HUM 112 - Week 3 Quiz. Questions and Answers.

Question 1

0 out of 2 points



In his Cornaro Chapel sculptural program, with what did Bernini equate Saint Teresa's
religious visions?

Answer

Selected
Answer:
Sexual orgasm

Correct
Answer:
Ecstatic
dancing




Question 2

2 out of 2 points



What is a defining characteristic of Baroque art?

Answer

Selected Answer:




Correct
Answer:
Attention to viewers' emotional experience of a
work

, Question 3

2 out of 2 points



Why was Artemesia Gentileschi so obsessed with the biblical story of Judith beheading
Holofernes that she painted five versions of it?

Answer

Selected Answer:




Correct
Answer:
Gentileschi had been
raped




Question 4

2 out of 2 points



Why did Pope Urban VIII commission a baldachino (canopy) for Saint Peter's interior?

Answer

Selected Answer:




Correct

, Answer: To define the altar
space




Question 5

0 out of 2 points



What effect does Caravaggio achieve with light in The Calling of Saint Matthew?

Answer

Selected Answer:




Correct
Answer:
Transforms the calling into a miracle




Question 6

2 out of 2 points



What is the canzona's dominant rhythm?

Answer

Selected
Answer:
Long-short-
short