Deck 26: Eighteenth-Century Art,music,and Society

Question 1

Which of the following was First Painter to King Louis XV,head of the Royal Academy in Paris,and a favorite of the Marquise de Pompadour?

A)Watteau
B)Boucher
C)Vigée-Lebrun
D)Fragonard

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The Rococo style was created by and for the upper class.Marked by luxury and elegance,the style's name itself derives from rocaille,French for the fancy rock or shell-work that was commonly used to ornament aristocratic gardens and grottoes.Meant for small parties of the nobility,Rococo art preserved the ornate and luxuriant features of the baroque style,but favored elements of play and intimacy that were best realized in works of a small scale,such as porcelain figurines,furniture,and paintings suitable for domestic quarters.

Answer 2

Works in the Rococo style,although beautiful,were delicate and so not suitable for the everyday person's life.The use of porcelain and upholstery on furniture was problematic for those who could not care for and maintain the items.Further,the Rococo style carried with it,in its fragile forms and delicate colors,a mood of reverie and nostalgia,sentiments that only those who lived a life of leisure had time to indulge.
Answers will vary

Question 3

Just as the French Revolution swept away the Old Regime,so ________ replaced the Rococo style.

A)baroque
B)Neoclassicism
C)Romanticism
D)modernism

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Highlight the major developments in eighteenth-century music: the birth of the orchestra and new forms of Classical composition.

Question 5

Which of the following is a musical composition for an unaccompanied keyboard or other instrument with only keyboard accompaniment?

A)symphony
B)concerto
C)sonata
D)quartet

Question 6

Archeological investigations encouraged new interest in ________ artifacts and produced a more accurate picture of Classical culture than had been available previously.

A)biblical
B)Middle Eastern
C)Greco-Roman
D)Asiatic

Question 7

In America,________ was best expressed in the architectural achievements of Thomas Jefferson.

A)baroque
B)Neoclassicism
C)Romanticism
D)modernism

Question 8

Flutes,clarinets,and oboes belong to which of the following orchestral groups?

A)strings
B)percussion
C)brass
D)woodwinds

Question 9

The Scottish architect of the new style who focused on Greco-Roman residential manors in England,such as Kedleston Hall,was ___________.

A)Adam
B)Soufflot
C)Houdon
D)Wedgwood

Question 10

Which of the following was a female painter who produced portraits for an almost exclusively female clientele?

A)Watteau
B)Boucher
C)Vigée-Lebrun
D)Fragonard

Question 11

Which of the following painting masters began his or her career painting theatrical backdrops?

A)Watteau
B)Clodion
C)Vigée-Lebrun
D)Fragonard

Question 12

Explain the development of genre realism and Neoclassicism as stylistic alternatives to the Rococo.

Question 13

Neoclassicists drew on the arts of imperial Rome to glorify the French capital of Paris and emperor

A)Louis XIV.
B)Napoleon.
C)Charles I.
D)Philip the Fair.

Question 14

Encouraged by the philosophes' demand for an art of moral virtue,Greuze and Chardin produced ________ paintings that were among the most popular images of the eighteenth century

A)sacred
B)portrait
C)genre
D)cubist

Question 15

Describe Neoclassicism as a vehicle for noble idealism and authority in Western art.

Question 16

Notable for ornamental delicacy,intimacy,and playful elegance,the ________ style dominated the salons of Paris and the courts and churches of Austria and Germany.

A)beaux arts
B)Rococo
C)baroque
D)Romanesque

Question 17

Both Mozart and Beethoven studied at different times with which of the following composers?

A)Haydn
B)J.S.Bach
C)Handel
D)Brahms

Question 18

Classical music was characterized by ________,features similar to those admired by Neoclassical writers,painters,sculptors,and architects.

A)order
B)symmetry
C)intellectual control
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 19

Describe the aspects of Neoclassical architecture of the era and give examples of any buildings you can recall having this style.

Question 20

Which of the following was the English pottery-maker famous for Classical motifs?

A)Adam
B)Soufflot
C)Houdon
D)Wedgwood