What image influenced the ceiling by Pietro da Cortona

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CHAPTER 23: ITALY AND SPAIN 1600-1700 (BAROQUE)1. What image influenced the ceiling by Pietro da Cortona (Triumph of the Berberini)?2. Identify the iconography and its meaning in figure Cortona’s Triumph of the Barberini.3. What famous saying describes the Spanish Courts relationship with Spanish painters?4. Describe the manner in which Cotan displays the objects in Still life with Quince….(composition) and any possible symbolism associated with the objects on display (use yourimagination, why display them in thi manner?)5. What is a cantarero?6. What effect is Ribera’s paintings supposed to have on the viewer and how do they follow the“rules” of the Counter Reformation?7. What series did Ribera create that showed genre scene with underlying religious messages?8. Who were the main patrons of Zurbaran’s paintings?9. What are spiritual exercises (see Zurbaran’s Saint Serapion)10. Describe Velasquez’ early style.11. What are Bodegones?12. What design technique does Diego Velasquez use to manipulate space in Las Meninas?13. Las Meninas is a precursor of which modern style?14. What symbol appears in Las Meninas that marked the success of Velasquez (in his mind)?15. What visual elements were Rubens’s specialties?16. What will future artists appropriate (borrow) from Rubens?17. Describe some of Ruben’s secular works.18. What is Ruben’s connection to the Medici family?19. Why was Leyster considered a successful female painter?20. What subject matter was Leyster’s specialty?21. What did Leyster try to capture in her paintings?22. What did Rembrandt try to capture in his portraits?23. Describe Rembrandt’s brushstrokes.24. What various media did Rembrandt use during his career?25. What were some of the principles Rembrandt used when creating group portraits?26. What symbol represents the Civic Guard in Rembrandt’s Night Watch?27. Jan Vermeer specialized in what types of paintings?28. What type of “spaces” did Vermer paint?29. What instrument did Vermeer use to increase the realism in his painting?30. What effect did the use of this instrument have on the appearance of Vermeer’s paintings?31. Describe the symbolism in Vermeer’s Woman Holding a Balance and the overall message.32. What are vanitas?33. What led to significant advances in botany in the Dutch region?34. Why were flowers important in the Dutch region?35. Describe the “enhancements” Ruysch added to her painting of flowers to appeal to patrons.36. What "nicknames" did Louis the XIV give himself?37. Who was supposed to be the recipient of Rigaud’s Louis XIV portrait and why was it neversent to Spain?38. Describe the symbolism in Rigaud’s Louis XIV portrait that reinforces his position as king.39. Describe the general layout of the Palace of Versailles?40. Describe the architectural elements the artists incorporated in the design of The Hall ofMirrors to enhance the power of the King?41. What is the Classical/Grand Manner style of painting (see Nicholas Poussin)?42. Describe the Grand Manner/Classical elements seen in St. John in Patmos and what is itsoverall message?43. How does Claude’s landscape style differ from Poussin?44. What themes repeat in Claude’s paintings?

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