art history
When did the British first arrive in India?
17th century
When was the Republic of China founded?
1912
India gained independence from the British in what year?
1947
The British conceived of the Victoria Terminusas which of the following?
A cathedral to modernization
What did Courbet employ in the The Stone Breakers to convey the dismal nature of manual labor?
A palette of dirty browns and grays
Bernini places his sculpture Ecstasy of SaintTeresa in a setting that resembles what?
A theater
What art movement arose in the United States as a result of the emigration of European artists after WorldWar II?
Abstract Expressionism
Which artistic movement arose out of the ideas of John Ruskin and William Morris, with their emphasis on producing functional objects with high aesthetic value?
Arts and crafts
Predominantly Catholic areas
Cantral and southern france, italy, spain, Flanders
Who were the two leading painters of the Harlem Renaissance?
Due Ellington and Bessie Smith
What art historical term describes Monet's practice of painting his works outdoors?
En plein air
Which movement was a major impetus for political, social, and economic change in the 18th century?
Enlightenment
What did Dadaists believe led to the destruction and loss of life of World War I?
Enlightenment ideals
What is the name of the early-20th-centurymovement that painted works of simplifieddesign but shockingly bright coloration?
Fauvism
Whose highly personal work is often described asautobiographical because of her unflinching self-portrait portrayals, which give the viewer aglimpse into her suffering?
Frida Kahlo
Who of the following was responsible for the new layout of the city of Paris, begun in 1852, that is referenced in Caillebotte's Paris: A Rainy Day?
Georges Haussmann
Which leading patron and collector of modernistAmerican art ultimately founded a museum to display her own collection?
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Which best describes the plan of Borromini's SanCarlo alle Quattro Fontane?
Greek cross in oval
Bloodline: Big Family No. 2 references the Chinese governmental policy of restricting married couples in regard to what?
Having only one child
The Villa Savoye embodies Le Corbusier's theories about which genre of architecture?
Houses
Which of the following is the preferred medium for East Asianliterati?
Ink on paper
Which of the following best describes the function of Performance Art?
It replaces traditional stationary artworks
The work of which artist exemplifies gestural abstraction?
Jackson Pollock
The artist whose work best spoke for the FrenchRevolution was which of the following?
Jacques- Louis David
Which philosopher asserted that the human capacity for feeling, sensibility, and emotions came before reason?
Jean-jacques Rousseau
During the Qing dynasty, what European group was invited to the imperial court?
Jesuit missionaries
Which one of the following was generally considered to be the "Father of Modern Chinese architecture?"
Liang Sicheng
Which New York artist evolved in style to compositionally simple paintings in which color was the primary conveyor of meaning?
Mark Rothko
Which artist created Ashoka at Kalinga?
Meera Mukherjee
The last native Chinese dynasty was which of the following?
Ming
What was the occupation of the Qing court artist Lang Shining?
Missionary
The earthworks of Christo and Jeanne-Claudedid not alter the land but rather did what?
Modified it with cloth
Which aspect does Courbet's Burial at Ornans most resemble traditional history paintings?
Monumental size of the painting
Which of the following pairings represents the two worlds of Jaswant Singh as seen in his portrait?
Necklace bib of emeralds and order of the star of india
Viewing the art treasures of Italy on the GrandTour played a major role in the rise of which movement?
Neoclassicism
The Thankful Poor by Tanner is an example of thetypical Realist focus on what?
Ordinary people
What element of architecture did German architect Adolf Loos theorize was unnecessary and wasteful?
Ornamentation
The elongated limbs and torso of Ingres's GrandeOdalisque can be linked to which earlier artist and style?
Parmigianino, Mannerism
Which 20th-century art movement sought to harnessthe communicative power of art to reach a wideraudience?
Pop art
Which of the following is an example of the eclecticism that characterizes postmodernist architecture?
Portland Building, Portland
In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia, with itsrecognition of religious freedom, served tovalidate what?
Protestantism
The aim of much Italian Baroque art was to restore the predominance of which group?
Roman Catholic church
Described as awe mixed with terror, the notion of the sublime had a role in which intellectual movement?
Romanticism
Géricault's gigantic painting Raft of the Medusa, with its writhing, tortured bodies, is his commentary on which contemporary sociocultural situation?
Slavery
Extreme subjectivity and the wish to perceive a deeper reality were typical of which art movement?
Symbolism
What is the intended message of Edward Hopper's Nighthawks?
The pervasive loneliness of modern humans
The Neoclassical follies and other monuments created for the estates of English country houses were part of which trend in landscape architecture?
The picturesque garden
Bernini's David differs from his predecessors byshowing David in what moment?
in the heat of battle
Predominantly protestant areas
northern france, germany, Switzerland, the dutch republic, and England
In her self-portrait, La Pittura, how does Artemisia Gentileschi break with earlier artist's self-portraits?
she is turned away from the viewer
Counter Reformation
the catholic churchs response to the protestant reformation
In her photograph series, Cindy Sherman addressed the tradition in Western art that presents female beauty from which perspective?
the male gaze
Which of the following artists created large-scale, kinetic sculptures based on principles of engineering?
Alexander Calder
The breaking down of national stylistic boundaries is most evident in which contemporary art form?
Architecture
The Chrysler Building by William van Alendisplays iconic elements of which style?
Art Deco
What style of the 1920s and 1930s had a universal application, to works ranging from buildings to jewelry and garments?
Art deco
Who was the most renowned female painter of the17th century Italy?
Artemisia Gentileschi
At the turn of the 20th century, artists who were viewed as being ahead of their time and who transgressed the limits of established art forms are referred to by what term?
Avant- garde
Which artist argued that art is truthful and photographs lie?
Claude Monet (i think)
Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Chairs is anexample of which art movement?
Conceptual art
Which following term refers to the painting genre created by Antoine Watteau in which the amusements and entertainments of the upperclasses are depicted ?
Fete galante
Jasper Johns chose to paint his image of the American flag to express
His proclivity for things seen but not examined
Who is the artist whose exhibit The PerfectMoment was canceled for its openly gay character?
Robert Mapplethorpe
A gathering of wealthy socialites in the first half of the 18th century in France would most likely take place in a room decorated in which style?
Rococo
The leading French sculptor of the later 19th centurywas which Realist artist?
Rodin
What do art historians regard as the real subject ofMonet's Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (in Sun)?
The sunlight on the portal
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 leader embraced neoclassicism because of itsassociations with virtues such as morality, idealism, andpatriotism?
Thomas Jefferson
What name did Richard Serra give to his project installed in the plaza of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York?
Tilted Arc
Which of the following ideas was Vincent van Goghtrying to communicate in his Starry Night?
Vastness of the universe
Which monument by Maya Lin can besimultaneously called a work of Minimalistsculpture and a site-specific installation?
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Who was a leading advocate of the Enlightenment in France?
Voltaire
The portrait of Jaswant Singh was created in which of the following media?
Watercolor on paper
