Question 1

Who was the leading artist of the Symbolist movement in France?

Accepted Answer

A) Moreau 
B) Munch 
C) Nouveau 
D) Guimard 
A) Moreau 
B) Munch 
C) Nouveau 
D) Guimard A

Question 2

Polyphemos was

Accepted Answer

A) a musician. 
B) a satyr. 
C) an Olympian. 
D) a Cyclops. 
E) a dwarf. 
A) a musician. 
B) a satyr. 
C) an Olympian. 
D) a Cyclops. 
E) a dwarf. D

Question 3

"Potato eaters" referred to

Accepted Answer

A) beggars. 
B) homeless people. 
C) farmers. 
D) miners. 
E) ministers. 
A) beggars. 
B) homeless people. 
C) farmers. 
D) miners. 
E) ministers. D

Question 4

Generally the French posters of the 19th century were

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A) woodblock prints. 
B) engravings. 
C) etchings. 
D) lithographs. 
E) photographs. 
A) woodblock prints. 
B) engravings. 
C) etchings. 
D) lithographs. 
E) photographs.

Question 5

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 6

The Post-Impressionist who painted the most self-portraits was

Accepted Answer

A) Cézanne. 
B) Toulouse-Lautrec. 
C) Munch. 
D) van Gogh. 
E) Seurat. 
A) Cézanne. 
B) Toulouse-Lautrec. 
C) Munch. 
D) van Gogh. 
E) Seurat.

Question 7

The artist who copied Hiroshige's Sudden Shower at Ohashi Bridge at Ataka was

Accepted Answer

A) van Gogh. 
B) Cézanne. 
C) Seurat. 
D) Manet. 
E) Monet. 
A) van Gogh. 
B) Cézanne. 
C) Seurat. 
D) Manet. 
E) Monet.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

Oscar Wilde was a spokesman for

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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 10

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 11

Two important Post-Impressionist trends were

Accepted Answer

A) emotion and realism. 
B) formalism and figuration. 
C) structure and emotion. 
D) figuration and abstraction. 
A) emotion and realism. 
B) formalism and figuration. 
C) structure and emotion. 
D) figuration and abstraction.

Question 12

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 13

Which is true of Symbolism?

Accepted Answer

A) It was concerned with realistic social issues. 
B) It was heroic in character. 
C) It was preoccupied with the irrational. 
D) Its colors tended to be the primary hues. 
A) It was concerned with realistic social issues. 
B) It was heroic in character. 
C) It was preoccupied with the irrational. 
D) Its colors tended to be the primary hues.

Question 14

Symbolists conveyed

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A) heightened emotion. 
B) subjective reality. 
C) references to Greek mythological stories, avoiding commentary on modern life. 
D) both heightened emotion and subjective reality. 
A) heightened emotion. 
B) subjective reality. 
C) references to Greek mythological stories, avoiding commentary on modern life. 
D) both heightened emotion and subjective reality.

Question 15

In Klimt's poster for the first Secession exhibition,the Gorgon head is

Accepted Answer

A) naturalistic. 
B) frontal. 
C) horned and fanged. 
D) Symbolist. 
A) naturalistic. 
B) frontal. 
C) horned and fanged. 
D) Symbolist.

Question 16

The purpose of the Vienna Secession was

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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.

Question 17

For Klimt,the Minotaur represented

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

Question 18

The English word "symbol" is from the Greek,meaning

Accepted Answer

A) token. 
B) sign. 
C) allegory. 
D) metaphor. 
E) simile. 
A) token. 
B) sign. 
C) allegory. 
D) metaphor. 
E) simile.

Question 19

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 20

Oceania includes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, and New Guinea 
B) Easter Island, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii 
C) Samoa, Tonga, New Guinea, and Easter Island 
D) South Island, Arnhem Land, Asmat, and Hawaii 
A) Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, and New Guinea 
B) Easter Island, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii 
C) Samoa, Tonga, New Guinea, and Easter Island 
D) South Island, Arnhem Land, Asmat, and Hawaii

Exam 23: Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Who was the leading artist of the Symbolist movement in France?

Polyphemos was

"Potato eaters" referred to

Generally the French posters of the 19th century were

Which term best describes Seurat's brushstrokes?

The Post-Impressionist who painted the most self-portraits was

The artist who copied Hiroshige's Sudden Shower at Ohashi Bridge at Ataka was

La Grande Jatte refers to

Oscar Wilde was a spokesman for

The Post-Impressionist known for his paintings of Tahiti was

Two important Post-Impressionist trends were

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

Which is true of Symbolism?

Symbolists conveyed

In Klimt's poster for the first Secession exhibition,the Gorgon head is

The purpose of the Vienna Secession was

For Klimt,the Minotaur represented

The English word "symbol" is from the Greek,meaning

The artist best known for his apples was

Oceania includes which of the following?

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Jewish, 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

Mid-Century Abstraction

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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