Art Appreciation Test #4 Vocab

Question 0

Monticello

Answer 0

Thomas Jefferson’s home. He designed it in the Neo-Classic style.

Question 1

Propaganda

Answer 1

Trying to get someone to believe what you believe. Usually involves the exaggeration of the facts… Ex. Death of Marat

Question 2

Folk art

Answer 2

artwork done by untrained artists

Question 3

Hudson River School

Answer 3

a group of like minded artists living in the Hudson River area. They painted landscapes in the Romantic style

Question 4

Expatriate

Answer 4

person born in one country, but lives their life in another. Ex. Whistler

Question 5

Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts

Answer 5

America’s oldest art school/first art school in America. Artists no longer had to go to Europe to study. Ex. Mary Cassatt.

Question 6

Salon / Salon des Refusés / Salon des Independantes

Answer 6

The Salon is an annual art show & competition held in Paris for the best artists in Western Europe. Salon des Refusés was a show held one year for the paintings rejected from the original salon. It was a disaster. The Salon des Independantes was the first Impressionist show.

Question 7

Series

Answer 7

painting the same thing many times at different times of the day to show how light affects it. Ex. Haystacks at Giverny

Question 8

Impasto

Answer 8

paint applied in thick layers. Van Gogh used this technique as did Monet & others.

Question 9

Naïve

Answer 9

Painting done by an untrained artist. Ex. H. Rousseau

Question 10

Cubism

Answer 10

the 1st abstract movement of the 20th century. Started by Picasso. It is done by simplifying the form, then breaking it apart & then putting it pack together again