AHIST 1401
The Realist painter who most often shocked the Salon was:
Courbet
Who is considered to be the inventor of modern Photography
Daguerre
All of the following were artists of the Northern Renaissance EXCEPT
Donato Bramante
The Gross Clinic is an American example of which artistic style?
Realism
The Salon was an art exhibit sponsored by the
Royal Academy
The dramatically illuminated use of light and dark sections in paintings by Caravaggio and his followers, the Caravaggisti, is known as:
Tenebrism
An arched roof or ceiling
vault
The French artist Henri Matisse is associated with the style of painting called:
Fauvism
The earliest images of Jesus Christ in art depict him as a:
a. philosopher
The Middle Ages (or Medieval period) began with the end of the:
b. Roman Empire
Representational and abstract are the two basic types of:
style
Representational and abstract are two overall types of
style
To help make divine concepts accessible, Northern artists used:
symbolism
In many early societies, art was used for __________ purposes since many people were illiterate
teaching
_____________ was a wealthy American who painted with the French Impressionists.
Cassatt
Which earlier artist was most influential to Fauvism and Cubism?
Cezanne
The use of strong contrast of light and dark within a painting is known as:
Chiaroscuro
Fractured, simultaneous views of an object are commonly found in:
Cubism
Which Italian Renaissance artist was best known for uniting the real and the spiritual?
Da Vinci
The three main architectural styles in ancient Greece were the _________ , Ionic and Corinthian.
Doric
The _________________ was a mid-18th century movement that focused on reason.
Enlightenment
The _________________ was a mid-18thcentury movement that focused on reason
Enlightenment
Art which distorts reality through exaggeration, vigorous and visible brushwork and strong color, in order to express an artist's ideas or emotions is known as:
Expressionism
The Rococo style began in___________, at the end of the reign of Louis XIV.
France
The period of Classical Antiquity generally refers to ancient
Greece and Rome
A diverse population led to a greater range of subject matter in which period of Greek history?
Hellenistic
Which of the following is not a visual characteristic of Neoclassicism?
Highly charged emotions.
Elongated pictorial formats, asymmetrical compositions, and aerial perspective were stylistic techniques the Impressionists learned from:
Japanese prints
The Impressionists learned many visual stylistic techniques from
Japanese prints
"Everyone is an artist" was a belief of the performance artist:
Joseph Beuys
Artificiality and elegance are key characteristics of which of the following styles?
Mannerism
The statue of Memi and Sabu was from this period of Egyptian history
Old Kingdom
The contemporary movement that sought to remove all trace of the artist's authorship was:
Conceptual Art
The contemporary movement that sought to remove all trace of the artist's authorship was:
Conceptual Art
The Dada style originated primarily as a reaction to
World War I
According to the standards of the Royal Academy ____________ painting was the most noble.
history
Greek sculptures of their gods in realistic human form is an example of
humanism
The central space in a Christian church
nave
The artists of the Northern Renaissance preferred ________________ as their medium
oil paint
History, mythology, portrait and landscape are all examples of ______ of art
genres
In contrast to Baroque art, Rococo paintings show a life of romance and ________ .
leisure
Which element of art creates shape and defines space
line
Which formal element of art creates outline and defines space?
line
Jacques-Louis David's technique and style is best described as ____________ .
linear
Oil paint, marble, bronze and fresco are examples of artistic
medium
The material a work of art is made of is referred to as its:
medium
Entrance foyer of a church
narthex
Renaissance art displayed a new interest in:
naturalism
The method for creating a convincing illusion of space on a flat surface is called:
perspective
A painting consisting of three panels is known as a
triptych
The _____________ style of Roman portrait sculpture often showed all the wrinkles and imperfections of the subject.
veristic
An aisle in the apse behind the altar to allow for the movement of pilgrims
ambultatory
In a Christian basilica, the east end where the altar is housed is known as an
apse
Semi-circular extension at the end of the nave, holds the altar
apse
Spontaneity and improvisation were valued highly in:
Abstract Expressionism
A nonsensical style created in the aftermath of World War I was
Dada
__________ made paintings and prints that condemned the Napoleonic occupation of Spain.
Francisco Goya
The Athenian statesman responsible for the rebuilding of the Athenian Acropolis (including the Parthenon) was:
Perikles
He coined the term Dark Ages to mark the loss of classical learning
Petrarch
The sculptor best known for creating a set of ideal human proportions to be used in sculptures of the body was:
Polykleitos
Which contemporary style originated in post-World War II Great Britain?
PopArt
The period term "Renaissance" originated from a French word meaning:
Rebirth
The architectural element most commonly associated with the Romanesque style is the:
b. rounded arch
Jackson Pollock is best known for _____________ abstraction.
gestural
In many early societies art was used for teaching purposes since many people were:
illiterate
The method for creating a convincing illusion of space on a flat surface is called
perspective
The Daguerreotype was a single __________ image on a silver-plated sheet of copper, developed in mercury fumes.
photographic
A fresco is a painting on:
plaster
The majority of Roman painting that has survived can be found as decoration in:
private homes
This was the most precious color in Roman wall painting
purple
As a part of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Council of Trent was significant because it
reaffirmed the use of religious art
The Renaissance practice of using scientific tools to make art more naturalistic is known as
scientific naturalism
Iconoclast means _
someone who destroys what is conventional
Perspective and foreshortening are ways that artists convey:
space
__________ is the surface quality, or feel, of a work of art
texture
William Hogarth's print series' "A Harlot's Progress," "A Rake's Progress," and "Marriage a la Mode" were marketed to:
the middle class
Constructive postmodernism concerns itself with
the revision of modernism
Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque collaborated
to create the Cubist style
Small wings extended from the nave
transept
All of the following were artists of the Northern Renaissance EXCEPT:
triptych
The general period of rebirth and revival of the arts and learning in Europe was known as
Renaissance
The Neoclassical style can be seen as a reaction against which artistic style?
Rococo
Which of the following is NOT a modern art style
Rococo
All of the following were artists of the Italian Renaissance EXCEPT:
Rogier van der Weyden
Arch of Constantine is a ___________________ monument
Roman
An artist who is avant-garde is NOT
a follower
Originally a Roman public building, the ________________ became a popular form for the Early Christian church
basilica
How did the emperor Constantine visually justify his power on his triumphal arch?
by reusing reliefs of earlier emperors
During the Middle Ages the interiors of churches were most commonly decorated with:
c. mosaics
The architectural element most commonly associated with the Gothic style is the:
c. pointed arch
This son-in-law of Augustus built the Pantheon.
Agrippa
The preferred medium for Greek sculptures was:
bronze
Which dramatic style followed the Renaissance
Baroque
Which author was influential in the development of Realism?
Charles Baudelaire
Which if the following painters believed if they could not see something, they could not paint it?
Courbet
Collage became a popular technique for artists beginning with:
Cubism
Pointed arches and flying buttresses were defining architectural elements of which style
Gothic
"Man is the measure of all things" is a key belief of:
Humanism
Which of the following painters is considered a transitional figure who worked in both the Neoclassic and Romantic style?
Ingres
The three main architectural styles in ancient Greece were the Doric , ____ and Corinthian
Ionic
Toulouse-Lautrec looked to this country's theatre for inspiration
Japan
Both Pop Art and __________________ can be described as reactions against Abstract Expressionism.
Minimalism
Sculpture was the main form of:
Minimalism
The style most closely associated with the French Revolution was
Neoclassicism
Who invented the heliograph, a light-sensitive surface process, using asphalt, which is considered the earliest form of permanent photography?
Nicéphore Niépce
The Abstract Expressionists were most directly influenced by:
Surrealism
Automatism was the main process for the creation of ______________ art.
Surrealist
In general, Expressionism uses which of the following to convey meaning?
The formal elements
The Dada movement had its beginning in the city of ____________ .
Zurich
As practiced in ancient Greece and Rome, Humanism is best defined as:
a respect for human accomplishments
Impressionist paintings focused on ______________ conditions.
atmospheric
History, mythology, portrait and landscape are examples of ___________ of art.
genres
Christian churches were oriented so that the apse was to the:
c. east
The primary patron of art in the Middle Ages was
c. the church
The area around the altar, reserved for clergy
choir
The ______________ style of Roman portrait sculpture allowed emperors to link their rule previous emperors.
classicizing
A row of windows near the top of the nave
clerestory
The biography and intentions of the artist, as well as political and/or economic concerns are examples of the ___________ of a work of art.
context
The weight shift seen in the David sculptures of Donatello and Michelangelo is known as:
contrapposto
Area where the nave and transept intersect
crossing
The type of building adapted for use by the early Christian church was the:
d. basilica
Romanticism can be described as being more ____________ than Neoclassicism
emotional
is a way of representing an object so that it conveys an illusion of depth
foreshortening
In discussing art, ________ refers to how the object is made.
form
What separated Cezanne from the Impressionists was his focus on _______ over color.
form
