AH 1750 Test 3

The Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood, including Millais and Rossetti, rejected Realism and based their artistic philosophy on the writings of which individual?

John Ruskn

Which photographer became known for creating portraits of artists such as Delacroix, Daumier, and Courbet?

Nadar

Who was named first consul of the French Republic after leading the French army on several campaigns?

Napolean Bonaparte

What style of art had its roots in Impressionist precepts and methods, though it was not stylistically homogenous?

Post-Impressionism

In constructing the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851, what cost-effective innovation did Joseph Paxton employ?

Prefabricated elements

Who was the artist of the immense Romantic painting Raft of the Medusa, which took eight months to create?

Theodore Gericault

Napoleon's embrace of Neoclassicism as a means of linking his own reign to the ancient Roman Empire is embodied in which monument?

La Madeleine

Which Romantic artist was a leader in transcendental landscapes, a new painting genre of the 19th century?

Caspar David Friedrich

Which structure visually expresses its architect's approach, in which the building is conceived as a whole and molded as a sculptor might shape a figure from clay?

Antonio Gaudi's Casa Mila

Members of which movement dedicated themselves to producing functional objects with high aesthetic value for a wide public?

Arts and Crafts

Which leading french sculptor of the later 19th century was known for a sensibility and an interest in the effect of light on sculpted surfaces?

August Rodin

Which artist studied the photography of others, but also used the camera consistently to make preliminary studies for his own work?

Edgar Degas

Which structure was built for the great exhibition in PAris in 1889 and was originally seen as a symbol of modern Paris?

Eiffel Tower

Which artist was a leading practicioner of the pictorial style in photography who became famous for photographs with Symbolist themes?

Gertrude Kasebier

Which structure best embodies Louis Sullivan's dictum "form follows function," expressing the relationship between the building's interior and its exterior?

Guaranty (Prudential) Building

Which Realist painter relies on a naturalistic style that does not romanticize or idealize the everyday lived realities that his contemporary subjects endured?

Gustave Courbet

Which NEoclassical artist of the first part of the 19th century looked firmly to the arts of Greek antiquity of his subjects and compositions?

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Which American artist principally painted women and children with a combination of objectivity and genuine sentiment?

Mary Cassatt

Which artist painted Summer's Day, a depiction of two well-dressed women in a boat, using the open brushwork and the plein air lighting characteristic of Impressionism?

Morisot

The 19th century revival of historical architectural styles led Barry and Pugin to rebuild the Houses of Parliament in London in what style?

Neo Gothic

Which Romantic-style building is a conglomeration of Islamic domes, minarets, and screens that has been called "Indian Gothic"?

Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Which movement included artists who express their individual spirit, rejecting the optical world of daily life in favor of fantasy and imagination, as seen in this work by Gustave Moreau?

Symbolism

Which style of art best describes James Ensor's large-scale, multi-figure canvas Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889?

Symbolism

What aspect of The Tub reveals Degas's distinctly modernist exploration of the premises of painting?

The flatness and attention to the picture's surface

In Caillebotte's Paris: A Rainy Day, the setting is a junction of spacious boulevards, a result of what major urban initiative?

The redesigning of Paris under Napoleon III

Which early photographer used the new medium to produce documentary images of the immediate aftermath of Civil War battles?

Timothy O'Sullivan

John Singer Sargent's family portrait Daughters of Edward Darley Boit shows the influence of his careful study of which painter?

Velazquez

Which artist explored the capabilities of colors and distorted forms to express his emotions as he confronted nature?

Vincent van Gogh

The metal relief etching Ancient of Days is the work of which leading Romantic artists?

William Blake

Which American Realist artist who studied both painting and medicine believed that careful observation was a prerequisite for his art?

Winslow Homer

The Romantic sensibilit evident in the energy of Joseph Mallord William Turner's landscapes and seascapes relies on the emotive power of which element of his painting style?

color