Art History 2 quiz 12
What was Mary Cassatt's first introduction to Japanese art?
An exhibition of ukiyo-e prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1890
Which of the following served as the visual source material for Henry Hobson Richardson's Marshall Field Wholesale Store?
Palazzo Medici
Which event does Auguste Rodin's Burghers of Calais commemorate?
A local event from 1347 that occurred during the Hundred Years' War
The cypress tree in Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night represents which of the following?
Death and Eternal Life
Japonisme artists and architects drew particular inspiration from nature, especially from vines, snakes, flowers, and winged insects, whose delicate and sinuous forms were consistent with the graceful and attenuated aesthetic principles of the movement.
False
The Symbolists rejected the realms of emotion, imagination, and spirituality, and instead placed value on rationalism and material progress in modern Western culture.
False
Which of the following is the thick application of paint, like that seen in the work of Vincent van Gogh?
Impasto
Claude Monet's Rouen Cathedral was not as an expression of personal religious conviction, but a continuation of his Impressionist pursuit of capturing the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere.
True
Georges Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is the result of only using eleven colors and three tones.
True
Which of the following terms describes the Impressionist practice of painting outdoors so artists could have direct access to the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere?
plein air
