ART HIST 3D03 Final Exam

School of the Arts

McMaster University

17^th-CENTURY ART

ART HIST 3D03, Term II, 2014

Instructor: Greg Davies

Day Class        

McMASTER UNIVERSITY FINAL TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION             

DUE: In class, Thursday April 3, 2014    (12:30 - 1:20 pm., TSH B106)

                                               

THIS EXAMINATION QUESTION SHEET INCLUDES 1 PAGE AND 1 PART. BRING ANY DISCREPANCY TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COURSE INSTRUCTOR.

Value: 100 points

Read the following question carefully and present a written response of no more than five, typewritten and double-spaced pages (twelve-point type). Indicate the name of the artist (or architect), title and date(s) for each work that you reference in your answer. Be sure to clearly indicate your name, student number, course number, instructor’s name and due date on an attached cover page. No bibliography, footnotes or endnotes are required for this exam.

NOTE that your finished response MUST be submitted in class on Thursday, April 3, 2014 in hard copy ONLY. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

QUESTION:

Michel Foucault once identified the 17^th century as an age of illusion. Using at least three examples of work from the lectures or your readings discuss some of the various ways by which Baroque artists introduced illusion into their work and explain why they felt it necessary to ‘deceive’ the viewer’s eyes. 

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