Fine Art: Unit 1

How does Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People show the influence of Baroque art?

Delacroix wanted the painting to provoke an emotional response from viewers.

Which of the following is a characteristic of Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People?

The painting employs pure colors and contrast between light and dark to emphasize key elements.

What Renaissance convention is reflected in Bernini's David?

The statue depicts the subject matter with lifelike accuracy.

Which of the following best describes how Diego Velázquez illuminated the figures and created a sense of depth in Las Meninas?

Velázquez depicted natural light coming from a window.

What characteristic best describes the painting style of Spanish Baroque artist Diego Velázquez as seen in Las Meninas?

Velázquez involves the viewer by creating a convincing space and eye contact with the subjects in the painting.

What is a common subject of naturalist art as seen in paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin?

ordinary people engaging in everyday activities

What convention did Chardin and Delacroix use in these paintings to give the artworks a sense of harmony and stability?

pyramid configuration

What is one difference between the composition of these paintings by Caravaggio and Poussin?

Caravaggio arranges elements for a sense of movement; Poussin arranges elements for a sense of calmness.

Which statement best describes Caravaggio's approach to painting?

Caravaggio focused on realism and used dramatic compositions and lighting effects.

Which statement best describes Goya's approach to painting?

Goya painted with loose, frenzied brushstrokes to enhance the urgency and chaos of an image.

Which statement best describes Vermeer's approach to painting?

He used natural lighting to create convincing space and render solid forms.

What is one similarity between Rubens's Elevation of the Cross and Velázquez's Las Meninas?

In both paintings, a pyramid configuration unifies the figures.

What is a true statement about Neoclassical painting as seen in Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii?

It inspired patriotism and taught moral values.

What is a Neoclassical characteristic of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello?

Monticello contains columns, porticoes, and domes used in Roman architecture.

Which statement best describes French Baroque artist Nicolas Poussin's approach to painting?

Poussin arranged natural elements to construct idealized paintings.

How did Romantic artists depart from Neoclassical conventions?

Romantic artists turned away from rational thinking and reason and depicted emotion and drama.

What is one similarity between Watteau's Pilgrimage to Cythera and Goya's The Third of May, 1808?

The artists use lively, expressive brushstrokes.

How was David's Oath of the Horatii inspired by Classical Greek and Roman art?

The figures are modeled after Classical sculpture.

What Baroque convention characterizes Rubens's Elevation of the Cross?

The figures are rendered with dramatic foreshortening and appear to break into the viewer's space.

How does Gianlorenzo Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers reflect the beliefs of the people during the Baroque period of Italy?

The fountain served as a public emblem of the Catholic Church's dominance and authority.

Which of the following best describes tenebrism, a technique Caravaggio developed and mastered?

an extreme lighting effect in which figures emerge from darkness into bright light

What is a Baroque convention Bernini used in his David?

capturing figures in a split second of action

What technique did Caravaggio use in The Conversion of Saint Paul to make the main figure appear to project into the viewer's space?

foreshortening

What Baroque technique did Caravaggio and Rembrandt use in these paintings to make figures dramatically emerge from the shadows as if lit by a spotlight?

tenebrism

What technique did Rembrandt use in his Self-Portrait to make the main figure appear to emerge from the dark background as if it were lit by a spotlight?

tenebrism

What is a characteristic of Rococo painting as seen in the work of Antoine Watteau?

the depiction of elegant parties set within idyllic landscapes

What is a characteristic of paintings by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin?

the depiction of objects with a sense of realism