What happened in 1863?

The Salon des Refuses is held for the first time

Made up of strong chiaroscuro and highlights

What do Realist artists try to paint?

Contemporary, real events - modern life

Subdued with emphasis on earthy tones

Large to elevate working class concerns to heroic size

What is the Salon des Refuses?

600 works rejected from the Salon are shown in the adjacent building

which is the appropriate description of the painting?

The size and the subject matter of the painting are unconventional.

What is the "Rural Myth"?

Those who were closer to nature were more virtuous

Painting landscapes was a reaction to?

Increasing urbanization of the Industrial Revolution

What is Honoré Daumier known as

"the Michelangelo of caricature"

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1
Realism was a reaction against the highly subjective view of Romanticism.
False
True
2
What happened in 1863?
The Second Empire begins
Napoleon III dies
The Salon des Refuses is held for the first time
3
Light is....
Even, with a direct light source
Undetected
Made up of strong chiaroscuro and highlights
Spotlit and dramatic
4
What do Realist artists try to paint?
Portraiture
Contemporary, real events - modern life
Frivolity
The noble elite
5
This self-portrait of Courbet is influenced by photographic techniques
False
True
6
What were important in spreading information to the working class?
Word of mouth
Town crier
Newspapers
Rallies
7
Colour is ....
Dominated by red
Pastel and soft
Bright, bold and vibrant
Subdued with emphasis on earthy tones
8
Scale is often....
Big but with no real purpose
Large to elevate working class concerns to heroic size
Small because they are painting en plein air
9
Why is the Salon des Refuses important?
All of the above
Artist judged as an individual
Legitimised the idea that each artist had the right to paint what he wanted
Sometimes seen as the starting point of modern art
10
Socialism was growing as a movement in France as a result of growing imbalances.
True
False
11
What is the Salon des Refuses?
The public could visit but no one goes
Ugly art is stored and no one can visit
Very popular but only so that people can laugh at the ugliness
600 works rejected from the Salon are shown in the adjacent building
12
Brushwork is....
Not important
Somewhat concealed
Has a licked finish
Expressive
13
Aerial perspective is used in landscapes to....
Make the landscape look blurry
It is still not used - why did we learn about it?
Make the painting look mysterious and fantasy like
Evoke believable settings
14
which is the appropriate description of the painting?
The painting was immediately adored by the French art academy
It shows the luxury frivolous left styles of French upper-class.
The size and the subject matter of the painting are unconventional.
the painting was later destroyed during WW2
15
What is the "Rural Myth"?
Those who live far from nature are nostalgic for it
Those who were closer to nature were more virtuous
Those who were closer to it were less modern
The what?
16
Painting landscapes was a reaction to?
The Academic Salon and their hierarchy of acceptable art
Increasing urbanization of the Industrial Revolution
The portraits of the noble elite
17
Who published the Communist Manifesto in 1848?
Karl Marx
Charles Baudelaire
Emile Zola
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
18
What is Honoré Daumier known as
I dont know him
Gargantua
"the Michelangelo of caricature"
"the French Raphael"
19
Why did Realist artists paint the different classes together?
Wanted equality
To create tension and drama
To make the rich look better
20
What was the aim of the public works project?
All of the above
Improving transportation
Improving health and solve the unemployment issue
Broke up the radical communities that existed in Paris
21
Realist artists tried to ______ the working class.
Discriminate
Idealise
Put down
Glorify

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