Chapter 27 Quiz

Which artist that we discussed was a member of the Hudson River School of landscape painting?

Cole

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

Color

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

Paris

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

Prefabricated elements

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

Romanticism

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

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding Thomas Eakins' The Gross Clinic?

Though Eakins' depicts a medical procedure here, he was actually quite queasy around blood.

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

Timothy O'Sullivan

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

Wilderness versus civilization