Art History: Unit 4 test

Which of David's paintings represent the murder of one of the Jacobin leaders?

Death of Marat

This nineeteenth-century painting is an excellent example of the use of color theory. The artist used adjacent dots and dashes of different hues that appear to blend and form new hues when viewed from a distance.Which painting is it?

Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

What can we conclude about Leonardo da Vinci from his anatomical drawings?

He had sharp observational skills and wanted his art to resemble real life as closely as possible.

This scientist discovered that when light passes through a prism it splits into the seven colors that we now know to be the colors of the rainbow.Who is this scientist?

Isaac Newton

Which statement about printing is false?

It increased the value of original works of art.

Which statement describes the revolution that the invention of the printing press brought to visual culture?

It made art more accessible to middle and lower classes.

The invention of the printing press aided in the creation of art prints. How did this development affect the art market?

It made art more affordable.

Baroque art emerged in the late sixteenth century. How did this artistic style differ from that of Reformation art?

It was ornamental and complex.

Which statement best describes the principle of the camera obscura?

Light passing through a hole in the wall of a completely darkened room forms an inverted image of the outside object on the opposite wall.

What does David's painting Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries represent?

Napoloeon as a powerful military leader and statesman

In Piet Mondrian's abstract painting Broadway Boogie-Woogie, what inspired the artist to paint yellow lines?

New York city's cabs

Which of David's paintings conveyed a call to revolutionary action?

Oath of Horatii

Which Baroque artist from a Protestant country did NOT produce work for the Catholic Church?

Rembrandt van Rijn

Expressionists alter the shape of forms, and they use color as an independent expressive element. Which of these artists was part of the expressionist movement?

Vincent van Gogh

What was typical of Baroque art?

a dark background with light focusing on the subjects

What does Versailles symbolize?

absolutism

Caravaggio's chiaroscuro technique inspired many painters of his generation. What was this technique?

dramatic use of light and shadow

In his painting The Scream, Edvard Munch conveyed a feeling of anxiety by showing the main figure caught in a strange and vast open space. He used strong colors in rhythmic, wavy lines to emphasize the feelings of loneliness and sadness. Which art movement does this painting represent?

expressionism

Which artists apply colors in small brush strokes, making their paintings lively depictions when seen from a distance?

impressionists

What is Johannes Gutenberg famous for?

inventing the printing press

Which printmaking technique was commonly used to translate oil paintings to printed form?

mezzotint

Which is NOT a characteristic of Baroque architecture?

small, simple buildings

The Protestant condemnation of religious art resulted in iconoclasm across Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. What is iconoclasm?

the destruction of religious images and icons

Catholic artists were encouraged to create religious art, while Protestant artists focused on secular subjects. Who commissioned Protestant artists?

the wealthy

What are relief prints generally made from?

woodcuts