Deck 20: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Question 1

Angelica Kauffmann painted in which style that was based on Greek and Roman models?

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What individual chose the Neoclassical architectural style for his home?

A)Nicolas Poussin
B)John Ruskin
C)Jacques Louis David
D)Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of these paintings is an example of Neo-classical art?

A)Church's The Heart of the Andes
B)Fragonard's Bathers
C)Ruben's The Disembarkation of Marie de' Medici at the Port of Marseilles on November 3
D)David's The Death of Marat

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa helped to fuel which style?

A)Romanticism
B)Realism
C)Impressionism
D)Neoclassicism

Question 5

Which artist rejected modern society and painted images of "primitive" island culture such as in The Day of the Gods?

A)Vincent van Gogh.
B)Jacob van Ruisdael.
C)Paul Gauguin.
D)Paul Cézanne.

Question 6

Romanticism can best be described as

A)having prioritized stylistic innovation.
B)developing in the 15^th century and promoting the ideas and aesthetics of classical antiquity.
C)developing in 18^th century France and promoting civic responsibility and sacrifice.
D)17^th century theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.

Question 7

Which of these paintings is an example of Romanticism?

A)Church's The Heart of the Andes
B)Fragonard's Bathers
C)David's The Death of Marat
D)Delacroix's Odalisque

Question 8

One of the primary subjects of Neoclassical art is

A)sensual or indecent themes.
B)romantic interpretations of events.
C)the concept of virtue.
D)still lives.

Question 9

Which leading painter of the Realist movement painted Burial at Ornans?

A)Rosa Bonheur.
B)Théodore Géricault.
C)Angelica Kauffmann.
D)Gustave Courbet.

Question 10

Which artist painted The Large Bathers?

A)Vincent van Gogh.
B)Paul Gauguin.
C)Pablo Picasso.
D)Paul Cézanne.

Question 11

In Romanticism,regardless of the subject matter,paintings revealed the artist's

A)political opinion.
B)religious orientation.
C)individuality.
D)heritage.

Question 12

Rococo painting can best be characterized as

A)highly didactic Christian art.
B)promoting the ideas and aesthetics of classical antiquity.
C)the Baroque eroticized.
D)17th century theatrical compositions rendered in very high contrast.

Question 13

Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigée-LeBrun's The Duchess of Polignac combines all the compositional tools of

A)Neoclassical art.
B)Baroque art.
C)Romantic art.
D)Realist art.

Question 14

Which of these works is an example of Rococo painting?

A)Church's The Heart of the Andes
B)Fragonard's Bathers
C)Ruben's The Disembarkation…
D)David's The Death of Marat

Question 15

What is the story behind Gericault's Raft of the Medusa?

A)The Medusa sunk off the coast of Africa due to the captain's incompetence and its poor survivors were adrift for days.
B)The captain of the ship threw slaves overboard to collect insurance on them.
C)It is a metaphor for the growing French Revolution.
D)It depicts a group of explorers finally sighting land.

Question 16

Realism as an artistic movement in the mid-19^th century refers to what?

A)the naturalism of the painting style
B)a philosophical movement
C)the accurate representation of everyday life
D)the illustration of the lives of the upper-classes

Question 17

In the early nineteenth century,what recurrent and significant theme began to appear in Romantic painting?

A)the lives of peasants
B)the notion of the sublime
C)the vanitas still life
D)virtuous love

Question 18

The Arapaho Ghost Dance dress would have been worn

A)during a Plains Indian ritual
B)in a Navajo wedding ceremony
C)during a ceremony celebrating a successful hunt
D)during a ceremony trying to ensure a successful hunt

Question 19

The Post-Impressionists were united by their interest in

A)a Realist painting style.
B)extending Impressionism's formal innovations.
C)advancing Impressionism's subject matter.
D)a nihilistic viewpoint.

Question 20

In works such as Olympia,realist painter Edouard Manet was denying traditional painting style and drawing attention to

A)formal concerns within the composition.
B)his break with past techniques.
C)history painting.
D)color.

Question 21

Discuss in what ways the art of the twentieth century "dawns" in the works of Paul Cézanne.

Question 22

The mid-to-late 19^th century saw dramatic changes in non-Western cultures.Which of these best describes these changes?

A)Western culture helped other cultures realize the uniqueness and value of their own traditions.
B)Western culture allowed for other cultures to comfortably evolve according to their own ideas and values.
C)Western culture increasingly imposed itself upon cultures in indigenous societies.
D)Western culture incorporated other culture's elements into itself through colonialism.

Question 23

Which artist painted the decadence of the Parisian nightlife as a means of social commentary?

Question 24

Although the Rococo style dominated the beginning of the eighteenth century,a new classical style emerged soon after the discoveries of which two ancient Roman cities?

Question 25

It is thought that Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa fueled the Romantic movement and contributed to a re-evaluation of the validity of the restored French monarchy.If a similar event occurred today,would it hold as much fascination? Why or why not?

Question 26

Discuss the influence of the political climate of the times on Jacques-Louis David.What is the significance of his painting The Death of Marat?

Question 27

At the expense of subject matter,what did Paul Cézanne emphasize in his paintings?

Question 28

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

Question 29

Romanticist artists,like Frederic Edwin Church,viewed nature as

A)wild and forbidding.
B)a literal "sign" for the divine spirit.
C)a place for human industry.
D)a symbol of the savagery and wildness of the native people who lived there.

Question 30

What were the major innovations of the Impressionists in painting style and subject matter? Choose three works from the chapter to support your discussion.

Question 31

What is the subject matter of most Impressionist paintings?

A)Portraits of wealthy patrons
B)Rural landscapes
C)Light itself,the way it plays across forms like architecture and landscape
D)Depictions of the working class in everyday situations