Deck 18: Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Question 1

Which of the following is a correct match of philosopher to his ideas or work?

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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The Rococo style is characterized by

A)pastel colors.
B)a spirit of play.
C)minimized human figures.
D)All these answers are correct.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Chardin

A)painted still-lifes.
B)painted the common folk at their humble tasks.
C)painted "fêtes galantes."
D)painted both still-lifes and the common folk at their humble tasks.

Question 5

Pastels are

A)water-based paints.
B)chalky crayons.
C)tempera paints.
D)light-colored pencils.

Question 6

The Rococo style started in

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

Question 7

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 8

Which does NOT match?

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

Question 9

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 10

Which is NOT an 18th-century portraitist?

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

Question 11

Of the following,the artist who painted important personages in England in the end of the 18th century was

A)Gainsborough.
B)Stubbs.
C)Wright.
D)Thomas de Quincy.

Question 12

The Rococo style is most closely related to

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

Question 13

"Cogito,ergo sum" is

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

Question 14

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 15

Which is a characteristic feature of Rococo?

A)fussiness
B)frivolity
C)elegance
D)irony
E)All these answers are correct.

Question 16

Which is NOT a Rococo painter?

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

Question 17

A salonnière is a

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

Question 18

The aristocracy ________ French Rococo art.

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

Question 19

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 20

The Enlightenment

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

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

The term Bourgeois Realism is applied to the work of

A)Chardin.
B)Hogarth.
C)Wright.
D)Copley.

Question 23

Strawberry Hill demonstrates

A)Oriental Revival.
B)Baroque Revival style.
C)Neoclassic Revival.
D)"gothicizing."

Question 24

Chiswick House was influenced by

A)Palladio.
B)Chardin.
C)Robert Adam.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 25

________ dominated the architectural style of the 18th century.

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

Question 26

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 27

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 28

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 29

The Kaisersaal refers to

A)a type of palace.
B)a ruler.
C)a type of room.
D)a stairway.

Question 30

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 31

Time Smoking a Picture satirizes

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

Question 32

Paul Revere's 1770 portrait was painted by

A)West.
B)Copley.
C)Adam.
D)Locke.
E)Swift.

Question 33

The Zwinger is

A)a German musical form.
B)a palace of the Polish king.
C)a courtyard.
D)an elaborate wall.