Question 1

What device had artists used since the late Renaissance to project images for reproduction?

Accepted Answer

A)  the camera obscura 
B)  the daguerreotype 
C)  negatives 
D)  lithographs

Question 2

Which artist associated with Realism in the nineteenth century found great success in the Salon system, including receiving France's highest honor of membership in the Legion of Honor?

Accepted Answer

A)  Courbet 
B)  Manet 
C)  Bonheur 
D)  Millet

Question 3

Courbet's A Burial at Ornans was criticized at the Salon for its disrespect of _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  his father's death 
B)  the rules of academic composition 
C)  his allegiance to the Catholic Church 
D)  the death of the Academy

Question 4

Nineteenth-century Russian artists shared the __________ interest in presenting unflinching looks at grim reality.

Accepted Answer

A)  Realist 
B)  Symbolist 
C)  Art Nouveau 
D)  Impressionist

Question 5

Winslow Homer employed an unadorned realism in depicting the heroic struggles of ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  African-Americans 
B)  the working poor 
C)  soldiers in the Civil War 
D)  young male athletes

Exam 31: Mid-to Late Nineteenth-century Art in Europe and the United States

What device had artists used since the late Renaissance to project images for reproduction?

Which artist associated with Realism in the nineteenth century found great success in the Salon system, including receiving France's highest honor of membership in the Legion of Honor?

Courbet's A Burial at Ornans was criticized at the Salon for its disrespect of _________________.

Nineteenth-century Russian artists shared the __________ interest in presenting unflinching looks at grim reality.

Winslow Homer employed an unadorned realism in depicting the heroic struggles of ____________.