Chapter 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 24.5, 25, 26 Assessment

Choose only the true statements about Jackson Pollock and his artistic practice.

- His work was spontaneous and choreographed. - He used sticked or brushes and flung, poured, and dripped paint onto his canvas - He was an "action painter"

Artists of the Realism movement were concerned with (choose all that apply)

-everyday people and occupations -art serving political ends -society

Which city in the 17th century had the highest per capita income in Europe?

Amsterdam

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

Artemisia Gentileschi

The Surrealism movement embraced...Choose all that apply

Automatism, the creation of art without conscious control. Fantasy and activating the unconscious forces deep within every human being.

The Dutch founded _________ which became the center of European transfer banking.

Bank of Amsterdam

Futurism...

Began as a literary movement but soon encompasses visual arts, cinema, theater, music, and architecture. Were interested in the speed and dynamism of modern technology.

Jose de Ribera was influenced by which painter's style?

Caravaggio

Poussin was responsible for establishing ____ as a key component of 17th-century French art.

Classical painting

Regarding Dadaism, choose the FALSE statement.

Dadaists yearned for tradition and convention after the devastation of WWI.

What is the evidence of a Performance Art event?

Documentary photos at the time of the performance

A major force of political, social, and economic change in the 18th century was the ____.

Enlightenment

American photographer Edward Weston did all of the following, EXCEPT... Choose the ONE false statement.

Explored the real conditions of everyday Americans and often photographed them in their homes with their families.

Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in portraits

False

Pop art originated in America.

False

Realism approved of historical or fictional subjects.

False

Rococo appeared in France around 1700, primarily as a style of exterior design.

False

Avant-garde artists became a major force during the opening decades of the 20th century, beginning with the artistic movement known as...

Fauvism

What was the immediate cause for the French Revolution in 1789?

France's economic crisis

Francisco Goya's Third of May 1808 captures a specific moment when

French invaders executing Spaniards

The leading figures of the Realist movement was

Gustave Courbet

Select the false statement regarding Jacob Lawrence and his painting No. 49 from The Migration of the Negro, 1940-1941.

He called attention to the acceptance African Americans received during the ongoing exodus of the souther United States.

How is Bernini's David different from the David sculptures that came before it?

He depicts him in the middle of the act during his fight against Goliath

Answer all true statements regarding Edward Hopper and the theme of Nighthawks, 1942.

He focused on the overwhelming loneliness and echoing isolation of modern life in the US. Edward Hopper did not paint historically significant scenes.

Who argued that he re-creation of spiritual experiences in artworks would do much to increase devotion and piety?

Ignatius Loyola

The art movement Romanticism focuses on

Imagination, emotion, and nightmares

The Enlightenment gave birth to

Industrial Revolition

All are true about the decorative arts movement Art Nouveau except...

It borrowed styles from van Gogh, da Vinci, Gauguin, and Rococo

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

Jacques-Louis David

The philosopher ____ believed that the human capacity for feeling, sensibility, and emotions came before reason.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The New York artist whose paintings became compositionally simple and focused on color was ____.

Mark Rothko

The influence of ____ is evident in Rubens's heroic figures and foreshortened anatomy in his Elevation of the Cross.

Michelangelo

Jacques-Louis David based the figure in Death of Marat on

Michelangelo's Pieta

All of the statements below are true except...

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was the bridge between Impressionism and Symbolism.

The common denominator of ____ in architecture is the breaking down of national boundaries.

Postmodernism

Which artist was an environmental artist?

Robert Smithson

The aim of much Italian Baroque art was to restore the predominance of ____.

Roman Catholicism

Described as awe mixed with terror, the notion of the sublime influenced ____.

Romanticism

Founded by several members of the Carracci family, ____ was established on the premise that art can be taught.

The Bolognese Academy

Jacques Louis David painted the ____ to provide inspiration and encouragement to revolutionary forces.

The Death of Marat

Who was the leading patron of the arts in 17th century Italy?

The church

Analytical Cubism is the painterly analysis of form.

True

Diego Velazquez sought to elevate himself and his profession by including himself in Las Meninas.

True

Edgar Degas was not concerned with light and atmosphere.

True

Enlightenment thinkers rejected faith in favor of reason.

True

Photography was first introduced simultaneously as the daguerreotype and the calotype in 1839.

True

Who did Chris Ofili depict that radically broke from conventional representation?

Virgin Mary

After WWII the United States sees the development of a new "youth culture." What was this?

Youth culture expressed radical rejection of national policies and the society generating them.

Who does Jean-Michel Basquiat typically celebrate in his paintings?

black heros

Art historians believe that Vermeer used tools, such as the ____, to aid in his virtuoso depiction of light.

camera obscura

What is Synthetic Cubism?

constructed paintings and drawings from objects and shapes

When did the center of the Western art world shift from Europe to the United States? Choose one date.

during 1950s

Antoine Watteau's depiction of the amusements and entertainments of the upper classes is called a ____.

fête galante

The harnessing of solar power is one of the central features of ____ architecture.

green

Most Impressionists explored (answer all that apply) through their work.

light color middle class leisure activities

Post-Impressionists were concerned with

line, pattern, form, and color

Caravaggio's Calling of Saint Matthew is representative of his mature work in which he injects ____ into the depictions of sacred subjects.

naturalism

Dutch 17th century art centered around genre scenes, landscapes, still lifes, and

portraits of middle class men and women

United States, 1900-1930: American artists knew little about the revolutionary work of their European counterparts, the goal of many leading painters was to

present a realistic, unvarnished look at American life

The artist Francisco Goya used Romanticism to

promote political propaganda

Although possessing the Realist passion for accuracy, Rosa Bonheur did not depict ____.

social and political themes

Géricault's Raft of the Medusa immortalized ____.

the aftermath of a French shipwreck

Artist Krzysztof Wodickzo 's artwork The Homeless Projection focuses on all of the below, EXCEPT

the beauty that may be found in the homeless community

Which of the following is true about Rembrandt's Night Watch?

the painting is not a nocturnal scene

What does iconoclasm mean?

to break images

Which of the following was the purpose of Performance Art?

to challenge art's function as a commodity

What is the purpose of Bernini's Baldacchino?

to mark St. Peter's tomb and the high altar

Who were the major patrons of art in the 17th century Dutch Republic?

wealthy merchant class