Deck 18: Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Question 1

Who is not an 18^th-century portraitist?

A) Gainsborough
B) Rigaud
C) Vigée-Lebrun
D) Carriera
E) Boyle

Answer 1

E

Question 2

The Rococo style is characterized by

A) pastel colors
B) a spirit of play
C) minimized human figures
D) all of the choices are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

L'Etat c'est moi is

A) the title of a painting
B) an autobiography
C) an expression of absolutism
D) the title of a philosophical treatise
E) a work by Descartes

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Enlightenment

A) started in 1650
B) was the entire 18^th century
C) was limited to the first half of the 19^th century
D) dates from the early 19^th century

Question 5

The Rococo style started in

A) America
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) France

Question 6

The artist who painted important personages in England in the end of the 18^th century was

A) Gainsborough
B) Stubbs
C) Wright of Derby
D) Thomas de Quincy

Question 7

The Seven Years' War was fought between

A) England and France
B) Prussia, France and Austria
C) England and Prussia
D) France, Prussia, and England

Question 8

Which are the most characteristic features of Rococo?

A) fussiness
B) frivolity
C) elegance
D) irony
E) all of the choices are correct.

Question 9

Pastels are

A) waterpaints
B) chalky crayons
C) tempera paints
D) light-colored pencils

Question 10

Match the philosopher with his ideas or work

A) Locke -- empiricism
B) Diderot -- social contract
C) Rousseau -- encyclopedia
D) Jefferson -- Two Treatises of Civil Government

Question 11

Who is not a Rococo painter?

A) Watteau
B) Boucher
C) Fragonard
D) Chambers

Question 12

A salonnière is a

A) hostess
B) waitress
C) countess
D) princess

Question 13

Gilles refers to

A) a painting by Boucher
B) a French philosopher
C) a French novelist
D) a painting by Watteau
E) a painting by Fragonard

Question 14

Which is not a texture depicted in Rigaud's Louis XIV?

A) silk
B) ermine
C) velvet
D) gold
E) marble

Question 15

The Rococo style is most closely related to

A) Classical Baroque
B) Mannerism
C) Renaissance style
D) Late Baroque style

Question 16

July 14,1789 is

A) the day that the American Revolution began
B) the day that the Declaration of Independence was signed
C) Bastille Day
D) the day that Louis XVI was executed

Question 17

The aristocracy __________ French Rococo art.

A) patronized
B) had their sensibilities reflected in
C) criticized
D) patronized and had their sensibilities reflected in

Question 18

Winckelmann is known primarily for

A) German painting
B) a historical approach to studying Greek and Roman art
C) a historical approach to artists' biographies
D) German philosophy of art

Question 19

Which does not match?

A) Vivaldi -- music
B) Priestly -- oxygen
C) Halley -- biology
D) Swift -- satire
E) Watt -- steam engine

Question 20

Chardin

A) painted still-lifes
B) painted the common folk at their humble tasks
C) painted "fêtes galantes"
D) painted still-lifes and painted the common folk at their humble tasks but not painted "fêtes galantes"

Question 21

Strawberry Hill refers to

A) a garden of roses in England designed by Boyle
B) an English landscape painting
C) a Gothic Revival villa
D) a medieval castle known as Otranto

Question 22

Strawberry Hill was built in the style of the

A) Oriental Revival
B) Baroque Revival style
C) Neoclassic Revival
D) "Gothick" Revival

Question 23

Which is true of Chiswick House?

A) it was designed by Palladio
B) it is in northern England
C) it was originally a library and place of entertainment
D) it is based on San Giorgio Maggiore

Question 24

_________ dominated the architectural style of the 18^th century

A) Boromini
B) Michelangelo
C) Bramante
D) Palladio

Question 25

The term Bourgeois Realism is applied to the work of

A) Chardin
B) Hogarth
C) Wright of Derby
D) Copley

Question 26

Which is true of Osterley Park House?

A) it was designed by Lord Burlington
B) it was inspired by Palladian design
C) it was built in East Anglia
D) it was inspired by Classical precedents

Question 27

Time Smoking a Picture satirizes

A) artists
B) art dealers
C) art collectors
D) art museums

Question 28

The Zwinger is

A) a German rock group
B) a palace of the Polish king
C) a courtyard
D) an elaborate wall

Question 29

The Kaisersaal refers to

A) a palace
B) a ruler
C) a room
D) a stairway

Question 30

Which is not a feature of Tiepolo's Investiture of Bishop Harold?

A) trompe l'oeil
B) stucco
C) oval windows
D) pastel colors
E) velvet curtains

Question 31

Chiswick House was influenced by

A) Palladio
B) Inigo Jones
C) Vitruvius
D) all of the choices are correct.

Question 32

Which is not true of Zimmermann's Weiskirche?

A) it is near Oberammergau
B) it is influenced by a Classical revival in Germany
C) it is influenced by Borromini
D) it has a longitudinal axis

Question 33

Paul Revere was

A) a goldsmith
B) a silversmith
C) an equestrian champion
D) a British sympathizer