Question 1

The Tassel House in Brussels is an important example of what style of architecture and design?

Accepted Answer

A)  art nouveau 
B)  arts and crafts 
C)  de stijl 
D)  prairie 
A)  art nouveau 
B)  arts and crafts 
C)  de stijl 
D)  prairie

Question 2

Many scholars date the rise of modern architecture to the skyscrapers that went up in which city in the 1880s and 1890s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chicago 
B)  New York 
C)  Paris 
D)  London 
A)  Chicago 
B)  New York 
C)  Paris 
D)  London

Question 3

Which American Symbolist painter was influenced by the ethereal, otherworldly pictures of Parisian artists such as Moreau?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry O. Tanner 
B)  Thomas Eakins 
C)  Benjamin West 
D)  James Whistler 
A)  Henry O. Tanner 
B)  Thomas Eakins 
C)  Benjamin West 
D)  James Whistler

Question 4

What is distinctive about Gaudí's work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Walls of glass derived from the Crystal Palace 
B)  An internal steel skeleton 
C)  Vaulted arches on a colossal scale 
D)  Avoidance of all flat surfaces, straight lines, or symmetry of any kind 
A)  Walls of glass derived from the Crystal Palace 
B)  An internal steel skeleton 
C)  Vaulted arches on a colossal scale 
D)  Avoidance of all flat surfaces, straight lines, or symmetry of any kind

Question 5

Who developed Pointillism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monet 
B)  Manet 
C)  Degas 
D)  Seurat 
A)  Monet 
B)  Manet 
C)  Degas 
D)  Seurat

Question 6

What group of Paris artists immersed themselves in religion to flee modernity?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Nabis 
B)  The impressionists 
C)  The Pre-Raphaelites 
D)  The pointillists 
A)  The Nabis 
B)  The impressionists 
C)  The Pre-Raphaelites 
D)  The pointillists

Question 7

What was typical subject matter for Gauguin?

Accepted Answer

A)  still lifes or mountain landscapes 
B)  scenes of Tahiti 
C)  cathedrals or water lilies 
D)  scenes of the common man working 
A)  still lifes or mountain landscapes 
B)  scenes of Tahiti 
C)  cathedrals or water lilies 
D)  scenes of the common man working

Question 8

The neurologist who formulated theories of the unconscious, publishing his Interpretation of Dreams in 1900 was

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud 
B)  Karl Jung 
C)  André Breton 
D)  Jean Piaget 
A)  Sigmund Freud 
B)  Karl Jung 
C)  André Breton 
D)  Jean Piaget

Question 9

The Post-Impressionists worked in a variety of styles, subjects, and techniques.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Discuss the changes in building techniques and innovations that allowed for the construction of the skyscraper.

Accepted Answer

The construction of skyscrapers was made

The Tassel House in Brussels is an important example of what style of architecture and design?

Many scholars date the rise of modern architecture to the skyscrapers that went up in which city in the 1880s and 1890s?

Which American Symbolist painter was influenced by the ethereal, otherworldly pictures of Parisian artists such as Moreau?

What is distinctive about Gaudí's work?

Who developed Pointillism?

What group of Paris artists immersed themselves in religion to flee modernity?

What was typical subject matter for Gauguin?

The neurologist who formulated theories of the unconscious, publishing his Interpretation of Dreams in 1900 was

The Post-Impressionists worked in a variety of styles, subjects, and techniques.

Discuss the changes in building techniques and innovations that allowed for the construction of the skyscraper.

Prehistoric Art

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Aegean Art

Greek Art

Etruscan Art

Roman Art

Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy

Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe

The Early Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Italy

The High Renaissance in Italy, 1495-1520

The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Renaissance and Reformation Throughout Sixteenth-Century Europe

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in the Netherlands

The Baroque in France and England

The Rococo

Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789

Art in the Age of the Romanticism, 1789-1848

The Age of Positivism

Toward Abstraction: the Modernist Revolution, 1905-1914

Art Between the Wars

Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980

The Postmodern Era: Art Since 1980

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Exam 26: Progress and Its Discontents: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau, 1880-1905

The Tassel House in Brussels is an important example of what style of architecture and design?

Many scholars date the rise of modern architecture to the skyscrapers that went up in which city in the 1880s and 1890s?

Which American Symbolist painter was influenced by the ethereal, otherworldly pictures of Parisian artists such as Moreau?

What is distinctive about Gaudí's work?

Who developed Pointillism?

What group of Paris artists immersed themselves in religion to flee modernity?

What was typical subject matter for Gauguin?

The neurologist who formulated theories of the unconscious, publishing his Interpretation of Dreams in 1900 was

The Post-Impressionists worked in a variety of styles, subjects, and techniques.

Discuss the changes in building techniques and innovations that allowed for the construction of the skyscraper.

Prehistoric Art

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Egyptian Art

Aegean Art

Greek Art

Etruscan Art

Roman Art

Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Art in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Italy

Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe

The Early Renaissance in Fifteenth-Century Italy

The High Renaissance in Italy, 1495-1520

The Late Renaissance and Mannerism in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Renaissance and Reformation Throughout Sixteenth-Century Europe

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in the Netherlands

The Baroque in France and England

The Rococo

Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1750-1789

Art in the Age of the Romanticism, 1789-1848

The Age of Positivism

Toward Abstraction: the Modernist Revolution, 1905-1914

Art Between the Wars

Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-1980

The Postmodern Era: Art Since 1980

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