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This Quiz has questions from section 3 and section 4 in the Academic Decathlon art booklet.
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1
Which travel destination inspired Winslow Homers "The Gulf Stream"?
The Bahamas
Panama
Florida
Colombia
2
Which century became known as "the golden age of childrens literature"?
18th
20th
19th
17th
3
Which artist was an expert in mycology and developed a germination theory that has sice been proven correct?
Kate Greenway
Beatrix Potter
James McNeill Whistler
Winslow Homer
4
Which artwork is commonly compared to Sigletons "Watson and the Shark"?
"Washington Crossing the Delaware"
"Burghese Warrior"
"The Gulf Stream"
"The Miraculous Draought of Fishes"
5
Who studied under William Chase and Robert Henri, exposing him to the American impressionist movement and urban realism?
Edward Hopper
Albrecht Durer
John James Audobon
Frederic Rondel
6
What tone did Beatrix Potters childrens stories often posses?
Confusing and depressing
Quite dark
Mischevious
Light and carefree
7
What is notimabe about Homers depiction of a black man in "The Gulf Stream"?
It is the only person of color in any of Homers artworks
He did not adhere to the racial steriotypes that were prominent then.
The man has no right hand, drawing the veiwers eye towards the shark.
8
What type of paper was the most popular among artists in the 19th century?
Hot-pressed
Smooth
Cold-pressed
Rough
9
Georgia O'Keeffe was hired to paint two canvasses in Hawaii for Dole Pineapple Juce. How many did she end up painting?
20
10
17
1
10
What does the term Ukiyo-e mean?
"nature in human forms"
"the art of showing"
"life as seen through observation"
"pictured of the floating world"
11
Who ecouraged, supported, and eventualy married artist Georgia O'Keeffe?
Thomas Cole
Frederick Church
Alfred Stieglitz
Edmund Burke
12
Who was considered "the father of modern ornithology"?
James Cook
Mark Catesby
Alexander Willson
John James Audubon
13
What faith was George Inness baptized in?
Roman Catholicism
Scientology
Swedeborgian
Buddhism
14
Which artist went by nearly 30 names in his lifetime?
Katsushika Hokusai
John Singleton Copley
Sesson Shūkei
Wu Zhen
15
Where is the veiwer positioned in "Haskell's House"?
Inside the house
Looking our from a window
The sidewalk
The lawn
16
Which artist traveled to Italy from Germany twice to escape plague outbreaks, therefore exposing him to renaissance art?
Wu Zhen
Leonardo da Vinci
Albrecht Dürer
Michelangelo
17
Which artist painted moving images of war during the civil war early in his career?
Frederic Rondel
Vincent Martin
Winslow Homer
John Singer Sargent
18
Who commisioned "Watson and the Shark"?
Jeannet Watson
henery Watson Baker
Watson Melville
Brook Watson
19
Geogia O'Keeffe recieved the Medal of Freedom from President Gerald Ford in 1977.
True
False
20
John Signleton Copley was inducted into the Royal Academy as a result of the succsess of "Watson and the Shark".
True
False
21
When did printmaking become widespread in Europe?
Printmaking never became popular in Europe
The 15th and 16th centuries
The 14th century
The 12th century
22
Who painted the four views of Niagra Falls known as "Decleration of Independence"?
Thomas Jefferson
George Inness
John Trumbull
Camille Corot
23
Who produced the first public record of North American birds, fish, and vegatation?
King George III
Winslow Homer
Alexander Wilson
Mark Catesby
24
Which artist notably painted birds he shot himself?
Robert Havell
Jean Rabin
Charles Darwin
John James Audubon
25
What word describes the practice of adding white pigment or gelatin like substance to watercolor, making it more opaque?
Filling out
Adjustment
Highlighting
Bodycolor
