Art 112 Exam 3 Question List (Lectures 13-17)

2. The process of making the work of art

"Action painting" emphasizes: 1. Highly naturalistic details 2. The process of making the work of art 3. The use of complex symbolism 4. The cruelty of war

2. Raphael

Bellori criticizes Caravaggio for not learning from, and imitating, which of these artists? 1. Brueghel 2. Raphael 3. Bosch

2. Roman officials who attempted to redistribute wealth from wealthy patricians to impoverished plebeians

The two boys on the left of this painting—Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus—grew up to be: 1. Roman emperors who tried to reestablish the Roman republic 2. Roman officials who attempted to redistribute wealth from wealthy patricians to impoverished plebeians 3. Roman senators who tried to establish a system of constitutional monarchy in Rome

1. Fragonard's The Swing

The ideal of duty and sacrifice embodied by the young men in this picture can be contrasted with the pleasure-seeking frivolity of the young man in: 1. Fragonard's The Swing 2. Boucher's The Toilet of Venus 3. Kauffman's Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures

2. A vulgar French expression with sexual connotations

The inscription "L.H.O.O.Q." on this image refers to: 1. Leonardo da Vinci's ideal type of female beauty 2. A vulgar French expression with sexual connotations 3. World War One 4. World War Two

4. Arabic

The inscription along the top of the wall in the background of this painting is written in which language? 1. Greek 2. Latin 3. Hebrew 4. Arabic

2. Baroque

The last major European artistic movement to develop within a cultural environment dominated by Christian subjects, stories and values, was: 1. Renaissance 2. Baroque 3. Rococo 4. Neo-Classicism

1. Ancient Greco-Roman art

The late eighteenth-century artistic movement known as Neo-classicism takes which of the following as its source for artistic subject matter and style? 1. Ancient Greco-Roman art 2. Baroque art 3. Gothic art

1. The Garden of Eden

The left panel of this triptych depicts: 1. The Garden of Eden 2. The terrestrial (earthly) realm 3. Purgatory 4. Hell

3. Boucher's The Toilet of Venus

The moral values represented by the woman holding the gold chain on the far right of this picture can be identified with the values represented in which of the following works? 1. Caravaggio's Madonna of Loreto 2. Rembrandt's Christ Preaching 3. Boucher's The Toilet of Venus 4. David's Oath of the Horatii

3. Distaff

The object on the pavement in the foreground, in front of the women, is a: 1. Broom 2. Wig 3. Distaff

1. Philosophical Brothel

The original title of this painting was: 1. Philosophical Brothel 2. Cubist's Delight 3. Strange Pink Shapes 4. Ten Pink Slippers

2. François Boucher

The paintings in this room were made by: 1. Rembrandt 2. François Boucher 3. Jacques-Louis David

1. Michelangelo

The physiognomy and poses of the bodies in this painting show Géricault's admiration of: 1. Michelangelo 2. Botticelli 3. Brueghel 4. Rembrandt

3. The virtue of productive, physical labor befitting of a man

The plow in this picture symbolizes: 1. The right to private property 2. The inferiority of the peasant class 3. The virtue of productive, physical labor befitting of a man

1. Realism

The rotten fruit and dirty fingernails in this painting are examples of: 1. Realism 2. Idealism 3. Classicism 4. Naturalism

1. Brueghel's Peasant Dance

The rotten fruit and dirty fingernails seen in this painting are a stylistic link to: 1. Brueghel's Peasant Dance 2. Michelangelo's Last Judgment 3. Titian's Bacchanal on the Island of Andros 4. Botticelli's Annunciation

3. The rich cloth drapery used in traditional portraiture

The rubber tubes in this painting are a mocking reference to: 1. French Romanticism 2. The modern invention of the bicycle 3. The rich cloth drapery used in traditional portraiture

3. A garden

The scene of this painting, like that of many Rococo works, takes place in: 1. A village square 2. A forest 3. A garden

3. A mosque

The setting of the scene in this painting is: 1. The headquarters of a band of warriors 2. An Arab bazaar (marketplace) 3. A mosque 4. A town square in Algeria

2. The French aristocracy

The social and ethical values signified by this painting are most closely associated with which of the following? 1. The French peasant class 2. The French aristocracy 3. French philosophes 4. French revolutionaries

2. Rococo

The style of the architecture in this room is: 1. Baroque 2. Rococo 3. Neoclassical

3. St. Matthew writing the Gospel of St. Matthew

The subject of both paintings is: 1. St. Matthew learning to read 2. St. Matthew writing a letter to Jesus 3. St. Matthew writing the Gospel of St. Matthew

3. The mystical experience of a female saint

The subject of the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is: 1. The Annunciation 2. The death of the Virgin Mary 3. The mystical experience of a female saint 4. The martyrdom of a female saint

2. The New Testament

The subject of this painting derives from: 1. The Old Testament 2. The New Testament

1. The Christian saint Bacchus, who is holding the chalice used in the ritual of the Mass

The subject of this painting is: 1. The Christian saint Bacchus, who is holding the chalice used in the ritual of the Mass 2. An ancient Roman senator 3. A Flemish peasant celebrating the harvest 4. The ancient Greco-Roman God of inebriation and physical desire

3. A group of peasants dancing and drinking at a village festival

The subject of this painting is: 1. A group of traveling musicians 2. A mythological drinking party in honor of the god Bacchus 3. A group of peasants dancing and drinking at a village festival

1. The history of ancient Rome

The subject of this picture comes from: 1. The history of ancient Rome 2. The New Testament 3. An event that took place in France shortly before painting was made

3. An event that took place in France shortly before painting was made

The subject of this picture comes from: 1. The history of ancient Rome 2. The Old Testament 3. An event that took place in France shortly before painting was made

3. An event that took place in France shortly before the picture was made

The subject of this picture comes from: 1. The history of ancient Rome 2. The Old Testament 3. An event that took place in France shortly before the picture was made

3. The anxiety of modern life

The subject of this work is: 1. Human misery generated by poverty 2. Fear of eternal torment in hell 3. The anxiety of modern life 4. The artist's fear of floods

2. Pilgrims adoring the Virgin and Child

The two figures in the lower right of this painting are: 1. Saints paying homage to the Virgin Mary and Christ child 2. Pilgrims adoring the Virgin and Child 3. Peasants offering assistance to a poor woman and her child

2. Display less agency than the male figures

The women in this picture: 1. Display more agency than the male figures 2. Display less agency than the male figures

2. Windmill

The word "Moulin" in French means: 1. Dance hall 2. Windmill 3. Patio 4. Restaurant

3. Members of the family that owned the chapel

Which of the following are depicted in carved balconies on either side of this chapel? 1. Martyr saints 2. Allegorical figures representing Christian virtues 3. Members of the family that owned the chapel 4. Jesus's apostles

3. Edvard Munch

Which of the following artists was a Post-Impressionist? 1. Pierre Auguste Renoir 2. Claude Monet 3. Edvard Munch

1. The strong contrast between light and shade

Which of the following aspects of Rubens' The Raising of the Cross was likely inspired by Caravaggio? 1. The strong contrast between light and shade 2. The inclusion of a landscape in the background 3. The muscular nude figures

2. The minute details and naturalistic depiction of surfaces and textures

Which of the following aspects of Rubens' The Raising of the Cross was likely inspired by Flemish art? 1. The strong contrast between light and shade 2. The minute details and naturalistic depiction of surfaces and textures 3. The twisting, foreshortened muscular nudes

1. The diagonal arrangement of forms

Which of the following aspects of this painting is characteristic of Baroque art? 1. The diagonal arrangement of forms 2. The use of oil paint 3. The minute details and naturalistic depiction of surfaces and textures 4. The twisting, foreshortened muscular nudes

1. Was not physically made by the artist, and hence showed no artistic skill

"Ready-made" art was subversive because it offered as a work of art an object that: 1. Was not physically made by the artist, and hence showed no artistic skill 2. Appropriated the art of non-Western cultures 3. Conformed to traditional academic expectations about what constitutes a work of art

1. Geological and ideological forms resembling gothic architecture. 2. New men riding on fantastical creatures around nude women. There is an animal part and divine part to everyone. 3. Original sin.

1. Explain the iconography of the central panel of this triptych. What is the main theme? 2. What is meant by the association between human beings and non-human animals? 3. How does the iconography of the central scene relate to the iconography of the scenes depicted on the right and left wings of the triptych? [type or write your answer here]

1. The viewer will laugh at the peasant's coarse behavior

According to the 16th-century Dutch author Karl van Mander, what reaction do Brueghel's paintings of peasants provoke in the viewer? 1. The viewer will laugh at the peasant's coarse behavior 2. The viewer will disapprove of the fact that the peasants are getting drunk and behaving wildly on a religious holiday 3. The viewer will have pity for the condition of poverty in which the peasants live

4. All of the above

Adolf Hitler objected to modern art, including the Bauhaus movement, because: 1. He associated it with moral degeneracy 2. It was not sufficiently nationalistic. 3. It was influenced by Jewish artists 4. All of the above

1. Paris to New York

After World War II, the center of the art world in the West moved from: 1. Paris to New York 2. New York to Berlin 3. Paris to Berlin 4. Berlin to Paris

3. Caravaggio

Artemisia's gory treatment of the subject matter of this painting is an example of the realism associated with: 1. Michelangelo 2. Peter Paul Rubens 3. Caravaggio

Abstraction: most distinctive, consistent stylistic feature of modern art is the death of naturalism/idealism as dominant artistic values and a return to abstraction Transgressive art: modernist artists often have socially/morally politically subversive intentions "Art about art": modernist works often refer, explicitly or implicitly to artistic tradition to the nature of art itself

At the start of this lecture, I outline three common characteristics of modern art. What are those three characteristics? [type or write your answer here]

3. The first female member of a European art academy

Artemisia Gentileschi has the distinction of being: 1. The first female artist Europe 2. The first woman from Rome to travel Spain 3. The first female member of a European art academy

2. Not to disband until the French king accepted a constitutional government

At the meeting shown in this picture, a group of Frenchmen swore an oath: 1. To protect king Louis XVI and defend the institution of monarchy in France 2. Not to disband until the French king accepted a constitutional government 3. To initiate a "Reign of Terror" against the French aristocracy

Serif is little loops/tails coming off of letters at end. Decorative and variation of thick/thin. Attempt to give look of handwritten letters.

Bauhaus design principles were applied in the development of new type fonts. What does the French term sans serif mean, and how does the sans serif type font conform to Bauhaus principles? [type or write your answer here]

2. A side chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome

Bernini's masterpiece, the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, is located in: 1. The papal palace, in Rome 2. A side chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome 3. A side chapel in the duomo (cathedral) of Florence

3. Jean-Léon Gérôme's Snake Charmer

Besides Delacroix's Death of Sardanapalus, which other painting from our image list does Linda Nochlin discuss in her essay "The Imaginary Orient"? 1. Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat 2. Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the "Medusa" 3. Jean-Léon Gérôme's Snake Charmer

1. Flanders

Bosch was an artist from: 1. Flanders 2. Germany 3. Italy

4. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling

Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych was created in Flanders at the same moment that __________________ was being executed in Italy. 1. Masaccio's Trinity 2. Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel frescos 3. Botticelli's Birth of Venus 4. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling

4. All of the above

Bosch, like Jan van Eyck, depicts the fons vitae, a fountain symbolizing God as the source of eternal life. How does Bosch's image of the fons vitae differ from van Eyck's? 1. Bosch's resembles the forms of Gothic architecture 2. Bosch's is made up of plant-like shapes that form that a grinning face 3. Bosch's includes an owl, which was a symbol for wicked or perverted wisdom 4. All of the above

Nochlines critiques: no reference to Western colonial presence in Middle East No reference to modernization in Middle East Cracks and worn out surfaces reflect assumptions about idleness and incompetence, making painting an occasion to confirm viewer's superiority Naturalism and detail makes scene appear deceptively "true" and 'accurate'

Briefly describe the aspects of Gérôme's Snake Charmer that lead Linda Nochlin, the author of one of your readings, to characterize the painting as an example of what Edward Said calls "orientalism": [type or write your answer here]

There was a connection between British political system and ideas present in Mid Evil times. Thought it more 'their' style.

Briefly describe the motives underlying the revival of the Gothic style that took place in the 1800s. [type or write your answer here]

"God is dead" - Nietzsche more secular in belief. Reflected widespread feeling of loss from religion. Those not happy with traditional religious doctrine. No psychological ease from religion. Angst new to the modern period. With Sigmund Frued, theory of the unconscious with part of mind we are unaware of and no access. But it is where awkwardness and comfort come from (sex/psychoanalysis). Says you need support to dig down and get this part to feel better.

Briefly describe the way in which the late 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, and the early 20th-century psychologist Sigmund Freud, can help us understand the particularly modern kind of angst or anxiety expressed in Munch's The Scream? [type or write your answer here]

Sandrart on Rembrant c. 1670 praiseworthy artist must: - visit Italy, study classical statues, study art theory, abide by the 'rules of art', study anatomy and the proportions of the human body, study Raphael's drawing, paint clean outlines, avoid the lower orders Andres Salmon on Picasso's Demoiselles D'Avignon, 1912: - figures 'crudely drawn', faces are 'devoid of all humanity', Picasso 'attacked the faces and the nudes', chose 'uncivilized' artists as guides, outside the 'laws of academicism and the anatomical system', Picasso had 'no concern with grace', Picasso driven by 'tragic curiosity'

Briefly describe what we learn by comparing the terms that André Salmon used to describe the making of Picasso's Demoiselles D'Avignon and the terms that Joachim von Sandrart used two centuries earlier in his criticism of Rembrandt: [type or write your answer here]

Painted for an aristocrat Image of material luxury (fancy linens, foot warmer) Psychological luxury (calm expression because there are no worries about work/money) Eroticism Garden/landscape Dreamy look on face Teasing gesture with hand Curvy form on furniture

Briefly explain in what ways are the iconographic and stylistic features of this painting are typical Rococo art: [type or write your answer here]

The Medusa was a French merchant sailing ship that had struck a reef and sunk. The escape boat was only taken by the upper class members on the boat. They jumped on the raft that was towed by the escape boat who cut the raft off in order to get back. Represented political conflict between upper and lower class

Briefly explain the subject matter of The Raft of the "Medusa", and how the subject relates to the political situation in France in the years following the French Revolution: [type or write your answer here]

2. Italy

Caravaggio was from: 1. Flanders 2. Italy 3. Spain 4. France

2. Because Caravaggio does not set his scene in a remote, idealized world of classical myth, but in the realm of real, everyday human life

Caravaggio's art was considered shocking by many of his contemporaries. Why might a viewer have found Caravaggio's Bacchus more discomforting, or even scandalous, than Titian's Bacchanal on the Island of Andros? 1. Because Caravaggio painting was painted earlier, before images of the pagan gods had become acceptable in Italian culture 2. Because Caravaggio does not set his scene in a remote, idealized world of classical myth, but in the realm of real, everyday human life 3. Because Titian's painting depicts a scene from the New Testament, and thus aids the viewer in battling sin and attaining salvation

2. Lighter and more playful

Compared to Baroque-style architectural ornament, Rococo ornament is: 1. More austere and sober 2. Lighter and more playful 3. Closer to ancient Greco-Roman architecture

1. More idealized

Compared to Bruegel's Peasant Dance, Titian's Bacchanal on the Island of Andros is: 1. More idealized 2. Less idealized

1. More austere and sober

Compared to Rococo architectural ornament, Neo-classical ornament is: 1. More austere and sober 2. Lighter and more playful 3. More dramatic and energetic 4. More elaborate and ornate

2. Has less ornamental decoration

Compared to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the Bauhaus building: 1. Is closer to the Greco-Roman architectural tradition 2. Has less ornamental decoration 3. Uses more Gothic ornament 4. All of the above

2. Not at all influenced by classical nudes

Compared to the figures in Michelangelo's art, the figures in Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych are: 1. More influenced by classical nudes 2. Not at all influenced by classical nudes

1. More austere and sober

Compared to the setting of Boucher's Toilet of Venus, the setting of this painting is: 1. More austere and sober 2. Lighter and more playful 3. More dramatic and energetic 4. More elaborate and ornate

1. Happiness

Depictions of human life in Impressionist art tends to be characterized by which emotion? 1. Happiness 2. Sadness 3. Anger 4. Anxiety

2. Involves taking an everyday object, and offering it to the public as a work of art

Duchamp coined the term "Ready-made" to describe a work of art that: 1. Is made quickly, in under five minutes 2. Involves taking an everyday object, and offering it to the public as a work of art 3. Is produced accidentally, without the artist being conscious of the process that brings the work into existence 4. Is mass produced, and hence available to buyers with no waiting period

3. A British philosopher, known for formulating a theory of aesthetic pleasure

Edmund Burke was: 1. A Christian theologian, known for formulating a theory of human salvation 2. A French Romanticist painter, known for making paintings of ships caught in violent storms 3. A British philosopher, known for formulating a theory of aesthetic pleasure 4. A French politician, known for his reactionary policies, directed against progressives in the years following the French Revolution

I. The gesture of the three young men on the left: Indicating the central principles, make them seem as they are one three headed creature, latin principle of 'E Pluribus Unum', embodiment of many

Explain the iconographic meaning of the arm gesture of the three young men on the left: [type or write here]

Painted for an aristocrat, Material luxury, psychological luxury, eroticism, garden theme. Conflict of fun vs. civic duty of life.

Explain the iconography of this painting, and what makes its theme typical of Rococo art: [type or write your answer here]

I. The figures' body language: Cornelia is gesturing to her children as her treasures rather than material aspects of her life. II. The color of the figures' clothing: Cornelias way of raising the boys in the proper way has created a transformation. Transformed in the contraposto pose. Moral purity vs moral decadence. III. The object in the basket next to Cornelia, in relation to the jewel's held by the woman on the right: Distaff used to spin wool, used in neoclassical art as a symbol of female virtue.

Explain the meaning of the following pictorial elements In relation to the overall moral lesson of Kauffman's painting: I. The figures' body language: [write here] II. The color of the figures' clothing: [write here] III. The distaff in the basket next to Cornelia and the jewels held by the woman on the right: [write here]

4. A population not corrupted by civilization and thus symbolic of humanity's innate goodness

For American Romanticists like Cole, Native Americans represented: 1. An obstacle to America's "manifest destiny" to expand from coast to coast 2. A population that would benefit from the civilizing influence of white settlers 3. A population that symbolized raw, aggressive masculinity 4. A population not corrupted by civilization and thus symbolic of humanity's innate goodness

3. A member of the French aristocracy

Fragonard's The Swing, like most works of French Rococo art, was made for: 1. A member of the French peasantry 2. A member of the French middle class 3. A member of the French aristocracy

1. Lots of minute detail, and expert depiction of surfaces

Given that this painting is a work of Flemish art, which of the following would you expect to find here? 1. Lots of minute detail, and expert depiction of surfaces 2. Lots of highly naturalistic nude figures with athletic musculature 3. Lots of 'quotations' of ancient Greek and Roman statues 4. The rhythmic, balanced formal quality that the Italians called grazia

3. His negative view of the effects of consumerism and marketing

Grosz's use of pieces cut out from advertisements in newspapers and magazines reflect: 1. His positive view of the effects of capitalism and commerce on standards of living 2. His support of Germany in the First World War 3. His negative view of the effects of consumerism and marketing

2. There are tool marks visible on its surface, calling attention to the process of its creation

How do you know that the portrait bust in the photo above is a work of Modern Art? 1. It is made of bronze, which had not been used by pre-modern sculptors 2. There are tool marks visible on its surface, calling attention to the process of its creation 3. It depicts a person from the neck up, which had not been done before the modern period

1. Picasso developed his abstract style as an aggressive attack against recent artistic tradition, while Egyptian abstraction was used to denote high social status

How does the abstraction of Picasso's painting differ from that of ancient Egyptian art? 1. Picasso developed his abstract style as an aggressive attack against recent artistic tradition, while Egyptian abstraction was used to denote high social status 2. Picasso's abstraction was intended to express religious or anagogical ideas, while Egyptian abstraction was unconnected to religious thought 3. Picasso's abstraction is based on a return to the values of Early Medieval art

3. Titian's Bacchanal on the Island of Andros

Iconographically, Caravaggio's Bacchus is most closely related to: 1. Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece 2. Michelangelo's Last Judgment 3. Titian's Bacchanal on the Island of Andros

The shadowing and light detailing on the body

In Bosch's Hell scene, characteristically Flemish stylistic qualities can be observed? [type or write your answer here]

2. A rabbit, which symbolizes lust

In Bosch's depiction of God presenting Eve to Adam, next to the figure of Eve, Bosch placed: 1. An elk, which symbolizes melancholy (depression) 2. A rabbit, which symbolizes lust 3. A cat, which symbolizes aggressiveness

2. A large, opulent town house, usually belonging to an aristocrat

In French, the term hotel means: 1. A building where one pays to rent a room for the night 2. A large, opulent town house, usually belonging to an aristocrat

1. Michelangelo's Last Judgment

In designing the figures who are raising the cross in this painting, Rubens seems to have been inspired by a detail from: 1. Michelangelo's Last Judgment 2. Masaccio's Trinity 3. Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights

1. The European political order before the French Revolution

In discussions of European history, the French term ancien regime refers to: 1. The European political order before the French Revolution 2. The European political order after the French Revolution

1. The perfection of celestial objects above the moon

In his Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Giovanni Pietro Bellori compares idealism in art to: 1. The perfection of celestial objects above the moon 2. Michelangelo's nudes

1. Not idealizing the figures in their paintings

In his Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Giovanni Pietro Bellori criticizes Caravaggio and his followers for: 1. Not idealizing the figures in their paintings 2. Depicting contorted, muscular nudes 3. Focusing on pagan rather than Christian subjects

2. The boy in gold standing second from left

In pose and facial features, which of Cornelia's children is closest in appearance to Polykleitos's Doryphorus? 1. The boy in red on the far left 2. The boy in gold standing second from left 3. The little girl standing between the two adult women

3. Italy to France

In the 18th-century the center of European artistic life shifted from: 1. Flanders to Rome 2. Florence to Rome 3. Italy to France 4. France to Flanders

3. The face of the bagpipe-playing peasant in Brueghel's Peasant Dance

In the first version of this painting, the face of St. Matthew most closely resembles: 1. The facial type of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ignudi 2. The face of Polykleitos's Doryphorus 3. The face of the bagpipe-playing peasant in Brueghel's Peasant Dance

1. The fact that the young men, in their lustful pursuit of the women, are being driven by the physical impulses that humans share with animals

In the scene with nude young women in a pool surrounded by nude young men riding animals, what do the animals signify? 1. The fact that the young men, in their lustful pursuit of the women, are being driven by the physical impulses that humans share with animals 2. The fact that the young men, in their lustful pursuit of the women, are being driven by the intellectual and spiritual impulses that humans share with God

4. The figure wearing an Egyptian-style nemes, at the top of the painting, just right of center

In this painting, Sardanapalus is: 1. The bearded figure reclining on the bed 2. The dead nude woman lying on the bed 3. The horse in the lower right 4. The figure wearing an Egyptian-style nemes, at the top of the painting, just right of center

It focuses on the natural order.

In what regard can Pollock's Autumn Rhythm be regarded as a liberation from conventional artistic practice, going back to the time of Ancient Egypt? [type or write your answer here]

New positive appreciation of nature and wilderness as source of spiritual experience and moral purity, expressed through landscape painting

In what respects is this painting characteristic of Romanticist art? [type or write your answer here]

2. The Impressionists painted with a style that makes it evident that the painting is made of paint

In what sense does the art of Renoir and other nineteenth-century Impressionists treat the "limitations that constitute the medium of painting... as positive factors that are to be acknowledged openly"? 1. The subject matter that the Impressionists chose represented a break with pre-modern tradition 2. The Impressionists painted with a style that makes it evident that the painting is made of paint 3. The Impressionists abandoned the use of oil paint, and returned to the tempera paint used before the fifteenth century

1. Neoclassical buildings stand for political and moral ideals specific to the 18th century, which had not yet emerged during the Renaissance

In what way does the Neoclassical architecture of the late 1700s differ from the revival of classical architecture that took place in the 1400s, during the Renaissance? 1. Neoclassical buildings stand for political and moral ideals specific to the 18th century, which had not yet emerged during the Renaissance 2. Neoclassical buildings use classical architectural elements, but in their ideological significance, are mainly influenced by the theological principles of the Middle Ages

2. 1215 A.D.

In what year was the Magna Carta signed? 1. 515 A.D. 2. 1215 A.D. 3. 1515 A.D. 4. 1815 A.D.

1. The Adirondacks

In which national or state park is Schroon Mountain located? 1. The Adirondacks 2. Yellowstone 3. Yosemite 4. Los Padres National Forest

4. All of the above

In which regard is the style of this image different from the characteristic style of Impressionist art? 1. This work has a "painterly" surface, which Impressionist works typically do not 2. This work departs from the experimental, non-naturalistic use of color that typifies Impressionist art 3. This work shows a degree of abstraction in bodily proportions and spatial perspective not seen in Impressionist paintings 4. All of the above

3. Whether Artemisia's gender and sexual history should influence interpretations of her art

In your readings for this week, the feminist historians Griselda Pollock and Mary Garrard disagree as to: 1. Whether Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Beheading Holofernes was actually painted by Artemisia 2. Whether Artemisia Gentileschi should be regarded as a victim of sexism 3. Whether Artemisia's gender and sexual history should influence interpretations of her art

4. Spain

The artist who made this painting was from: 1. Norway 2. The Netherlands 3. Portugal 4. Spain

1. American

The artist who made this painting was: 1. American 2. German 3. French 4. British

2. The Netherlands

The artist who made this work was from: 1. Italy 2. The Netherlands 3. France 4. Spain

5. Answers 1 & 2

Knowledge about the life of Sardanapalus derives from: 1. Ancient Assyrian texts that chronical the lives of the Assyrian kings 2. Greek texts dating to the time of the Roman Empire 3. Archaeological findings in the area of the Ancient Assyrian Empire 4. All of the above 5. Answers 1 & 2

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The stool is about to tip and he could almost fall. Foot pose is changed from going to the front to the left Angel is changed gender to male. For naughty detail, in first version Angel is touching Matthew and pushing the hand away from the page. Face is seen as very shocked. With coverage spectrum, body is shown like a lot that is tight. It changed as in second version with hands showing listing of information. His body is much less exposed. Face of the figures have now become more noble. On the left, it goes back to the bagpipe player in Peasant dance.

List the changes that Caravaggio made in the second version of his painting of The Inspiration of Saint Matthew, to make the image more decorousb (and explain the one naughty detail that he put in, so that we'd know the painting is still a Caravaggio): [type or write your answer here]

2. A town in Italy

Loreto is: 1. A town near Jerusalem 2. A town in Italy 3. The name of this painting's patron 4. The name of the church for which this painting was made

2. Brueghel and Caravaggio

On the realism/idealism spectrum, Rembrandt is closer to: 1. Raphael and Michelangelo 2. Brueghel and Caravaggio

3. They broke with the academic tradition of naturalism and the "licked" finish

On which of the following grounds were the Impressionists criticized? 1. They painted politically controversial subject matter 2. They broke with academic idealism by painting figures that were wrinkled, blemished and imperfect 3. They broke with the academic tradition of naturalism and the "licked" finish 4. They preferred non-Western artistic styles to Western ones

2. In European art, there was a divide between those who favored and ideal, Classically-influenced style of art, and a grittier, realist style of art

Our analysis of Joachim von Sandrart's comments on Rembrandt suggest that: 1. Sandrart was a supporter of Caravaggio, and in his discussion of Rembrandt, defends the Caravaggesque aspects of Rembrandt's style 2. In European art, there was a divide between those who favored and ideal, Classically-influenced style of art, and a grittier, realist style of art 3. In the later Baroque period, the realist style of Caravaggio went into decline, so that by Rembrandt's time, there were few Caravaggisti left in Italy

3. A professor of painting at the French Royal Academy of Painting

The artist who painted The Toilet of Venus was: 1. A member of the French royal family 2. A wealthy aristocrat and amateur painter 3. A professor of painting at the French Royal Academy of Painting 4. A revolutionary during the French revolution

3. A revolutionary during the French revolution

The artist who painted this was: 1. A member of the French royal family 2. A wealthy aristocrat and amateur painter 3. A revolutionary during the French revolution

2. To demonstrate his etching technique and make the image more "collectable"

Rembrandt left the figures on the left side of this image unfinished—why? 1. He died before the work was completed, leaving it in an unfinished state 2. To demonstrate his etching technique and make the image more "collectable" 3. He abandoned work on the image when his patron failed to pay him 4. As a protest against the privileges of the upper class

3. Etching

Rembrandt's Christ Preaching is an example of which kind of print? 1. Woodblock 2. Engraving 3. Etching

2. Combining Italian and Flemish stylistic influences

Rubens is a Northern European artist known for: 1. Rejecting the influence of Italian art 2. Combining Italian and Flemish stylistic influences 3. Rejecting the influence of Northern European art

3. Walter Gropius

The German Bauhaus, or "School of Building" was founded by: 1. Marcel Duchamp 2. George Grosz 3. Walter Gropius 4. Johann Friedrich Overbeck

2. A member of the British Royal Academy of Arts

The artist who painted this was: 1. A wealthy aristocrat and amateur painter 2. A member of the British Royal Academy of Arts 3. A revolutionary during the French Revolution

2. The revolutionaries in the painting turned against one another, and a period of political chaos ensued

The artist, David, never completed the painting for which this study was made, because: 1. Napoleon rose to power in France 2. The revolutionaries in the painting turned against one another, and a period of political chaos ensued 3. An agreement was reached with the king of France that satisfied the demands of the revolutionaries

2. Rembrandt

The "painterly" facture of this work links it to the art of: 1. Jean-Léon Gérôme 2. Rembrandt 3. Michelangelo 4. Jan van Eyck

1. Functional objects suitable for mass production

The Bauhaus aimed at producing: 1. Functional objects suitable for mass production 2. Luxury objects for wealthy elites 3. Objects with meanings that are difficult to understand 4. Objects that imitate the style of pre-modern Western art

1. Austere

The architecture in the background of this scene can best be described as: 1. Austere 2. Opulent 3. Playful 4. Anagogical

1. Greco-Roman

The architecture in the background of this scene is in which style? 1. Greco-Roman 2. Gothic 3. Rococo

1. France

The Impressionist movement began in: 1. France 2. Italy 3. Germany 4. England

2. Abstraction

The Impressionist movement marks a turn in modern art toward: 1. Naturalism 2. Abstraction 3. Realism 4. Idealism

2. A constitutional monarchy

The Magna Carta, a legal and political document produced in England in the early 1200s, established what kind of government in England? 1. An absolute monarchy 2. A constitutional monarchy 3. A democracy

2. Dada

The artist who "made" this work is most closely associated with which artistic movement? 1. Cubism 2. Dada 3. Abstract Expressionism

2. The periphery or suburbs of Paris

The Moulin de la Galette was a social gathering place located in: 1. The downtown center of Paris 2. The periphery or suburbs of Paris 3. The Italian countryside

2. Boucher

The artist who made this painting was a student of: 1. Rembrandt 2. Boucher 3. David

2. Flanders

The artist who made this painting was from: 1. Italy 2. Flanders 3. France 4. Spain

3. A member of the French aristocracy

The Salon de la Princesse belonged to: 1. A wealthy Parisian merchant 2. The queen of France 3. A member of the French aristocracy

2. Paris, France

The Salon de la Princesse is a room in a building located in which city? 1. Rome, Italy 2. Paris, France 3. Antwerp, Belgium

1. Norway

The artist who made this painting was from: 1. Norway 2. Italy 3. Portugal 4. France

3. The mistress of the King of France

The Toilet of Venus was made for the dressing room of: 1. The King of France 2. The Queen of France 3. The mistress of the King of France 4. A corrupt priest

1. traditional African Masks

The appearance of the faces of the two figures on the right of this painting is based on: 1. traditional African Masks 2. Ancient Egyptian art 3. Early Medieval art 4. Byzantine art

2. Baroque

The characteristic artistic style of the 1600s is called: 1. Renaissance 2. Baroque 3. Rococo 4. Neo-Classicism

3. The civilizing effect of a good education and principled upbringing

The difference in body language between the two boys on the left of this painting signifies: 1. The difference between Neo-classical and Romantic art 2. The varying fortunes of the Roman Republic from its founding to the beginning of the Empire under Augustus 3. The civilizing effect of a good education and principled upbringing

3. The use of prosthetic body parts

The disjointed effect created by the collage medium is a reference to which of the following aspects of medical science during the period of World War One? 1. The invention of morphine 2. The invention of antibiotics 3. The use of prosthetic body parts

3. The virtue of productive, physical labor befitting of a woman

The distaff in this picture symbolizes: 1. The right to private property 2. The inferiority of the peasant class 3. The virtue of productive, physical labor befitting of a woman 4. The role of women in cultivating the fields to provide food for their children

2. Baroque

The dramatic facial expressions and dramatic lighting in this painting are characteristic of what art-historical period? 1. Renaissance 2. Baroque 3. Rococo 4. Neo-Classicism

4. The Bible

The first book ever printed was: 1. Vitruvius's treatise on architecture 2. Plato's Symposium 3. Dante's Divine Comedy 4. The Bible

3. The painting was destroyed by bombing during World War II

The first version of this painting can be seen only in a black and white photograph because: 1. The painting was destroyed by an amateur restorer attempting to clean it 2. Caravaggio experimented with a new painting technique, which eventually caused the painting to disintegrate 3. The painting was destroyed by bombing during World War II

2. The decline of the system of artistic patronage whereby artists competed with each other for artistic commissions

The foundation of the European art academies, beginning with the Florentine academy founded by Vasari in 1563, is an indication of: 1. A decrease in the social status of artists following the decline of the Renaissance 2. The decline of the system of artistic patronage whereby artists competed with each other for artistic commissions 3. An increase in the social status of artists, and a more theoretical type of artistic training

2. The violence and psychological pain of World War One

The grotesque deformity of George Grosz's figure is a response to: 1. A concern on the part of the artist about the fate of his soul in the next life 2. The violence and psychological pain of World War One 3. The violence of Nazism and Fascism in World War Two

3. The Hellenistic Greek Aphrodite, Pan and Eros

The humorous, mischievous eroticism of this painting is a characteristic that The Swing shares with: 1. Brueghel's Peasant Dance 2. Rembrandt's Christ Preaching 3. The Hellenistic Greek Aphrodite, Pan and Eros

1. The Old Testament

The iconography of this painting derives from: 1. The Old Testament 2. The New Testament 3. Pagan mythology

1. A private chapel in a Roman church

These two paintings were both made for: 1. A private chapel in a Roman church 2. The pope's apartment in the Vatican 3. The headquarters of the Florentine government

4. Answers 1 & 2

This building is: 1. An official residence of the British monarchy 2. The seat of the government of the United Kingdom 3. A cathedral in London 4. Answers 1 & 2 5. Answers 2 & 3

3. Medieval Europe

This building represents a return to the characteristic architectural style of: 1. Ancient Greece 2. Ancient Rome 3. Medieval Europe 4. The Baroque period

Dada: an early 20th-century avant-garde artistic movement conceived as protest against the logic and values of modern capitalist society, in particular the horrors of World War I (Additional from other Quizlet): Counter ideals of capitalism and disapproving of their effects on life.

This painting belongs to the early twentieth-century art movement known as Dada. What concern or ideology underlies the art of the Dada movement? [type or write your answer here]

3. A story from the history of the Roman Republic

This painting depicts: 1. A scene from pagan mythology 2. An event that took place a few years before the painting was made 3. A story from the history of the Roman Republic 4. A story from the history of the ancient Near East

4. Antwerp

This painting is an altarpiece for a church in: 1. Rome 2. Paris 3. Florence 4. Antwerp

3. Abstract Expressionism

This painting is an example of: 1. Cubism 2. Dada 3. Abstract Expressionism

2. Sixteenth-Century Flemish art

This painting is an example of: 1. Sixteenth-century Italian art 2. Sixteenth-Century Flemish art

1. The first work of "Impressionist" art

This painting is: 1. The first work of "Impressionist" art 2. An example of the later phase of Neoclassical art 3. An example of Post-Impressionist art 4. An example of Cubist art

2. Mindless adulation of the artistic tradition as represented by the artists of the Renaissance

This work is a satirical critique of: 1. The tragic violence of war 2. Mindless adulation of the artistic tradition as represented by the artists of the Renaissance 3. Social inequality and injustice in the modern world 4. The decline of traditional religious beliefs since the time of the Italian Renaissance

2. Cubism

This work is an early example of: 1. Post-Impressionism 2. Cubism 3. Dada 4. Pop art

3. Neoclassicism

This work is an example of: 1. Baroque art 2. Rococo art 3. Neoclassicism 4. Romanticism

2. A postcard bought by Duchamp at the giftshop at the Louvre Museum in Paris, to which Duchamp added facial hair and an inscription

This work is: 1. A painting made by Duchamp, which was vandalized by a French elementary school student 2. A postcard bought by Duchamp at the giftshop at the Louvre Museum in Paris, to which Duchamp added facial hair and an inscription

1. The Hudson River School

Thomas Cole was a founding member of which artistic movement? 1. The Hudson River School 2. The Nazarene Movement 3. Impressionism 4. Cubism

3. Depicts life in the Middle East in a way that is shaped by Western prejudices and desires

To say that this painting exemplifies Edward Said's concept of "orientalism", is to say that it: 1. Depicts with a high degree of accuracy the customs and appearances of life in the Middle East 2. Depicts a pattern on the wall that is based on a Persian carpet 3. Depicts life in the Middle East in a way that is shaped by Western prejudices and desires 4. Depicts life in the Middle East in a way that people native to the region would recognize as accurate and objective

3. References to supernatural phenomena and to Jesus's divinity

Thomas Jefferson created a version of the Christian Bible which omits: 1. References to Jesus 2. Passages pertaining to morality 3. References to supernatural phenomena and to Jesus's divinity

2. The Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson was the author of: 1. A treatise on painting 2. The Declaration of Independence 3. A play about life at the French royal court

2. Members of the French middle class

Typical of Impressionist art, and indicative of its modernism, Renoir's painting depicts: 1. Members of the French aristocracy 2. Members of the French middle class 3. A group of Christian monks

4. A young man that Caravaggio bumped into on the street, and dressed up as Bacchus in his painting studio

Typical of the art of Caravaggio, the figure of Bacchus in this painting seems to be modeled on: 1. An ancient Greek statue that was especially revered for its beauty 2. A figure from Michelangelo's Last Judgment, which set the standard of excellence for the male nude 3. A formula for ideal human proportions devised by Leonardo da Vinci 4. A young man that Caravaggio bumped into on the street, and dressed up as Bacchus in his painting studio

1. Like the moldy sandwich, because the Earthly realm is subject to decay

We can compare Bellori's concept of the distinction between the earthly and celestial realms to a pair of sandwiches one moldy and one not. The point is that in premodern science, the Earthly realm is: 1. Like the moldy sandwich, because the Earthly realm is subject to decay 2. Like the un-moldy sandwich, because the Earthly realm is unchangeable, and remains forever pristine

Colored marble. 'Broken' Pediment. Style that's coming out ('3D') (the entablature can be 3D). Oval shapes.

We can use the architectural elements in the Cornaro Chapel (which were designed by Bernini), as an example of Baroque architecture. List the aspects of the chapel that are characteristic of Baroque architectural style. [type or write your answer here]

3. Subject matter

What does the panel on the right side of this painting have in common with the depiction of Hell in Giotto's Last Judgment? 1. Style 2. Medium 3. Subject matter

1. Both depict poor people in a realistic way

What does this image have in common with Brueghel's Peasant Dance? 1. Both depict poor people in a realistic way 2. Both have strong contrasts between light and shadow 3. Both are strongly influenced by Italian Renaissance painting 4. Both are strongly influenced by Greco-Roman sculpture

Leftmost to rightmost Roman culture: Possibly made 5th century B.C. as it has Roman production in the style of classical Greek art. Gothic: As it has the gothic sway, it is gothic Italian: Idealized and bland look Flemish: A lot of expression in the face with A LOT of detail Baroque: Sharp shading with light and being dramatic pose. It also similar to Caravaggio. It has diagonal composition. Rococo: Erotic playful scenes in an idealized garden

Warm up: The works of art below are all located in the Legion of Honor, a museum in San Francisco. I recommend that you visit the Legion of Honor (and other museums) with your friends and family, both to enjoy the art, and to show off your new art history knowledge. Beneath each work, write down the historical period or artistic style to which the work belongs: [type or write your answer here]

2. The Sublime

Which of the following aesthetic categories refers to images that evoke feelings of awe mixed with fear? 1. The Beautiful 2. The Sublime 3. The Picturesque

2. Gothic

What architectural style was dominant in Europe in the 1200s? 1. Romanesque 2. Gothic 3. Renaissance 4. Baroque

Principles of Bauhaus design from the school's mission statement: 1. "Avoid all romantic embellishment and whimsy" 2. "Restrict forms and colors to what is universally intelligible" 3. "Economize in use of space, material, time, and money"

What are the three main principles of Bauhaus design, as outlined by the movement's founder? [type or write your answer here]

3. Tenebrism

What artistic technique associated with Caravaggio does this painting make use of? 1. Linear perspective 2. Sfumato 3. Tenebrism

2. The fact Brueghel shows some of the peasants interacting in tender, loving way toward each other, making the best they can of a tough life

What aspect of Brueghel's painting suggests that he empathized with the peasants who are the subjects of this painting? 1. The fact that the peasants look funny, and the viewer is inclined to laugh at them 2. The fact Brueghel shows some of the peasants interacting in tender, loving way toward each other, making the best they can of a tough life 3. The fact that some of the peasants are shown getting drunk and arguing, rather than observing the religious holiday in a more decorous way

Tenebrism = extreme light and dark, used in Leonardo style, distinct b/c it gives very strong contrast. As well as realism with dirty feet and chipped architecture.

What aspects of the style of this painting are typical of Caravaggio? [type or write your answer here]

3. Both depict a sexualized female figure, in a way designed to gratify the viewer's sexual desire

What do most paintings of Judith Beheading Holofernes that were made by male artists in the Renaissance and Baroque periods have in common with the older of the two Star Wars posters we have been discussing in this class? 1. Both express female agency, because they show a woman in an active rather than a passive role 2. Both were painted in Italy in the seventeenth century, to promote an action film 3. Both depict a sexualized female figure, in a way designed to gratify the viewer's sexual desire

1. Both are expressions of female agency, because they show a woman in an active rather than a passive role

What does Artemisia's version of Judith Beheading Holofernes have in common with the more recent of the two Star Wars posters we have been discussing in this class? 1. Both are expressions of female agency, because they show a woman in an active rather than a passive role 2. Both were painted in Italy in the seventeenth century, to promote an action film 3. Both depict a sexualized female figure, in a way designed to gratify the viewer's sexual desire

2. Both figures turn toward and address the viewer of the painting

What does Caravaggio's figure of Bacchus have in common with the Virgin Mary in Masaccio's Trinity fresco? 1. Both figures are characters found in biblical stories 2. Both figures turn toward and address the viewer of the painting 3. Both figures were created by artists from the Early Renaissance

2. Both depict a scene that has no intended moral lesson

What does Delacroix's Death of Sardanapalus have in common with Boucher's Toilet of Venus? 1. Both depict a scene that is intended to teach a moral lesson 2. Both depict a scene that has no intended moral lesson 3. Both depict scenes of sadistic, sexualized violence 4. Both are examples of Neoclassical art

4. None of the above

What does Delacroix's Death of Sardanapalus have in common with Kauffman's Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures? 1. Both depict a scene that is intended to teach a moral lesson 2. Both depict a scene that has no intended moral lesson 3. Both depict scenes of sadistic, sexualized violence 4. None of the above

1. Pollock's 'facture' leaves a visual trace of the physical movements the artist made in creating the work

What does Pollock's Autumn Rhythm have in common with the art of the Impressionists, and of Rembrandt? 1. Pollock's 'facture' leaves a visual trace of the physical movements the artist made in creating the work 2. Pollock's subject matter is taken from the same tradition, drawing on biblical and mythological stories 3. Like the Impressionists and Rembrandt, Pollock's style adheres to dominant academic standards of naturalism

1. "Room of the Princess"

What does Salon de la Princesse mean? 1. "Room of the Princess" 2. "Hairdresser of the Princess"

1. That in the pre-modern period, artists tried to make art that hides the fact that it is art

What does the art critic Clement Greenberg mean where he says that "Naturalistic, illusionist art had dissembled the medium"? 1. That in the pre-modern period, artists tried to make art that hides the fact that it is art 2. That during the modern period, artists were mainly concerned to imitate the appearance of nature 3. That during the pre-modern period, abstraction was the primary artistic goal, and that this continued into the modern period

3. Both were painted by a female artist who was a member of an art academy

What does this painting have in common with Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Beheading Holofernes? 1. Both have subject matter derived from Greco-Roman antiquity 2. Both depict a woman who displays a type of agency more commonly associated with male figures 3. Both were painted by a female artist who was a member of an art academy

2. Both are altarpieces

What does this painting have in common with Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece? 1. Both were made by an Italian artist 2. Both are altarpieces 3. Both depict the fons vitae

Leaping hair/clothing. Dramatic concept. Diagonal forms. Action packed.

What formal (i.e. stylistic) characteristics of this painting are typical of Baroque art? [type or write your answer here]

3. Two Native Americans

What is depicted amidst the trees in the foreground of this painting? 1. Thomas Cole and William Cullen Bryant 2. A pair of French-Canadian fur trappers 3. Two Native Americans 4. A black bear and a white-tail deer

1. "Gluing"

What is the literal meaning of the French word "collage"? 1. "Gluing" 2. "Assembling" 3. "Cutting" 4. "Newspaper"

Caravaggista

What is the name we use for an artist who is a follower of Caravaggio? ____________________ [fill in the blank]

2. When Caravaggio painted the first version of the painting, he broke a code of decorum for proper depiction of religious subjects, similar to the code of decorum that applied to job interview etiquette.

What is the point that comes across when we comparing Caravaggio's two versions of this painting to a set of guidelines for professionalism in job interviews? 1. Caravaggio never had to interview for a job, because the job interview had not yet been invented 2. When Caravaggio painted the first version of the painting, he broke a code of decorum for proper depiction of religious subjects, similar to the code of decorum that applied to job interview etiquette.

3. Neo-Gothic

What is the style of this building? 1. Romanesque 2. Neo-Classical 3. Neo-Gothic 4. Bauhaus

2. Licked finish

What is the term used for the style of 19th-century French academic painting that is characterized by an absence of visible brushstrokes, and hence no trace of the artist's hand or the process by which the image was produced? 1. Painterly finish 2. Licked finish 3. Sfumato finish 4. Impressionism

3. The subject of the work was considered politically inflammatory, because it dealt with a tragedy for which the government and privileged classes in French society were blamed

What was it about this painting that caused controversy when it was shown at the Salon (annual art exhibition) of 1819? 1. The style of the work broke with the rules of naturalistic academic painting, and was thus seen as an affront to established artistic ideals 2. The subject of the work was considered to lack any moral message, functioning only to indulge a morbid fascination with violence 3. The subject of the work was considered politically inflammatory, because it dealt with a tragedy for which the government and privileged classes in French society were blamed 4. The style of the work was regarded as a slavish, unimaginative imitation of the art of earlier masters, like Michelangelo and Caravaggio, who were now out of fashion

Due to her rape at a young age, she chose to paint female heroines either getting vengeance on male figures or women getting assaulted by men.

When we look at the paintings that Artemisia produced over the course of her career, we notice some patterns in her choice of subject matter. Briefly explain the nature of those patterns, and explain how the subjects she chose to paint relate to what we know about the traumatic personal experience she underwent in Rome as a young woman: [type or write your answer here]

2. The Laocoon Group

Which ancient statue, which we studied at the start of Art 112, inspired Rubens' depiction of Christ in this painting? 1. Polykleitos's Doryphorus 2. The Laocoon Group 3. Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos

Eroticism. The 'exotic'. Violent human behavior.

Which aspects of this painting are characteristic of Romanticist art? [type or write your answer here]

1. An influential group of people stopped being primarily concerned with getting to heaven and started to focus on how to improve life on earth through political and scientific progress

Which change began to occur in Europe and American in the decades leading up to the French and American revolutions? 1. An influential group of people stopped being primarily concerned with getting to heaven and started to focus on how to improve life on earth through political and scientific progress 2. An influential group of people began to feel that Medieval culture was superior to ancient Greco-Roman culture 3. Interest in social problems decreased, and people began to focus on personal pleasure at the expense of the common good

3. Gothic revival

Which characteristic of the Romantic aesthetic does this building exemplify most clearly? 1. The sublime 2. The exotic 3. Gothic revival 4. Reverential regard for nature

2. The exotic

Which characteristic of the Romantic aesthetic does this painting exemplify most clearly? 1. The sublime 2. The exotic 3. Gothic revival 4. Reverential regard for nature

2. The thunderstorm in the upper right

Which detail in this painting best represents the aesthetic category of the 'sublime'? 1. The sunlight that enters the painting from the upper left 2. The thunderstorm in the upper right 3. The pond near the center 4. The glowing red and yellow leaves in the foreground

1. The Beautiful

Which of following aesthetic categories refers to images characterized by ideal and strikingly pleasurable arrangements of color and form? 1. The Beautiful 2. The Sublime 3. The Picturesque

2. The rest are simple. The center one is Rococo style.

Which of the chairs below is NOT in the Bauhaus style?

2. The Sublime

Which of the following aesthetic categories best applies to Géricault's painting? 1. The Beautiful 2. The Sublime 3. The Picturesque

3. The Picturesque

Which of the following aesthetic categories refers to an image or sight that is quaint, charming, homey, relaxing, or familiar? 1. The Beautiful 2. The Sublime 3. The Picturesque

1. The theme of human beings confronted by the dangerous forces of the natural world

Which of the following aspects of this painting is especially characteristic of Romanticism? 1. The theme of human beings confronted by the dangerous forces of the natural world 2. The expression of solidarity and commitment to a shared ideal 3. The idealized, muscular bodies 4. The triangular composition 5. Answers 3 & 4

4. None of the above

Which of the following characteristics of Michelangelo's Adam from the Sistine Chapel does Bosch's Adam display? 1. Idealized musculature 2. Contrapposto arrangement of parts 3. The ancient Greek Torso Belvedere as a source of inspiration 4. None of the above

3. The sensitivity with which he depicts the poor and the sick gathered around Christ

Which of the following characteristics of this work suggest Rembrandt's empathetic character? 1. The strong tenebrism 2. The fact that the work is an etching, as opposed to a woodblock print or an engraving 3. The sensitivity with which he depicts the poor and the sick gathered around Christ 4. The fact that he left part of the work unfinished

2. Belief in the possibility of improving the conditions of life for all people, and the value of individual freedom

Which of the following characterizes the passage from the Declaration of Independence discussed in lecture, and the ideals of the 18th-century philosophes? 1. Adherence to tradition and custom, and obedience to established authority 2. Belief in the possibility of improving the conditions of life for all people, and the value of individual freedom

4. Commitment to democratic values and civic responsibility

Which of the following did Neo-classical architects like Jefferson believe was expressed in the architectural style of a building like Monticello? 1. The romantic, escapist fantasy of fairytales 2. The desire for a playful, carefree life 3. The aspiration toward eternal bliss in heaven after death 4. Commitment to democratic values and civic responsibility

3. Bosch's interest in the idealized beauty of Greco-Roman Classicism

Which of the following does Bosch's depiction of Hell NOT demonstrate? 1. Bosch's bizarre, often frightening imagination 2. Bosch's interest in minutely detailed naturalism 3. Bosch's interest in the idealized beauty of Greco-Roman Classicism 4. Bosch's virtuoso ability to depict reflective and translucent surfaces

2. Impressionist art is executed in such a way as to draw attention to the medium in which it is made

Which of the following does Impressionist art share with other art in the Modern period, representing a break with academic artistic tradition? 1. Impressionist art mainly focuses on religious themes 2. Impressionist art is executed in such a way as to draw attention to the medium in which it is made 3. Impressionist art is highly naturalistic, showing its continuity with Western art going back to the Renaissance

4. All of the above

Which of the following does Joachim von Sandrart say in his biography of Rembrandt? 1. Rembrandt did not travel to Italy to study Italian art 2. Rembrandt did not study ancient Greco-Roman art 3. Rembrandt spent time with members of the lower classes 4. All of the above

3. The Duomo of Florence

Which of the following domed structures does Jefferson's Monticello most closely resemble? 1. The Pantheon 2. Hagia Sophia 3. The Duomo of Florence

2. Stable, symmetrical compositional arrangements

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Baroque art? 1. Drama and intense emotion 2. Stable, symmetrical compositional arrangements 3. Scenes strongly lit by light emanating from a single, discernable direction 4. Compositional arrangements dominated by strong diagonal elements

1. They continued the push toward abstraction, while giving an unsettling aura to their paintings that departed from the generally pleasant mood of Impressionism

Which of the following is true about Post-Impressionist artists like Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gaugin and Edvard Munch? 1. They continued the push toward abstraction, while giving an unsettling aura to their paintings that departed from the generally pleasant mood of Impressionism 2. They led a return to the academic artistic values of naturalism and classicism 3. They brought about a return to the idealism found in Italian High Renaissance art 4. They brought about a return to the gritty realism of Caravaggio

2. He was a member of an abolitionist group

Which of the following is true about Théodore Géricault, which helps us to understand the figure at the top of the "pyramid" of bodies in his painting The Raft of the "Medusa"? 1. He belonged to a pro-slavery political party 2. He was a member of an abolitionist group 3. He was a member of the moderate Girondist faction during the French Revolution 4. He was a member of radical Jacobin faction during the French Revolution

2. The figure's dramatic action

Which of the following make Bernini's David a work of art that is characteristically Baroque, rather than Renaissance, in style? 1. The marble medium 2. The figure's dramatic action 3. The figure's nudity 4. The figure's idealized body type

3. A plow

Which of the following objects appears in the background of this picture, directly beneath the swords? 1. A helmet 2. A shield 3. A plow

1. Boucher's Venus at Her Toilet

Which of the following paintings from your image list represents the artistic tradition that Picasso's Demoiselles D'Avignon is most clearly subverting? 1. Boucher's Venus at Her Toilet 2. Monet's Impression: Sunrise 3. Munch's The Scream 4. Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q

2. "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."

Which of the following passages did Thomas Jefferson write? 1. "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of [life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government" 2. "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter." 3. "Terror is only justice—prompt, severe and inflexible; it is thus an emanation of virtue"

Work of Art: Walter Gropius, Bauhaus Building, Dessau, Germany, 1926

Work of Art: Walter Gropius, Bauhaus Building, Dessau, Germany, 1926

2. "Many shall be last who are now first, and many who are now last shall be first"

Which of the following passages was written by Saint Matthew—the same saint shown in Caravaggio's painting—which may help us understand the humble, un-idealized way in which Caravaggio painted Matthew in the first of the two paintings? 1. "My eyes, desirous of beautiful things, and my soul, likewise, of its salvation, have no other means to rise to heaven but to gaze upon all such things" 2. "Many shall be last who are now first, and many who are now last shall be first" 3. "Noble painters and sculptors, imitating that first maker... correct nature so that she is without fault either of color or of line"

3. Maximillian Robespierre

Which of the following people is depicted in this image? 1. Thomas Jefferson 2. Angelica Kauffman 3. Maximillian Robespierre

3. "Terror is only justice—prompt, severe and inflexible; it is thus an emanation of virtue"

Which of the following statements was made by Maximillian Robespierre? 1. "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of [life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government" 2. "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter." 3. "Terror is only justice—prompt, severe and inflexible; it is thus an emanation of virtue"

3. "A painting should be something pleasant and cheerful"

Which of the following statements was made by Pierre Auguste Renoir, giving us a sense of what his own art signified to him? 1. "The smile of the Mona Lisa was, for too long, art's shining sun" 2. "The brushstroke should not be visible: otherwise, it prevents the illusion. Instead of the object represented, visible brushstrokes call attention to the process" 3. "A painting should be something pleasant and cheerful"

1. The Parthenon, in Greece

Which of the following structures does the portico of Jefferson's Monticello most closely resemble? 1. The Parthenon, in Greece 2. Leon Battista Alberti's Sant' Andrea, in Mantua 3. The niche in Bernini's Cornaro chapel, in Rome

4. All of the above

Which of the following stylistic qualities does Picasso's Demoiselles D'Avignon undermine? 1. Naturalistic perspective in the depiction of space 2. Ideal proportions in the depiction of the body 3. A crisply detailed, "licked" painting surface 4. All of the above

3. Empathy

Which of the following terms refers to "the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another person"? 1. Pathos 2. Penitence 3. Empathy

2. Capturing the effects of light

Which of the following was NOT a main artistic interest of the Impressionists? 1. Experimentation with the "painterly" facture 2. Capturing the effects of light 3. Using color in unique, sometimes abstract ways 4. Conveying a clear moral or political message

3. Scenes from the Christian Bible

Which of the following was NOT typical subject matter for Impressionist art? 1. Landscapes and seascapes 2. Scenes of contemporary middle-class life 3. Scenes from the Christian Bible

2. Europe is "man-made" while America is wild

Which of these points does William Cullen Bryant make in the poem he dedicated to Thomas Cole? 1. European landscape painting would enrich his painting technique 2. Europe is "man-made" while America is wild 3. Cole should study art in Europe to free himself from his provincial painting style 4. Cole should avoid looking at European art, which would corrupt his American values

1. "Painterly"

Which of these terms is used to refer to the style of "finish" on this painting, which is characterized by visible brushstrokes, quickly applied? 1. "Painterly" 2. "Licked" 3. "Sfumato" 4. "Tenebrism"

3. Etching

Which print technique involves coving a metal plate with wax, incising lines, then immersing the plate in a bath of acid, to produce minute grooves where the metal is exposed? 1. Woodblock 2. Engraving 3. Etching

4. The French aristocracy

Which social class in French society benefitted most from the political order under the ancien regime? 1. The unemployed French poor 2. The French working class 3. The French middle class 4. The French aristocracy

2. A radical revolutionary responsible for the execution of moderates

Who was Maximillian Robespierre? 1. A moderate revolutionary who was killed by radicals 2. A radical revolutionary responsible for the execution of moderates 3. A supporter of King Louis XVI of France who was executed for defending the French monarchy

1. The priests at the church where the painting was located were opposed to the first version

Why did Caravaggio paint a second version of this painting for the same altar? 1. The priests at the church where the painting was located were opposed to the first version 2. The first version was destroyed 3. The first version was a great success, and other patrons commissioned Caravaggio to paint additional versions

2. The he has been accused of slandering the government

You read a letter that Géricault wrote to a friend, in which he mentions this painting. Which of the following does Géricault NOT say in that letter? 1. That he is tired of critics who interpret paintings politically 2. The he has been accused of slandering the government 3. That he thinks politics and art should remain separate 4. That he sympathizes with the people stranded on the raft

2. The selection committee determined that it was not really a work of art

Why was Duchamp's Fountain refused admission at the first exhibition of the 'American Society of Independent Artists'? 1. Duchamp submitted the work after the deadline had passed 2. The selection committee determined that it was not really a work of art 3. The exhibition did not accept works by European artists

4. The French aristocracy

With which eighteenth-century socio-cultural group is Rococo art associated? 1. The unemployed French poor 2. The French working class 3. The French middle class 4. The French aristocracy

Work of Art: Angelica Kauffman, Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures, 1785

Work of Art: Angelica Kauffman, Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures, 1785

Work of Art: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1612

Work of Art: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1612

Work of Art: Caravaggio, Bacchus, c. 1596

Work of Art: Caravaggio, Bacchus, c. 1596

Work of Art: Caravaggio, Madonna di Loreto, 1605

Work of Art: Caravaggio, Madonna di Loreto, 1605

Work of Art: Caravaggio, The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (first version), 1602, and The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (second version), 1602

Work of Art: Caravaggio, The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (first version), 1602, and The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (second version), 1602

Work of Art: Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872

Work of Art: Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872

Work of Art: Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893

Work of Art: Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893

Work of Art: Eugène Delacroix, Death of Sardanapalus, 1828

Work of Art: Eugène Delacroix, Death of Sardanapalus, 1828

Work of Art: François Boucher, The Toilet of Venus, 1751

Work of Art: François Boucher, The Toilet of Venus, 1751

Work of Art: George Grosz, A Victim of Society, 1919

Work of Art: George Grosz, A Victim of Society, 1919

Work of Art: Germain Boffrand, Salon de la Princesse, Hotel de Soubise, Paris, c. 1740

Work of Art: Germain Boffrand, Salon de la Princesse, Hotel de Soubise, Paris, c. 1740

Work of Art: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Cornaro Chapel with The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1652

Work of Art: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Cornaro Chapel with The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 1652

Work of Art: Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych, c. 1510. Oil on panel

Work of Art: Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych, c. 1510. Oil on panel

Work of Art: Houses of Parliament, London, 1836 - 1860

Work of Art: Houses of Parliament, London, 1836 - 1860

Work of Art: Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (number 30), 1950

Work of Art: Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (number 30), 1950

Work of Art: Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784

Work of Art: Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784

Work of Art: Jacques-Louis David, study for the Tennis Court Oath, 1791

Work of Art: Jacques-Louis David, study for the Tennis Court Oath, 1791

Work of Art: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1767

Work of Art: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1767

Work of Art: Jean-Léon Gérôme, Snake Charmer, late 1860s

Work of Art: Jean-Léon Gérôme, Snake Charmer, late 1860s

Work of Art: Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917

Work of Art: Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917

Work of Art: Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1919

Work of Art: Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1919

Work of Art: Pablo Picasso, Demoiselles D'Avignon, 1907

Work of Art: Pablo Picasso, Demoiselles D'Avignon, 1907

Work of Art: Peter Paul Rubens, The Raising of the Cross, 1611

Work of Art: Peter Paul Rubens, The Raising of the Cross, 1611

Work of Art: Pierre Auguste Renoir, Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1876

Work of Art: Pierre Auguste Renoir, Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, 1876

Work of Art: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Dance, c. 1568

Work of Art: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Dance, c. 1568

Work of Art: Rembrandt, Christ Preaching, 1649

Work of Art: Rembrandt, Christ Preaching, 1649

Work of Art: Thomas Cole, View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838

Work of Art: Thomas Cole, View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838

Work of Art: Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1770-1806

Work of Art: Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1770-1806

Work of Art: Théodore Géricault , The Raft of the "Medusa", 1819

Work of Art: Théodore Géricault , The Raft of the "Medusa", 1819