Exam 26: Eighteenth-Century Art,music,and Society

Notable for ornamental delicacy,intimacy,and playful elegance,the ________ style dominated the salons of Paris and the courts and churches of Austria and Germany.

Encouraged by the philosophes' demand for an art of moral virtue,Greuze and Chardin produced ________ paintings that were among the most popular images of the eighteenth century

Archeological investigations encouraged new interest in ________ artifacts and produced a more accurate picture of Classical culture than had been available previously.

Which of the following was First Painter to King Louis XV,head of the Royal Academy in Paris,and a favorite of the Marquise de Pompadour?

Which of the following was the English pottery-maker famous for Classical motifs?

Which of the following painting masters began his or her career painting theatrical backdrops?

The Scottish architect of the new style who focused on Greco-Roman residential manors in England,such as Kedleston Hall,was ___________.

The Rococo style was created by and for the upper class.Marked by luxury and elegance,the style's name itself derives from rocaille,French for the fancy rock or shell-work that was commonly used to ornament aristocratic gardens and grottoes.Meant for small parties of the nobility,Rococo art preserved the ornate and luxuriant features of the baroque style,but favored elements of play and intimacy that were best realized in works of a small scale,such as porcelain figurines,furniture,and paintings suitable for domestic quarters.

Highlight the major developments in eighteenth-century music: the birth of the orchestra and new forms of Classical composition.

In America,________ was best expressed in the architectural achievements of Thomas Jefferson.

Flutes,clarinets,and oboes belong to which of the following orchestral groups?

Just as the French Revolution swept away the Old Regime,so ________ replaced the Rococo style.

Explain the development of genre realism and Neoclassicism as stylistic alternatives to the Rococo.

Which of the following is a musical composition for an unaccompanied keyboard or other instrument with only keyboard accompaniment?

Both Mozart and Beethoven studied at different times with which of the following composers?

Describe the aspects of Neoclassical architecture of the era and give examples of any buildings you can recall having this style.

Neoclassicists drew on the arts of imperial Rome to glorify the French capital of Paris and emperor

Which of the following was a female painter who produced portraits for an almost exclusively female clientele?

Classical music was characterized by ________,features similar to those admired by Neoclassical writers,painters,sculptors,and architects.

Describe Neoclassicism as a vehicle for noble idealism and authority in Western art.