Question 1

La Grande Jatte refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  an island in the Seine 
B)  a restaurant in Paris 
C)  a large dance-hall in Paris 
D)  an overweight French dancer 
A)  an island in the Seine 
B)  a restaurant in Paris 
C)  a large dance-hall in Paris 
D)  an overweight French dancer A

Question 2

The purpose of the Vienna Secession was

Accepted Answer

A)  to establish an international style of painting 
B)  to withdraw from the establishment 
C)  to establish a forum of diverse styles 
D)  to support Academic naturalism 
A)  to establish an international style of painting 
B)  to withdraw from the establishment 
C)  to establish a forum of diverse styles 
D)  to support Academic naturalism C

Question 3

For Klimt,the Minotaur represented

Accepted Answer

A)  tyranny 
B)  Impressionism 
C)  Industrialization 
D)  conservatism 
A)  tyranny 
B)  Impressionism 
C)  Industrialization 
D)  conservatism D

Question 4

The Post-Impressionist who began as an Impressionist,then identified with the Symbolists and the Nabis was

Accepted Answer

A)  Cézanne 
B)  Toulouse-Lautrec 
C)  Munch 
D)  Gauguin 
E)  Van Gogh 
A)  Cézanne 
B)  Toulouse-Lautrec 
C)  Munch 
D)  Gauguin 
E)  Van Gogh

Question 5

Yadwigha most likely refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a Symbolist poet 
B)  a reclining nude 
C)  a fiancée of Munch 
D)  a Tahitian princess 
A)  a Symbolist poet 
B)  a reclining nude 
C)  a fiancée of Munch 
D)  a Tahitian princess

Question 6

The Post-Impressionist most known for his posters was

Accepted Answer

A)  Gauguin 
B)  Cézanne 
C)  Van Gogh 
D)  Seurat 
E)  Toulouse-Lautrec 
A)  Gauguin 
B)  Cézanne 
C)  Van Gogh 
D)  Seurat 
E)  Toulouse-Lautrec

Question 7

Which term best describes Seurat's brushstrokes?

Accepted Answer

A)  blurred 
B)  divisionist 
C)  spiraling 
D)  smooth 
A)  blurred 
B)  divisionist 
C)  spiraling 
D)  smooth

Question 8

Art Nouveau artists used

Accepted Answer

A)  geometry 
B)  photographic reality to show the grace in the everyday 
C)  organic forms like vines drawn from nature 
D)  modern technological marvels to convey progress 
A)  geometry 
B)  photographic reality to show the grace in the everyday 
C)  organic forms like vines drawn from nature 
D)  modern technological marvels to convey progress

Question 9

"Le Douanier" refer to

Accepted Answer

A)  Beardsley 
B)  Monet 
C)  Seurat 
D)  Rousseau 
E)  Gauguin 
A)  Beardsley 
B)  Monet 
C)  Seurat 
D)  Rousseau 
E)  Gauguin

Question 10

Which artist does match with the work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Van Gogh -- Bedroom at Arles 
B)  Klimt -- Salomé with the Head of John the Baptist 
C)  Moreau -- The Dream 
D)  Cézanne -- Galatea 
E)  Rousseau -- La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge 
A)  Van Gogh -- Bedroom at Arles 
B)  Klimt -- Salomé with the Head of John the Baptist 
C)  Moreau -- The Dream 
D)  Cézanne -- Galatea 
E)  Rousseau -- La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge

Question 11

A maenad is a

Accepted Answer

A)  follower of Medea 
B)  follower of Dionysos 
C)  follower of Orpheus 
D)  follower of Hermes 
A)  follower of Medea 
B)  follower of Dionysos 
C)  follower of Orpheus 
D)  follower of Hermes

Question 12

Oscar Wilde was a spokesman for

Accepted Answer

A)  Symbolism 
B)  Post-Impressionism 
C)  Abstraction 
D)  Aestheticism 
E)  Art Nouveau 
A)  Symbolism 
B)  Post-Impressionism 
C)  Abstraction 
D)  Aestheticism 
E)  Art Nouveau

Question 13

La Goulue was a

Accepted Answer

A)  circus performer 
B)  waitress 
C)  dancer 
D)  restaurant 
E)  café 
A)  circus performer 
B)  waitress 
C)  dancer 
D)  restaurant 
E)  café

Question 14

The artist known for his crystalline,structured brushstrokes is

Accepted Answer

A)  Van Gogh 
B)  Gauguin 
C)  Munch 
D)  Cézanne 
E)  Rousseau 
A)  Van Gogh 
B)  Gauguin 
C)  Munch 
D)  Cézanne 
E)  Rousseau

Question 15

Which artist does not match the work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cézanne -- Temptation of Saint Anthony 
B)  Van Gogh -- The Potato Eaters 
C)  Gauguin -- The Yellow Christ 
D)  Munch -- The Scream 
E)  Moreau -- Idol with Seashell 
A)  Cézanne -- Temptation of Saint Anthony 
B)  Van Gogh -- The Potato Eaters 
C)  Gauguin -- The Yellow Christ 
D)  Munch -- The Scream 
E)  Moreau -- Idol with Seashell

Question 16

The techniques of dream construction apply most obviously to which style?

Accepted Answer

A)  Post-Impressionism 
B)  Symbolism 
C)  Surrealism 
D)  Aestheticism 
A)  Post-Impressionism 
B)  Symbolism 
C)  Surrealism 
D)  Aestheticism

Question 17

The artist best known for his apples was

Accepted Answer

A)  Van Gogh 
B)  Cézanne 
C)  Cranach 
D)  Seurat 
A)  Van Gogh 
B)  Cézanne 
C)  Cranach 
D)  Seurat

Question 18

Symbolists conveyed

Accepted Answer

A)  heightened emotion 
B)  subjective reality 
C)  references to Greek mythological stories, avoiding commentary on modern life 
D)  heightened emotion and subjective reality but not references to Greek mythological stories, avoiding commentary on modern life 
A)  heightened emotion 
B)  subjective reality 
C)  references to Greek mythological stories, avoiding commentary on modern life 
D)  heightened emotion and subjective reality but not references to Greek mythological stories, avoiding commentary on modern life

Question 19

The Post-Impressionist known for his paintings of Tahiti was

Accepted Answer

A)  Cézanne 
B)  Toulouse-Lautrec 
C)  Munch 
D)  Gauguin 
E)  Van Gogh 
A)  Cézanne 
B)  Toulouse-Lautrec 
C)  Munch 
D)  Gauguin 
E)  Van Gogh

Question 20

"Theo" refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a book by Van Gogh 
B)  Van Gogh's brother 
C)  Van Gogh's father 
D)  Van Gogh's son 
E)  Van Gogh's art teacher 
A)  a book by Van Gogh 
B)  Van Gogh's brother 
C)  Van Gogh's father 
D)  Van Gogh's son 
E)  Van Gogh's art teacher

Exam 23: Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

La Grande Jatte refers to

The purpose of the Vienna Secession was

For Klimt,the Minotaur represented

The Post-Impressionist who began as an Impressionist,then identified with the Symbolists and the Nabis was

Yadwigha most likely refers to

The Post-Impressionist most known for his posters was

Which term best describes Seurat's brushstrokes?

Art Nouveau artists used

"Le Douanier" refer to

Which artist does match with the work?

A maenad is a

Oscar Wilde was a spokesman for

La Goulue was a

The artist known for his crystalline,structured brushstrokes is

Which artist does not match the work?

The techniques of dream construction apply most obviously to which style?

The artist best known for his apples was

Symbolists conveyed

The Post-Impressionist known for his paintings of Tahiti was

"Theo" refers to

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy, and The United States Between the Wars

Abstract Expressionism

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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