Art Quiz week 11
What is William Hogarth's series Marriage a la Mode about?
an arranged marriage in which the couple behave immorally
What was the primary subject matter of the the Hudson River School?
American landscapes
What is Jacques-Louis David's painting The Oath of the Horatii about?
Duty and self-sacrifice
Which was the biggest influence on Henry Ossawa Tanner?
Gustave Courbet
Which statement about artist William Blake is accurate?
He rebelled against the teachings of the Royal Academy He believed in personal and creative freedom He did not accept Christian values
Who was called the Sun King?
Louis XV
Who built Monticello?
Thomas Jefferson
What does Fragonard's The Swing depict?
a flirtation between two young aristocratic lovers
What inspired Joseph Mallord William Turner to paint Slave Ship?
a real-life incident
True or false: Goya painted an unflattering portrait of the Spanish royal family because he disliked them and wanted to insult the king.
false
True or false: in the French Academy, individual portraits and landscapes were considered more valuable than any other subject matter.
false
True or false: the ornate and fanciful style called Rococo was only fashionable in France.
false
Why did North American cities in the late eighteenth century choose neoclassicism as their architectural style?
it represented ideals to which they aspired
Who visited Salons, such as the one depicted in Pietro Martini's print of 1785?
public, painters, and critics
In portrait photography of the 1860s, how long were exposure times?
seconds
Which of the following influenced the art made from 1700 to 1865?
the Age of Reason industrialization revolutions in France and America
What is the subject of Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People?
the July Revolution of 1830 in France
Artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were inspired by works from which period in history?
the Middle Ages
True or false: Gustave Courbet's Stonebreakers alarmed upper-class viewers because it reminded them of recent uprisings by the poor.
true
In addition to being inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, what did Neoclassical paintings, such as those by Jacques-Louis David and Angelica Kaufmann, try to accomplish?
convey a moral message
