QUESTION 1
As a result of his integration of traditional painting with new techniques and subjects from contemporary life, which artist came to epitomize the notion of a modern painter?
QUESTION 2
Monticello was built for ________.
a. Louis XIV
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Queen Elizabeth I
d. Thomas Jefferson
e. Louix XVI
QUESTION 3
Camille Claudel's sculpture The Waltz received some criticism for being too _______.
a. erotic
b. brightly colored
c. ugly
d. politicized
e. boring
QUESTION 4
Which of these artists created a Symbolist portrayal of Ophelia?
a. John Everett Millais
b. Odilon Redon
c. Auguste Rodin
d. Vincent van Gogh
e. none of the other answers
QUESTION 5
What is not true about Hyacinthe Rigaud's portrait of Louis XIV?
a. the king is wearing high heels to emphasize his legs and make him taller
b. the king is wearing a gown lined with white ermine fur and decorated with the symbol of the French monarchy
c. the portrait was meant to demonstrate the king's absolute power
d. the king was in his sixties when this portrait was painted
e. Louis XIV did not consider himself as "the Sun King"
QUESTION 6
Edgar Degas was fascinated by observing ballet dancers, both in practice and during performances.
a. True
b. False
QUESTION 7
What aspects of Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) discomforted many viewers when it was first exhibited?
a. the painting technique
b. the nude woman seated next to men dressed in contemporary clothing
c. the fact that the woman looks out at the viewer
d. all of the previous answers
e. none of the previous answers
QUESTION 8
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 9
When the eye blends two colors that are near each other, creating a new color, this is known as ________.
a. color mixing
b. color visuals
c. optical mixture
d. mixture coloring
e. afterimage effect
QUESTION 10
Neoclassicism recalls subject matter and imagery from which culture?
a. Mesopotamia
b. Renaissance
c. Gothic Germany
d. Ancient Greece and Rome
e. None of these
QUESTION 11
Which of the following are qualities of most Impressionist artists and their paintings?
a. they rejected the traditional values of the Academy
b. they evoked the sensations of everyday life
c. they painted outdoors and captured natural light
d. their brushstrokes were visible and paintings appeared unfinished
e. all of the other answers
QUESTION 12
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 13
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 14
Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii depicts:
a. three brothers who vow to fight for Rome
b. three brothers who conspire to overthrow Caesar
c. three men entering the priesthood
d. three men being sworn into the Roman Senate
QUESTION 15
This painting by which artist provoked the comment by a critic that gave the Impressionists their name?
a. Gustave Caillebotte
b. Edgar Degas
c. Édouard Manet
d. Claude Monet
e. none of the other answers
QUESTION 16
Applying tiny dots of color to a canvas to create optical effects is referred to as ________.
a. afterimage effect
b. pointillism
c. perception painting
d. color science
e. impasto painting
QUESTION 17
Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night was painted:
a. in prison
b. at his estate
c. in an asylum
d. at church
QUESTION 18
Which of these terms applies to Georges Seurat's Sunday on La Grande Jatte?
a. pointillism
b. optical mixture
c. afterimage effect
d. all of the previous answers
e. none of the previous answers
QUESTION 19
Which statement does not fit with the notion of the Romantic American painters and their idea of "sublime?"
a. They painted the American landscape as an expression of national pride.
b. The artists' works were a tribute to America's territorial expansion.
c. This group's works showed the awe-inspiring power of nature.
d. Their works showed the grim realities of the poor working-class people.
QUESTION 20
In Thomas Eakin's The Gross Clinic, the artist
a. depicts a demonstration by a famous Philadelphia surgeon that he actually witnessed.
b. does not reflect a useful and historical recording of early surgical procedures.
c. was not only trying to record surgical accuracy, he also wanted to give his painting emotional impact.
d. both 1 and 3 answers
QUESTION 21
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 22
In this portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette by Elizabeth-Louise Vigee-Lebrun, which statement is correct?
a. It was painted to improve the queen's reputation.
b. She is mourning the death of her youngest daughter.
c. The queen is portrayed as a loving mother.
d. Her clothing is neither overly revealing nor lacking in style and taste.
e. all of the other answers
QUESTION 23
Where is the Hall of Mirrors?
a. the Musée d'Orsay
b. Vierzehnheiligen
c. Monticello
d. Versailles
e. the Louvre
QUESTION 24
Which artist shocked the French by creating a painting of poor workers on large-sized canvas?
a. Frederic Edwin Church
b. Gustave Courbet
c. Edouard Manet
d. Gustave Caillebotte
QUESTION 25
This self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh represents an incident that happened after having an intense argument with which fellow artist?