Review of quiz questions chapter 24-32 of Art History
Long line of mirrors
At the palace of Versailles, what device was used in the Galerie des Glaces to illusionistically expand that room's width?
Impressionism
By moving away from illusionism in this painting, and using colors to flatten form and to draw attention to the canvas surface, Manet played an important role in the development of what movement?(*image shown, luncheon on the grass)
George Washington
Greenough sculpted which contemporary statesman in the Neoclassical style by portraying him seminude and enthroned, as Phidias depicted Zeus in the famous lost statue?
The curving colonnades extend a sense of welcome to the devout
How do Bernini's Piazza and colonnades in front of Saint Peter's reiterate the message of the Catholic Church during the Counter Reformation?
Used a two-mirror setup
How do art historians believe that Artemesia Gentileschi accomplished the feat of painting a self-portrait in which she is not looking at the viewer?(**shows picture)
Places him in silhouette against a light-colored sky
How does van Dyck make Charles I the focus of the viewer's attention in this portrait?(**uses image)
The redesigning of Paris under Napoleon III
In Caillebotte's Paris: A Rainy Day, the setting is a junction of spacious boulevards, a result of what major urban initiative?
Immorality
In Triumph of the Barberini, the crown of stars to be bestowed on the Barberini family is meant to symbolize what?
Prefabricated elements
In constructing the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851, what cost-effective innovation did Joseph Paxton employ?
A theater
In his Ecstacy of Saint Teresa for the Cornaro chapel, Bernini utilizes the expressive capabilities of sculpture, architecture, and painting by setting the principle scene within the larger context?
Giovanni Battista Gauli, Triumph of the Name of Jesus
In which of the following works has the painter enhanced the troupe l'oeil effect of a painted ceiling by adding painted stucco sculpted figures?
Tenebrism and commonplace characters
In which two aspects of this early work does Diego Velazquez reveal his administration for the paintings of Caravaggio?(**shows image)
Neoclassical
Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii can be said to be a paragon of which style?
Velázquez
John Singer Sargent's family portrait Daughters of Edward Darley Boit shows the influence of his careful study of which painter?
Arts and Crafts
Members of which movement dedicated themselves to producing functional objects with high aesthetic value for a wide public?
Middle class
Much Dutch art of the 17th century catered to the tastes of which group?
The Pantheon
Much of the bronze for the tall columns of Bernini's Baldacchino was taken from what earlier building?
La Madeleine
Napoleon's embrace of Neoclassicism as a means of linking his own reign to the ancient Roman Empire is embodied in which monument?
Carlo Maderno
Pope Paul V commisioned which architect to oversee the completion of the church of Saint Peter in Rome?
Third and Fourth Styles(elements studied by the artist through Roman site archaeology)
Robert Adam used elements from which Roman wall-painting style to create the decorations of the Etruscan Room at Osterley Park House?(**image shown)
Neo-gothic
The 19th-century revival of historical architectural styles led Barry and Pugin to rebuild the Houses of Parliament in London in what style?
John Ruskin
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, including Millais and Rossetti, rejected Realism and based their artistic philosophy on the writings of which individual?
Color
The Romantic sensibility evident in the energy of Joseph Mallord William Turner's landscapes and seascapes relies on the emotive power of which element of his painting style?
Calvinism
The beliefs of which branch of Protestantism were responsible for the lack of religious art in the Netherlands in the 17th century?
Rome
The classical and idealized landscapes of Claude Lorrain were most often set around which city?
Impressionism
The clearly evident brushstrokes, the attention to light and atmosphere, and the loose handling of form in Impression: Sunrise qualify it as a prime example of which artistic style?(*image shown)
Pantheon
The colonnade of the Roman temple of Jupiter at Baalbek in Lebanon provided the inspiration for what building?
Georges Seurat
The color theory of 19th-century chemist Michel-Eugène Chevreul had particular influence on which Post-Impressionist artist?
Rococo
The conclusion of the debate in the French Royal Academy between advocates of color and advocates of form resulted in the ascendance of which style?
Baroque
The cultural and artistic production of the 17th-18th centuries in the West is often described by what term?
Andrea Palladio
The design of Chiswick House by Boyle and Kent is regarded as a free variation on the work of which architect?
Michelangelo
The heavily muscled men and straining poses of Rubens's Elevation of the Cross are evidence of Rubens's emulation of which Renaissance master?(**uses image)
William Blake
The metal relief etching entitled Ancient of Days is the work of which leading Romantic artist?
Fenestra coeli("window to heaven")
The niche-like space in which Juan Sanchez Cotan arranged the individual items of his still lifes is probably a reference to the Virgin Mary in what guise?
Joseph Wright of Derby
The painting A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery was done by which artist?
Herculaneum and Pompeii
The renewed interest in classical antiquity of the 18th century can be credited to the archaeological discoveries at which sites?
French Rococo
The rustic setting, soft light, and feathery brushwork of Gainsborough's portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan are elements of which style?(**image shown)
Greece
The severity for James Stuart's Neoclassical Temple of Theseus in Hagley Park takes its inspiration from the ruins he visited in which modern country?
Rembrandt
The use of light and shade to convey emotional differences in theater and film is a contribution of which artist?
English travelers
The vedute paintings of Antonio Canaletto were intended for which class of patron?
The flatness and attention to the picture's surface
What aspect of The Tub reveals Degas's distinctly modernist exploration of the premises of painting?(*image shown)
French social theories
What contemporary trend is reflected by Le Nain's depiction of the peasants in Family of Country People?
Industrial Revolution
What event transformed the economies of continental Europe and North America in the 18th century?
Persistence of vision
What illusionistic effect did Eadweard Muybridge's zoopraxiscope rely on to show his sequential images?
Hunting lodge
What royal structure was originally on the site of the French palace of Versailles?
Letters written by her
What source provides art historians with a good deal of insight into the artist Artemisia Gentileschi?
Thomas Eakins
Which American Realist artist who studied both painting and medicine believed that careful observation was a prerequisite for his art?
Mary Cassatt
Which American artist principally painted women and children with a combination of objectivity and genuine sentiment?
Borromini, Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
Which Baroque building succeeds in the full unification of interior space with the shape of the dome exactly continuing the plan of the building itself?
Rembrandt van Rijn
Which Dutch artist trained as a history painter in Leiden and became known as a master of light and shadow as well as a proponent of the Protestant conception of scripture?
Christopher Wren
Which English architect was responsible for the design and construction of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London?
Annibale Carracci
Which Italian Baroque painter trained in his native Bologna and produced a series of frescoes for the gallery ceilings of the Palazo Farnese?
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Which Neoclassical artist of the first part of the 19th century looked firmly to the arts of Greek antiquity for his subjects and compositions?
Gustave Courbet
Which Realist painter relies on a naturalistic style that does not romanticize or idealize the everyday lived realities that his contemporary subjects endured?
Caspar David Friedrich
Which Romantic artist was a leader in transcendental landscapes, a new painting genre of the 19th century?
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Which Romantic-style building is a conglomeration of Islamic domes, minarets, and screens that has been called "Indian Gothic"?
Philip IV
Which Spanish monarch was the early and continual patron of Spanish Diego Velazquez?
Marie de' Medici
Which aristocratic patron hired Peter Paul Rubens to paint a series of historical-allegorical works for the Luxembourg palace in Paris?
William Hogarth
Which artist can be said to have translated English literary satire into the visual arts?
Vincent Van Gogh
Which artist explored the capabilities of colors and distorted forms to express his emotions as he confronted nature?
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Which artist illustrated the views of Rousseau by painting quiet scenes of domestic life that honored the simple goodness of ordinary people?
Morisot
Which artist painted Summer's Day, a depiction of two well-dressed women in a boat, using the open brushwork and the plein air lighting characteristic of Impressionism?
Edvard Munch
Which artist produced both paintings and prints whose high emotional charge was a major source of inspiration for the German Expressionists in the early 20th century?
Edgar Degas
Which artist studied the photography of others, but also used the camera consistently to make preliminary studies for his own work?
Gertrude Käsebier
Which artist was a leading practitioner of the pictorial style in photography who became famous for photographs with Symbolist themes?
Vermeer
Which artist was ahead of his time in understanding color science and recognizing that shadows are not colorless?
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Which artist was given the commision for a fountain in the Piazza Navona despite having failed at erecting bell towers on the facade of Saint Peter's and benefitting from Urban VIII's excessive spending?
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Which artist was responsible for creating the canonical iconography of scenes of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary?
Paul Cézanne
Which artist, known for his still lifes, bathers, and landscape paintings of Mont Sainte-Victoire, declared he wanted to "make of Impressionism something solid and enduring"?
Paris
Which city was the artistic center of the Rococo style?
Timothy O'Sullivan
Which early photographer used the new medium to produced documentary images of the immediate aftermath of Civil War battles?
Arcaded backdrop frames the composition
Which element in Napoleon Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa has the artist, Antoine-Jean Gros, adapted from Oath of the Horatii by his teacher, Jacques-Louis David?(**image shown)
Face
Which element of the portrait of Louis XIV can be securely attributed to the hand of Rigaud rather than his assistants?(**image shown)
Council of Trent
Which gathering of Catholic theologians rejected Protestant objections to using images in religious worship?
Contrasts of dark and brilliant colors in painted decor(tones were softer in reality)
Which is NOT a technique Bernard Neumann used to adapt the Rococo style to ecclesiastical interiors?
Auguste Rodin
Which leading French sculptor of the later 19th century was known for a Realist sensibility and an interest in the effect of light on sculpted surfaces?
Symbolism
Which movement included artists who express their individual spirit, rejecting the optical world of daily life in favor of fantasy and imagination, as seen in this work by Gustave Moreau?(*image shown, the apparition)
Ingres, Apotheosis of Homer
Which of the following is NOT a colorist painting, instead relying on form and line?
Background made hazy and less detailed(every detail was in exact accuracy, even shadow)
Which of the following is NOT a technique Wright used to focus attention on the scientific instrument being demonstrated in this scene?(**Image shown of A philosopher gives a lecture)
Inclusion of religious iconography
Which of the following is NOT an element of the Georges de la Tour's Adoration of the Shepherds?(**image shown)
Paintings within frames are all painted in a consistent style
Which of the following is NOT one of the illusionistic devices used by Carracci in his Loves of the God's?(**picture was shown)
Gold watch
Which of the ornamental objects in Kalf's Still Life with a Late Ming Ginger Jar would qualify the work as a vanitas painting?(**image shown)
Da Cortona, Triumph of the Barberini
Which of these works by Baroque painters does not contain a self-portrait?
Allegory of the Art of Painting
Which painting did Johannes Vermeer consider his most important, retaining it as a display piece in his studio?
Voltaire
Which philosopher believed that the betterment of humanity lay in the advancement of science and the rational improvement of society?
Nadar
Which photographer became known for creating portraits of artists such as Delacroix, Daumier, and Courbet?
Sixtus V
Which pope played a key role in funding and organizing the lengthy campaign to reestablish the Church's prominence by rebuilding Rome?
Winckelmann
Which scholar wrote Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture and established a model for the analysis of stylistic evolution in art?
Guaranty (Prudential) Building
Which structure best embodies Louis Sullivan's dictum "form follows function," expressing the relationship between the building's interior and its exterior?
Antonio Gaudi's Casa Milá
Which structure visually expresses its architect's approach, in which the building is conceived as a whole and molded as a sculptor might shape a figure from clay?
Eiffel Tower
Which structure was built for the great exhibition in Paris in 1889 and was originally seen as a symbol of modern Paris?
Art Nouveau
Which style developed out of the Arts and Crafts movement and adapted natural forms to the needs of architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts?
Symbolism
Which style of art best describes James Ensor's large-scale, multi-figure canvas Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889?(*shows image)
Post-Impressionism
Which style of art had its roots in Impressionist precepts and methods, though it was not stylistically homogeneous?
Christ with the Sick around Him
Which work demonstrates Rembrandt's mastery of both engraving and etching?
Benjamin West
Who became the official painter to King George III and was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts?
Nicolas Poussin
Who is credited with ultimately being responsible for establishing classical painting as an important component of 17th-century French art?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was named first consul of the French Republic after leading the French army on several campaigns?
Théodore Géricault
Who was the artist of the immense Romantic painting Raft of the Medusa, which took eight months to create?
Louis XIV
Who was the preeminent art patron of 17th-century France?
