Deck 23: Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Question 1

Symbolists conveyed

A)heightened emotion.
B)subjective reality.
C)references to Greek mythological stories, avoiding commentary on modern life.
D)both heightened emotion and subjective reality.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The two Post-Impressionist artists who had a stormy friendship were

A)van Gogh and Cézanne.
B)Cézanne and Zola.
C)Seurat and Munch.
D)Gauguin and van Gogh.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

La Grande Jatte refers to

A)an island in the Seine.
B)a restaurant in Paris.
C)a large dance-hall in Paris.
D)an overweight French dancer.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Post-Impressionist most known for his posters was

A)Gauguin.
B)Cézanne.
C)van Gogh.
D)Seurat.
E)Toulouse-Lautrec.

Question 5

Which term best describes Seurat's brushstrokes?

A)blurred
B)divisionist
C)spiraling
D)smooth

Question 6

The artist best known for his apples was

A)van Gogh.
B)Cézanne.
C)Cranach.
D)Seurat.

Question 7

Which is true of Symbolism?

A)It was concerned with realistic social issues.
B)It was heroic in character.
C)It was preoccupied with the irrational.
D)Its colors tended to be the primary hues.

Question 8

"Theo" refers to

A)a book by van Gogh.
B)van Gogh's brother.
C)van Gogh's father.
D)van Gogh's son.
E)van Gogh's art teacher.

Question 9

The artist known for his crystalline,structured brushstrokes is

A)Van Gogh.
B)Gauguin.
C)Munch.
D)Cézanne.
E)Rousseau.

Question 10

The painting technique used by Georges Seurat has been called Neo-Impressionist.What did Seurat himself refer to it as?

A)Post-Impressionism
B)pointillism
C)Neo-Subjectivism
D)divisionism

Question 11

La Goulue was a

A)circus performer.
B)waitress.
C)dancer.
D)restaurant.
E)café.

Question 12

Two important Post-Impressionist trends were

A)emotion and realism.
B)formalism and figuration.
C)structure and emotion.
D)figuration and abstraction.

Question 13

The Post-Impressionist who began as an Impressionist and then identified with the Symbolists and the Nabis was

A)Cézanne.
B)Toulouse-Lautrec.
C)Munch.
D)Gauguin.
E)van Gogh.

Question 14

Georges Seurat was not an Impressionist because he

A)used broad brushstrokes that conveyed how the world looked to him.
B)used a scientific technique to convey how light was perceived by the eye.
C)embraced the spontaneity of nature and the outdoors.
D)relied on the teachings of Jung to comment on the human condition.

Question 15

The Post-Impressionist who painted the most self-portraits was

A)Cézanne.
B)Toulouse-Lautrec.
C)Munch.
D)van Gogh.
E)Seurat.

Question 16

Oceania includes which of the following?

A)Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, and New Guinea
B)Easter Island, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii
C)Samoa, Tonga, New Guinea, and Easter Island
D)South Island, Arnhem Land, Asmat, and Hawaii

Question 17

The Post-Impressionist known for his paintings of Tahiti was

A)Cézanne.
B)Toulouse-Lautrec.
C)Munch.
D)Gauguin.
E)van Gogh.

Question 18

Generally the French posters of the 19th century were

A)woodblock prints.
B)engravings.
C)etchings.
D)lithographs.
E)photographs.

Question 19

"Potato eaters" referred to

A)beggars.
B)homeless people.
C)farmers.
D)miners.
E)ministers.

Question 20

The artist who copied Hiroshige's Sudden Shower at Ohashi Bridge at Ataka was

A)van Gogh.
B)Cézanne.
C)Seurat.
D)Manet.
E)Monet.

Question 21

Oscar Wilde was a spokesman for

A)Symbolism.
B)Post-Impressionism.
C)Abstraction.
D)Aestheticism.
E)Art Nouveau.

Question 22

Métropolitain refers to

A)French cities.
B)French subways.
C)French night clubs.
D)French urban planning.

Question 23

The techniques of dream construction apply most obviously to which style?

A)Post-Impressionism
B)Symbolism
C)Surrealism
D)Aestheticism

Question 24

Beardsley's pictorial style can be described as

A)perverse and macabre.
B)elegant and courtly.
C)Post-Impressionist.
D)colorful.

Question 25

Art Nouveau was a European response against

A)Abstraction.
B)Impressionism.
C)Aestheticism.
D)Industrialization.
E)Symbolism.

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a correct match of artist with work?

A)Cézanne - Temptation of Saint Anthony
B)van Gogh - The Potato Eaters
C)Gauguin - The Yellow Christ
D)Munch - The Scream
E)Moreau - Idol with the Seashell

Question 27

"Le Douanier" referred to

A)Beardsley.
B)Monet.
C)Seurat.
D)Rousseau.
E)Gauguin.

Question 28

The purpose of the Vienna Secession was

A)to establish an international style of painting.
B)to withdraw from the establishment.
C)to establish a forum of diverse styles.
D)to support Academic naturalism.

Question 29

Symbolist paintings are most likely to have jarring

A)brushstrokes.
B)color.
C)lines.
D)spatial arrangements.
E)formal distortion.

Question 30

Polyphemos was

A)a musician.
B)a satyr.
C)an Olympian.
D)a Cyclops.
E)a dwarf.

Question 31

In Klimt's poster for the first Secession exhibition,the Gorgon head is

A)naturalistic.
B)frontal.
C)horned and fanged.
D)Symbolist.

Question 32

For Klimt,the Minotaur represented

A)tyranny.
B)Impressionism.
C)Industrialization.
D)conservatism.

Question 33

A maenad is a

A)follower of Medea.
B)follower of Dionysos.
C)follower of Orpheus.
D)follower of Hermes.

Question 34

Who was the leading artist of the Symbolist movement in France?

A)Moreau
B)Munch
C)Nouveau
D)Guimard

Question 35

The English word "symbol" is from the Greek,meaning

A)token.
B)sign.
C)allegory.
D)metaphor.
E)simile.

Question 36

Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?

A)van Gogh - Bedroom at Arles
B)Klimt - Salomé with the Head of John the Baptist
C)Moreau - The Dream
D)Cézanne - Galatea
E)Rousseau - La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge

Question 37

Art Nouveau artists used

A)geometry.
B)photographic reality to show the grace in the everyday.
C)organic forms like vines drawn from nature.
D)modern technological marvels to convey progress.