Question 1

In contrast to artists of the French Academy, the Impressionists attempted to capture ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the fleeting aspects of reality 
B)  mythological subjects 
C)  Grand Manner portraits 
D)  Rococo delicacy 
A)  the fleeting aspects of reality 
B)  mythological subjects 
C)  Grand Manner portraits 
D)  Rococo delicacy A

Question 2

How does this work reflect the theories of Sigmund Freud?

Accepted Answer

Rousseau, Sleeping Gypsy . Rousseau frequently placed his subjects in exotic settings. In this work an impending encounter takes places between a lion and sleeping gypsy. This encounter recalls the uneasiness of a person's vulnerable subconscious self during sleep. This was a subject of central importance to Freud.

Question 3

Cassatt's style of work owes much to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Giorgione 
B)  Japanese prints 
C)  Leonardo's sketchbooks 
D)  Michelangelo 
A)  Giorgione 
B)  Japanese prints 
C)  Leonardo's sketchbooks 
D)  Michelangelo B

Question 4

Describe the development of sculpture at the end of the 19th century. Use examples to support your essay. To what extent did sculpture remain conventional? What painting movements did it take into account?

Accepted Answer

At the end of the 19th century, sculptur

Question 5

Antonio Gaudi longed to create an architectural style that was both modern and appropriate for his native country of Spain. How does Casa Milá represent his ability to conceive a building as a whole and mold it almost as a sculptor would create a figure from clay?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a squared structure sheathed in concrete. 
B)  It is a free-form mass wrapped around a street corner. 
C)  It is a vertical mass soaring above the landscape. 
D)  It is a horizontal mass tied to the earth. 
A)  It is a squared structure sheathed in concrete. 
B)  It is a free-form mass wrapped around a street corner. 
C)  It is a vertical mass soaring above the landscape. 
D)  It is a horizontal mass tied to the earth.

Question 6

How does the overall design connect the sculptor with the painting movement of the Symbolists?

Accepted Answer

Rodin, The Gates of Hell . Rodin decided

Question 7

In Night Café the artist has communicated the "madness" of the place by selecting and juxtaposing ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  a bar with a cafe 
B)  vivid hues whose juxtaposition augmented their intensity 
C)  soft color and tilted perspective 
D)  crowds that create tension 
A)  a bar with a cafe 
B)  vivid hues whose juxtaposition augmented their intensity 
C)  soft color and tilted perspective 
D)  crowds that create tension

Question 8

Briefly describe the fin-de-siècle culture of late 19th-century Austria.

Accepted Answer

Late-19th-century Austria was in politic

Question 9

Compare and contrast the architecture of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements? To what degree do they reflect the overarching aims of each movement?

Accepted Answer

The architecture of the Arts and Crafts

Question 10

Who said: "I want to make of Impressionism something solid and lasting like the art in the museums"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monet 
B)  van Gogh 
C)  Cézanne 
D)  Gauguin 
A)  Monet 
B)  van Gogh 
C)  Cézanne 
D)  Gauguin

Question 11

Who said: "Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I have before my eyes, I use color more arbitrarily so as to express myself forcibly. . . . I have tried to express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green. . . ."?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monet 
B)  Cézanne 
C)  Seurat 
D)  van Gogh 
A)  Monet 
B)  Cézanne 
C)  Seurat 
D)  van Gogh

Question 12

Which of the following architects conceived the building as a whole and molded it almost as a clay sculpture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Louis Sullivan 
B)  Henry Richardson 
C)  Antonio Gaudi 
D)  Alexandre Gustave Eiffel 
A)  Louis Sullivan 
B)  Henry Richardson 
C)  Antonio Gaudi 
D)  Alexandre Gustave Eiffel

Question 13

The influence of ____ is evident in Rodin's interest in the effect of light on the sculpted surface.

Accepted Answer

A)  Impressionism 
B)  Symbolism 
C)  Romanticism 
D)  Realism 
A)  Impressionism 
B)  Symbolism 
C)  Romanticism 
D)  Realism

Question 14

How does the Marshall Field Store respond to its environment?

Accepted Answer

Richard Morris Hunt used a combination o

Question 15

Contrast the works of Renoir and Laurtrec. How do the subject styles of the artists reflect 19th-century French society and the innovations of 9th-th century art? Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec were both pr

Question 16

Georges Seurat differed from the Impressionist painters in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  His concern for the emotional qualities of color, which he depicted using broad, passionate brush strokes 
B)  His disciplined and painstaking application of the color theories of men like Delacroix, Helmholtz, and Chevreul 
C)  His return to classical subject matter 
D)  His depiction of dream imagery using the visual techniques discovered by the Impressionists 
A)  His concern for the emotional qualities of color, which he depicted using broad, passionate brush strokes 
B)  His disciplined and painstaking application of the color theories of men like Delacroix, Helmholtz, and Chevreul 
C)  His return to classical subject matter 
D)  His depiction of dream imagery using the visual techniques discovered by the Impressionists

Question 17

How does Louis Sullivan reflect truly modern architecture?

Accepted Answer

He synthesized industrial structure and

Question 18

What were Rodin's thoughts on the surface of his sculptures?

Accepted Answer

Rodin combined his interest in anatomy a

Question 19

Members of the ____ movement dedicated themselves to making functional objects with a high aesthetic value.

Accepted Answer

A)  Pointilist 
B)  Symbolist 
C)  Arts and Crafts 
D)  Precisionist 
A)  Pointilist 
B)  Symbolist 
C)  Arts and Crafts 
D)  Precisionist

Question 20

Although ____ painted familiar Impressionist subjects, his exaggeration of each element created a new tone.

Accepted Answer

A)  Millais 
B)  Toulouse-Lautrec 
C)  Eakins 
D)  Degas 
A)  Millais 
B)  Toulouse-Lautrec 
C)  Eakins 
D)  Degas

In contrast to artists of the French Academy, the Impressionists attempted to capture ____.

How does this work reflect the theories of Sigmund Freud?

Cassatt's style of work owes much to which of the following?

Describe the development of sculpture at the end of the 19th century. Use examples to support your essay. To what extent did sculpture remain conventional? What painting movements did it take into account?

Antonio Gaudi longed to create an architectural style that was both modern and appropriate for his native country of Spain. How does Casa Milá represent his ability to conceive a building as a whole and mold it almost as a sculptor would create a figure from clay?

How does the overall design connect the sculptor with the painting movement of the Symbolists?

In Night Café the artist has communicated the "madness" of the place by selecting and juxtaposing ____.

Briefly describe the fin-de-siècle culture of late 19th-century Austria.

Compare and contrast the architecture of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements? To what degree do they reflect the overarching aims of each movement?

Who said: "I want to make of Impressionism something solid and lasting like the art in the museums"?

Who said: "Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I have before my eyes, I use color more arbitrarily so as to express myself forcibly. . . . I have tried to express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green. . . ."?

Which of the following architects conceived the building as a whole and molded it almost as a clay sculpture?

The influence of ____ is evident in Rodin's interest in the effect of light on the sculpted surface.

How does the Marshall Field Store respond to its environment?

Contrast the works of Renoir and Laurtrec. How do the subject styles of the artists reflect 19th-century French society and the innovations of 9th-th century art? Use examples to support your essay.

Georges Seurat differed from the Impressionist painters in which of the following ways?

How does Louis Sullivan reflect truly modern architecture?

What were Rodin's thoughts on the surface of his sculptures?

Members of the ____ movement dedicated themselves to making functional objects with a high aesthetic value.

Although ____ painted familiar Impressionist subjects, his exaggeration of each element created a new tone.

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The Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870

Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945

Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

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Exam 28: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900

In contrast to artists of the French Academy, the Impressionists attempted to capture ____.

How does this work reflect the theories of Sigmund Freud?

Cassatt's style of work owes much to which of the following?

Describe the development of sculpture at the end of the 19th century. Use examples to support your essay. To what extent did sculpture remain conventional? What painting movements did it take into account?

Antonio Gaudi longed to create an architectural style that was both modern and appropriate for his native country of Spain. How does Casa Milá represent his ability to conceive a building as a whole and mold it almost as a sculptor would create a figure from clay?

How does the overall design connect the sculptor with the painting movement of the Symbolists?

In Night Café the artist has communicated the "madness" of the place by selecting and juxtaposing ____.

Briefly describe the fin-de-siècle culture of late 19th-century Austria.

Compare and contrast the architecture of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements? To what degree do they reflect the overarching aims of each movement?

Who said: "I want to make of Impressionism something solid and lasting like the art in the museums"?

Who said: "Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I have before my eyes, I use color more arbitrarily so as to express myself forcibly. . . . I have tried to express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green. . . ."?

Which of the following architects conceived the building as a whole and molded it almost as a clay sculpture?

The influence of ____ is evident in Rodin's interest in the effect of light on the sculpted surface.

How does the Marshall Field Store respond to its environment?

Contrast the works of Renoir and Laurtrec. How do the subject styles of the artists reflect 19th-century French society and the innovations of 9th-th century art? Use examples to support your essay.

Georges Seurat differed from the Impressionist painters in which of the following ways?

How does Louis Sullivan reflect truly modern architecture?

What were Rodin's thoughts on the surface of his sculptures?

Members of the ____ movement dedicated themselves to making functional objects with a high aesthetic value.

Although ____ painted familiar Impressionist subjects, his exaggeration of each element created a new tone.

Late Medieval Italy

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

The Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870

Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945

Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

Contemporary Art Worldwide

South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980

China and Korea, 1279 to 1980

Japan, 1336 to 1980

Native Arts of the Americas, 1300 to 1980

Oceania Before 1980

Africa, 1800 to 1980

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