Question 1

Greenough's George Washington was based on

Accepted Answer

A) Napoleonic iconography. 
B) Pharaonic iconography. 
C) Jeffersonian iconography. 
D) Phidian iconography. 
A) Napoleonic iconography. 
B) Pharaonic iconography. 
C) Jeffersonian iconography. 
D) Phidian iconography. D

Question 2

In Napoleon at Saint Bernard Pass,Napoleon is compared to

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A) Charlemagne and Caesar. 
B) Hannibal and Scipio. 
C) Caesar and Scipio. 
D) Hannibal and Charlemagne. 
A) Charlemagne and Caesar. 
B) Hannibal and Scipio. 
C) Caesar and Scipio. 
D) Hannibal and Charlemagne. D

Question 3

Bacchantes are

Accepted Answer

A) wine gods. 
B) priestesses of Dionysos. 
C) wine goddesses. 
D) priests of Dionysos. 
A) wine gods. 
B) priestesses of Dionysos. 
C) wine goddesses. 
D) priests of Dionysos. B

Question 4

Which of the following did NOT work for Napoleon?

Accepted Answer

A) David 
B) Ingres 
C) Vigée-Lebrun 
D) Benoist 
E) Canova 
A) David 
B) Ingres 
C) Vigée-Lebrun 
D) Benoist 
E) Canova

Question 5

Which LEAST inspired Jefferson's architectural style?

Accepted Answer

A) Palladio's Four Books on Architecture 
B) Gothic Revival 
C) Chiswick House 
D) the Pantheon 
E) Neoclassicism 
A) Palladio's Four Books on Architecture 
B) Gothic Revival 
C) Chiswick House 
D) the Pantheon 
E) Neoclassicism

Question 6

Psyche is

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A) the lover of Cupid. 
B) the Greek word for soul. 
C) the goddess of love. 
D) both the lover of Cupid and the Greek word for soul. 
E) All these answers are correct. 
A) the lover of Cupid. 
B) the Greek word for soul. 
C) the goddess of love. 
D) both the lover of Cupid and the Greek word for soul. 
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 7

Antonio Canova created which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Nymph and Satyr Carousing 
B) Cupid and Psyche 
C) both Nymph and Satyr Carousing and Cupid and Psyche 
D) both Paolina Borghese as Venus and Cupid and Psyche 
A) Nymph and Satyr Carousing 
B) Cupid and Psyche 
C) both Nymph and Satyr Carousing and Cupid and Psyche 
D) both Paolina Borghese as Venus and Cupid and Psyche

Question 8

Oath of the Horatii was commissioned by

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A) Louis XIV. 
B) Napoleon. 
C) Louis XVI. 
D) Marie Antoinette. 
A) Louis XIV. 
B) Napoleon. 
C) Louis XVI. 
D) Marie Antoinette.

Question 9

Plato's defense of Socrates is

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A) the Death of Socrates. 
B) The Apology. 
C) not recorded. 
D) a treatise on political philosophy used by Napoleon. 
A) the Death of Socrates. 
B) The Apology. 
C) not recorded. 
D) a treatise on political philosophy used by Napoleon.

Question 10

Jefferson based his design for Monticello on the architecture of

Accepted Answer

A) Christopher Wren. 
B) Michelangelo. 
C) Palladio. 
D) Borromini. 
A) Christopher Wren. 
B) Michelangelo. 
C) Palladio. 
D) Borromini.

Question 11

"L'An Deux" refers to

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A) 2 B.C. 
B) 2 A.D. 
C) the second year of the French revolutionary calendar. 
D) 1776. 
A) 2 B.C. 
B) 2 A.D. 
C) the second year of the French revolutionary calendar. 
D) 1776.

Question 12

As depicted in Declaration of Independence,the U.S.Capitol Rotunda has a(n)________ frieze on the upper part of the walls.

Accepted Answer

A) Ionic 
B) Corinthian 
C) Tuscan 
D) Federal 
E) Doric 
A) Ionic 
B) Corinthian 
C) Tuscan 
D) Federal 
E) Doric

Question 13

The artist of the French Revolution was

Accepted Answer

A) Jacques-Louis David. 
B) Angelica Kauffmann. 
C) Antoine Watteau. 
D) Chardin. 
A) Jacques-Louis David. 
B) Angelica Kauffmann. 
C) Antoine Watteau. 
D) Chardin.

Question 14

Neoclassicism conveyed

Accepted Answer

A) democratic ideals. 
B) broad, enlightened culture. 
C) civil virtue. 
D) All these answers are correct. 
A) democratic ideals. 
B) broad, enlightened culture. 
C) civil virtue. 
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 15

1793 is the year that

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A) the French Revolution began. 
B) the Directory began. 
C) Louis XVI was guillotined. 
D) Napoleon became First Consul. 
E) Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo. 
A) the French Revolution began. 
B) the Directory began. 
C) Louis XVI was guillotined. 
D) Napoleon became First Consul. 
E) Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo.

Question 16

Marat's assassin was

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A) Napoleon's messenger. 
B) Colbert. 
C) Richelieu. 
D) Corday. 
E) never identified. 
A) Napoleon's messenger. 
B) Colbert. 
C) Richelieu. 
D) Corday. 
E) never identified.

Question 17

Oath of the Horatii

Accepted Answer

A) is by Ingres. 
B) is an event from Roman tradition. 
C) is described in Classical texts. 
D) is the subject of a tragedy by Racine. 
A) is by Ingres. 
B) is an event from Roman tradition. 
C) is described in Classical texts. 
D) is the subject of a tragedy by Racine.

Question 18

Which was NOT designed by Jefferson?

Accepted Answer

A) the University of Virginia 
B) Monticello 
C) the U.S.Capitol Building 
D) the Richmond Capitol Building 
A) the University of Virginia 
B) Monticello 
C) the U.S.Capitol Building 
D) the Richmond Capitol Building

Question 19

The architectural style of Ancient Greece was resurrected in the late 18th century because

Accepted Answer

A) it was believed to inspire citizenship. 
B) it seemed to encourage heroic sacrifice. 
C) its crystalline lines seemed to reject the decadence of the Rococo. 
D) All these answers are correct. 
A) it was believed to inspire citizenship. 
B) it seemed to encourage heroic sacrifice. 
C) its crystalline lines seemed to reject the decadence of the Rococo. 
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 20

1787 is the year that

Accepted Answer

A) the U.S.Constitution was signed. 
B) George Washington became president. 
C) Thomas Jefferson became president. 
D) The American Revolution broke out. 
A) the U.S.Constitution was signed. 
B) George Washington became president. 
C) Thomas Jefferson became president. 
D) The American Revolution broke out.

Exam 19: Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Greenough's George Washington was based on

In Napoleon at Saint Bernard Pass,Napoleon is compared to

Bacchantes are

Which of the following did NOT work for Napoleon?

Which LEAST inspired Jefferson's architectural style?

Psyche is

Antonio Canova created which of the following?

Oath of the Horatii was commissioned by

Plato's defense of Socrates is

Jefferson based his design for Monticello on the architecture of

"L'An Deux" refers to

As depicted in Declaration of Independence,the U.S.Capitol Rotunda has a(n)________ frieze on the upper part of the walls.

The artist of the French Revolution was

Neoclassicism conveyed

1793 is the year that

Marat's assassin was

Oath of the Horatii

Which was NOT designed by Jefferson?

The architectural style of Ancient Greece was resurrected in the late 18th century because

1787 is the year that

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

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

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

Mid-Century Abstraction

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

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