111: Review
What were some of the factors that contributed to the decline of religious art in the seventeenth century?
A) Religious, dynastic, and commercial wars, the difficulties of the Reformation, and constitutional problems
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B) Greater uniformity in style and the grouping of small towns into larger provinces and countries
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C) Colonial expansion, huge enterprise, and great commercial prosperity
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Question explanation
According to the given information, several forces at work were hostile or indifferent to artistic development, such as the religious, dynastic and commercial wars, the difficulties of the Reformation, and constitutional problems. All of these factors contributed to the decline of religious art in the seventeenth century.
Which country had a close connection between art and the Church in the seventeenth century?
A) England
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B) Spain
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C) Italy
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Question explanation
The given information states that Spain and Italy were almost the only two countries in which any close connection between art and the Church was kept up. In Spain, pictorial art was at its very highest in the seventeenth century, and its masterpieces, with the exception of those of the very greatest artist of all, Velazquez, were devoted to subjects suggested by the Church.
What was the main focus of art in the eighteenth century?
A) Ecclesiastical art, or art for the decoration of the church
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B) Portraiture for the decoration of the home and the person
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C) Classical stories represented in pictorial effect
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Question explanation
According to the given information, the triumph of the home was complete in the eighteenth century, and portraiture was exclusively applied to the multiplication of portraits of those persons who were able to afford to employ the artist and who desired to possess and distribute to others such delightful representations as would adorn the home and the person. Ecclesiastical art, or art for the decoration of the church, had hardly any existence.