Deck 19: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Art in the West

Question 1

The asymmetrical, organic forms of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier's pair of candlesticks (figure 19.7) are typical of:

A) Art Nouveau's interest in natural forms and art for everyday life
B) The Rococo's interest in decoration and playfulness
C) Romanticism's interest in drama and movement
D) Neoclassicism's interest in looking backward and convention

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun's Marie Antoinette with a Rose (figure 19.9) is typically Rococo because:

A) It is organic and uses chiaroscuro
B) It reflects wealth and seriousness
C) It has Classical references and is frivolous
D) It is decorative and graceful

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Neoclassicism used Classical subject matters, Classical styles, and academic convention to pursue what goal?

A) Capturing a feeling of awe
B) Drawing attention to technique
C) Developing virtuous citizens
D) Creating a new art style

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of the Horatii (figure 19.10) is a model of structured Enlightenment thought due to what aspects?

A) Triadic color scheme and focused intent of the men
B) Triadic color scheme and passionate emotion
C) Soft curves of the women and enormous size
D) Warm and cool colors and powerful rhythm

Question 5

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello (figure 19.13) is Neoclassical because it:

A) Copies the Pantheon and uses brick
B) Has a post-and-lintel porch and a monochromatic color scheme
C) Is symmetrical and has a single level
D) Has harmony and repeating geometric forms

Question 6

The strong colors, contrasting values, and painterly marks in Francisco Goya's The Third of May, 1808 (figure 19.16) show it to be:

A) Neoclassical
B) Romantic
C) Impressionist
D) Realist

Question 7

Romantic artists depicted which of the following to convey the sublime?

A) Violent cultures, portraits, and current events
B) Exotic cultures, landscapes, and current events
C) Landscapes, animals, and water
D) Natural forces, human relationships, and legends

Question 8

Gustave Courbet's The Stone Breakers (figure 19.21) is considered Modern art because it:

A) Rejects academic conventions of subject matter
B) Rejects linear perspective
C) Draws attention to the light falling on the figures
D) Uses a dull color palette

Question 9

Realist art could be shocking to the public because:

A) It contained images of nude women
B) It subverted audience expectations for subject matter, size, and style
C) It rejected the use of realistic lighting and chiaroscuro
D) It made paintings that were bigger than any seen before

Question 10

Claude Monet's Impression: Sunrise (figure 19.24) is typically Impressionist because it had:

A) A looser method of applying paint and a large size
B) A flattened image and numerous layers of glazes
C) Realism and a quick rhythm
D) Colors seen in real life and an insignificant subject matter

Question 11

Some Impressionist works feature a flattening of images due to the influence of:

A) The work of Berthe Morisot
B) Romantic paintings
C) Chinese literati paintings
D) Japanese prints

Question 12

Some Post-Impressionist artists, like Georges Seurat in A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (figure 19.28), looked back to Impressionist methods and added a formal structure to their work, using:

A) Ordered subject matters and visible paint marks
B) Quick techniques and a method of painting in the studio
C) Ordered paint application and controlled compositions
D) Frozen figures and a flattened space

Question 13

Some Post-Impressionist artists, like Vincent van Gogh in The Starry Night (figure 19.32), built on Impressionism by adding expression and symbolism through:

A) A distortion of reality and a use of abstract shapes
B) A change of actual colors and multiple distinct views
C) Realistic subject matters and an illusion of three-dimensional forms
D) A distortion of reality and a use of pointillism

Question 14

By wanting art to be part of everyday life, Art Nouveau was influenced by:

A) Neoclassicism
B) The Rococo
C) Realism
D) Modernism

Question 15

Art Nouveau artists created works with ______ and ______ .

A) Nonrepresentational shapes / unusual designs
B) Plant forms / symmetrical motifs
C) Asymmetrical motifs / lush colors
D) Unusual designs / symmetrical motifs

Question 16

Rococo art reflected the lives of the middle class.

Question 17

Romantic artists were influenced by a feeling of helplessness in an overwhelming world.

Question 18

Impressionist painters did NOT want to depict what we actually see.

Question 19

Pointillism was a method used during the Post-Impressionist period.

Question 20

The Rococo influenced Art Nouveau.

Question 21

Using idealized, naturalistic figures; crisp contours; restrained emotions; and ancient architectural settings is typical of the ________ style.

Question 22

Romanticism can often feature ______ subject matters that capture a feeling of supreme awe and include uncontrollable current events; exotic, violent cultures; and mysterious landscapes.

Question 23

Realist artists are considered part of the _________ because they advanced new, cutting-edge styles and approaches that the status quo originally rejected, but their work eventually became part of the mainstream.

Question 24

One way the Impressionists tried to capture everyday scenes and the effects of changing light and atmosphere was to work outside, an approach called working ________ .

Question 25

Paul Cézanne controlled his brushstrokes and color application. This formal structure is typical of the period known as __________ .

Question 26

and contrast Jean-Antoine Watteau's Return from Cythera (figure 19.8) and Paul Gauguin's Mahana No Atua (Day of the God) (figure 19.33). What do these works have in common? How do they reflect the different goals of the artists who made them, and the styles in which they were painted?

Question 27

Explain how the features and message of Neoclassical art can be seen as a reaction against the features and message of Rococo art. Give specific examples.

Question 28

Realism was shocking to the public. How was it shocking to the public? What would shock modern audiences in a similar way? Give examples.

Question 29

Explain how a painting like Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Le Moulin de la Galette (figure 19.25) could be considered both Impressionist and Realist.

Question 30

Explain how Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night (figure 19.32) and Edvard Munch's The Scream (figure 19.34) still contain Impressionist elements, but also move away from Impressionism.