Exam 18: European and American Art, 1840-1910

Which artist carried the "organic" principle the furthest,incorporating it even into the structure of his architecture?

Which photographic process involved developing a negative from which an unlimited number of positives could be made?

Which group of artists advocated a naturalistic approach to painting and moralizing subject matter?

To gain access to stockyards and slaughterhouses,Rosa Bonheur had to get police permission to

What does "camera obscura" mean?

The Eiffel Tower was constructed for

From where did the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood borrow their ideas about symbolism?

According to Charles Garnier,to hear,to see,and to be seen was the purpose of what?

Who began his career as an artist for the press during the Civil War?

Describe the style and composition of The Banjo Lesson by Henry O.Tanner.How does the artist use and challenge the characteristics of Realism?

In the Wainwright Building,what did Louis Sullivan adapt from the Beaux-Arts tradition?

Which group of artists is well known for painting en plein air?

Who changed the Impressionist brushstroke to be more solid and rectangular according to a grid of vertical and horizontal shapes?

Which group first organized exhibitions independent from the official Salon?

Which style of art did Winslow Homer say he thought was most appropriate for a democracy?

What was japonisme and how did it influence Western art? Give an example.

Which of the following differentiates Georges Seurat from Impressionism?

Which artist contributed most significantly to the emergence of expressionism?

Why was Nocturne in Black and Gold,The Falling Rocket by James Abbott McNeill Whistler a controversial work? Discuss the formal characteristics.

According to the author,who was "the most uncompromising American Realist" of the second half of the nineteenth century?