Deck 27: Art of Europe and America, 1700 to 1865: Rococo to Realism

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

Write a detailed essay comparing Greuze's The Marriage Contract with Hogarth's The Marriage Settlement.Both scenes depict the joining of a couple in marriage.Discuss the settings and moods created within each scene,the relationship between the couples and their families,and the message each artist was trying to convey.

Answer 2

Answers will vary.

Question 3

Pietro Martini's print The Salon,of 1785,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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Where is Vierzehnheiligen located?

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

Question 5

Compare the artworks and careers of Anne Vallayer-Coster and Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun.As two of the four female artists accepted to the French Academy during the eighteenth century,explore how each artist manipulated subject matter and relationships to build their reputations.How did each artist maneuver within the restrictions of the academy?

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

The palace and gardens of Versailles were built by Marie Antoinette.

Question 8

Rococo architecture,such as Johann Balthasar Neumann's basilica 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 9

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

Question 10

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 11

William Hogarth had many of his paintings made into prints.

Question 12

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 13

In the French Academy,individual portraits and landscapes were considered as more valuable than any other subject matter.

Question 14

It is a famous painting today,but Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii was never exhibited while the artist lived.

Question 15

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 16

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

Question 17

Salons,such as the one depicted in Pietro Martini's print of 1785,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 18

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 19

Which of the following influenced the art made from 1700 to 1865?

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

Question 20

Go to http://bit.ly/1BXBSOm and study the entire series of Marriage à-la-Mode.Consider how the story evolves over six separate artworks.Write an essay in which you analyse the compositional and narrative ways in which Hogarth threads the scenes together.

Question 21

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

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

Monticello was built for ________.

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

Question 24

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 25

Compare Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of the Horatii and Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People.How precisely do these paintings show the differences between Neoclassicism and Romanticism?

Question 26

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 27

Thomas Cole's The Oxbow (3.7.19):

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 28

Compare Michelangelo's Creation of Adam from the Sistine Chapel ceiling (3.6.7b)with William Blake's Elohim Creating Adam (3.7.17).First do a thorough formal analysis of both artworks.Then discuss how the formal differences convey the contrasts in meaning of the two artworks.

Question 29

Henry Ossawa Tanner's The Banjo Lesson challenges negative stereotypes of African-Americans.

Question 30

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 31

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

Question 32

The Hudson River School painted ________.

A) New York City
B) American landscapes
C) still lifes
D) portraits of New York artists
E) none of the other answers

Question 33

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 34

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 35

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 36

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 37

What inspired Joseph Mallord William Turner to paint Slave Ship (3.7.18)?

A) a dream
B) a book
C) a movie
D) a poem
E) none of the other answers

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

Question 40

Gustave Courbet described his own work as "realist."

Question 41

In portrait photography of the 1860s,exposure times took:

A) seconds
B) minutes
C) hours
D) days
E) photography was instant

Question 42

Thomas LeClear's Interior with Portraits depicts a deceased brother and sister.