How does Hyacinthe Rigaud represent the figure of the king? How is this typically Baroque?
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
The king wears a large and luscious robe with the gold fleurs-de-lis and lined with white ermine.
He wears high-heeled shoes to show off his calves and compensate for his height.
The canopy above him looks like red satin with gold-lined trim.
The setting is lavish with dramatic lighting and pompous pose.
However, Louis XIV stares directly at the viewer and shows his age.
Baroque art deliberately evokes intense emotional responses with dramatically lit, theatrical compositions, harmonious colors, idealized figures, and diagonal movement in space.
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The Morgan Beatus, produced by the artist Maius, depicts commentary on the __________.
A. Apocalypse B. Life of Christ C. Gospels D. Life of the Virgin Mary
The rotation of Christ’s torso in one direction and his legs folded in another, creating a “serpentine figure,” results in
a) a form without a predominant view. b) an unbalanced and inharmonious sculptural group. c) an impossible, unnatural movement. d) a Classically composed grouping.
The description of paradise in Surah 76 serves, among other things, as evidence that in the Muslim faith
a. sensuality is strictly forbidden. b. poetry is not a legitimate form of art. c. sensory pleasure is considered an element of the divine. d. the body is an object of shame.
The monastic movement involved...
A. an avoidance of pleasure in life. B. groups of people who lived, worked, and worshipped together. C. self-contained communities called monasteries. D. all of the above