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


A) Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
B) Henry Hobson Richardson
C) Antonio Gaudí
D) Louis Henry Sullivan

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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


A) Renoir
B) Toulouse-Lautrec
C) Van Gogh
D) Gauguin

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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


A) Impressionism
B) Realism
C) Symbolism
D) Neoclassicism

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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


A) Encaustic
B) Sunlit art
C) Art brut
D) En plein air

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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


A) Impressionism
B) Modernism
C) Art Nouveau
D) Arts and Crafts

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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


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

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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


A) Chevreul theory
B) Color gradation
C) Pointillism
D) Checkerboard

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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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?


A) Henry Hobson Richardson
B) Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
C) Cass Gilbert
D) Louis Henry Sullivan

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Where were many of the early Impressionist paintings displayed?


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

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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


A) Rodin
B) Toulouse-Latrec
C) Monet
D) Gauguin

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Victor Horta is an architect most associated with which style?


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

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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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?


A) Pre-Raphaelites
B) Arts and Crafts
C) Symbolists
D) Post-Impressionists

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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


A) Henri Rousseau
B) Odilon Redon
C) Gustave Moreau
D) Paul Cézanne

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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


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

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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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?


A) Symbolism
B) Romanticism
C) Impressionism
D) Realism

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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


A) Joseph Paxton
B) Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
C) Antonio Gaudí
D) Henri Labrouste

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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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?


A) Portrait
B) Still life
C) Landscape
D) Historical

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which photographer was famous for creating images with Symbolist themes?


A) Rosa Bonheur
B) Eadweard Muybridge
C) Gertrude Käsebier
D) Thomas Eakins

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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


A) Symbolism
B) Expressionism
C) Japonisme
D) Post-Impressionism

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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


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

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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