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The Realist painter who most often shocked the Salon was:

Courbet

Who is considered to be the inventor of modern Photography

Daguerre

All of the following were artists of the Northern Renaissance EXCEPT

Donato Bramante

The Gross Clinic is an American example of which artistic style?

Realism

The Salon was an art exhibit sponsored by the

Royal Academy

The dramatically illuminated use of light and dark sections in paintings by Caravaggio and his followers, the Caravaggisti, is known as:

Tenebrism

An arched roof or ceiling

vault

The French artist Henri Matisse is associated with the style of painting called:

Fauvism

The earliest images of Jesus Christ in art depict him as a:

a. philosopher

The Middle Ages (or Medieval period) began with the end of the:

b. Roman Empire

Representational and abstract are the two basic types of:

style

Representational and abstract are two overall types of

style

To help make divine concepts accessible, Northern artists used:

symbolism

In many early societies, art was used for __________ purposes since many people were illiterate

teaching

_____________ was a wealthy American who painted with the French Impressionists.

Cassatt

Which earlier artist was most influential to Fauvism and Cubism?

Cezanne

The use of strong contrast of light and dark within a painting is known as:

Chiaroscuro

Fractured, simultaneous views of an object are commonly found in:

Cubism

Which Italian Renaissance artist was best known for uniting the real and the spiritual?

Da Vinci

The three main architectural styles in ancient Greece were the _________ , Ionic and Corinthian.

Doric

The _________________ was a mid-18th century movement that focused on reason.

Enlightenment

The _________________ was a mid-18thcentury movement that focused on reason

Enlightenment

Art which distorts reality through exaggeration, vigorous and visible brushwork and strong color, in order to express an artist's ideas or emotions is known as:

Expressionism

The Rococo style began in___________, at the end of the reign of Louis XIV.

France

The period of Classical Antiquity generally refers to ancient

Greece and Rome

A diverse population led to a greater range of subject matter in which period of Greek history?

Hellenistic

Which of the following is not a visual characteristic of Neoclassicism?

Highly charged emotions.

Elongated pictorial formats, asymmetrical compositions, and aerial perspective were stylistic techniques the Impressionists learned from:

Japanese prints

The Impressionists learned many visual stylistic techniques from

Japanese prints

"Everyone is an artist" was a belief of the performance artist:

Joseph Beuys

Artificiality and elegance are key characteristics of which of the following styles?

Mannerism

The statue of Memi and Sabu was from this period of Egyptian history

Old Kingdom

The contemporary movement that sought to remove all trace of the artist's authorship was:

Conceptual Art

The contemporary movement that sought to remove all trace of the artist's authorship was:

Conceptual Art

The Dada style originated primarily as a reaction to

World War I

According to the standards of the Royal Academy ____________ painting was the most noble.

history

Greek sculptures of their gods in realistic human form is an example of

humanism

The central space in a Christian church

nave

The artists of the Northern Renaissance preferred ________________ as their medium

oil paint

History, mythology, portrait and landscape are all examples of ______ of art

genres

In contrast to Baroque art, Rococo paintings show a life of romance and ________ .

leisure

Which element of art creates shape and defines space

line

Which formal element of art creates outline and defines space?

line

Jacques-Louis David's technique and style is best described as ____________ .

linear

Oil paint, marble, bronze and fresco are examples of artistic

medium

The material a work of art is made of is referred to as its:

medium

Entrance foyer of a church

narthex

Renaissance art displayed a new interest in:

naturalism

The method for creating a convincing illusion of space on a flat surface is called:

perspective

A painting consisting of three panels is known as a

triptych

The _____________ style of Roman portrait sculpture often showed all the wrinkles and imperfections of the subject.

veristic

An aisle in the apse behind the altar to allow for the movement of pilgrims

ambultatory

In a Christian basilica, the east end where the altar is housed is known as an

apse

Semi-circular extension at the end of the nave, holds the altar

apse

Spontaneity and improvisation were valued highly in:

Abstract Expressionism

A nonsensical style created in the aftermath of World War I was

Dada

__________ made paintings and prints that condemned the Napoleonic occupation of Spain.

Francisco Goya

The Athenian statesman responsible for the rebuilding of the Athenian Acropolis (including the Parthenon) was:

Perikles

He coined the term Dark Ages to mark the loss of classical learning

Petrarch

The sculptor best known for creating a set of ideal human proportions to be used in sculptures of the body was:

Polykleitos

Which contemporary style originated in post-World War II Great Britain?

PopArt

The period term "Renaissance" originated from a French word meaning:

Rebirth

The architectural element most commonly associated with the Romanesque style is the:

b. rounded arch

Jackson Pollock is best known for _____________ abstraction.

gestural

In many early societies art was used for teaching purposes since many people were:

illiterate

The method for creating a convincing illusion of space on a flat surface is called

perspective

The Daguerreotype was a single __________ image on a silver-plated sheet of copper, developed in mercury fumes.

photographic

A fresco is a painting on:

plaster

The majority of Roman painting that has survived can be found as decoration in:

private homes

This was the most precious color in Roman wall painting

purple

As a part of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Council of Trent was significant because it

reaffirmed the use of religious art

The Renaissance practice of using scientific tools to make art more naturalistic is known as

scientific naturalism

Iconoclast means _

someone who destroys what is conventional

Perspective and foreshortening are ways that artists convey:

space

__________ is the surface quality, or feel, of a work of art

texture

William Hogarth's print series' "A Harlot's Progress," "A Rake's Progress," and "Marriage a la Mode" were marketed to:

the middle class

Constructive postmodernism concerns itself with

the revision of modernism

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque collaborated

to create the Cubist style

Small wings extended from the nave

transept

All of the following were artists of the Northern Renaissance EXCEPT:

triptych

The general period of rebirth and revival of the arts and learning in Europe was known as

Renaissance

The Neoclassical style can be seen as a reaction against which artistic style?

Rococo

Which of the following is NOT a modern art style

Rococo

All of the following were artists of the Italian Renaissance EXCEPT:

Rogier van der Weyden

Arch of Constantine is a ___________________ monument

Roman

An artist who is avant-garde is NOT

a follower

Originally a Roman public building, the ________________ became a popular form for the Early Christian church

basilica

How did the emperor Constantine visually justify his power on his triumphal arch?

by reusing reliefs of earlier emperors

During the Middle Ages the interiors of churches were most commonly decorated with:

c. mosaics

The architectural element most commonly associated with the Gothic style is the:

c. pointed arch

This son-in-law of Augustus built the Pantheon.

Agrippa

The preferred medium for Greek sculptures was:

bronze

Which dramatic style followed the Renaissance

Baroque

Which author was influential in the development of Realism?

Charles Baudelaire

Which if the following painters believed if they could not see something, they could not paint it?

Courbet

Collage became a popular technique for artists beginning with:

Cubism

Pointed arches and flying buttresses were defining architectural elements of which style

Gothic

"Man is the measure of all things" is a key belief of:

Humanism

Which of the following painters is considered a transitional figure who worked in both the Neoclassic and Romantic style?

Ingres

The three main architectural styles in ancient Greece were the Doric , ____ and Corinthian

Ionic

Toulouse-Lautrec looked to this country's theatre for inspiration

Japan

Both Pop Art and __________________ can be described as reactions against Abstract Expressionism.

Minimalism

Sculpture was the main form of:

Minimalism

The style most closely associated with the French Revolution was

Neoclassicism

Who invented the heliograph, a light-sensitive surface process, using asphalt, which is considered the earliest form of permanent photography?

Nicéphore Niépce

The Abstract Expressionists were most directly influenced by:

Surrealism

Automatism was the main process for the creation of ______________ art.

Surrealist

In general, Expressionism uses which of the following to convey meaning?

The formal elements

The Dada movement had its beginning in the city of ____________ .

Zurich

As practiced in ancient Greece and Rome, Humanism is best defined as:

a respect for human accomplishments

Impressionist paintings focused on ______________ conditions.

atmospheric

History, mythology, portrait and landscape are examples of ___________ of art.

genres

Christian churches were oriented so that the apse was to the:

c. east

The primary patron of art in the Middle Ages was

c. the church

The area around the altar, reserved for clergy

choir

The ______________ style of Roman portrait sculpture allowed emperors to link their rule previous emperors.

classicizing

A row of windows near the top of the nave

clerestory

The biography and intentions of the artist, as well as political and/or economic concerns are examples of the ___________ of a work of art.

context

The weight shift seen in the David sculptures of Donatello and Michelangelo is known as:

contrapposto

Area where the nave and transept intersect

crossing

The type of building adapted for use by the early Christian church was the:

d. basilica

Romanticism can be described as being more ____________ than Neoclassicism

emotional

is a way of representing an object so that it conveys an illusion of depth

foreshortening

In discussing art, ________ refers to how the object is made.

form

What separated Cezanne from the Impressionists was his focus on _______ over color.

form


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