Deck 28: Art of Europe and America 1700-1865: Rococo to Romanticism

Question 1

Where is the Hall of Mirrors?

A) the Louvre
B) Versailles
C) Monticello
D) the Musée d'Orsay
E) Vierzehnheiligen

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Where is Vierzehnheiligen located?

A) America
B) France
C) Germany
D) Italy
E) Mexico

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kauffmann, ________.

A) are inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
B) convey a moral message
C) place an emphasis on civic duty
D) are serious in tone
E) all of the other answers

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Jacques-Louis David's painting The Oath of the Horatii is about:

A) the sacrifices of an ancient Roman family
B) the swearing-in of Ignatius Horatius
C) the Spanish rebels who fought Napoleon's army
D) the Trojans preparing for the Battle of Troy
E) none of the other answers

Question 5

William Hogarth's Marriage à-la-Mode series tells the story of:

A) a couple who secretly elope to spite their disapproving families
B) a teenage romance in an ice-cream shop
C) the trials of an arranged marriage in which the couple behave immorally
D) the life of a poor married couple from the point of view of their granddaughter
E) none of the other answers

Question 6

The presence of a bishop in Fragonard's The Swing could suggest:

A) a game of chess
B) the Church's lack of action against immoral behavior
C) that the lady was a nun
D) that Fragonard was a very religious man
E) none of the other answers

Question 7

Monticello was built for ________.

A) Louis XIV
B) Louix XVI
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Benjamin Franklin
E) Queen Elizabeth I

Question 8

Research the history of the building of Monticello. What earlier buildings influenced its design?

Question 9

The ornate and fanciful style called Rococo was only fashionable in France.

Question 10

The subject of Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People is ________.

A) the American Revolution
B) the July Revolution of 1830 in France
C) the building of the Statue of Liberty
D) Joan of Arc in battle
E) none of the other answers

Question 11

Who called himself the Sun King?

A) Louis XIV
B) Napoleon Bonaparte
C) Napoleon III
D) Claude Monet
E) none of the other answers

Question 12

Which of the following influenced the art made from 1700 to 1900?

A) revolutions in France and America
B) the Enlightenment
C) the Age of Reason
D) industrialization
E) all of the other answers

Question 13

Rococo architecture, such as Johann Balthasar Neumann's church of Vierzehnheiligen, preferred:

A) a striking monochrome scheme
B) delicate pastel colors
C) to create optical illusions with analogous colors
D) to let the color of the raw materials remain
E) none of the other answers

Question 14

New North American cities in the late eighteenth century chose neoclassicism as their architectural style because:

A) it seemed exciting and exotic
B) it represented the ideals to which they aspired
C) Thomas Jefferson made it law
D) it was the only style of architecture that could withstand the climate
E) none of the other answers

Question 15

William Hogarth had many of his paintings made into prints.

Question 16

Angelica Kauffmann's Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures is an excellent example of the style known as realism.

Question 17

Pietro Martini's print of the 1785 Salon shows how the paintings were displayed:

A) according to a hierarchy
B) completely at random
C) in alphabetical order
D) on a first-come-first-served basis
E) according to the Queen's preferences

Question 18

In Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Liberty is ________.

A) a symbol of freedom
B) a real woman who led the uprising
C) a Roman goddess
D) the painter's wife
E) none of the other answers

Question 19

Fragonard's The Swing depicts:

A) a competition between two boys for a girl's attention
B) an allegory of the victory of the French Republican party
C) a flirtation between two young lovers
D) an environmental message showing the grandeur of nature
E) none of the other answers

Question 20

Salons, such as the one depicted in Pietro Martini's 1785 print, were visited by:

A) academy painters only
B) royalty only
C) critics only
D) public, painters, and critics
E) none of the other answers

Question 21

William Blake ________.

A) believed in personal and creative freedom
B) did not accept Christian values
C) rebelled against the teachings of the Royal Academy
D) was a Romanticist
E) all of the other answers

Question 22

John Everett Millais's Ophelia was painted in one day and was inspired by a dream the artist had after reading Hamlet.

Question 23

Frederic Edwin Church was a student of ________.

A) Thomas Cole
B) Jacques-Louis David
C) Thomas Eakins
D) Édouard Manet
E) none of the other answers

Question 24

What aspects of Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) discomforted many viewers when it was first exhibited?

A) the painting technique
B) the nude woman seated next to men dressed 
in contemporary clothing
C) the fact that the woman looks out at the viewer
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 25

Gustave Courbet's The Stonebreakers alarmed upper-class viewers because it reminded them of recent uprisings by the poor.

Question 26

Thomas Cole's The Oxbow:

A) shows a view of the Connecticut River
B) exemplifies the idea of the sublime
C) includes an image of the artist
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 27

Which painting was included in the first Salon des Refusés (Salon of the Rejected)?

A) Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)
B) Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing
C) Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of the Horatii
D) Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night
E) all of these paintings were in this exhibition

Question 28

Camille Claudel was a model for Auguste Rodin, and later become his much loved second wife.

Question 29

In Francisco Goya's Family of Charles IV:

A) the royal family is portrayed in an idealized way
B) the artist includes a portrait of himself standing at his easel
C) Charles IV is shown knighting his son, Ferdinand VII
D) the family are very simply dressed
E) none of the other answers

Question 30

Artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were inspired by works from ________.

A) Classical Greece and Rome
B) Egypt
C) the Middle Ages
D) the northern Renaissance
E) the Rococo period

Question 31

Henry Ossawa Tanner was influenced by ________.

A) Frederic Edwin Church
B) Rococo architecture
C) Gustave Courbet
D) Francisco Goya
E) none of the other answers

Question 32

Goya painted a slightly unflattering portrait of the Spanish royal family because he strongly disliked them and wanted to insult the King.

Question 33

Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Moulin de la Galette ________.

A) is serious in tone
B) depicts only the upper classes
C) uses sharp, clean lines
D) depicts a new, urban, middle class enjoying their leisure time
E) none of the other answers

Question 34

Gustave Courbet described his own work as "realist."

Question 35

Frederic Edwin Church captured the natural wonder and power of Niagara Falls in his painting by using grand scale.

Question 36

Who painted Paris Street: Rainy Day?

A) Gustave Caillebotte
B) Edgar Degas
C) Claude Monet
D) Odilon Redon
E) Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Question 37

Paris Street: Rainy Day demonstrates:

A) the loneliness of the city
B) the new construction of the streets and 
buildings
C) the artist's knowledge of perspective
D) all of the previous answers
(d) none of the previous answers

Question 38

Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Moulin de la Galette is set ________.

A) in a local swimming pool
B) at an outdoor café
C) at a train station
D) in a dress shop
E) on board a cruise ship

Question 39

A critic praised Monet's work Impression Sunrise by saying it had given a viewer such clarity of thought and purpose that he ran out of the gallery and immediately began writing a novel.

Question 40

Compare Michelangelo's Creation of Adam from the Sistine Chapel ceiling (3.123) with William Blake's Elohim Creating Adam (3.157). First do a thorough formal analysis of both artworks. Then discuss how the formal differences convey the contrasts in meaning of the two artworks. 27. The Hudson River School painted ________. 
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A) New York City
B) American landscapes
C) still lifes
D) portraits of New York artists
E) none of the other answers

Question 41

Auguste Rodin was told by a government official that he should put clothes on his overly sexualized figures in The Kiss.

Question 42

Symbolist painters are inspired by emotions and dreamlike images.

Question 43

Art Nouveau is a style that emphasized decorative patterns and organic forms.

Question 44

Paul Gauguin's Vision After the Sermon is a realist artwork.

Question 45

Gustav Klimt's work The Kiss features:

A) gold leaf
B) an element of danger
C) decorative patterning
D) flattened figures
E) all of the other answers

Question 46

Vincent van Gogh committed suicide by bleeding to death after slicing off his left ear.

Question 47

Edgar Degas was very selective with his subjects; he depicted only people from the upper classes.

Question 48

Which of these artists created a Symbolist portrayal of Ophelia?

A) John Everett Millais
B) Odilon Redon
C) Auguste Rodin
D) Vincent van Gogh
E) none of the other answers

Question 49

Who repeatedly painted studies of the mountain he had seen throughout his childhood and later observed from his studio window?

A) Paul Cézanne
B) Gustave Courbet
C) Paul Gauguin
D) Vincent van Gogh
E) none of the other answers

Question 50

Camille Claudel's sculpture The Waltz received some criticism for being too _______.

A) ugly
B) brightly colored
C) erotic
D) boring
E) politicized

Question 51

Auguste Rodin's The Kiss was ________.

A) designed for the Gates of Hell
B) based on the story of Paola and Francesca in Dante's Divine Comedy
C) made into several copies
D) all of the previous answers
E) none of the previous answers

Question 52

Gustav Klimt's The Kiss can be described as fin de siècle with aspects of Art Nouveau.

Question 53

The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair, with the intention that it later be torn down.

Question 54

The Eiffel Tower was adored by all Parisians when it was first built because it was seen as a continuation of the artistic traditions of France.

Question 55

Paul Cézanne used ________ in his work Mont Sainte-Victoire.

A) no discernable perspective
B) one-point perspective
C) two-point perspective
D) atmospheric perspective
E) artists did not know how to do perspective at that time

Question 56

Edgar Degas was fascinated by observing ballet dancers, both in practice and during performances.

Question 57

Odilon Redon followed the details of the text of Hamlet very closely in order to portray the character of Ophelia as accurately as he could in his painting.

Question 58

________ was a fin de siècle performer who danced with long lengths of fabric.

A) Mary Cassatt
B) Loie Fuller
C) Camille Claudel
D) Angelica Kauffmann
E) none of the other answers

Question 59

Vincent van Gogh used thick swirls of paint in his work Starry Night, this technique is called ________.

A) chiaroscuro
B) atmospheric painting
C) impasto
D) intaglio
E) symbolism

Question 60

Impressionist artworks were influenced by both photography and Japanese prints. Select a work by Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, or Edgar Degas, and describe how the artist's composition has similarities to photography and Japanese prints.

Question 61

The Wisteria Dining Room by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer is an example of ________.

A) Art Nouveau
B) realism
C) Impressionism
D) Romanticism
E) none of the other answers

Question 62

The Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France, were both originally designed as large art museums for the public.

Question 63

Match the quotation with the artist who made the statement:

Question 64

Match the term with its definition:

Question 65

The glass and metal pyramid of the Louvre in Paris, France, was part of the original design.