Modern Art Multiple Choice – Flashcards
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Under what style would a room interior have softened architectural line, sinuous curves, and walls that melt into the vault?
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Rococo
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The Rococo style was preeminently evident in which of the following?
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Small works
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What is the name of the specific style of Rococo painting that depicted the outdoor amusements and entertainments of the upper class?
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fete galante
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The "Return from Cythera" represents a group of lovers preparing to depart from the island of eternal youth. Watteau captured that elegance and grace using which of the following?
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color
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Which of the following works functions as an "altarpiece" for the new civic religion of inspiring the viewer with the martyr's Dedication to service?
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Death of Marat
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Which of the following Roman ruins provided the inspiration for the portico of the Pantheon in Paris (Ste-Genevieve) designed by Soufflot?
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Baalbek, Syria
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How did Historical fact replace the fanciful notions of Rome and its ancient society?
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The discovery and excavations of Herculaneum and Pompeii
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Neoclassicism invoked classical references of patriotism and trust in unshakable authority serving imperial agendas. which of the following leaders embraced these aspects of Neoclassicism?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Which of the following architects were the most influential in Thomas Jefferson's re-design of Monticello
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Palladio and Robert Adams
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The Age of Enlightenment had its roots in which of the following centuries?
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Seventeenth century
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Which of the following eighteenth-century philosophers stressed the importance of the natural goodness of human beings?
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The influences of Vitruvius, Palladio and Inigo Jones are most apparent in which of the following?
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Chiswick House
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The artist who best spoke for the French revolution was which of the following?
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Jacques-Louis David
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The dominant architectural style in the eighteenth-century England was?
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Palladian Classicism
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The Rococo style is characterized by?
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delicate colors and painterly brushstrokes
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The Amalienburg Hall of Mirrors demonstrates the common Rococo features of?
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delicate rhythmic decoration; bombe, or outward bowing of the central bay; diminutive scale
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The ahor patrons of French Rococo painting and sculpture were?
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The aristocracy
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Which is least characteristic of the so-called Pompeian style?
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profuse curvilinear decorative elements
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The phrase "Poet of the commonplace" could best be applied to who?
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Chardin
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The artist who portrayed contemporaries who participated in the great events of the latter half of the eighteenth century was?
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Reynolds
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An important eighteenth-century development that radically changed the way people lived and worked was the?
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invention of the steam engine
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The so-called Rubenists of the Royal Academy, as opposed to the Poussinists, help that...?
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color is supreme, and coloristic style is the proper guide for the artist
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The Rococo style is considered to be a delicate variant of?
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Late Baroque style
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It is generally agreed that the Rococo style originated in?
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France
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The style most closely associated with democratic ideals, imperial ambitions, and virtue was?
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Neoclassicism
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One of the consequences of the Industrial Revolution was cheaply made and poorly designed commodity goods flooding the markets. The architect Pugin felt it was essential to return to the honest and quality craftsmanship of the past the reflected moral purity and spiritual authenticity. Which of the following styles would he deem honest and quality artisanship?
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English Late Gothic
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Julia Margaret Cameron used a short focal length lens that allowed only a small area of sharp focus. What kind of effect would a lens like this produce?
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ethereal, dreamlike images
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Pugin said, "All Grecian, Sir. Tudor details on a classical body." To which building is Pugin referring?
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House of Parliament, London
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Gericault's Raft of the Medusa represents which of the following?
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The aftermath of a 19th c. French shipwreck and was considered an attack on government
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La Madeleine in Paris was intended for which of the following purposes?
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A temple of glory for Napoleon's armies
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Francois Rude's sculpture La Marseillaise for the Arc de Triomphe represents which of the following moments in French history?
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the people of France protecting their borders against foreign enemies of the revolution
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Which of the following architects was not famous for his experimentation with iron structural supports?
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Pierre Vignon
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The great "Romantic dialogue" about color and form was carried on in the famous contest between which of the following artists?
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Delacroix and Ingres
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Timothy O'Sullivan documented which of the following wars?
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American Civil War
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Who among the following artists liked to paint images of the Romantic transcendental landscape?
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Friedrich
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Which of the following conditions is characteristic of the 19th century agrarian working class and is missing from the Haywain by Constable?
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civil unrest
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Which of the following artists painted in the United States?
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Cole
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The term "sublime" was considered to inspire which of the following feelings?
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awe mixed with terror
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In the Night Cafe, the artist has shown us a benign scene, yet the scene has a sense of charged energy and oppressive atmosphere: How did the artist communicate this?
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through use of vivid hues whose juxtaposition augmented their intensity
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In the Sacred Grove, the artist has depicted a quiet and timeless scene. How did Puvis de Chavannes express his rejection of Realism in this painting?
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ornamental and reflective work
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In Klimt's The Kiss, the artist has captured the flamboyance and decadence of the period. How was this painting a visual manifestation of the fin de siecle?
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It captured a decadence conveyed by opulent and sensuous image.
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Which of the following influenced Degas in his technique of using spatial projections and off-center empty space to create illusion and direct the viewer's attention into the picture?
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18th century Japanese woodblock prints
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William Morris helped to shape the Arts and Crafts movement through his support of high quality craftsmanship and design based on natural forms. Which of the following artists was also a member of the Arts and Crafts movement?
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Louis Comfort Tiffany
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The Burghers of Calais expresses the emotions of despair, defiance, and resignation. Rodin has captured these emotions in the roughly textured surfaces of the figures. He wanted the citizens of Calais to experience this heroic episode in their city's history. Which of the following is a device Rodin used to create the pathos of this heroism?
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no traditional high base placed the monument eye-to-eye and close to the viewers
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The sculptor Carpeaux illustrated the emotions of frustration and despair in his Ugolino and His Children by making the forms intertwined and densely concentrated. Which of the following influenced Carpeaux?
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Michelangelo
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American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens used the Realist style very effectively. In his Adams Memorial, however, he deviated from the canon of the Realists. He represented a lone figure voluminously draped. How did the sculptor express this deviation from the canon?
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he modified a classical mode of representation
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Antonio Gaudi longed to create an architectural style that was both modern and appropriate for his native country of Spain. How does Casa Mila represent his ability to conceive a building as a whole and mold it almost as a sculptor would create a figure from clay?
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It is a free-form mass wrapped around a street corner
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Which of the following ideas did Vincent van Gogh attempt to communicate in his Starry Night?
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vastness of the universe
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Monet's Rouen Cathedral is a series that observed the same viewpoint during which of the following?
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different times of the day
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Cassatt's style of work owes much to which of the following?
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Japanese prints
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Which of the following architects conceived the building as a whole and molded it almost as a clay sculpture?
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Antonio Gaudi
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Extreme subjectivity and the need to see through reality to a deeper realisty was most typical of which of the following styles?
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Symbolists
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Which of the following artists is categorized a Symbolist?
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Redon
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Which is the most important feature of Sullivan's Prudential Building that distinguishes it from earlier structures?
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the reflection of the subdivision of the interior spaces in the outer structure
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Berthe Morisot focused her work in the only area allowed her as a woman in upper class French society. Which of the following was that area?
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domestic scenes
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Which of the following artists explored the properties of light, plane and color and their interrelationships?
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Cezanne
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Which of the following artists presented a sumptuous and sensual image in Jupiter and Semele?
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Moreau
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Who was a denizen of the night world of Paris, consorting with the tawdry population of entertainers, prostitutes and other social outcasts?
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Toulouse-Lautrec
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Georges Seurat differed from the Impressionist painters in which of the following ways?
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his disciplined and painstaking application of the color theories of men like Delacroix, Helmholtz and Chevreul
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Who was one of the leading practitioners of the Pictorial style in photography around the turn of the century?
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Gertrude Kasebier
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Which of the following artists created large-scale, kinetic sculptures?
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Alexander Calder
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what message did Vera Mukhina convey in her work entitled "The Worker and the Collective Farm Worker"?
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She glorified the communal labor of the Soviet people.
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Which of the following artists developed the theory of neoplasticism or the new pure plastic art?
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Mondrian
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which of the following works of art was melted down for ammunition by the Nazis in 1937?
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war monument
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which of the following artists created a modern American art style combining Synthetic Cubism with jazz tempos and her perception of the fast-paced American culture?
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Stuart Davis
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What style is described as compositions of shapes and forms abstracted from the conventionally conceived world?
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Cubism
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The "Champs de Mars" or the "Red tower" by Robert Delaunay depicts which of the following structures?
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Eiffel Tower
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Which of the following is executed in the Synthetic Cubist style?
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Still-Life with Chair-Craning
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Which of the following describes the focus of the Ashcan School?
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it focused on the bleak and seedy aspects of city life
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What message is portrayed in Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"?
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the pervasive loneliness of modern humans
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Thomas Hart Benton, a Regionalist artist, focused his attention on which of the following subjects?
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the social history of Missouri
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Which of the following artists did not depict themes of war?
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Matisse
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In the artist's eyes, the "Fate of the Animals was almost a premonition of which historical event?
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WWI
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which of the following works demonstrates the Futurists' interest in motion?
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Dynamism of a dog on a leash
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Which of the following artists was a Berlin Dadaist?
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Hannah Hoch
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Which of the following artists shared Stieglitz's concern to position photography as an art form with same fine-art status as painting and sculpture?
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Edward Weston
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Who is the artist who created a work of art that can be described as "a wickedly funny gift"?
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Man Ray
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Her work is often described as autobiographical because of her unflinching self-portrait portrayals. She gives the viewer a person glimpse into herself and suffering. Which of the following artist does this describe?
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Frida Kahlo
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Who is the artist who created a scathing visual commentary on the military with his "Fit for Active Service"?
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Grosz
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Which of the Blaue Reiter artists found animals superior in beauty, strength, innocence, and naturalness?
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Franz Marc
