Question 1

If Fauvism's mission was to liberate color from its descriptive role, Cubism's initial aim was:

Accepted Answer

A)  to reduce the role of color to a minimum. 
B)  to invent a new system for depicting form and space on a flat surface. 
C)  to find a way of representing the fact that human perception involves multiple viewpoints. 
D)  All of these. 
A)  to reduce the role of color to a minimum. 
B)  to invent a new system for depicting form and space on a flat surface. 
C)  to find a way of representing the fact that human perception involves multiple viewpoints. 
D)  All of these. D

Question 2

Eugène Delacroix was a leading practitioner of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Neoclassic style. 
B)  Romantic style. 
C)  Realist style. 
D)  styles of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism combined. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  Neoclassic style. 
B)  Romantic style. 
C)  Realist style. 
D)  styles of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism combined. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. B

Question 3

Consider Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Describe the critical and public reception each of the works received upon first exhibit. Discuss the movements associated with each artist and indicate how earlier works of art influenced these works.

Accepted Answer

Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe was one of thousands of works rejected from the annual Salon in 1863. He wanted to join other artists in painting modern life and prove that modern life could produce eternal subjects worthy of the great masters. He incorporated the iconography from Titian's Fete Champêtre and Raphael's Judgment of Paris. The public reacted negatively, perceiving that Manet was making fun of these master works. Manet, like the Realist Courbet, believed that modern life itself was the most suitable subject for modern art, and was associated with that movement. Picasso's painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is considered a pivotal work in the development of 20^th-century modern art. The entire composition is chopped up into planes, with no conventional modeling, flattening out the entire picture. The presentation of the female subjects with their angular, geometric shapes and primitive mask-like faces caused discomfort to many people, although the painting proved a significant beginning for his artistic journey in developing the movement known as Cubism.

Question 4

Discuss De Stijl and the Bauhaus, and their influence on early 20th-century modernism, citing examples and artists/architects of each style.

Accepted Answer

De Stijl, "the style," refers to a movem

Question 5

Consider De Chirico's The Disquieting Muses, Dali's Persistence of Memory, and Oppenheim's Object (Luncheon in Fur). For each artist, identify the movement with which he or she is associated. Then discuss the differing approaches each artist took in these works to achieve the goals of that movement.

Accepted Answer

De Chirico was an innovative artist who

Question 6

Consider Kandinsky's Black Lines and Miró's Carnival of the Harlequin. Identify the movements with which each artist is associated. Discuss each artist's interest in abstraction and/or nonrepresentation within the movement with which each is identified.

Accepted Answer

Black Lines by Vasili Kandinsky organize

Question 7

Which of the following artists was a Realist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 
B)  Eugène Delacroix 
C)  Gustave Courbet 
D)  Jacques-Louis David 
E)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 
B)  Eugène Delacroix 
C)  Gustave Courbet 
D)  Jacques-Louis David 
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 8

How did Impressionism get its name?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was the winning entry in a contest to name the new movement. 
B)  One of the artists of the group invented the name to describe her own painting process, and the rest of the group adopted it. 
C)  The group appropriated the name from the title of a recent scientific essay concerning optics and human perception. 
D)  A critic used the term to describe the movement after seeing the painting Impression: Sunrise, and it caught on. 
E)  The group took its name from the title of a current photography journal. 
A)  It was the winning entry in a contest to name the new movement. 
B)  One of the artists of the group invented the name to describe her own painting process, and the rest of the group adopted it. 
C)  The group appropriated the name from the title of a recent scientific essay concerning optics and human perception. 
D)  A critic used the term to describe the movement after seeing the painting Impression: Sunrise, and it caught on. 
E)  The group took its name from the title of a current photography journal.

Question 9

Discuss at least three of the artistic styles or movements of the early 20th century and explain how those movements and the artists associated with them reflected new attitudes, philosophies, and social and political transformations.

Accepted Answer

Responses will vary depending on selecti

Question 10

Vasili Kandinsky became convinced that art should be free of representational subject matter when he:

Accepted Answer

A)  mistook an upside-down painting of his for an unfamiliar work of spectacular beauty. 
B)  was no longer able to sell any of his traditional landscape paintings. 
C)  had a near-death experience in which he "saw" music and "heard" color. 
D)  was fasting and meditating in a monastery and had a vision of the future of painting. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  mistook an upside-down painting of his for an unfamiliar work of spectacular beauty. 
B)  was no longer able to sell any of his traditional landscape paintings. 
C)  had a near-death experience in which he "saw" music and "heard" color. 
D)  was fasting and meditating in a monastery and had a vision of the future of painting. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 11

_____________, who designed a famous armchair, was a student of the Bauhaus school of design in Germany.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kandinsky 
B)  Tatlin 
C)  Breuer 
D)  De Chirico 
E)  Mondrian 
A)  Kandinsky 
B)  Tatlin 
C)  Breuer 
D)  De Chirico 
E)  Mondrian

Question 12

Henri Matisse was told by Gustave Moreau, his teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, "You were born to ________."

Accepted Answer

A)  be a lawyer 
B)  simplify painting 
C)  outdo me 
D)  sell art, not make it 
E)  bring joy with your paintings 
A)  be a lawyer 
B)  simplify painting 
C)  outdo me 
D)  sell art, not make it 
E)  bring joy with your paintings

Question 13

In their paintings, the Impressionists often focused on:

Accepted Answer

A)  scenes of leisure involving the middle class. 
B)  aristocratic pomp and splendor. 
C)  religious subject matter depicted in everyday settings. 
D)  symbolism and esoteric content. 
E)  historical narratives. 
A)  scenes of leisure involving the middle class. 
B)  aristocratic pomp and splendor. 
C)  religious subject matter depicted in everyday settings. 
D)  symbolism and esoteric content. 
E)  historical narratives.

Question 14

Consider Morisot's Summer's Day and Cassatt's The Boating Party. Discuss each artist's contribution to this art movement.

Accepted Answer

Cassatt was an American ex-patriot artis

Question 15

Marcel Duchamp created a new art form in which the artist makes nothing, but merely labels an object as art. He called this art form:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Machine Aesthetic. 
B)  ready-mades. 
C)  automatism. 
D)  pointillism. 
E)  instantaneous art. 
A)  the Machine Aesthetic. 
B)  ready-mades. 
C)  automatism. 
D)  pointillism. 
E)  instantaneous art.

Question 16

A major influence upon European culture of the 19th century, one that gave rise to an expanding middle class, was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the abolition of slavery. 
B)  the Industrial Revolution. 
C)  the crusades. 
D)  the sexual revolution. 
E)  the Second Iconoclastic War. 
A)  the abolition of slavery. 
B)  the Industrial Revolution. 
C)  the crusades. 
D)  the sexual revolution. 
E)  the Second Iconoclastic War.

Question 17

The term Post-Impressionism refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  a splinter group composed of just a few founding members of Impressionism. 
B)  a neutral term describing the varied directions of a few artists who both accepted and rejected some of the aims of Impressionism. 
C)  a specific style of painting involving the use of tiny dots of pure color. 
D)  the German art movement that admired and emulated Impressionist art. 
E)  the musical equivalent of Impressionist painting, a late 19th-century movement. 
A)  a splinter group composed of just a few founding members of Impressionism. 
B)  a neutral term describing the varied directions of a few artists who both accepted and rejected some of the aims of Impressionism. 
C)  a specific style of painting involving the use of tiny dots of pure color. 
D)  the German art movement that admired and emulated Impressionist art. 
E)  the musical equivalent of Impressionist painting, a late 19th-century movement.

Question 18

Romantic art stresses:

Accepted Answer

A)  themes of flirtation, courtship, and marriage. 
B)  ancient Roman ideals of proportion and harmony. 
C)  drama, unbridled emotions, and complex compositions. 
D)  clarity, stability, and precision. 
E)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  themes of flirtation, courtship, and marriage. 
B)  ancient Roman ideals of proportion and harmony. 
C)  drama, unbridled emotions, and complex compositions. 
D)  clarity, stability, and precision. 
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 19

Which of the following is an American artist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry Ossawa Tanner 
B)  Thomas Eakins 
C)  Mary Cassatt 
D)  George Caleb Bingham 
E)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  Henry Ossawa Tanner 
B)  Thomas Eakins 
C)  Mary Cassatt 
D)  George Caleb Bingham 
E)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 20

The first national art museum opened in 1793. This museum, still in operation today, is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 
B)  the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. 
C)  the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. 
D)  the Louvre in Paris. 
E)  the Tate in London. 
A)  the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 
B)  the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. 
C)  the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. 
D)  the Louvre in Paris. 
E)  the Tate in London.

Exam 21: The Modern World, 1800-1945

If Fauvism's mission was to liberate color from its descriptive role, Cubism's initial aim was:

Eugène Delacroix was a leading practitioner of the:

Consider Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Describe the critical and public reception each of the works received upon first exhibit. Discuss the movements associated with each artist and indicate how earlier works of art influenced these works.

Discuss De Stijl and the Bauhaus, and their influence on early 20th-century modernism, citing examples and artists/architects of each style.

Consider Kandinsky's Black Lines and Miró's Carnival of the Harlequin. Identify the movements with which each artist is associated. Discuss each artist's interest in abstraction and/or nonrepresentation within the movement with which each is identified.

Which of the following artists was a Realist?

How did Impressionism get its name?

Discuss at least three of the artistic styles or movements of the early 20th century and explain how those movements and the artists associated with them reflected new attitudes, philosophies, and social and political transformations.

Vasili Kandinsky became convinced that art should be free of representational subject matter when he:

_____________, who designed a famous armchair, was a student of the Bauhaus school of design in Germany.

Henri Matisse was told by Gustave Moreau, his teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, "You were born to ________."

In their paintings, the Impressionists often focused on:

Consider Morisot's Summer's Day and Cassatt's The Boating Party. Discuss each artist's contribution to this art movement.

Marcel Duchamp created a new art form in which the artist makes nothing, but merely labels an object as art. He called this art form:

A major influence upon European culture of the 19th century, one that gave rise to an expanding middle class, was:

The term Post-Impressionism refers to:

Romantic art stresses:

Which of the following is an American artist?

The first national art museum opened in 1793. This museum, still in operation today, is:

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Discuss De Stijl and the Bauhaus, and their influence on early 20^th-century modernism, citing examples and artists/architects of each style.

Discuss at least three of the artistic styles or movements of the early 20^th century and explain how those movements and the artists associated with them reflected new attitudes, philosophies, and social and political transformations.

A major influence upon European culture of the 19^th century, one that gave rise to an expanding middle class, was: