Deck 22: Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Question 1

Edo refers to

A)the U.S.expeditionary force's command vessel.
B)a Chinese painter.
C)the former name of Tokyo.
D)the former name of Shanghai.
E)a kind of Japanese theater.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which is the LEAST typical subject in Impressionism?

A)café scenes
B)military scenes
C)circus scenes
D)landscapes
E)theaters and concerts

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The expedition that forced Japan to end its isolation policy was led by

A)Charles Darwin.
B)Vasco da Gama.
C)Henry Hudson.
D)Matthew Perry.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Kabuki and Noh are

A)characters in a Japanese play.
B)Japanese playwrights.
C)types of Japanese theater.
D)types of Japanese actors.

Question 5

The artist who painted the same scene under different conditions of lighting was

A)Manet.
B)Monet.
C)Renoir.
D)Degas.

Question 6

The two greatest woodblock artists who emphasized landscape were

A)Hiroshige and Hokusai.
B)Utagawa and Utamaro.
C)Kuniyoshi and Kinisada.
D)Utamaro and Kuniyoshi.

Question 7

The artist most known for his "waterscapes" was

A)Manet.
B)Monet.
C)Renoir.
D)Degas.

Question 8

Ukiyo-e refers to

A)a transient world.
B)a Japanese play.
C)a Japanese courtesan.
D)a kind of kimono.

Question 9

Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère is an example of

A)Realism.
B)still life.
C)portraiture.
D)cropped view.

Question 10

The façade of the Paris Opéra is

A)Classical in style.
B)Realist in style.
C)Impressionist in style.
D)Baroque in style.

Question 11

The sailors' apparent indifference in Degas' A Fair Wind suggests

A)a child's perspective.
B)an inability to depict three-dimensional space.
C)a candid photograph.
D)that the figures are drunk.

Question 12

Berthe Morisot was

A)Manet's sister.
B)Manet's wife.
C)Manet's mother.
D)Manet's sister-in-law.
E)Manet's daughter.

Question 13

The Café Guerbois was

A)a nightclub in Paris.
B)a meeting place for artists.
C)a bourgeois coffee shop.
D)the title of an Impressionist painting.

Question 14

The water in the Garden at Sainte-Adresse is an example of

A)broken color.
B)silhouetting.
C)flat color.
D)a pure hue.

Question 15

The Second Empire refers to

A)Napoleon I's Empire.
B)Napoleon II's Empire.
C)the period in which Napoleon I's nephew ruled France.
D)the period in which Napoleon II's son ruled France.

Question 16

Which is NOT a feature of Manet's Zola?

A)Olympia
B)a Japanese print
C)a Chinese screen
D)Velázquez's The Drinkers

Question 17

Which is NOT an example of photographic influence on the Impressionist style?

A)the cropped viewpoint
B)the slanted floor
C)the silhouette
D)blurring
E)a preference for black and white over color

Question 18

Which artist sketched ballerinas from the wings of the stage?

A)Monet
B)Manet
C)Renoir
D)Degas

Question 19

A particular aspect of Haussmann's renovations of Paris that appealed to Impressionist painters was

A)the slums.
B)the department stores.
C)the boulevards.
D)the restaurants.
E)the Opéra.

Question 20

An example of a silhouette can be found in

A)Manet's chandelier in A Bar at the Folies-Bergères.
B)The rower in Cassatt's The Boating Party.
C)The flags in Monet's Garden at Sainte-Adresse.
D)The vases in The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit.

Question 21

The amount awarded Whistler in his successful libel suit was

A)one pence.
B)one shilling.
C)one pound.
D)one farthing.

Question 22

Which is NOT a feature of Sargent's Impressionism?

A)the dissolution of form
B)the "slice of life" view
C)the oblique view
D)the use of japonisme

Question 23

Balzac was

A)an Impressionist sculptor.
B)a French novelist.
C)a French photographer.
D)a French actor.

Question 24

The dates of the American Civil War are

A)1860 to 1867.
B)1850 to 1854.
C)1860 to 1864.
D)1800 to 1804.

Question 25

For Whistler,

A)color was probity and drawing was vice.
B)etching was superior to painting.
C)drawing was masculine and color was feminine.
D)color was vice and drawing was musical.

Question 26

The philosophy of "art for art's sake" is basically

A)formalist.
B)iconographic.
C)feminist.
D)Marxist.
E)semiotic.

Question 27

The trial between Whistler and Ruskin exemplified

A)the rise of the art critic as a force in the art world.
B)the insanity of misjudging art.
C)the conflict between the Rubenists and the Poussinists.
D)the new role of art galleries and dealers.
E)the mishandling of a jury.

Question 28

The "pot of paint.....in the public's face" referred to

A)Monet's palette.
B)The Falling Rocket.
C)Renoir's thick brush strokes.
D)Degas' broken color.