French Ch 1 Vocab
Like Delacroix's Liberty leading the People, Daumier's subject is
A civil conflict between ordinary French citizens and French soldiers
Which of the following best describes Manet's relationship to his urban subjects?
A flaneur, or detached observer.
Manet looked to popular illustrations of the Execution of Maximilian for
A low-key style of impersonally recording the "facts" of the event
Which of the following can 19th century Realism be associated with?
ALL of these can be associated with Realism
Golding Constable Kitchens Garden is typical of Constable's style because it
All of these are typical of his style
Manet's Execution of Emperor Maximilian is Realist because
All of these reasons
Delacroix in death of Sardanapalus and Gericault in Raft of the Medusa both
All of these were done by both the artists
Thomas Carlyle, one of the men standing by the railing in Brown's work was
An influential thinker critical of the cash nexus for destroying the social bonds that held the different classes together
Stylistically, impressionist painters were attempting to:
Capture a fleeting moment
In his paintings, Paul Cezanne attempted to:
Explore the fundamental form of objects, including weight, mass and surface
The woman in Liberty leading the people is wearing a Phrygian cap. This identifies her as a
Freed slave
Delacroix carved his name into the wood of the barricade in Liberty Leading the People to indicate
He shared the feelings and spirit of the revolutionaries
The "sketchiness" of Manet's style-its abbreviated rather than detailed brushwork--conveyed
Honesty in comparison to artists who manipulate and revise
The impressionist movement got its name from the painting:
Impression: Sunrise by Claude Monet
Manet's Dejeuner Sur l'herbe was rejected by the salon because
It was too recognizable as prostitutes and dandies in a Paris park
Which of these is NOT typical of Daumier's style in Rue Transonain
Melodramatic, exaggerated contrasts between heroes and villans
The raft of the medusa can be identified with romanticism because it
None of these identify the work with romanticism
Painting "en plein air" means painting:
Outdoors
Characteristics of realism include
Painting only real life and existing things
Based on style, match the unidentified slide with the appropriate artist:
Paul Cezanne
Manet's Old Musician features
People uprooted from their place in the city
Delacroix's Death of Sardanapalus and Ingres' harem paintings both
Refer to the power of absolute rulers.
Japonisme/Japonaiserie
Refers to the imitation of Japanese art by European and American artists.
Which of the following statements is NOT true? The content or subject matter of impressionist paintings involved:
Scenes from the french revolution
Friedrichs Monk by the sea
Shows the artists nationalist response to Napoleons conquest of Prussia.
Olympia differs from traditional nudes by artists such as Titan because
Stark contrasts between lights and darken flatten her body, instead of gradually blending flesh tones into smoothly rounded forms.
The development of impressionism is largely due to
The rapid industrialization of France
In Brown's Work the artist portrays
The various classes and worked in Contemporary London
The arist composed the Raft of the Medusa so that
There is a progress from death and despair to common struggle and hope
Which of the following is NOT true? Impressionist paintings are characterized by:
Very emotional scenes
Which of the following did the impressionists NOT depict:
War scenes
Three characteristics of a sketch are
abbreviation, speed, and spontaneity.
Constable's art
depicts the industrialized English countryside in a state of tranquility
William Holman Hunts painting
shows belief in the potential for individuals to reform
The artist composed the Raft of the Medusa so that
there is a progress from death and despair to common struggle and hope
The raft of medusa depicts a
tragic shipwreck that could be blamed on the French royal government
The Pre-Raphaelites
wanted to return to a sincere style of art freed from academic convention