Question 1

Rosa Bonheur was particularly drawn to images of

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A)  lions 
B)  athletes 
C)  horses 
D)  city life 
A)  lions 
B)  athletes 
C)  horses 
D)  city life C

Question 2

Until the middle of the nineteenth century,bridges were designed according to what method?

Accepted Answer

A)  suspension 
B)  cantilever 
C)  truss 
D)  post-and-lintel 
A)  suspension 
B)  cantilever 
C)  truss 
D)  post-and-lintel C

Question 3

Manet objected to Courbet's Woman with a Parrot because

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A)  it was too realistic 
B)  it was too voluptuous 
C)  it was not Classical enough 
D)  the parrot was a Romantic element 
A)  it was too realistic 
B)  it was too voluptuous 
C)  it was not Classical enough 
D)  the parrot was a Romantic element B

Question 4

Nadar's Giant refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  a French painting 
B)  a French photograph 
C)  a French balloon 
D)  a French folktale 
A)  a French painting 
B)  a French photograph 
C)  a French balloon 
D)  a French folktale

Question 5

Which were not among the advantages of the Crystal Palace?

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A)  it was fireproof 
B)  it was prefabricated 
C)  it was relatively inexpensive 
D)  it was constructed quickly 
A)  it was fireproof 
B)  it was prefabricated 
C)  it was relatively inexpensive 
D)  it was constructed quickly

Question 6

_________ painted realistic scenes of poor and oppressed peoples

Accepted Answer

A)  Courbet 
B)  Millet 
C)  Daumier 
D)  all of the choices are correct. 
A)  Courbet 
B)  Millet 
C)  Daumier 
D)  all of the choices are correct.

Question 7

For most of his life Daumier made a living

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A)  as a painter 
B)  as a caricaturist 
C)  as a cartoonist 
D)  as a photographer 
A)  as a painter 
B)  as a caricaturist 
C)  as a cartoonist 
D)  as a photographer

Question 8

Courbet objected to Olympia because

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A)  it was not realistic enough 
B)  it was too Classical 
C)  it was based on Renaissance prototypes 
D)  it was too flat 
A)  it was not realistic enough 
B)  it was too Classical 
C)  it was based on Renaissance prototypes 
D)  it was too flat

Question 9

Which is not a feature of the Pre-Raphaelites' style?

Accepted Answer

A)  pastel colors 
B)  clear edges 
C)  erotic subtexts 
D)  figuration 
A)  pastel colors 
B)  clear edges 
C)  erotic subtexts 
D)  figuration

Question 10

Which is not true of the Brooklyn Bridge?

Accepted Answer

A)  it was designed by the Roeblings 
B)  it has Gothic arches 
C)  it has four huge parallel cables 
D)  it was the first use of steel wire in a bridge 
E)  it connects Brooklyn with the Bronx 
A)  it was designed by the Roeblings 
B)  it has Gothic arches 
C)  it has four huge parallel cables 
D)  it was the first use of steel wire in a bridge 
E)  it connects Brooklyn with the Bronx

Question 11

Which is not true of the Statue of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)  it was sculpted by Bartholdi 
B)  its frame was wrought by Eiffel 
C)  it is on Ellis Island 
D)  it was constructed from 1875 to 1884 
A)  it was sculpted by Bartholdi 
B)  its frame was wrought by Eiffel 
C)  it is on Ellis Island 
D)  it was constructed from 1875 to 1884

Question 12

Courbet was an anarchist,so he painted

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A)  mythological scenes 
B)  the "beautiful" as defined by the Academy 
C)  heightened emotional states not encountered in the real world 
D)  scenes of people and settings in the real world 
A)  mythological scenes 
B)  the "beautiful" as defined by the Academy 
C)  heightened emotional states not encountered in the real world 
D)  scenes of people and settings in the real world

Question 13

Millet's The Gleaners combines

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A)  social observation with Neoclassicism 
B)  Renaissance monumentality with Romanticism 
C)  Medieval feudalism with Romanticism 
D)  social observation with Romanticism 
A)  social observation with Neoclassicism 
B)  Renaissance monumentality with Romanticism 
C)  Medieval feudalism with Romanticism 
D)  social observation with Romanticism

Question 14

Who of the following was not a nineteenth-century photographer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cameron 
B)  Nadar 
C)  Brady 
D)  Duckworth 
A)  Cameron 
B)  Nadar 
C)  Brady 
D)  Duckworth

Question 15

Which was not a new feature in the development of nineteenth-century skyscrapers?

Accepted Answer

A)  masonry and brick construction 
B)  power-driven elevators 
C)  steel frames 
D)  concrete reinforced with steel wire 
A)  masonry and brick construction 
B)  power-driven elevators 
C)  steel frames 
D)  concrete reinforced with steel wire

Question 16

The figures in Manet's Déjeuner sur l'Herbe are identified as

Accepted Answer

A)  Manet's sister, brother-in-law, and Victorine 
B)  Manet's model, brother-in-law, and sister 
C)  Manet's model, Gustave Manet, and Ferdinand Leenhoff 
D)  Manet, his model, and his brother 
A)  Manet's sister, brother-in-law, and Victorine 
B)  Manet's model, brother-in-law, and sister 
C)  Manet's model, Gustave Manet, and Ferdinand Leenhoff 
D)  Manet, his model, and his brother

Question 17

Courbet's patron,who financed the Realist Exhibition was

Accepted Answer

A)  Baudelaire 
B)  Zola 
C)  Flaubert 
D)  Bruyas 
A)  Baudelaire 
B)  Zola 
C)  Flaubert 
D)  Bruyas

Question 18

Which author and work do not match?

Accepted Answer

A)  Baudelaire - Les Fleurs de Mal 
B)  Zola - Madame Bovary 
C)  Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities 
D)  Balzac - La Comédie Humaine 
E)  Marx - Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy 
A)  Baudelaire - Les Fleurs de Mal 
B)  Zola - Madame Bovary 
C)  Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities 
D)  Balzac - La Comédie Humaine 
E)  Marx - Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy

Question 19

In Modern Painters,Ruskin wrote a defense of

Accepted Answer

A)  Constable 
B)  Turner 
C)  Cole 
D)  Nash 
E)  Millais 
A)  Constable 
B)  Turner 
C)  Cole 
D)  Nash 
E)  Millais

Question 20

The central group of Courbet's My Studio includes

Accepted Answer

A)  a boy, a cat, a painter, a woman, and a landscape 
B)  a juggler, a crucifix, a cat, and a painter 
C)  a painter, a woman, a boy, and a journalist 
D)  a painter, a woman, a boy, and a peddler 
A)  a boy, a cat, a painter, a woman, and a landscape 
B)  a juggler, a crucifix, a cat, and a painter 
C)  a painter, a woman, a boy, and a journalist 
D)  a painter, a woman, a boy, and a peddler

Exam 21: Nineteenth-Century Realism

Rosa Bonheur was particularly drawn to images of

Until the middle of the nineteenth century,bridges were designed according to what method?

Manet objected to Courbet's Woman with a Parrot because

Nadar's Giant refers to

Which were not among the advantages of the Crystal Palace?

_________ painted realistic scenes of poor and oppressed peoples

For most of his life Daumier made a living

Courbet objected to Olympia because

Which is not a feature of the Pre-Raphaelites' style?

Which is not true of the Brooklyn Bridge?

Which is not true of the Statue of Liberty?

Courbet was an anarchist,so he painted

Millet's The Gleaners combines

Who of the following was not a nineteenth-century photographer?

Which was not a new feature in the development of nineteenth-century skyscrapers?

The figures in Manet's Déjeuner sur l'Herbe are identified as

Courbet's patron,who financed the Realist Exhibition was

Which author and work do not match?

In Modern Painters,Ruskin wrote a defense of

The central group of Courbet's My Studio includes

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 Impressionism

Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

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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