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GE204 MIDTERM REVIEW
GE204 MIDTERM REVIEW
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A review of the major art movements from prehistory to the early 20th century
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1
Which of these is a major outcome of the Renaissance?
the rise of the middle class
written language
flattened perspective
the rise of the Catholic Church
2
Is this an example of Gothic or Romanesque architecture?
Gothic
Romanesque
3
The Swing by Fragonard is representative of which artistic movement?
Baroque
Renaissance
Mannerism
Rococo
4
What was the preferred subject matter of the Impressionists?
ordinary people/places
still life
emerging technologies
religious symbolism
5
What is one major characteristic of Baroque art?
lighthearted and flirtatious themes
"plein-air" (painting outdoors)
religious subject matter
obsession with horror, violence, and madness
6
Klimt's controversial style was heavily influenced by whom?
Nietzsche
Gentileschi
Goya
Freud
7
Who painted The Garden of Earthly Delights?
Guiseppe Arcimboldo
Salvador Dali
Hieronymus Bosch
Joan Miro
8
Who painted this depiction of Judith Beheading Holofernes?
Rembrandt
Gentileschi
Carravagio
Valazquez
9
Gianlorenzo Bernini is
most remembered
for which type of art during the Baroque period?
Music
Sculpture
Architecture
Painting
10
Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace was a product of which culture?
Greek
Egyptian
Chinese
Roman
11
The Venus of Willendorf is representative of which art movement?
Baroque
Fauvism
Prehistory
Renaissance
12
What is one major characteristic of most Renaissance paintings?
nonrepresentational color
dramatic contrast between light and dark
thick brushstrokes
geometry/perspective
13
The Temple on the Mount was built during which art movement?
Romanticism
Renaissance
Rococo
Prehistory
14
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in which century?
1400's
1500's
1300's
1600's
15
To which art movement is the "plein-air" technique most associated?
Expressionism
Fauvism
Impressionism
Romanticism
16
What is the theme of the Greek sculpture Laocoon and His Sons?
punishment for crime/sin
religious ecstasy
triumph over death
success in battle
17
Which came first?
Egyptian hieroglyphics
Stonehenge
The terra-cotta army of China
Spoken language
18
What is one major characteristic of Abstractionism?
nonrepresentational color
dreams and madness
absence of references to reality
line and perspective
19
Where was the center of the art world during the Baroque period?
Paris
Barcelona
Florence
Rome
20
Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait is representative of which art movement?
Mannerism
Italian Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
Baroque
21
From where does Salvador Dali draw most of his artistic inspiration?
sex
nature
dreams
religion
22
What was the function of the Canopic Jars of Neskhons?
body organ storage
grain storage
religious worship
rainwater collection
23
Of these four Renaissance artists, which worked primarily as a sculptor?
Raphael
da Vinci
Michelangelo
Donatello
24
In what style is Picasso's Guernica painted?
Abstract
Expressionist
Fauvist
Cubist
25
The Rococo style was a backlash against which of the following?
The Gothic Revival Style
The Roman Catholic Church
The Protestant Reformation
The Industrial Revolution
26
The Impressionistic style of painting was heavily influenced by which technology?
steam engine
printing press
camera
27
From where does Wassily Kandinsky draw his artistic inspiration?
dreamlike trances
the repressed unconscious
spiritual awakening
plein-air painting
28
Which artist created the print The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters?
Ghiberti
Durer
Goya
El Greco
29
The cave paintings at Lascaux most likely served what purpose?
To document a successful hunt
Neither
Either
To inventory available food sources
30
To which art movement does Van Gogh belong?
Postimpressionism
Neoimpressionism
Impressionism
31
Kirschner's Self Portrait with Model is representative of which art movement?
Symbolism
German Expressionism
Surrealism
Fauvism
32
What painting technique does Seurat employ in A Sunday on La Grande Jatte?
etching
scumbling
pointillism
33
What literary technique does Joan Miro employ in his painting Harlequin's Carnival?
foreshadowing
allusion
personification
automatic writing
34
Michelangelo painted The Creation of Adam during which art movement?
Rococo
Renaissance
Romanticism
Baroque
35
Which came first?
Rococo
Mannerism
Neoclassicism
Baroque
36
Is J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire considered a romantic or impressionistic painting?
Romantic
Impressionistic
37
Romanticism was inspired by nostalgia for which previous time period?
Middle Ages
Ancient Greek and Rome
Baroque
Renaissance
38
To which artistic style does El Greco's View of Toledo belong?
Fauvism
Mannerism
Romanticism
Impressionism
39
Which style of painting marks the beginning of the modernist movement?
Fauvism
Cubism
Surrealism
German Expressionism
40
Who painted The Last Supper?
Van Gogh
Michelangelo
Vermeer
da Vinci
