Las Meninas Spanish or Italian Boroque?

Spanish

Which order of Catholic priests wore black robes?

Benedictines

In the video, they were said to have been, “Who discovered the power of art”

The Hapsburgs

Which came first Italian or Spanish Boroque?

Italian

What are the characteristics of Boroque Art

Eye catching, Flashy and Overdone, often, but not always religious-themed

What country did the Hapsburgs rule over during the Boroque period?

Spain

What genetic disorder did most of the Hapsburgs suffer from?

Misaligned jaw (facial asymetry)

What was the cause of the common Hapsburg disorder?

Inbreeding

What is the time frame of the Boroque period?

1650-1750

Is Madonna of the Long Neck Spanish or Italian Boroque

Italian

Who painted Agony in the Garden?

El Greco

He sculpted “David” and “Ecstacy of St. Teresa”

Gianlorenzo Bernini

Domenikos Theotokopolus, although consider a Spanish artist, was actual this nationality

Greek (El Greco)

Diego Velazquez’s family practiced this religion prior to converting to Catholicism

Judaism (they were Jewish)

He used “camera obscura” in his paintings “View of Deft” and “The Milkmaid”

Jan Vermeer

What device did “camera obsucra” anticipate?

Pinhole Camera

Louis XIV established a permanent one of these as part of his court

Orchestra

He was considered the unrivaled king of the golden age of Dutch art.

Rembrandt

It was Monteverdi’s first opera

Orfeo

This type of Boroque emberged from the royal courts of Western Europe in the 17th and 18th Century.

Aristocratic Boroque

The Royal Academy of Dance in France initiated this art form

Choreography

He painted “Rape of the Daughter of Leucippus”

Rubens

Author of the epic poem “Paradise Lost”

John Milton

The principle organist at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice

Gabrieli

He’s famous for a portrait of Louis XIV

Rigaud

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 established this type of monarchy in England

Constitutional

He was commissioned to build more than 50 churches in London

Chris Wren

Artists in this genre painted only serious and elevated subjects (battles, heroic action and miraculous events)

Academic Art

What is the religious base for Northern Boroque?

Protestantism

Who painted “Arcadian Shepherds”

Poussin

What musical imagery is include in Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”?

Birds, bagpipes, thunderstorms, babbling brooks

A small type of poem included in the sheet music for Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”

Sonnet

He wrote “Messiah”

Handel

He wrote Brandenburg Concertos

Bach

Often referred to as “England’s Greatest Composer” even though he’s not English by birth

Handel

Orfeo was this kind of opera

Libretto

This is considered John Donne’s most widely quoted works

Meditations (1624)

She painted “Vanitas Still Life” in 1668

Maria Van Oosterwyck

The first translation of the Bible in the English Language

The King James Bilble