Art History Exam 3
Who were the two leading painters of the Harlem Renaissance?
Aaron Douglas and Jacob Lawrence
Which painter believed in the importance of practicing "straight photography rather than using techniques that add effects to a photo?
Alfred Stieglitz
Winslow Homer's Veteran in a New Field is a commentary on the aftermath of which conflicts?
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
What term do art historians use to describe the process Joan Miro employed to paint such works as Painting?
Automatism
Who is the subject of this painting by Edouard Manet?
Claude Monet
What was the original title of Edvard Munch's powerfully emotional the Scream?
Despair
Vassily Kandinsky's move to abstraction rather than representation can be attributed to the scientific theories of which individual?
Einstein
What art historical term describes Monet's practice of painting his works outdoors?
En plein air
What did Dadaists believe led to the destruction and loss of life of World War I?
Enlightenment Ideals
Which work by Picasso is meant as a condemnation of the Nazi bombing of the Basque capital in Spain?
Guernica
What is Frida Kahlo referring to in her painting The Two Fridas?
Her ancestry
The grand pictorial drama of Delacroix's painting Death of Sardanapalus is based on a literary work by which Romantic author?
Lord Byron
In Rosetti'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
What uniquely American style combined Synthetic Cubism with a fascination with the presence of machinery in contemporary life?
Precisionism
Which painter made Parisian dance halls and clubs the subjects of many of his paintings, including Dance at Le
Renoir
Vignon's Neoclassical design of the church of La Madeline in Paris is meant to tie the empire of Napoleon to which earlier empire?
Roman
Arthur Dove's nonobjective painting Nature Symbolized NO. 2 seeks to capture the essence of what aspect of the natural world?
Sprouting vegetation
Giorgio de Chirico's the song of love is a precursor of which movement in painting?
Surrealism
What event ended the relative isolation of the American art scene and inspired the development of American modernist art?
The Armory Show
Although Morisot's interest in leisure activities aligned with the Impressionists, her paintings are inhabited by ____.
Women and children at home
Which of the following ideas was Vincent Van Gogh trying to communicate in his starry night
vastness of the universe
Which Art Nouveau architect invented new structural techniques to allow construction of buildings that are sculpted and organic in form?
Antonio Gaudi
Which element of a young painting did Matisse view as primary conveyer of meaning?
Color
Where were many of the early impressionist paintings displayed?
Commercial art galleries
Which of the following artists shared Stieglitz's goal of positioning photography as an art form with the same status as painting and sculptures?
Edward Weston
Nude figure studies and self-portraits showing emaciated bodies were the primary output of which artist?
Egon Schiele
Which monument was built for a great exhibition in 1889 and was originally seen as a symbol of modern Paris?
Eiffel Tower
What is the name of the early 20th century movement that painted works of simplified design but shockingly bright coloration?
Fauvism
Whose highly personal work is often described as autobiographical because of her unflinching self-portrait portrayals, which give the viewers a glimpse into her suffering?
Frida Kahlo
What is the subject of Charles Demuth's My Egypt
Grain elevators
Which artist was a leader in the French Realist movement of the 19th century?
Gustave Courbet
Which Dada artist is known as a master of photomontage?
Hannah Hoch
In what US city is Jose Clemente Orozco's 24 panel series Epic of American Civilization located?
Hanover, NH
In constructing the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851, what cost-effective innovation did Joseph Paxton employ?
Prefabricated elements
Kazimer Malevich's suprematism views what as the most important element of creative art?
Pure feeling
Grant wood's painting American Gothic is an example of which painting style?
Regionalism
Which Romantic-style building is a conglomeration of Islamic domes, minarets, and screens that has been described as "Indian Gothic"?
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Which artist painted this image of concrete irrationality entitled The Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dali
Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon and Henri Rousseau were leading artists of which movement?
Symbolism
Aaron Douglas's mural From Slavery through Reconstruction combines forms and motifs from African art with what European modernist style?
Synthetic Cubism
The painting Where Do We Come From reflects Gauguin's move to which country?
Tahiti
What is intended message of Edvard Hopper's Nighthawks?
The pervasive loneliness of modern humans
How did the viewers react to Dorothea Lange's photograph entitled Migrant Mother, Nipoma Vally?
They rushed to send food to hungry workers
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 Post-Impressionist painter was the first great master in the new art form of the poster?
Toulouse Lautrec
Andre Derain's Mountains at Collioure reflects his close study of which earlier painter?
Vincent Van Gogh
Delaunay's version of Cubism, referred to as Orphism, gave a crucial role to which element of painting?
Color
Which of the following is not a colorist painting, instead relying on form and line?
Ingres, Apotheosis of Homer
What did Courbet employ in the "The Stone Breakers to convey the dismal nature of manual labor?
A palette of dirty browns and grays
Jose Clemente Orozco's mural series painted shortly after the Mexican Revolution had which group as its central heroic focus?
Indigenous peoples
Which artist painted a 60 panel series of paintings entitled The Migration of the Negro that was intended to document discrimination against African Americans?
Jacob Lawrence
Which photographer sought to startle viewers with images of everyday objects with surprising elements added such, as this Cadeau (Gift)?
Man Ray
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-bergere
The most derided work at the Armory Show, Nude Descending a staircase, NO. 2 is by which artist?
Marcel Duchamp
Which Dada artist modified mass-produced objects into readymades given the status of art in the eyes of viewers?
Marcel Duchamp
Which photographer gained fame for images of Depression-era public works projects as well as serving as a US Air Force photographer during World War II?
Margaret Bourke White
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
American Regionalist painters focused primarily on subjects located in which area of the United States?
Midwest
What sculptural form developed by Alexander Calder, has its parts so carefully balanced that they move with the slightest current of air?
Mobile
Which artist first made it his artistic practice to omit the preliminary sketch and use premixed pigments?
Monet
In which aspect does Courbet's Burial at Ornans most resemble traditional history paintings?
Monumental size of the painting
Umberto Boccioni's Unique Forms of Continuity in Space reveals the artist's concern with what?
Movement
How does Callebotte 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
Who was named first consul of the French Republic after leading the French army on several campaigns?
Napoleon Bonparte
Francois Rude's allegorical sculpture Departure of the Volunteers of 1729 was created to adorn which Parisian monument?
Arc de Triomphe
How did Jacob Lawrence ensure consistency among the sixty paintings of his series Migration of the Negro?
Consistence palette of colors and rhythmic arrangements of shapes
Who was the leading figure of the Realist movement in art?
Courbet
Jean Arp's Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance is an example of which style?
Dada
What term describes the modernist process Braque has applied to the form of the musician in his painting The Portuguese?
Deconstruction
The works of Camille Pissarro are recognizable because they are painted from which viewpoint?
High above the street
Although possessing the Realist passion for accuracy, Rosa Bonheur did not use this technique to portray what?
Political themes
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 two artists were the founders of Cubism, with its rejection of pictorial illusionism?
Picasso and Braque
Ingres's Apotheosis of Homer was inspired by which earlier work?
Raphael, School of Athens
In Gustave Klimt's The Kiss, how does the artist use flat patterning to distinguish between the male and female figures?
Rectangle shapes cover male, circle cover female
The firm outlines surrounding areas of unmodulated color in Gaugin's vision after the Sermon reflects his interest in which medium?
Stained glass
Which painting genre was most useful for Cezanne's experiments with remaking Impressionism to emphasize the permanent rather than the transitory?
Still life
In Matisse's painting Red Room, the color harmony he achieves with the color red merges which two elements of the scene?
Wall and table
Picasso's radical painting Les Demoiselle d'avignon reveals his fascination with ancient Iberian sculpture as well as the artistic traditions of which continent?
Africa
Which European artist created this Romantic transcendental landscape painting?
Casper David Friedrich
which artistic medium is represented by Cubist works such as Still Life with Chair-Caning and Bottle, Newspaper, Pipe, and Glass?
Collage
Which Impressionist artist specialized in indoor scenes of bodies in motion, sometimes using a camera to make preliminary studies for his work?
Degas
Which Marxist painter created a series of murals including Ancient Mexico and this detail of History of Mexico?
Diego Rivera
Which photographer was hired by the US Resettlement Administration to document the deplorable living conditions of the rural poor?
Dorothea Lange
Which of his art patrons did Picasso paint using the simplified planar forms of Iberians sculpture for the sitter's face?
Gertrude Stein
Which leading patron and collector of modernist American art ultimately founded a museum to display her own collection?
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
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
Which English painter is known for depicting the disappearing beauties of the English countryside during the Industrial Revolution?
John Constable
Who was one of the first romantic artists to depict the dark terrain of the subconscious?
John Henry Fuseli
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood rejected Realism and based their artistic philosophy on the writings of which individual?
John Ruskin
The theme of a grieving mother holding her dead child was explored in many works by which German expressionist artist?
Kathe Kollwitz
Which De Stijl artist sought to create a universal means of expression by using only a palette of the three primary colors, gradations of black and white, and horizontal and vertical lines?
Piet Mondrian
George Seurat's painting relying on an optical effect involving spots of color is referred to by what term?
Pointillism
Describe as awe mixed with terror, the notion of the sublime had a role in which intellectual movement?
Romanticism
The brushwork and strongly foreshortened figures of Charging Chasseur reflect Gericault's emulation of which earlier painter?
Rubens
In woman combing her hair, which element of the human body does Aleksander Archipenko represent as a void rather than a solid volume?
head