ART MIDTERM

Which Humanist literary work was Ugolino and His Children by the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, based on? It shows the father biting his hands in despair as he and his sons await death by starvation.

Dante's Inferno

What is a typical hallmark (characteristic) of Manet in his treatment of the execution of Emperor Maximilian?

Dark colors and rough brushwork

Which of the following works functions as an "altarpiece" for the new civic religion of inspiring the viewer with the martyr's dedication to service?

Death of Marat

The great "Romantic dialogue" about color and form was carried on in the famous contest between which of the following artists?

Delacroix and Ingres

Which of the following is the German Expressionist school of art that Kirchner founded?

Die Brucke "The Bridge"

Complete the following sentence which describes the work of Constantin Brancusi: ____________________ is an approach to making sculpture where the actual process suggests the final form rather than using a ____________________.

Direct carving and preliminary model

What Surrealist photographer encouraged Picasso's political awareness and its manifestation in his art?

Dora Maar

Julia Margaret Cameron used a short focal length lens that allowed only a small area of sharp focus. What kind of effect would a lens like this produce?

Ethereal, dreamlike images

What is the name of the school of art that included Andre Derain and Henri Matisse?

Fauvism

In the painting Jeanne Hebuterne with Yellow Sweater, Amadeo Modigliani depicts his wife with a narrow face and blank eyes plus an emphasis on her massive hips and thighs. What focus of ancient sculpture does he mimic?

Fertility goddess

Identify the style/movement this painting belongs to.

Fin-de-siècle

Which was the most popular of Blake's imaginary characters?

Flea

In Rossetti's painting Beata Beatrix, Humanist writer Dante's entranced heroine Beatrice, looks over which city?

Florence

What is the name of the artist who represented the Romantic movement in Spain. Here is his "Third of May, 1808"?

Francisco Goya

The architects of the Houses of Parliament in London, have revived an architectural style from the past. What style, originating in France, is this?

Gothic

What important, contemporary event does this painting show pathos (sympathy) toward?

Greek War of Independance

Which of the following artists was a Berlin Dadaist?

Hannah Höch

How did El Lissitzky modify the visual language of Suprematism and create a Suprematist style of his own in his Proun series?

He introduced spatial and architectonic elements

How did the Constructivism of Rodchenko, fundamentally differ to the Suprematism of Malevich?

He rejected spiritual concerns in favor of the material world and scientific laws

What statement best describes the art making process of Jean Arp in his collages?

He relied on chance

How were the works of Toulouse-Lautrec, different from those of Edgar Degas?

He was uninterested in the backstage moments of the stage performers.

Which of the following artists represented what was called the "sublime" in eighteenth-century art?

Henry Fuseli

Who sculpted this running figure; a personification of the American Indian fleeing civilization, which was a current in American culture at the time?

Hiram Powers

What did Eakin's focus on anatomical correctness lead him to investigate?

Humans in motion using photography.

What is unusual and significant about this Romantic portrait?

It attempts to show the influence of madness on the face

What is significant about the building pictured below?

It is the first public art museum

The Waltz by Camille Claudel was a bold work for a woman artist to create. Why?

It portrays male nudity

Identify this artist.

Jacob Epstein

Who was dubbed the "Painter of the French Revolution"?

Jacques-Louis David

Which new invention in pottery do we see in these two vases?

Jasperware

___________ is sometimes described as the first modern architect.

Louis Henry Sullivan

Name the artist who painted The Lovers?

Marc Chagall

Antonio Gaudi, longed to create an architectural style that was both modern and appropriate for his native country of Spain. He took inspiration from _______________ architecture and simple, architecture from his native Catalonia.

Moorish

Neoclassicism invoked classical references of patriotism and trust in unshakable authority serving imperial agendas. Which of the following leaders embraced these aspects of Neoclassicism?

Napoleon

What is depicted in this painting by Girodet?

Native American lovers in the Louisiana wilderness

What style of architecture unites these buildings?

Neo-Palladian

Complete the following sentence: Forever Free by Edmonia Lewis, is ________________in style but _________________in theme.

Neoclassical and Realist

This genre painting by Delacroix, is part of which popular theme in the 19th century?

Orientalism

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, was inspired by which of the following artists in particular using their type of female head?

Raphael

The specific name given to the common objects, whose purpose was altered by the Dada artist Marcel Duchamp, was?

Readymades

How is John Singer Sargent's portraiture consistent with Realist painting?

Records modern people in seemingly unplanned poses.

Complete the following sentence. The building below is an interesting combination of ____________ revival and modern _____________ construction.

Renaissance and cast-iron

American architect Richardson used a tripartite elevation, rounded arches and massive stone masonry in the Marshall Field Wholesale store. What was he inspired by?

Renaissance palaces

Which of the following movements does Delacroix belong to?

Romanticism

Which of the following houses, is the first house built by Adolf Loos to portray, in its totality, his concept of Raumplan (interior, spatial organization)?

Rufer House

Muybridge was born in England but travelled to which city in the U.S. where he made his name?

San Francisco

These paintings illustrate an area of interest for artists in the 1780s? Please identify.

Shakespeare drama

The subject of Millais' Ophelia, is based on which literary work?

Shakespeare's "Hamlet"

Which statement best defines the work of Kathe Kollwitz?

She used events from the past to explore present suffering

Name one of the ways you recognize an Impressionist painting?

Small sized canvases which were often painted on the spot.

In Walking Man, Rodin depicted a headless and armless figure in mid stride. This study was made for a statue depicting ______________.

St. John the Baptist

What system did Naum Gabo invent and use in his sculpture, by which form was achieved through the description of space rather than the establishment of mass?

Stereometric system

Which of the following is executed in the Synthetic Cubist style?

Still-Life with Chair-Caning

Klimt and Schiele were artists living in Vienna, Austria. What was the name of the school of art they were part of?

The Secessionists

In The Gates of Paradise, Rodin included freestanding figures, which are casts of his most famous sculptures. One of these is The Three Shades. What is the other?

The Thinker

What does the scythe tool symbolize in Veteran in a New Field, by Winslow Homer?

The deaths of soldiers.

Which of the following statements best applies to Burial at Ornans, by Courbet?

The first genre scene painted in over life-size scale

What characters from Greek mythology are depicted in this relief sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen?

The muses

What does William Leibl highlight about the women in Three Women in a Village Church?

The natural virtues of the women.

Which of the following statements best applies to Olympia, by Manet?

The nude is loosely based on a depiction of Venus.

What is significant about Matisse's cut-out works?

They were a reconnection with his family trade of weaving.

What is significant about Antonio Canova's sculpture of George Washington?

This was the only sculpture he created for the United States

Starting around 1800, a group of David's students moved away from Neoclassicism and depicted retrospective scenes from the Middle Ages. What was the name of the style they founded?

Troubadour style

Napoleon's favorite sculptor, Antonio Canova, was commissioned to sculpt Napoleon's sister, Pauline Borghese. Which mythological character does he represent her as?

Venus

The Fate of the Animals was almost a premonition of which historical event?

World War I

Paula Modersohn-Becker was a pioneer of modern art in Europe and the first woman to paint_______________________.

a full-length nude self-portrait.

Define what the term "school" refers to in the study of art history.

a group of artists working in the same style at the same time & place

What is perspective?

a pictorial device used to create an illusion of depth or space on a 2D surface

La Madeleine in Paris was intended for which of the following purposes?

a temple of glory for Napoleon's armies

When we discuss the subject matter of an artwork, what subject is meant by the term "still life"?

an arrangement of unmoving/inanimate objects

Complete the following sentence: Rosa Bonheur, was the first woman to be_________________.

awarded the Grand Cross of the French Legion of Honor.

Which of the following is one of the five elements of design?

color

What is the name of a color scheme based on hues from opposite sides of the color wheel model?

complementary

What was a theme relevant to Suprematist painting in the early years of World War I

dance and desire

Albrecht Durer uses personification in his work "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse". Identify the four horsemen.

death, famine, war & pestilence

In its careful observation and scientific knowledge, Thomas Eakin's The Gross Clinic, is consistent with the dominance of _____________in the latter half of the 19th century.

empiricism

When we discuss the subject matter of an artwork, what subject is meant by the term "genre"?

everyday/ daily life

Name one of the devices that artists use to create perspective in a painting or drawing?

foreshortening

What distinguishes freestanding sculpture from relief sculpture?

it can be viewed from all angles and walked around

What is the term for this type of architectural drawing? DRAWING PIC http://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/medieval-architecture/images/ms/large/ma_ms_beauvais_plan_12.gif

lateral section

What recently invented medium did Honore Daumier use in this work?

lithograph

This series of 50 etchings are among the very first documents to show the full horror of modern warfare. What recent Prussian invention was used in WWI, the effects of which are graphically detailed in these prints?

mustard gas

This sculpture reflects the intellectual concerns of artists and scholars during the Enlightenment era, when interest in the sciences occurred. Which particular science was this artist concerned with?

physiognomy

What is the term for this type of architectural drawing? DRAWING PIC https://i.pinimg.com/originals/87/4e/c1/874ec115e555a74a47c0510893846808.jpg

plan

Géricault's Raft of the Medusa represents which of the following?

the aftermath of a nineteenth-century French shipwreck and was considered an attack on government ineptitud

François Rude's sculpture La Marseillaise for the Arc de Triomphe represents which of the following moments in French history?

the birth of individual freedoms in the country

In visual art or design, what is meant by the term "value"?

the degree of lightness & darkness

In establishing the chronology of artwork, what is internal evidence?

the depiction of an identifiable person, hairstyle, clothing or furniture of a certain time

In discussing works of art, what is meant by "personal style"?

the distinctive manner in which the artist handles the medium & the 5 elements of design

Timothy O'Sullivan's photography aimed to impress on people _____________________.

the high cost of war

What is meant by the term "saturation"?

the level of brightness and dullness

What is the name of the new photographic technology which could record finer detail and a wider range of light and shadow, and was an improvement on calotype photography?

wet-plate

Muybridge used a __________ to project his sequence of images onto a screen.

zoopraxiscope

Vladimir Tatlin's tower was an avant-garde design created for what purpose?

A Soviet government building

What was Manet's intention with his composition in Le Dejeuner sur L'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass)?

A critique of the entire history of painting.

What school of art was Millet a member of which specialized in scenes of French country life?

Barbizon School

Name the architectural style, originating in Paris, which was most popular in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It incorporated classical principles and extensive exterior, ornamental decoration.

Beaux-Arts

Identify this iconic American bridge.

Brooklyn bridge

Who was the most influential artist of the late 19th century? He wanted to stun Paris with an apple and innovated the double outline for his forms.

Cezanne

Which of the following statements about Dada is true?

Dada had no fixed ideas