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Test II - Matching 1
Matching 1
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/01/2008

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B - Bernini
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Greatest of the Baroque artists responsible for the life-sized sculpture "The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa"
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E - Jacques Louis David
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One of the men who led the way to revolution using a neoclassical art style called a "halt" to the luxurious life of the aristocracy.
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C - Versailles
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The architectural and imperial symbol of the power and authority wielded by the 17th century French Monarch Louis XIV.
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D - Velasquez
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Spanish painter of the Baroque period who excelled in large-scale paintings of the royal family and its court.
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F - Rosa Bonheur
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French realist who was very popular and much acclaimed during her lifetime. Most famous work. and continued to be one of the most popular paintings in the NY metropolitan museum is The horse Fair.
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A - Da Vinci
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A camous Renaissance illustration that shows the ideal human figure inside. and in relation to the basic geometric square and circle shapes.
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H - Botticelli's Masterpiece
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The Renaissance portrayal of the Greco-Roman Goddess as a symbol of divine love (position previously reserved for the Virgin Mary).
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G - William Turner's Snowstorm
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Painting based on the artists' unique experience of being lashed to the ship's mast during a blizzard at sea.
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