Art History quiz 4 – Flashcards

Courbet preferred to paint which of the following themes?

Courbet used which of the following techniques in the The Stonebreakers to convey the drudgery of manual labor?

Géricault's Raft of the Medusa represents which of the following?

In his painting, ____, Thomas Eakins portrayed things as he saw them and not as the public might want them portrayed.

The French viewing public were greatly horrified by Manet's Olympia not only because of the portrayal of a naked prostitute as a work of art but also due to which of the following?

The great "Romantic dialogue" about color and form was carried on in the famous contest between which of the following artists?

The term "sublime" was considered to inspire which of the following feelings?

Timothy O'Sullivan documented which of the following wars?

What did Thomas Eakins believe was a prerequisite for his art?

Which of the following artists had firsthand knowledge and experience of the American Civil War?

Which of the following artists painted in the United States?

Which of the following artists represented what was called the "sublime" in eighteenth-century art?

Which of the following artists was most concerned with painting realistic scenes of poor and oppressed peoples?

Who among the following artists liked to paint images of the Romantic transcendental landscape?

A leading advocate of the Enlightenment in France was which of the following?

At the turn of the century, the French Academy was divided rather sharply between two doctrines. Which taught that color was the most important element?

How did historical fact replace the fanciful notions of Rome and its ancient society?

Neoclassicism invoked classical references of patriotism and trust in unshakable authority serving imperial agendas. Which of the following leaders embraced these aspects of Neoclassicism?

The Age of Enlightenment had its roots in which of the following centuries?

The artist whose work best spoke for the French Revolution was which of the following?

The Return from Cythera represents a group of lovers preparing to depart from the island of eternal youth. Watteau emphasized that elegance and grace using which of the following?

Vigée-Lebrun portrayed herself as a self-confident painter looking directly at the viewer (and pausing to return their gaze) this has been copied from an earlier artist. Which of the following is that artist?

What is the name of the specific style of Rococo painting that depicted the outdoor amusements and entertainments of the upper classes?

Which of the following architects were the most influential in Thomas Jefferson's re-design of Monticello?

Which of the following eighteenth-century philosophers stressed the importance of the natural goodness of human beings and was an important forerunner of the Romantic sensibility?

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?

What year did Antoine Watteau paint the picture

Who painted Pilgrimage to Cythera?

Who painted The Swing?

Who painted Saying Grace?

Who painted Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Who painted Paul Revere?

Who painted Cornelia Presenting Her Children as her Treasures?

Who painted Oath of the Horatii?

Who designed the Monticello?

Who painted Third of May?

What year did Francisco Goya paint his picture?

Who painted Raft of the Medusa?

What year did Géricault paint his picture?

Who painted The Slave Ship

What year did JMW Turner paint the picture?

Who painted Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Who painted Burial at Ornans?

Who painted Olympia?

Who painted The Gross Clinic?

Who designed Still Life in Studio

What year did Muybridge design Human and Animal Locomotion?