Art History Final

A painting of inanimate objects such as flowers and fruit is referred to as what?

A still life

Which Baroque artist was known for "classical" landscape settings that take precedence over the narrative of the painting?

Annibale Carracci

Who is the artist of this painting?

Artemesia Gentileschi

Who was the most renowned female painter of the 17th century?

Artemisia Gentileschi

What tool do art historians believe Vermeer used to aid in his virtuoso depiction of light?

Camera obscura

Jose de Ribera brought the style of which art to Spain?

Caravaggio

Which artist was criticized for the "imitation of the common and vulgar things" for destroying "the authority of antiquity"

Caravaggio

Which early patron of Caravaggio gave the artists a steady income in exchange for a selection of his paintings?

Cardinal Del Monte

For which building did Guido Reni paint Aurora?

Casino Rospigliosi

Which European artist created this Romantic transcendental landscape painting?

Casper David Friedrich

Which element in Houdon's marble statue of George Washington is a Roman emblem of authority?

Column of thirteen rods (fasces)

The Roman Catholic response to the Reformation was formulated at which gathering?

Council of Trent

The artist whose work best spoke for the French Revolution was which of the following?

Jacques-Louis David

Who was one of the first Romantic artists to depict the dark terrain of the subconscious?

John Henry Fuseli

Which artist painted a series of still lifes that he describes as "offerings to the Virgin," probably a reference to Mary as the source of spiritual food for the faithful?

Juan Sanchez Cotan

Which painter was responsible for establishing still life as an important genre of painting in the 17th-century Spain?

Juan Sanchez Cotan

Sargent's technique of applying paint to layers reflects the influence on him of which earlier work?

Les Meninas

Jean-Antoine Houdon and Horatio Greenough created Neoclassical artworks in which medium?

Marble sculpture

The naturalism and compelling drama of Caravaggio make their appearance in which work highlighting martyrdom by Jose de Ribera?

Martyrdom of Saint Philip

In the Protestant Dutch Republic, art was mainly commissioned by which group?

Merchant Patrons

Which painter developed the drama and majesty offered by the height and scale of a ceiling fresco to glorify the Barberini family in the Triumph of the Barberini?

Pietro da Cortona

Which leader embraces Neoclassicism because of its associations with virtues such as morality, idealism, and patriotism?

Thomas Jefferson

In the Triumph of the Barberini by Pietro da Cortona, the papal tiara and keys are meant to announce the accomplishments of which pope?

Urban VIII

John Singer Sargent's The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit reveals his admiration for which earlier artist?

Valazqeuz

Amid their new economic prosperity, which artistic subject became especially popular among the Dutch middle class?

still lifes

Who was the leading figure of the Realist movement in art?

Courbet

Which work did Jacques-Louis David paint to provide inspiration and encouragement to French revolutionary forces?

Death of Marat

What was the original title of Edward Munch's powerfully emotional The Scream?

Despair

Who is the painter of the Rococo work The Swing

Frangonard

Who was the leading portrait painter in Haarlem and is known for his lively, relaxed group portraits?

Frans Hals

Which artist was a leader in the french Realist movement of the 19th century?

Gustave Courbet

Georges Seurat's painting technique relying on an optical effect involving spots of color is referred to by what term?

Pointillism

The aim of much Italian Baroque art was to restore the predominance of which group?

Roman Catholic Church

Bernini's statue of David differs from his predecessors by showing David in what moment?

in the heat of combat

What art historical term describes Monet's practice of painting his works outdoors?

En plein air

Which movement was a major impetus for political, social, and economic change in the 18th century?

Enlightenment

The Baroque element of Bernini's sculpture art is most evident in which aspect of his David?

Face

The painting genre created by Antoine Watteau in which the amusements and entertainments of the upper classes are depicted is referred to by what term?

Fete galante

Art historians believe that the American artist Thomas Easkins modeled the The Gross Clinic on what?

Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

A gathering of wealthy socialites in the first half of the 18th century in France would most likely take place in a room decorated in which style?

Rococo

Which artist explored the possibilities of bold colors and distorted forms, creating a textile effect with energetic and thick brushstrokes?

Vincent van Gogh

Which two Italian masters are the clearest influences on Ruben's Elevation of the Cross?

Michelangelo and Caravaggio

What earlier work does Caravaggio invoke in the hand gesture of Christ in Calling of Saint Matthew?

Michelangelo, Creation of Adam

Which artist first made it his artistic practice to omit the preliminary sketch and use premixed pigments?

Monet

In which work does van Gogh say that he is trying to "express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green"?

Night Cafe

What was the setting of Pietro da Cartona's Triumph of the Barberini?

Palazzo Barberini

Delacroix's allegorical painting of Liberty Leading the People refers to an uprising that took place in what city?

Paris

What type of painting did Frans Hals create in the Archers of Saint Hadrian?

Portrait

Which Netherlandish artist is known to have created more than 70 self portraits?

Rembrandt

Which Netherlandish painter's use of light to reveal subtleties of mood and character had a great influence on the later genres of film and photography?

Rembrandt

Described as awe mixed with terror, the notion of the sublime had a role in which intellectual movement?

Romanticism

Salon jurors regarded Courbet's depiction of the rural poor in The Stone Breakers as what?

Socialistic

The use of dark settings in Caravaggio's painting is refered to by what art historical term?

Tenebrism

The results of the Spanish resistance to the invasion of their country by Napoleon's forces are highlighted in which painting by Goya?

Third of May, 1808

What do art historians call still-life compositions that contain at least one memento mori?

Vanitas paintings

Which of the following ideas was Vincent van Gogh trying to communicate in his Starry Night?

Vastness of the universe

Which Dutch artist made the subject of much of his art the interiors of Dutch middle-class dwellings?

Vermeer

What did Courbet employ in the The Stone Breakers to convey the dismal nature of manual labor?

a palette of dirty browns and grays