Deck 17: European and American Art, 1715-1840

Question 1

Which style developed as a reaction to the formality and rigidity of seventeenth-century court life?

A)Neoclassicism
B)Mannerism
C)Rococo
D)Realism

Answer 1

C

Question 2

British eighteenth-century painting favored which of the following as a theme?

A)moralizing scenes
B)religious history
C)classical mythology
D)high-minded history

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which movement did the archaeological excavations at Pompeii stimulate?

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

David's Oath of the Horatii became an emblem of

A)the French Revolution.
B)the monarchy.
C)Napoleon.
D)Paris Commune of 1871.

Question 5

Why did William Hogarth create reproduction prints of his painting series Marriage a la Mode?

A)to include in his essays
B)to divide between his children
C)to elevate his status
D)to reach a greater audience

Question 6

Interestingly,who hung a copy of Fuseli's The Nightmare in his office?

A)Napoleon Bonaparte
B)Sigmund Freud
C)Thomas Jefferson
D)Winston Churchill

Question 7

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Rococo?

A)larger-scale projects
B)more intense emotion
C)greater naturalism
D)delicately curving forms

Question 8

Which best describes the attitude of John Henry Fuseli?

A)He portrayed humanity as rational and good.
B)He glorified the irrational side of human nature.
C)He showed that humanity is violent,greedy and foolish.
D)He portrayed that strong leadership is needed to control the people.

Question 9

Which artist inspired the poses and landscape in Thomas Gainsborough's Robert Andrews and Frances Carter?

A)Kauffmann
B)Watteau
C)Fragonard
D)Giorgione

Question 10

Who was successful in changing in the French Academy's rule that only four women could be admitted at a time?

A)Labille-Guiard
B)Vigée-Lebrun
C)Bonheur
D)Kauffmann

Question 11

Which Baroque element did David include in his Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard?

A)the loose,fluid brushwork
B)the emphasis on color over line
C)the sweeping diagonals
D)evocation of intense emotion

Question 12

Which art movement was particularly influenced by literary fantasies infused with a spirit of sensationalism and melancholy?

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

Question 13

Which is the strongest and most obvious influence on Thomas Jefferson's design for his home at Monticello?

A)Bernini
B)French Rococo
C)Early American clapboard homes
D)Palladio

Question 14

What does the moon in An Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump by Joseph Wright symbolize?

A)the bird's fate
B)the patron's last name
C)the Lunar Society
D)the goddess Artemis

Question 15

What was the function of the Salon in a French residence?

A)It was a room for conversation and entertainment.
B)It was an entry room for returning hunters.
C)It was a private room for conducting business.
D)It was a studio for working artists.

Question 16

The work of which artist prompted the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture to create the category of fête galante?

A)Watteau
B)Fragonard
C)Bernini
D)Poussin

Question 17

What medium did Honoré Daumier use to create biting caricatures and social commentary in print form?

A)woodblock
B)lithography
C)sculpture
D)painting

Question 18

Who is best known for severe Classical paintings that extol the antique virtues of moral incorruptibility,stoicism,courage,and patriotism?

A)Thomas Gainsborough
B)Jacques-Louis David
C)Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
D)Théodore Géricault

Question 19

Which art movement was particularly interested in moral incorruptibility,patriotism,and courage?

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

Question 20

Who was the favorite painter of French Queen Marie Antoinette?

A)Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
B)Thomas Gainsborough
C)Angelica Kauffmann
D)Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Question 21

Which best describes the painting of John Constable?

A)turbulent
B)fantastic natural scenery
C)naturalistic scenes of rural stability
D)depicting natural disasters

Question 22

Which best describes the attitude of Francisco Goya?

A)Humanity is rational and good.
B)The Enlightenment would change the world for the better.
C)Humanity is violent,greedy,and foolish.
D)Strong leadership is needed to control the people.

Question 23

What made the Raft of the "Medusa" so controversial? Consider both style and subject matter.

Question 24

Which describes the English Romantic landscape painting style that was thought to be "sublime"?

A)tranquil
B)reverent
C)beautiful
D)dramatic

Question 25

What were the inspirations for Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's Large Odalisque? Discuss the subject matter and style.

Question 26

Who followed Géricault as the inspirational leader of the Romantic movement?

A)Eugène Delacroix
B)Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
C)Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
D)Jacques-Louis David

Question 27

Which group of early nineteenth-century landscape painters was inspired by Thomas Cole?

A)the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
B)the Hudson River School
C)the Barbizon Painters
D)the Wanderers

Question 28

Discuss why David's Oath of the Horatii is considered to be a severely Classical painting by a truly Neoclassical artist.

Question 29

What was William Hogarth's political statement about society in his painting The Marriage Contract? Which visual characteristics support this argument?

Question 30

Describe the composition and style of Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing.