Deck 20: Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Question 1

Define "Pointillism" and identify the artist most associated with this term.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Discuss the influence of Jacques-Louis David on the political climate of the times. Do you think it is significant that his painting Oath of the Horatii was exhibited just a few years before the French Revolution? Explain.

Answer 2

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Question 3

What was the important artistic invention that occurred in 1841, which allowed artists to paint out of doors?

Answer 3

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Question 4

Claude Monet's Impression: Sunrise began the movement known as:

A) Post-Impressionism
B) Fauvism
C) Divisionism
D) Impressionism

Question 5

The Post-Impressionists felt the Impressionists did not allow room for:

A) momentary impressions
B) emphasis on everyday life
C) personal expression
D) a single style

Question 6

Perhaps because of the pollution caused by the Industrial Revolution, British art in the late 18^th- and early 19^th-centuries seemed to focus on:

A) landscape
B) the growth of cities
C) the future
D) a celebration of factories

Question 7

The Horse Fair was painted by Rosa Bonheur, the artist who had to get police permission to wear trousers. It is an excellent example of:

A) Realism
B) Symbolism
C) Impressionism
D) Postimpressionism

Question 8

Luncheon on the Grass, by _______, was considered scandalous because of its loose brushwork and depiction of ordinary subjects in juxtaposition.

A) Paul Gauguin
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Edouard Manet
D) Claude Monet

Question 9

Eugene Delacroix was famous for his painterly qualities, meaning he used paint to:

A) smoothly and coolly fill in areas of color
B) outline his forms
C) tone down the emotional qualities of the works
D) define shapes by changes in color

Question 10

Elaborate the contributions of American Neoclassical architecture made by Thomas Jefferson. What else was he involved in besides architecture?

Question 11

In his letters to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh expressed his ideas about color as a force to show:

A) emotion
B) reverence for nature
C) intellect
D) religion

Question 12

In his search for spiritual truth, Paul Gauguin moved to _______, where he spent the rest of his life.

A) Fiji
B) Tahiti
C) Australia
D) New Zealand

Question 13

How did the invention of photography impact the art world in general and painting in particular?

Question 14

Edgar Degas' paintings revealed his interest in the candid attitudes found in street photography and the asymmetry of:

A) the human body
B) Japanese prints
C) African masks
D) life in general

Question 15

Essentially, what was the subject matter of Paul Cézanne's paintings?
Essay Questions

Question 16

Why was Edouard Manet considered the most controversial artist in Paris in the 1860s? What was revolutionary about the works of Manet? Monet? Rodin? Cézanne? Van Gogh?

Question 17

What Renaissance sculptor influenced the work of Auguste Rodin?

Question 18

Using a painting by Paul Gauguin, discuss the Symbolist as a movement) characteristics in style and content.

Question 19

Angelica Kauffmann's paintings, such as Cornelia, Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures, were in the _______ style, which was based on Greek and Roman models.

A) Romantic
B) Neoclassic
C) Realist
D) Rococo

Question 20

What was another term besides Neoclassicism that was used to describe Thomas Jefferson's influence on American architecture?