Deck 31: The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

Question 1

In Berthe Morisot's Summer's Day,one woman's dress is made of zigzags,while the other is a patchwork of straight strokes to

A) distinguish the clothing from the water.
B) show one's social superiority to the other.
C) emphasize the distance between them.
D) capture the diverse play of light.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What event provides the focal point of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace?

A) Alexander II's emancipation of Russian serfs
B) the Russian Civil War
C) the Crimean War
D) Napoleon's invasion of Russia

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Nineteenth-century Russian collectors favored French and German work over Russian art,because they

A) recognized the genius of the Impressionists.
B) believed Russia to be hopelessly backward.
C) appreciated a sense of rebellion.
D) found Russian art to be too steeped in religion.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The five musicians known as the "Mighty Handful" expressed Russia's essence in their music by

A) composing "God Save the Tsar," Russia's national anthem.
B) incorporating Russian folklore, folk songs, and native instruments.
C) using cannons, church bells, and a brass band.
D) composing for the celesta, a Russian-invented instrument.

Question 5

In Boulevard des Capucines,Claude Monet's loose brushwork gives the effect of

A) snow drifting through trees.
B) the animation of a public street.
C) the insignificance of humanity.
D) the majesty of the Place de l'Opéra.

Question 6

Joseph Paxton designed London's Crystal Palace for the

A) new Saint Christopher le Stocks Church.
B) Bridgeman Art Library of Impressionist Painting.
C) Royal Society of London for Improving Knowledge.
D) Exhibition of the Art and Industry of All Nations.

Question 7

Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party can be viewed as a response to Émile Zola's challenge for the Impressionists to create more complex paintings because of the

A) strong outlines of each of the figures.
B) interlocking triangles connecting the figures.
C) use of identifiable people for the figures.
D) imitation of a Rubens genre painting.

Question 8

Beneath the surface of nineteenth-century Russian culture lay the human-rights issue of

A) women's rights.
B) child labor conditions.
C) the plight of the serf.
D) imprisonment without trial.

Question 9

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky raised ballet music to a new level

A) with en pointe dancers and skimpier costumes.
B) by including French and Russian folk music.
C) with lyrical melodies and rich orchestration.
D) by introducing realistic effects such as cannon shots

Question 10

Camille Pissarro painted Red Roofs with the complementary colors red and green and orange and blue set side by side to

A) intensify the hue of each color
B) provide contrast with the brown trees
C) perfectly mimic nature.
D) imitate the play of light on nature.

Question 11

What innovation enabled the Impressionists to paint en plein air?

A) tinted eyewear
B) portable easel
C) colored chalk
D) paint in tubes

Question 12

Why does Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party seem to present an unreal world?

A) Men and women are shown as equals.
B) Many social classes are pictured together.
C) There is no overcrowding and pollution.
D) The scene depicts leisure without work.

Question 13

The girls in Edgar Degas's Dance Class are in a moment of great stress,because they are

A) preparing for their dance examination.
B) competing for an increase in wages.
C) performing before a famous male dancer.
D) rehearsing a performance for the emperor.

Question 14

Why did the 13 Russian artists known as the Travelers show their paintings across the country instead of in an urban gallery?

A) The aristocracy disliked their paintings' realism.
B) They desired to spread their message of social reform.
C) No urban gallery would display their work.
D) The tsar feared they would stir up a rebellion.

Question 15

Edgar Degas was attracted to the soft effects of pastels,because they

A) blur distinctions among figures.
B) create works more quickly.
C) simulate gaslight atmosphere.
D) blend light and dark colors.

Question 16

What question functions as the theme of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment?

A) Can immoral means justify worthy ends?
B) Who has the right to pass judgment on others?
C) Are we our brothers' keepers?
D) Who is in control of a person's fate?

Question 17

In their art,the Impressionists cultivated

A) symmetry.
B) patriotism.
C) spontaneity.
D) symbolism

Question 18

Claude Monet,Pierre-Auguste Renoir,Edgar Degas,and other artists founded a Société anonyme to

A) help rebuild French culture.
B) unionize the French artists.
C) challenge the Salon's exhibits.
D) show their art anonymously.

Question 19

Gustave Caillebotte was defined as a member of the Impressionist group because of his paintings'

A) large formats.
B) daring compositions.
C) loose brushwork.
D) dark palette.

Question 20

Édouard Manet's paints the barmaid in A Bar at the Folies-Bergère looking past the painting's viewer to emphasize her

A) low social status.
B) promiscuity.
C) superiority.
D) isolation.

Question 21

In The Subjection of Women,what does John Stuart Mill call "the legal subordination of one sex to another"?

A) "considered immoral by other people"
B) "the limits of power which can be legitimately exercised"
C) "one of the chief hindrances to human improvement"
D) "new obstacles in our already encumbered road"

Question 22

List the three basic liberties that John Stuart Mill identifies in On Liberty,and discuss how the subjugation of women in nineteenth-century Western society can be seen as being in conflict with them.

Question 23

Why were nineteenth-century Americans were attracted to French culture for

A) liberation from Puritan morality.
B) avant-garde developments in art
C) history of France's traditions and style
D) empathy for the many rebellions

Question 24

William Morris and Company discriminated against women by

A) presenting them erotically in art.
B) hiring them only to do embroidery.
C) paying them a lower wage than male workers.
D) refusing to let them design tapestries

Question 25

The pre-Raphaelites admired all of these painters EXCEPT

A) Michelangelo.
B) Jan van Eyck.
C) Sandro Botticelli.
D) Raphael.

Question 26

Identify and define two ways Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace revolutionized architecture and construction.

Question 27

Analyze the connection between work and art as illustrated by Degas's Dance Class and Caillebotte's The Floor-Scrapers.

Question 28

William Morris's design company fostered the movement of

A) Art Nouveau.
B) Purism.
C) Arts and Crafts.
D) Neo-Romanticism.

Question 29

John Stuart Mill advocated a theory that is

A) libertarian.
B) economic.
C) socialist.
D) utilitarian.

Question 30

Supporting your claims with works from specific artists,define three characteristics of the French Impressionists' art.

Question 31

With the exception of Aline Charigot,who gazes at her little dog,all of the characters in Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party look at a person different from the one looking at them.Discuss how this observation figures in with Renoir's geometric composition of the painting.

Question 32

Compare the main themes of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Question 33

Identify and explain two ways Tchaikovsky's music furthered Russian nationalism.

Question 34

In his designs,William Morris emphasized he principles of

A) beauty and utility.
B) labor and love.
C) simplicity and utility.
D) honor and pride.

Question 35

Identify and discuss at least two ways Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party can be viewed as a response to Émile Zola's challenge that the Impressionists should make more complex paintings.

Question 36

List and discuss three events that contributed to the less-than-optimistic mood in France in the 1870s.

Question 37

Why did John Ruskin dislike mass manufacture?

A) The results were too standardized and uniform.
B) It deprived people of the satisfaction of creating.
C) It exploited lower-class factory workers.
D) It created hastily done, shoddy products.

Question 38

Identify,define,and illustrate from specific works three characteristics of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.