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Content Area 4: Later Europe and Americas 1750-1940C.E.
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The opulent use of gold & jewel-like patterning in this work reflects the artist’s interest in
Gothic stained glass
Japanese woodblocks
illuminated manuscripts
Byzantine mosaics
2
This artist was a part of which movement? What was his aim/purpose in his artwork?
Impressionism: capture the changing colors of light in time
Abstract Expressionist: create a purely optical experience
Expressionist: express what he saw through color
Surrealist: to combine the real and imaginary in one image
3
Who painted this work?
Claude Monet
Thomas Cole
Winslow Homer
Claude Lorrain
4
The structure of Monticello is heavily influenced by Thomas Jefferson’s
Study of classical temples in the south of France
Work of archaeologist uncovering the ancient ruins of Pompei
trip to Spain to study Renaissance architecture
Friendship with Washington and by his architectural theories
5
The Spiral Jetty is
a sculpture
an earthwork
an earthenware
an installation
6
Conversely to Rodin's composition, his patrons had which of the following expectations?
Figures would be posed as classical nudes.
The burghers would be represented in a glorified manner.
There would be an allegorical figure representing Liberty.
A continuous narrative within an architectural frieze.
7
What was Kandinsky's intention and purpose for the viewer with this piece?
to provide them with a sensory experience like that of music
to convey drama and energy
to leave them dizzy in a color frenzy
to portray a horrific nightmare
8
In this print, Honoré Daumier address the growing social anxiety over what?
Modernization
Classical Revival
Climate Change
The Enlightenment
9
the use of steel made it possible for this building to have which of the following innovations
an open floor plan and large expanses of glass
steam-powered elevators that gave access to multiple floors
an elevated spire supporting a radio transmitter
cantilevered terraces surrounding a central courtyard
10
The painting is from the series
The Migration
, which was a response to which historic event?
Relocation of Native Americans to designated territories
Mass movement of AfricanAmericans out of rural southern U.S.
Forced immigration of Africans thru the Atlantic slave trade
Influx of immigrants from Europe to US in the early 20th C.
11
Most Romantic Landscapes address
agriculture
revolution
the Sublime
the Reformation
12
The artist of the work is
Andy Warhol
Claes Oldenburg
Jasper Johns
Robert Rauschenberg
13
Frida Kahlo's work is classified as
Idealist
Abstract
Realist
Surrealist
14
Who is the artist of this work?
Antonio Gaudí
Gustav Klimt
Aubrey Beardsley
Egon Schiele
15
The Swing by Fragonard is a perfect example of which artistic movement?
Rococo
Neoclassicism
Romanticism
Enlightenment
16
The theme of this work by Yayoi Kusama revolves around the theme of
self obsession
molecular science
environmental art
metallic forcefields
17
The panels of this work form a
plinth
diptych
predella
retablo
18
Where did van Gogh paint this?
from his cabin in the mountains
from his bedroom window
from his car on the country road side
from his window at a mental hospital
19
How did the original viewers respond to this mural
The hotel did not like the statement of "God doesn't Exist"
caused controversy because of the negative things in history
everyone loved it
People wrote on his mural in revolt against its message
20
What artistic style is this work exemplary of?
Abstract Expressionism
Impressionism
Fauvism
De Stijl
21
What is the proper I.D. for this work?
Victory Leading the Masses. Edvard Munch. 1830 C.E.
Liberty Leading the People. Edvard Munch. 1830 C.E.
Victory Leading the Masses. Eugène Delacroix. 1830 C.E.
Liberty Leading the People. Eugène Delacroix. 1830 C.E.
22
Similar to the work of Thomas Cole, this work focuses on:
impact of the gold rush on landscapedevelopment
implementation of the Homestead Act
idea of Manifest Destiny
contribution of Native Americans tolandscape preservation
23
Which of the following statements is true about this painting?
It incited outrage from government officials.
It reflects a longing for a lost homeland.
It reflects a transcendental vision of nature
It reveals a controversial subject
24
This artist was considered part of
the avant-garde
the Blue Rider
Art Nouveau
the academy
25
This work represents an art movement known as
feminist art
Pop Art
Minimalism
digital art
26
Paul Gaugin considered this work his masterpiece. What was it's subject?
Meditation on the life cycle and our purpose
Life in a Tahitian nudist colony
The journey to find himself and his faith in a monastery
His experiences living in Tahiti
27
What artistic period is this painting classified under?
Realism
Romanticism
Tenebrism
Expressionism
28
This work is characteristic of which artistic movement?
Fauvism
Abstract Expressionism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
29
This work by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was the first successful
Digital Scan
Photograph
Etching
Lithograph
30
Architect Le Corbusier divided a plan for modern homes of the future, he called it
The Five Points of Architecture
The Five Rooms of Architecture
The Five Rules of Architecture
The Five Guidelines of Architecture
31
This work by Matisse is considered part of which artistic style?
De Stijl
Impressionism
Abstract Expressionism
Fauvism
32
This work draws influence from
The Great Stupa at Sanchi
the ruins of the city of Pomeii
the Great Serpent Mound in Ohio
Machu Picchu in Peru
33
Wilfredo Lam sought to explore what, in his creation of "The Jungle"
the vegetation in local jungles
ritualistic dancing of his people
his Afro-Cuban heritage
color theory
34
Why did Klimt switch to a dramatically different style from his academic schooling?
He moved next to an old Byzantine church
exploring ways to use his artistic freedom
social protest
He was inspired by the greek art
35
The application of paint is most similar to that of
Jacques-Louis David’s The Oath of the Horatii
Johannes Vermeer’s Woman Holding a Balance
Édouard Manet’s Olympia
Paul Gauguin’s Where Do We Come From? What Are We? ...
36
The artist of this work is associated with which of the following art-historical movements?
De Stijl
Arts and Crafts
Die Brücke
Vienna Secession
37
The subject matter of the painting includes all of the following EXCEPT
an allegorical personification
a biblical parable
an event from the artist’s own times
a political point of view
38
The style of this work is closest to that of
Symbolism
Impressionism
Surrealism
Romanticism
39
An artist whose work was a catalyst for this artist’s development was
Edvard Munch
Georges Seurat
Vassily Kandinsky
Paul Cézanne
40
What work is this?
Villa Savoye
The Seagram Building
The Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
House in New Castle County
41
This is referencing what type of part art movements
Surrealism
Minimalism
prehistoric
Cubism
42
German Expressionist Kirchner was the founder of
Die Brücke
(The Bridge) which aimed to
bridge the gap between the past and the modern future
bridge the disconnect between soldiers and civilians
Build a bridge between the people and the government
build a bridge from Europe to America
43
Photographer Stieglitz wanted his photos to affect the viewer in which way?
to call their attention to socio-economic disparities
realize photography was indeed fine art
show them that anyone could be a photographer
similar to Abstract Expressionist paintings:visual & sensory
44
Manet’s Olympia horrified contemporary critics and the public because
The figure was a prostitute, which was new to art history
the main figure is shameless and defiant in her role
relied on the Ren view of formal composition which= outdated
The inclusion of a black woman was bold and experimental
45
Rodin’s representation of the figures was influential on later artists mainly because of the
emotional impact and lack of idealization
grouping that privileges a single viewpoint
harmonic proportions and use of contrapposto
deliberate anonymity and lack of specific attributes
46
The style of the painting is
Pointillist
Futurist
Cubist
Expressionist
47
This 1840 romantic work by Joseph Mallord William Turner exposes the reality of what?
The horrors of the transatlantic slave trace
The brutal restrictions on romantic artists at the time
The natural and destructive power of the ocean
the colors of an ocean sunset in the midst of the storm.
48
Helen Frankenthaler used diluted paint primarily to
demonstrate the spontaneous flow of paint across a surface
reveal the expressive power of vigorous brushwork
form hard-edged geometric compositions using tonal variants
create the illusion of distance and depth in her work
49
The artist included figures wearing black top hats in the painting to indicate
affiliation with a political party
nationality
association with an art academy
social class
50
Ingres refused to disguise who/what his female figure was. What was she?
a murderer, hiding out in Inges' studio
an odalisque, existing for the sultan's sexual pleasure
The daughter of a Sultan, posing nude as a rebellious act
a prosititute, working the streets in Turkey
51
Based on the style of this work, which artist would you attribute this to?
Monet
Van Gogh
Dagas
Manet
52
What statement is Andy Warhol making with his work
realistic detail
desensitizing viewers by over exposure of celebrities
assembly-line quickness
sheer abundance
53
This work by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya embodied which artistic movement?
Romanticism
Emotionalism
Realism
Expressionism
54
The painting shown was created by
Frida Kahlo
Jacob Lawrence
Wifredo Lam
Diego Rivera
55
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was the official court painter for who?
French King Louis XV and Queen Marie de Medici
English King Charles XVI and Queen Mary of Wale
French King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette
English King Edward XI and Queen Anne Marie
56
This work is designed to
so that boats can dock alongside it
to be viewed at all times or day and year
align with the moon and sun
be far from civilization
57
Alfred Stieglitz's formal intent of creating this photograph was
recording the aspirations of the subjects as they arrived
manipulate the photograph and blur faces of the subjects
to establish photography as a key predecessor to a painting
capturing how the strong geometric shapes evoked meaning
58
This painting by Joseph Wright of Derby exemplifies the ideals of which intellectual movement?
The Enlightenment
The Industrial Revolution
The Renaissance
The Classical Revival
59
Marie Cassatt was influenced by the prints of women from what foreign Country?
Geishas from Japan
Maidens from Scotland
Priestesses from the Pacific Islands
Queens from Spain
60
The artist used all of the following features in the work EXCEPT
incorporation of text
a subdued palette
a clear relationship between figure and ground
planes that dissolve into each other
61
The artist of this work, worked primarily in
Norway
Switzerland
France
Germany
62
Varvara Stepanova was
employed by the anti-communist group to create protest art
employed by the Russian Government to create scrapbooks
employed by the Russian art academy to create photomontages
employed by the Russian government to create propaganda art
63
This series of snap shots coined Edward Muybridge as
The Father of Kentucky Derby
The Father of Settling Bets
The Father of Action Photography
The Father of the Motion Picture
64
What was Duchamp's main purpose in creating The Fountain
to pose the question "can an idea be art"?
to make fun of everyone who spends hours on making art
to make art more abstract
to show the abundance of products
65
Diego Rivera's mural in Mexico city can be described as
The Day of the Dead festival
a gathering of the top figures of400 years of MexicanHistory
a historic timeline, structured & organized chronologically
A national parade in the country's capital
66
RobertVenturi’s House in NewCastleCounty is most similar to ThomasJefferson’s Monticello in its
internal and external symmetry
location in a dense urban environment
incorporation of spolia from other buildings
adaptation of classical design elements
67
This building shares which of the following design characteristics with the Seagram Building?
Cast-iron ornamentation
A steel-frame structure
The integration of a public plaza
An oblique entryway
68
Which of the following artists also worked in the style exemplified by the painting?
Georgia O’Keeffe
Salvador Dalí
Emil Nolde
Pablo Picasso
69
Marry Cassat was apart of what movement
Surrealism
Dada
Fauvism
Impressionism
70
The primary medium of this work is
engraving
photo silk-screening
digital scanning
etching
71
Memorial Sheet of Karl Liebknecht was
a fictional narrative
propagandistic
commissioned by his family
a political statement supporting his ideology
72
Which of the following is a correct in the symbolism used on George Washington's statue?
A walking staff to represent the royalty he descended from
13 fascia to represent 13 colonies
Shoulder pads ala The King of Pop
1,776 grams of marble symbolizing the birth year of the U.S.
73
The painting exhibits all of the following formal characteristics EXCEPT
dramatic use of color and light
spatially flat composition, and figures
loose and painterly brushwork
atmospheric perspective
74
David’s The Oath of the Horatii referencing techniques based on who?
Caravaggio
Vermeer
Peter Paul Rubens
Portormo
75
The patrons responded to Rodin’s mode of representation by
paying for an additional casting to be displayed in Paris
forfeiting the commission and hiring another artist
elevating the sculpture on a raised platform
displaying the sculpture within the town hall
76
Willem De Kooning was focussed on the________ not the finished product
surrealism
Process
sublime
realism
77
This artist was considered part of
the academy
the avant-garde
Art Nouveau
the Blue Rider
78
Picasso is the father of
Cubism
Expressionism
Post-Impressionism
Abstraction
79
In this particular painting from the series, the artist intended to convey the
discrimination that African Americans found in the U.S.
Effects of urban settings breaking down rural communities
poor conditions of the lower class in the U.S.
separation of slaves and slaveholders in the United States
80
The painting was surprising to its original audience mainly because
it engendered religious compassion
its innovation earned the artist admittance to the Salon
it depicted laborers on a grand scale
its figures are placed within an idealized landscape
81
In the commission for
The Burghers of Calais
, Auguste Rodin was asked to depict
sinners described in Dante’s Inferno
veterans of the Franco-Prussian War
Elders offering themselves as hostages in the 100 Years’ War
local heroes of the French Resistance during WWII
82
This work by William Hogarth critiques the lavish and pleasure-seeking lives of who?
The Egyptian Pharaohs
The Spanish Moors
The French Aristocracy
The English Monarchy
83
The artist of this painting is associated with an art-historical movement known as the
Barbizon School
Hudson River School
Ash Can School
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
84
This Romantic landscape shows a view of which location?
The Hudson Valley
Silicon Valley
The Valley of Sonoma
The Valley of Mexico
85
The art-historical movement of the work shown is
Post-Impressionism
Realism
Romanticism
Impressionism
86
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater demonstrates his conviction that this building should
elevate the individual above worldly concerns
employ the skills of regional artisans
be an integrative part of the landscape
reflect the most advanced building technologies
87
This work is concerned with the visual language of
popular culture
nationalism
existentialism
classical mythology
88
Rapid brush strokes, emotional intensity, spontaneous creation... this work is considered
post-impressionism
surrealism
impressionism
abstract expressionism
89
A conversation over coffee with which artist inspired Meret Oppenheim to go home & create this
Pablo Picasso
Gustav Klimt
Vassily Kandinsky
Vincent Van Gogh
90
The theme of the painting is most strongly related to the
theories of Charles Darwin
writings of Karl Marx
speeches of Napoleon III
hypotheses of Isaac Newton
91
The work reflects the artist’s interest in
spirituality
multiple viewpoints
a single light source
dream imagery
92
Claes Oldenburg's purpose for this piece is what
to use a new material, plastic
a backdrop for protests at Yale against the Vietnam War
to explain an important scene in history
to show the abundance of beauty products
93
This artist shows an interest in
social protest
Classical traditions
academic training
psychological states
