Question 1

Discuss the significance of the Harlem Renaissance as a cultural movement that included visual arts and various other art forms. Name several important artists and works from the Harlem Renaissance and explain the long-term effects of the movement on American art, society, and politics.

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Question 2

Which of the following is an American artist?

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

Question 3

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

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

Question 4

Which of the following artists was a Realist?

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

Question 5

Eugène Delacroix was a leading practitioner of the

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

Question 6

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.

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Question 7

Edouard Manet "borrowed" the composition of his painting Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) from

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A)  Renaissance works of art. 
B)  his friend, the painter Berthe Morisot. 
C)  Eugène Delacroix. 
D)  Neoclassical works. 
E)  a popular advertisement of the day.

Question 8

The term Post-Impressionism refers to

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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 9

Identify, describe, and contrast two of the Expressionist groups of the early 20th century. Refer to specific artists and works to illustrate your points.

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Question 10

The first art movement to be born in the 19th century was ___________, which arose as a reaction against Neoclassicism and Romanticism.

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A)  Realism 
B)  Impressionism 
C)  Pointillism 
D)  Fauvism 
E)  Expressionism

Question 11

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

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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.

Question 12

How did Impressionism get its name?

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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 13

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

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Exam 21: The Modern World: 1800-1945