AHIST 1401 Exam

Which if the following painters believed if they could not see something, they could not paint it?

Courbet

Area where the nave and transept intersect

Crossing

Romanticism can be described as being more ____________ than Neoclassicism

Emotional

Which of the following painters worked in both the Neoclassic and Romantic style?

Ingres

The majority of Roman painting that has survived can be found as decoration in:

Private homes

The Gross Clinic is an American example of which artistic style?

Realism

Perspective and foreshortening are ways that artists convey

Space

Representational and abstract are the two basic types of:

Style

__________ is the surface quality, or feel, of a work of art

Texture

Christian churches were oriented so that the apse was to the:

east

The preferred medium for Greek Sculptures

Bronze

The abstract expressionist were most influenced by

surrealist

How did the emperor Constantine visually justify his power on his triumphal arch?

By using reliefs of previous emperors

Which earlier artist was most influential to Fauvism and Cubism?

Cezeanne

David's Death of Marat uses _________ imagery to memorialize the murdered publisher.

Christian

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 three main architectural styles in ancient Greece were the _________ , Ionic and Corinthian.

Doric

The Rococo style began in___________, at the end of the reign of Louis XIV.

France

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

According to the standards of the Royal Academy ____________ painting was the most noble

History

"Man is the measure of all things" is a key belief of:

Humanism

Elongated pictorial formats, asymmetrical compositions, and aerial perspective were stylistic techniques the Impressionists learned from:

Japanese Print

Everyone is an artist is an idea of performance artist

Joseph bueys

The Oath of the Horatii by David was made under a commission from the

King of France

Which formal element of art creates outline and defines space?

Line

The Realist painter who most often shocked the Salon was:

Manet

Artificiality and elegance are key characteristics of which of the following styles?

Mannerism

The ______________ style of Roman portrait sculpture allowed emperors to link their rule previous emperors.

Classizing

The mid-fifth century B.C. is referred to as the ________of Greece.

Golden Age

The term medium refers to what a work of art:

is made of

In contrast to Baroque art, Rococo paintings show a life of romance and

leisure

The central space in a Christian church

nave

In discussing art, ________ refers to how the object is made.

form

Jason Pollock is best known for blank abstract

gestural

The material a work of art is made of is referred to as its

medium

Both Pop art and blank can be said as reactions against abstract

minimalism

Entrance foyer of a church

narthex

Artists use _________ to convey depth and space.

perspective

An arched roof or ceiling

vault

Style can generally be defined as either representational or

abstract

Spontainiety and Improvisiation is an idea of what art form

abstract expressionsim

An aisle in a church apse behind the altar to allow for the movement of pilgrims is called a:

ambulatory

An aisle in the apse behind the altar to allow for the movement of

Ambulatory

John Singleton Copley was the most skilled of painters in:

America

Which Italian Renaissance artist was best known for uniting the real and the spiritual?

Da Vinci

Who is considered to be the inventor of modern Photography?

Daguerre

All of the following were artists of the Northern Renaissance EXCEPT:

Donato Bramante

__________ made paintings and prints that condemned the Napoleonic occupation of Spain.

Francisco Goya

A painting on plaster is known as a:

Fresco

The Athenian statesman responsible for the rebuilding of the Athenian Acropolis (including the Parthenon) was:

Pericles

The method for creating a convincing illusion of space on a flat surface is called

Perspective

The earliest images of Jesus Christ in art depict him as a:

Philosopher

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 sculptor best known for creating a set of ideal human proportions to be used in sculptures of the body was:

Polykleitos

The period term "Renaissance" originated from a French word meaning:

Rebirth

Which contemporary art style originated after World War 2

pop art

As a part of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Council of Trent was significant because it

reaffirmed the use of religious art

The use of scientific tools to make art more naturalistic is known as

scientific naturalism

The primary patron of art in the Middle Ages was

the church

The architectural element most commonly associated with the Gothic style is the:

the pointed arches

The architectural element most commonly associated with the Romanesque style is the:

the rounded arch

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque collaborated

to create the cubist style

Small wings extended from the nave

transept

A painting consisting of three panels is known as a:

triptych

The Dada style originated primarily as a reaction to

world war 1

In general, Expressionism uses which of the following to convey meaning?

Religious themes or formal elements

The Neoclassical style can be seen as a reaction against which artistic style?

Rocco

All of the following were artists of the Italian Renaissance EXCEPT:

Rogier van der Weyden

The Middle Ages (or Medieval period) began with the end of the:

Roman Empire

The degree of lightness or darkness of a color is known as its:

Value

The _____________ style of Roman portrait sculpture often showed all the wrinkles and imperfections of the subject.

Veristic

Ingres' technique and style is best described as

Linear

Fractured, simultaneous views of an object are commonly found in:

Cubism

Semi-circular extension at the end of the nave, holds the altar

Apse

The type of building adapted for use by the early Christian church was the:

Basilica

_____________ was a wealthy American who painted with the French Impressionists

Cassatt

Which author was influential in the development of Realism?

Charles Baudelaire

History, mythology, portrait and landscape are examples of ___________ of art.

Genres

In many early societies art was used for teaching purposes since many people were:

Illiterate

During the Middle Ages the interiors of churches were most commonly decorated with:

Mosaics

Renaissance art displayed a new interest in:

Naturalism

The central space in a Christian church is known as the:

Nave

The artists of the Northern Renaissance preferred ________________ as their medium.

Oil Paint

All of the following are Imperial Roman monuments, EXCEPT:

Parthenon

Automatism was the main process for the creation of ______________ art.

Surrealist

To help make divine concepts accessible, Northern artists used:

Symbolism

The _________________ was a mid-18th century movement that focused on reason.

The Enlightenment

The Salon was an art exhibit sponsored by the:

The Royal Academy

The two types of Roman portrait sculpture are_______ and classicizing.

Verstic

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

The area around the altar, reserved for clergy

choir or chancel

A row of windows near the top of the nave

clerestory

The contemporary movement that sought to erase all signs of artist's ownership is

conceptual art

The weight shift seen in the David sculptures of Donatello and Michelangelo is known as:

contrapposto

Collage became a popular technique for artists beginning with:

cubism

Which characteristic of Bernini's David is most characteristically Baroque?

dynamic movement

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 French artist Henri Matisse is associated with the style of painting called:

fauvism

What separated Cezanne from the Impressionists was his focus on _______ over color

form