Understanding terminology that describes seventeenth- and eighteenth-century 2D art

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AP Art History › Understanding terminology that describes seventeenth- and eighteenth-century 2D art

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File:Las Meninas (1656), by Velazquez.jpg File:Francisco de Goya y Lucientes 054.jpg

Figure 1 Figure 2

Both images feature a figure that is a __________.

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What is the function of the orrery that the people are looking at?

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3

Sir Anthony van Dyck's portraits helped popularize the clothing referred to as

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Old man with turban

The painter of this portrait can be guessed by which defining feature?

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File:The Nightwatch by Rembrandt.jpg

Figure 3

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Figure 4

The painting shown in Figure 3 uses the technique known as __________.

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The artistic device in which an object in a painting is made to look like an object on the painting is known as __________.

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Which of the following artistic techniques is used in A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery?

Wright of derby  the orrery

8

A "triple portrait" is a work of art that features the subject __________.

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