Art History Unit 6

Bohemian

19th Century term to describe nontraditional lifestyles, like artists, writers and actors.

Martyr

A person who was killed for their beliefs.

Apprentice

A person who works for another in order to learn a trade

Who does David's painting The Death of Marat depict?

A political martyr to the cause of the French revolution

Pointillism

A school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye (Seurat)

Which of the following are characteristics of Impressionistic painting? (Choose all that apply.)

Abbreviated subjects, quick visible brushstrokes, spontaneity

Which of the following words describes an artist who specializes in depicting animals?

Animalier

Salon

Annual art exhibition of artists that submitted their work to be judged.

Most important sculptor of Neoclassical School

Antonio Canova

Which of the following words means a person who gains knowledge and experience in a particular art or trade by working with a more experienced artist?

Apprentice

Which of the following can be seen in the painting Beata Beatrix? (Choose all that apply.)

Bird, white poppy, sundial

Which of the following artists painted the work Ploughing In the Nivernais Region?

Bonheur

Which of the following artists painted the work Mont Sainte-Victoire?

Cezanne

Which of the following artists would be considered Post-Impressionists? (Choose all that apply.)

Cezanne, Gaugin, Seurat

The important figure of Napoleon's mother is missing from the painting because she had argued with the painter David and he chose not to represent her in the work.

False

The painting A Bar At the Folies-Bergère depicts a large entertainment hall that was reserved only for the wealthy and the upper classes.

False

The painting Boulevarde Montmartre on a Winter Morning is special because it is the only time this view was painted by Pissarro.

False

The period of Neoclassicism occurred during a time of great peace and prosperity in Europe.

False

Which of the following can be seen in the painting Ploughing in the Nivernais Region? (Choose all that apply.)

Farmland, men, cattle

How are the women shown in the painting related to the Horatii and Curatii brothers? (Choose all that apply.)

Fiance of a Curatii and sister of a Horatii, Sister of Curatii and wife of Huratii.

Which of the following artists painted the work Abbey in an Oak Forest?

Friedrich

The painting Ophelia depicts a character from which Shakespeare play?

Hamlet

How Napoleon's desire to align himself with the Roman emperors affected Classical ideas and styles

He preferred classical styles

Which of the following describes the subject of the painting The Coronation of Napoleon in the Cathedral of Notre Dame? (Choose all that apply.)

Historical Event and Narrative

Which of the following artists painted Portrait of Louis-François Bertin?

Ingres

Why did Courbet's painting Burial At Ornans cause a fuss with critics and the public?

It is extremely large, but only shows a peasant's funeral

Most important Neoclassical artist

Jacques-Louis David

Which of the following were founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood? (Choose all that apply.)

John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

How did the Impressionist movement in art get its name?

Made fun of Impression: Sunrise by Monet

Which of the following artists painted the work A Bar At the Folies-Bergère?

Manet

What is the word describing a person who is killed for his or her beliefs?

Martyr

Which of the following artists painted the work Ophelia?

Millais

Which of the following artists painted The Gleaners?

Millet

Which artist painted the work Impression: Sunrise?

Monet

Period of Turmoil during Neoclassicism Period

Napoleon had dissolved the HRE and was conquering countries

Where did the Impressionist movement begin?

Paris

Which of the following artists organized many of the Impressionist exhibitions and was the rallying spirit behind the group?

Pisarro

Which of the following techniques is represented by Seurat's painting Study for 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte'?

Pointillism

How Romanticism movement started

Reaction to Neoclassical

Which movement was Impressionism a reaction against?

Realism

Which of the following artists painted the work Ball At the Moulin de la Galette?

Renoir

Which of the following artists painted the work Beata Beatrix?

Rossetti

Which of the following best describes an annual exhibition of artworks that are selected by a jury before being publicly displayed?

Salon

Romanticism

Started 18th-19th centuries -- to affect the emotions, not intellect like Neoclassic art

Which of the following can be seen in the work Gere St.-Lazare? (Choose all that apply.)

Steam, Train

What is the action being depicted in the painting The Oath of the Horatii?

The Horatii brothers receiving swords from their father in preparation of battle with the Curatii brothers

Describe artwork of Jacques Louis David

Themes of heroic patriotism and noble self-sacrifice present. Appeals to viewer's intellect, and not just emotions.

Which of the following can be seen in the painting Abbey in an Oak Forest? (Choose all that apply.)

Tombstones and Monks

As well as being in the Neoclassical style, many of the works of Jacques-Louis David include commentaries on contemporary events in France.

True

In reality, Napoleon would have ridden a mule rather than the heroic horse he is shown atop in the painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps at the St.-Bernard Pass.

True

In the painting Abbey in an Oak Forest, the depiction of the scene in winter represents that all things come to an end and we all will die someday.

True

The Tomb of Maria Christina of Austria by Canova is designed to make the viewer think of humanity's progress toward death, rather than about the monarch for whom it was built.

True

The group called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood wanted to reform art by rejecting High Renaissance ideas and reverting back to the styles of the Medieval and Early Renaissance artists.

True

The man depicted in Portrait of Louis-François Bertin is a self-made man, one who is not born to wealth but has worked for it.

True

The painting Ball At the Moulin de la Galette depicts Montmartre, a place for mainly the middle classes.

True

The painting Beata Beatrix was inspired by Dante Alighieri's poem La Vita Nuova.

True

The painting The Family of Charles IV shows Goya's genius at depicting not only realistic likenesses, but also the minds and personalities of the subjects.

True

In the painting The Death of Marat, what object symbolically acts as a halo?

Turban

Types of subjects realists depict

Ugly, real, everyday life

Which of the following painters was born in the Netherlands and suffered recurring bouts of mental illness?

Van Gogh

Which of the following was painter Rosa Bonheur famous for?

Wearing pants

Which of the following people did Rossetti memorialize in the work Beata Beatrix?

Wife

Abstraction

art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures.

Stigmata

marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ

Sublime

of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe -- romantic art

Neoclassicism

the revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music. 1775-1815

Realist

writer or artist who shows life as it really is

Who is the model used for Ophelia in the painting by the same name?

Elizabeth Siddal

Goals of impressionist painters and how they obtained their goals

Elusiveness, fleeting, not carefully blended, see individual strokes

What Romanticism movement focused on

Emotion

Pre-Ralphaelite Brotherhood

English painters and poets - revert to styles of High Renaissance

Abstraction is a technique in which an artist uses small dots of color to form an overall work of art

False

In David's painting The Oath of the Horatii, the subject is fictional, made up by David specifically to tell social truths about France during that time.

False

In the painting The Gleaners, the artist encourages the viewer to become involved with the personal stories of these three women by showing us their faces.

False

Renoir based all of the people in his paintings on ideal types, rarely using actual people as models.

False

The background in the painting Ophelia is from the imagination of the artist, depicting exotic plants and flowers that would not actually be seen in England.

False

The goal of Realist artists was to depict Classical subjects and include political commentary relating to their own day.

False

What names are included on the rock in the foreground of the painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps at the St.-Bernard Pass? (Choose all that apply.)

Charlemagne, Napoleon and Hannibal

Who commissioned the painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps at the St.-Bernard Pass?

Charles IV

Which of the following artists is credited with coining the term 'Realism'?

Courbet

Who is the person being buried in Courbet's painting Burial At Ornans?

Courbet's great uncle

Which of the following would NOT be considered an Impressionistic painter?

Daumier

Which painter Is most closely associated with the Neoclassical movement in art?

David

Which of the following artists is famous for his depictions of ballet dancers?

Degas