Question 1

The influence of which artistic movement is evident in Rodin's interest in the effect of light on the sculpted surface?

Accepted Answer

A)   Symbolism
B)   Romanticism
C)   Impressionism
D)   RealismE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Which artist first made it his artistic practice to omit the preliminary sketch and use premixed pigments?

Accepted Answer

A)   Rodin
B)   Toulouse-Latrec
C)   Monet
D)   GauguinE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Although Morisot's interest in leisure activities aligned with the Impressionists, her paintings are inhabited by which social group?

Accepted Answer

A)   Powerful leaders of the business world
B)   The denizens of Parisian night life
C)   Women and children at home
D)   The impoverished and homelessE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Victor Horta is an architect most associated with which style?

Accepted Answer

A)   Arts and Crafts
B)   Victorian
C)   Baroque Revival
D)   Art NouveauE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Which Symbolist painter produced the richly colored representation of The Cyclops ?

Accepted Answer

A)   Henri Rousseau
B)   Odilon Redon
C)   Gustave Moreau
D)   Paul CézanneE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Which architect designed the first large commercial buildings characterized by round arches, large windows, and a cast-iron interior skeleton?

Accepted Answer

A)   Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
B)   Henry Hobson Richardson
C)   Antonio Gaudí
D)   Louis Henry SullivanE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 7

What art historical term describes Monet's practice of painting his works outdoors?

Accepted Answer

A)   Encaustic
B)   Sunlit art
C)   Art brut
D)   En plein airE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Where were many of the early Impressionist paintings displayed?

Accepted Answer

A)   French Royal Academy exhibition
B)   Cathedral of Notre-Dame
C)   Commercial art galleries
D)   Louvre palaceE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Which artistic movement had its roots in Impressionist precepts and methods but could not be considered stylistically homogeneous?

Accepted Answer

A)   Symbolism
B)   Expressionism
C)   Japonisme
D)   Post-ImpressionismE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Georges Seurat's painting technique relying on an optical effect involving spots of color is referred to by what term?

Accepted Answer

A)   Chevreul theory
B)   Color gradation
C)   Pointillism
D)   CheckerboardE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Which photographer was famous for creating images with Symbolist themes?

Accepted Answer

A)   Rosa Bonheur
B)   Eadweard Muybridge
C)   Gertrude Käsebier
D)   Thomas EakinsE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Extreme subjectivity and the wish to perceive a deeper reality were typical of which art movement?

Accepted Answer

A)   Impressionism
B)   Realism
C)   Symbolism
D)   NeoclassicismE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Which Post-Impressionist painter was the first great master in the new art form of the poster?

Accepted Answer

A)   Renoir
B)   Toulouse-Lautrec
C)   Van Gogh
D)   GauguinE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

What do art historians regard as the real subject of Monet's Rouen Cathedral: The Portal ( in Sun ) ?

Accepted Answer

A)   French religious history
B)   The sunlight on the portal
C)   A crisis of faith
D)   The poverty nearbyE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Which artistic movement arose out of the idea of John Ruskin and William Morris, with their emphasis on producing functional objects with high aesthetic value?

Accepted Answer

A)   Pre-Raphaelites
B)   Arts and Crafts
C)   Symbolists
D)   Post-ImpressionistsE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Which architect designed elegantly ornamented yet functional commercial buildings such as the Guaranty Building in Buffalo and the Sullivan Center in Chicago?

Accepted Answer

A)   Henry Hobson Richardson
B)   Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
C)   Cass Gilbert
D)   Louis Henry SullivanE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Which Art Nouveau architect invented new structural techniques to allow construction of buildings that are sculpted and organic in form?

Accepted Answer

A)   Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
B)   Joseph Maria Olbrich
C)   Henry Hobson Richardson
D)   Antonio GaudíE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Which architect designed the interior support frame (armature)  of the State of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)   Joseph Paxton
B)   Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
C)   Antonio Gaudí
D)   Henri LabrousteE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Which painting genre was most useful for Cézanne's experiments with remaking Impressionism to emphasize the permanent rather than the transitory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Portrait
B)   Still life
C)   Landscape
D)   HistoricalE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

The tenets of Marxism and Darwinism had a role in the rise of which artistic movement?

Accepted Answer

A)   Impressionism
B)   Modernism
C)   Art Nouveau
D)   Arts and CraftsE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Exam 28: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900

Which architect designed the first large commercial buildings characterized by round arches, large windows, and a cast-iron interior skeleton?

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Which Post-Impressionist painter was the first great master in the new art form of the poster?

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Extreme subjectivity and the wish to perceive a deeper reality were typical of which art movement?

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What art historical term describes Monet's practice of painting his works outdoors?

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The tenets of Marxism and Darwinism had a role in the rise of which artistic movement?

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What do art historians regard as the real subject of Monet's Rouen Cathedral: The Portal ( in Sun ) ?

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Georges Seurat's painting technique relying on an optical effect involving spots of color is referred to by what term?

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Which architect designed elegantly ornamented yet functional commercial buildings such as the Guaranty Building in Buffalo and the Sullivan Center in Chicago?

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Where were many of the early Impressionist paintings displayed?

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Which artist first made it his artistic practice to omit the preliminary sketch and use premixed pigments?

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Victor Horta is an architect most associated with which style?

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Which artistic movement arose out of the idea of John Ruskin and William Morris, with their emphasis on producing functional objects with high aesthetic value?

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Which Symbolist painter produced the richly colored representation of The Cyclops ?

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Although Morisot's interest in leisure activities aligned with the Impressionists, her paintings are inhabited by which social group?

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The influence of which artistic movement is evident in Rodin's interest in the effect of light on the sculpted surface?

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Which architect designed the interior support frame (armature) of the State of Liberty?

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Which painting genre was most useful for Cézanne's experiments with remaking Impressionism to emphasize the permanent rather than the transitory?

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Which photographer was famous for creating images with Symbolist themes?

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Which artistic movement had its roots in Impressionist precepts and methods but could not be considered stylistically homogeneous?

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Which Art Nouveau architect invented new structural techniques to allow construction of buildings that are sculpted and organic in form?

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