Deck 21: Nineteenth-Century Realism

Question 1

For most of his life Daumier made a living

A)as a painter.
B)as a caricaturist.
C)as a cartoonist.
D)as a photographer.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Nadar's Le Géant was

A)a painting.
B)a photograph.
C)a balloon.
D)a folktale.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Who of the following was NOT a nineteenth-century photographer?

A)Cameron
B)Nadar
C)Brady
D)Duckworth

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Until the middle of the nineteenth century,bridges were designed according to what method?

A)suspension
B)cantilever
C)truss
D)post-and-lintel

Question 5

In Modern Painters,Ruskin wrote a defense of

A)Constable.
B)Turner.
C)Cole.
D)Nash.
E)Millais.

Question 6

Millet's Gleaners combines

A)social observation with Neoclassicism.
B)Renaissance monumentality with Romanticism.
C)Medieval feudalism with Romanticism.
D)social observation with Romanticism.

Question 7

________ painted realistic scenes of poor and oppressed peoples.

A)Courbet
B)Millet
C)Daumier
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 8

Courbet's patron,who financed the Realist exhibition,was

A)Baudelaire.
B)Zola.
C)Flaubert.
D)Bruyas.

Question 9

The central group in Courbet's My Studio includes

A)a boy, a cat, a painter, a woman, and a landscape.
B)a juggler, a crucifix, a cat, and a painter.
C)a painter, a woman, a boy, and a journalist.
D)a painter, a woman, a boy, and a peddler.

Question 10

Rosa Bonheur was particularly drawn to images of

A)lions.
B)athletes.
C)horses.
D)city life.

Question 11

Which was NOT among the advantages of the Crystal Palace?

A)It was fireproof.
B)It was prefabricated.
C)It was relatively inexpensive.
D)It was constructed quickly.

Question 12

Who co-wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?

A)Baudelaire
B)Engels
C)Dickens
D)Balzac
E)Zola

Question 13

Critics objected to Déjeunersur l'Herbe because

A)it was not sufficiently Classical.
B)it was not colorful enough.
C)it contained the artist's self-portrait.
D)it was too much like a Renaissance painting.

Question 14

The figures in Manet's Déjeuner sur l'Herbe are identified as

A)Manet's sister, his brother-in-law, and Victorine.
B)Manet's model, brother-in-law, and sister.
C)Manet's model, Gustave Manet, and Ferdinand Leenhoff.
D)Manet, his model, and his brother.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a painting by Courbet?

A)Stone Breakers
B)Interior of My Studio
C)Third-Class Carriage
D)Burial at Ornans

Question 16

Which is NOT a feature of the Pre-Raphaelites' style?

A)pastel colors
B)clear edges
C)erotic subtexts
D)figuration

Question 17

Gargantua is a (an)

A)tyrant.
B)greedy king.
C)good-natured giant.
D)gargoyle.
E)ogre from French folklore.

Question 18

Manet's Olympia was inspired by

A)the RokebyVenus.
B)the Venus of Urbino.
C)Ingres' Grande Odalisque.
D)Canova's Pauline.

Question 19

Daumier was sentenced to jail for

A)fraud.
B)satirizing the king.
C)revolutionary activities.
D)defending freedom of the press.
E)forgery.

Question 20

Courbet objected to Olympia because

A)it was not realistic enough.
B)it was too Classical.
C)it was based on Renaissance prototypes.
D)it was too flat.

Question 21

Which is NOT true of the Statue of Liberty?

A)It was sculpted by Bartholdi.
B)Its frame was wrought by Eiffel.
C)It is on Ellis Island.
D)It was constructed from 1875 to 1884.

Question 22

Which was NOT a new feature in the development of nineteenth-century skyscrapers?

A)masonry and brick construction
B)power-driven elevators
C)steel frames
D)concrete reinforced with steel wire

Question 23

The leading American Civil War photographer was

A)Robert
B)Matthew Brady.
C)Nadar.
D)Fox Talbot.
E)Lee.

Question 24

Which is NOT true of the Brooklyn Bridge?

A)It was designed by the Roeblings.
B)It has Gothic arches.
C)It has four huge parallel cables.
D)It was the first use of steel wire in a bridge.
E)It connects Brooklyn with the Bronx.

Question 25

Which of the following correctly matches writer with work?

A)Melville - Uncle Tom's Cabin
B)Alcott - Far From the Madding Crowd
C)Thoreau - Leaves of Grass
D)Darwin - Origin of Species