Quiz: 25.1-5
Charles Garnier's Opéra is in a revival style of what type?
Baroque
Which revival style dominates in the enormous piers of the Brooklyn Bridge?
Gothic
Which artist first declared contemporary social conditions to be at least as valid subject matter for painting as historical events?
Gustave Courbet
Who discovered a process that exposed light on a silver-iodide-coated copper plate?
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
Which of the following works could best be described as a forerunner to photojournalism?
Timothy O' Sullivan's A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 186
Whose work launched the Arts and Crafts Movement?
William Morris
To add clouds to the sky of Yosemite Valley from the Best General View, Carleton Watkins used
a second negative.
In designing the Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel built upon his experience as a builder of
bridges.
Winslow Homer's paintings differ from Impressionist paintings most notably in their color and
brushwork.
According to Eugène Chevreul's color theory, the greatest intensity was obtained through the juxtaposition of _______ colors.
complementary
Which element in William Morris's Green Dining Room represents the 12 months of the year?
gold-ground panels
Thomas Eakins outraged his colleagues by
having his students study from nude models.
Winslow Homer began his career as a(n)
magazine illustrator.
In his work, James Abbott McNeill Whistler often drew a parallel between painting and
music
Camille Pissarro preferred to paint scenes of
peasants and farms.
The photographer Nadar specialized in the photography of
portraits.
William Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience deals with the literary topic of
prostitution.
Side-by-side photographs of the same image taken by a camera with two lenses are known as
stereocards.
John Ruskin wished for art to regain the character he perceived it to have had in
the Middle Ages.
The Crystal Palace was built to house
the first great international trade fair.
Which of the following paintings includes a direct allusion to the work of Raphael?
Édouard Manet's Luncheon on the Grass ( Le déjeuner sur l'herbe)