Exam 2 21-24
Pointillism
A school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye
Satire
A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.
Influence of non-western art
African artists invented the aesthetics that would later inspire the so-popular Cubist styles. Their abstract and dramatic effects on the simplified human figure were the main appeals of the art movement.
Courbet's use of ____ in the The Stone Breakers further conveyed the dismal nature of manual labor?
a palette of dirty browns and grays
Academic Style
a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art.
Cubism
an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.
Influence of Japanese Art
demonstrating that simple, transitory, everyday subjects could be presented in appealingly decorative ways
Antoine Watteau's depiction of the amusements and entertainments of the upper classes is called a ____.
fête galante
In the ____ style of Surrealism, artists presented recognizable scenes that transformed into a dream or nightmare.
naturalistic
In the absence of a contrived pose, Vigée-Lebrun's Self-Portrait characterized the new ____ in art.
naturalistic impulse
Manet, Luncheon on the Grass, 1863
no style name
Enlightenment
prioritized meaning and rationality over decoration
Neoclassicism
revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Although possessing the Realist passion for accuracy, Rosa Bonheur did not depict ____.
social and political themes
In light of the 1848 revolution, Salon jurors considered Courbet's depiction of the rural poor in The Stone Breakers as ____.
socialistic
The goal of Dalí's "paranoiac-critical" method was to ____.
create images of inner reality and irrationality as concrete as the world of physical reality
The French viewing public were greatly horrified by Manet's Olympia because of her ____.
defiant look
Matisse deviated from traditional representations of domestic interiors by ____ and simplifying them.
flattening forms
Surrealist artists used Dada's ____ to engage elements of fantasy and activate unconscious forces.
improvisational techniques
The work of Ernst Kirchner shows ____.
subjects drawn from the industrialized urban bourgeoisie
Géricault's Raft of the Medusa immortalized ____.
the aftermath of a French shipwreck
In contrast to artists of the French Academy, the Impressionists attempted to capture ____.
the fleeting aspects of reality
The real subject of Monet's Rouen Cathedral is ____.
the sunlight of the portal
Impressionism
An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel, or impression, of the piece they were drawing
Braque, The Portuguese, 1911
Analytic Cubism
The leading figure of the Realist movement was ____.
Courbet
Which of the following statements about Dada is true?
Dada aimed to undermine traditional notions about art.
Jacques Louis David painted the ____ to provide inspiration and encouragement to revolutionary forces.
Death of Marat
Which phrase best expresses the sculptural style of Boccioni?
Dynamic movement
A major force of political, social, and economic change in the 18th century was the ____.
Enlightenment
Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913
Futurism
Synthetism
Gauguin's style employing bright, non-naturalistic colors, flat shapes and bold black outlines; synthesized the observation of the subject in nature with the artist's feelings about that subject in an abstracted application of line, shape, space and color
Der Blaue Reiter
German, "the blue rider." An early-20th-century German Expressionist art movement founded by Vassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. The artists selected the whimsical name because of their mutual interest in the color blue and horses.
Cezanne, Mont-Sainte-Victoire, 1902-1904.
Post-Impressionism
Gauguin, The Vision After the Sermon, 1888.
Post-Impressionism
Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886.
Post-Impressionism
van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889.
Post-Impressionism
Kandinsky, Improvisation 28, 1912
Post-Impressionism (expressionist)
Bouguereau, Nymphs and Satyr, 1873
Realism
Courbet, Stone Breakers, 1849.
Realism
Daumier, 3rd Class Carriage, c. 1862.
Realism
Watteau, Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717-1719.
Rococo
Delacroix, Death of Sardanapalus, 1826.
Romanticism
At the turn of the century, the French Academy was divided rather sharply between two doctrines. Which doctrine taught that color was the most important element?
Rubenistes
In Synthetic Cubist works, such as ____, artists constructed paintings and drawings from objects and shapes cut from paper or other materials.
Still-Life with Chair-Caning
Picasso, Bottle of Suze, 1912-1913
Synthetic Cubism
Die Brucke
The Bridge a group of German artists who followed the inspiration of the Fauves. They lived together and practiced art.(Kirchner, Nolde, Kokoschka and Kollwitz)
The American leader ____ embraced Neoclassicism because of its associations with important virtues such as morality, idealism, and patriotism.
Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following ideas did Vincent van Gogh attempt to communicate in his Starry Night?
Vastness of the universe
Rococo
Very elaborate and ornate (in decorating or metaphorically, as in speech and writing); relating to a highly ornate style of art and architecture in 18th-century France
A leading advocate of the Enlightenment in France was which of the following?
Voltaire
Romanticism
a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.
Les Fauves
(French for The Wild Beasts) were a short-lived and loose grouping of early 20th century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational values retained by Impressionism.
Futurism
1910.A movement in modern art that grew out of cubism. Artists used implied motion by shifting planes and having multiple viewpoints of the subject. They strived to show mechanical as well as natural motion and speed. The beginning of the machine age is what inspired these artists. Frank Stella and Giacomo Balla were futurists.
Realism
A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be
Art Nouveau
A decorative style of art, popular in Europe and America from the 1880s to the 1930s. This style is usually characterized by flowing lines, flat shapes, and vines and flowers.
Post-Impressionism
A late nineteenth-century style that relies on the Impressionist use of color and spontaneous brushwork but that employs these elements as expressive devices.
Cassatt, The Child's Bath, 1892
Impressionism
Degas, The Rehearsal, 1874.
Impressionism
Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872.
Impressionism
Monet, Rouen Cathedral, 1894.
Impressionism
The influence of ____ is evident in Rodin's interest in the effect of light on the sculpted surface.
Impressionism
The artist whose work best spoke for the French Revolution was which of the following?
Jacques-Louis David
Cassatt's style of work owes much to which of the following?
Japanese prints
The philosopher ____ believed that the human capacity for feeling, sensibility, and emotions came before reason.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
____ developed the theory of Neoplasticism.
Mondrian
David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784.
Neoclassical
Exposure to the art treasures of Italy on the Grand Tour played a major role in the rise of ____.
Neoclassicism
In Night Café the artist has communicated the "madness" of the place by selecting and juxtaposing ____.
vivid hues whose juxtaposition augmented their intensity
Although Morisot's interest in leisure activities aligned with the Impressionists, her paintings are inhabited by ____.
women and children
The dominant figure of the Fauves, ____, believed that color should play a role in conveying meaning.
Henri Matisse
Impressionist artists, including Degas, greatly admired the spatial organization and flat, unmodeled color areas of ____.
Japanese woodblock prints