Art history

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The elongated limbs and torso of Ingres's Grande Odalisque can be linked to which earlier artist and style?

Parmigianino, Mannerism

Ingres's Apotheosis of Homer was inspired by which earlier work?

Raphael, School of Athens

The brushwork and strongly foreshortened figures of Charging Chasseur reflect Géricault's emulation of which earlier painter?

Rubens

Which Symbolist painter produced the richly colored representation of The Cyclops?

Odilon Redon

Georges Seurat's painting technique relying on an optical effect involving spots of color is referred to by what term?

Pointillism

Who is the subject of this painting by Édouard Manet?

Claude Monet

50. Which artist was the most prominent member of the Hudson River School of landscape painting?

Cole

37. What contemporary event is referenced by American Realist Winslow Homer in his Veteran in a Field?

American Civil War

16. The Neoclassical portrait statue of Paulina Borghese in the guise of Venus was created by which sculptor?

Antonio Canova

William Morris's Green Dining Room exemplifies the design goals of which artistic movement?

Arts and Crafts

Which European artist created this Romantic transcendental landscape painting?

Caspar David Friedrich

What art historical term describes Monet's practice of painting his works outdoors?

En plein air

32. Which artist was a leader in the French Realist movement of the 19th century?

Gustave Courbet

10. In Rossetti's Beata Beatrix, what did the artist include to commemorate his wife's death?

Poppy

Which artistic movement had its roots in Impressionist precepts and methods but could not be considered stylistically homogeneous?

Post-Impressionism

The cathedral that is the subject of Monet's series of paintings showing the effects of light is located in which city?

Rouen

What do art historians regard as the real subject of Monet's Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (in Sun)?

The sunlight on the portal

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

Napoleon Bonaparte

In which work does van Gogh say that he is trying to "express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green"?

Night Café

4. Although possessing the Realist passion for accuracy, Rosa Bonheur did not use this technique to portray what?

Political themes

8. Sargent's technique of applying paint in thin layers reflects the influence on him of which earlier work?

Las Meninas

Which painting genre was most useful for Cézanne's experiments with remaking Impressionism to emphasize the permanent rather than the transitory?

Still life

Extreme subjectivity and the wish to perceive a deeper reality were typical of which art movement?

Symbolism

Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon, and Henri Rousseau were leading artists of which movement?

Symbolism

36. Manet's controversial painting Olympia was loosely based on a work by which earlier artist?

Titian

Which Post-Impressionist painter was the first great master in the new art form of the poster?

Toulouse-Lautrec

46. Which architect designed the interior support frame (armature) of the State of Liberty?

Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel

12. Who was the leading figure of the Realist movement in art?

Courbet

Which Impressionist artist specialized in indoor scenes of bodies in motion, sometimes using a camera to make preliminary studies for his work?

Degas

The incorporation of Japanese aesthetics into European painting, a trend referred to as Japonisme, is evident in which artwork?

Degas, The Tub

Which photographer was famous for creating images with Symbolist themes?

Gertrude Kasebier

15. Which painter of the French revolution was able to revitalize his career by becoming First Painter to Napoleon?

Jacques-Louis David

Spatial discrepancies, such as the relationship between the barmaid and her apparent reflection in a nearby mirror, are highlighted in which painting?

Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

19. The Romantic notion of God as a mathematician seen in Blake's Ancient of Days is taken from the artistic tradition of which earlier period?

Medieval

The tenets of Marxism and Darwinism had a role in the rise of which artistic movement?

Modernism

42. In Gustav Klimt's The Kiss, how does the artist use flat patterning to distinguish between the male and female figures?

Rectangle shapes cover male, circles cover female

5. Art historians believe that the American artist Thomas Eakins modeled the The Gross Clinic on what?

Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Which Art Nouveau architect invented new structural techniques to allow construction of buildings that are sculpted and organic form?

Antonio Gaudi

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

Eiffel Tower

47. Which architect designed the first large commercial buildings characterized by round arches, large windows, and a cast-iron interior skeleton?

Henry Hobson Richardson

Impressionist artists, including Degas, greatly admired the spatial organization and flat, unmodeled color areas of which art form?

Japanese woodblock prints

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

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

28. Which English painter is known for depicting the disappearing beauties of the English countryside during the Industrial Revolution?

John Constable

33. In which aspect does Courbet's Burial at Ornans most resemble traditional history paintings?

Monumental size of the painting

How does Caillebotte suggest the transitory, impersonal nature of modern life in Paris?

Moving figures and cutoff buildings

Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold is an example of the artist's effort to use color to create visual works paralleling which other art form?

Music

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

Nadar

46. 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

20. The results of the Spanish resistance to the invasion of their country by Napoleon's forces are highlighted in which painting by Goya?

Third of May, 1808

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

Thomas Eakins

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

Timothy O'Sullivan

Which of the following ideas was Vincent van Gogh trying to communicate in his Starry Night?

Vastness of the universe

40. The metal relief etching entitled Ancient of Days is the work of which leading Romantic artist?

William Blake

29. J. M. W. Turner's distinctive style is most recognizable in his use of which element of painting?

color

6. Winslow Homer's Veteran in a New Field is a commentary on the aftermath of which conflict?

American Civil War

Which artistic movement arose out of the idea of John Ruskin and William Morris, with their emphasis on producing functional objects with high aesthetic value?

Arts and Crafts

The work of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, with its rejection of Realism and statuesque figures in a tranquil landscape, inspired the members of which movement?

Symbolism

the painting Where Do We Come From reflects Gauguin's move to which country?

Tahiti

John Singer Sargent's The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit reveals his admiration for which earlier artist?

Velázquez

Which artist explored the possiblities of bold colors and distorted forms, creating a textile effect with energetic and thick brushstrokes?

Vincent van Gogh

Although Morisot's interest in leisure activities aligned with the Impressionists, her paintings are inhabited by which social group?

Women and children at home

25. In Women of Algiers, Delacroix's interest in what element of painting is on display?

Color

Where were many of the early Impressionist paintings displayed?

Commercial art galleries

27. The works of Camille Pissarro are recognizable because they are painted from which viewpoint?

High above the street

Which painter made Parisian dance halls and clubs the subjects of many of his paintings, including Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette?

Renoir

14. Vignon's Neoclassical design of the church of La Madeleine in Paris is meant to tie the empire of Napoleon to which earlier empire?

Roman

26. François Rude's allegorical sculpture Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 was created to adorn which Parisian monument?

Arc de Triomphe

43. Which artist argued that art is truthful and photographs lie?

Auguste Rodin

49. Which of the following is NOT a colorist painting, instead relying on form and line?

Ingres, Apotheosis of Homer

2. Who was one of the first Romantic artists to depict the dark terrain of the subconscious?

John Henry Fuseli

1. Described as awe mixed with terror, the notion of the sublime had a role in which intellectual movement?

Romanticism

The emphasis on suffering in Gros's Napoleon Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa as well as the detailed depiction of the exotic locale presages the turn to which new style?

Romanticism

31. Which 19th-century artist painted dramatic landscapes of the western areas of the United States such as Yosemite?

Albert Bierstadt

Gustave Moreau's The Apparition treats which frequent Symbolist theme?

Femme fatale

Who was the architect responsible for the new layout of the city of the city of Paris, begun in 1852, that is referenced in Caillebotte's Paris: A Rainy Day?

Georges Haussmann

44. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood rejected Realism and based their artistic philosophy on the writings of which individual?

John Ruskin

35. Which work by Manet do art historians regard as his critique of European painting since the Renaissance?

Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe

34. In what medium did satirical artist Honoré Daumier create most of his works?

Lithography

23. The grand pictorial drama of Delacroix's painting Death of Sardanapalus is based on a literary work by which Romantic author?

Lord Byron

48. Which architect designed elegantly ornamented yet functional commercial buildings such as the Guaranty Building in Buffalo and the Sullivan Center in Chicago?

Louis Henry Sullivan

24. Delacroix's allegorical painting of Liberty Leading the People refers to an uprising that took place in what city?

Paris

7. What instrument did Muybridge use to project a sequence of images onto a screen?

Praxiscope

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

Prefabricated elements

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

Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Art historians regard James Ensor's painting Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 as his critical response to which contemporary work?

Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

The imagery of a sleeping person and a lion in Sleeping Gypsy can be linked to the work of which contemporary of Rousseau?

Sigmund Freud

22. Géricault's gigantic painting Raft of the Medusa, with its writhing, tortured bodies, is his commentary on which contemporary sociocultural situation?

Slavery

11. Salon jurors regarded Courbet's depiction of the rural poor in The Stone Breakers as what?

Socialistic

The firm outlines surrounding areas of unmodulated color in Gauguin's Vison after the Sermon reflect his interest in which medium?

Stained glass

Auguste Rodin took his subject for the bronze Gates of Hell from the writings of which author?

Dante

41. What was the original title of Edvard Munch's powerfully emotional The Scream?

Despair

The influence of which artistic movement is evident in Rodin's interest in the effect of light on the sculpted surface?

Impressionism

24. Which artist first made it his artistic practice to omit the preliminary sketch and use premixed pigments?

Monet

Who is sometimes described as the first modernist architect?

Louis Henry Sullivan

9. The Thankful Poor by Tanner is an example of the typical Realist focus on what?

Ordinary people

What did Courbet employ in the The Stone Breakers to convey the dismal nature of manual labor?

A palette of dirty browns and grays

The leading French sculptor of the later 19th century was which Realist artist?

Rodin

45. Victor Horta is an architect most associated with which style?

Art Nouveau

Which American Impressionist artist painted principally women and children?

Mary Cassatt

30. What contrast does Thomas Cole highlight in his painting The Oxbow?

Wilderness versus civilization


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