Art History 102 UNL Exam 2

Question 1

Marvel (italian “meraviglia)

Answer 1

was produced by art with a stunning display of illusion

Question 2

which of the following is NOT TRUE of Teresa of Avila?

Answer 2

she was deeply spiritual but unfortunately illiterate

Question 3

Pietro da Cortona’s Triumph of the Barberini creates the illusion that both figure and architecture are about to fall into the room below.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the religious situation in Italy at the start of the Baroque?

Answer 4

Italy remained strongly Catholic and sought converts outside Europe.

Question 5

Gian Lorenzo Bernini suggests the spiritual ecstasy of Teresa of Avila by depicting her in a sort of physical ecstasy.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Why is the facade of St. Peter’s wider than the church itself?

Answer 6

Because the pope wanted to be able to widen the actual church without building a new facade.

Question 7

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was well-liked by the other artists and architects in Rome because of his generous practice of sharing projects with them.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Tenebrism refers to:

Answer 8

shadow that partially or fully obscures the setting and elements of the figures.

Question 9

Artemisia Gentileschi was known for:

Answer 9

painting scenes involving strong, heroic women.

Question 10

Which of the following is associated with Caravaggists and their art?

Answer 10

the suggestions that the painted scene might continue into the viewer’s actual space.

Question 11

Peter Paul Ruben’s Elevation of the Cross:

Answer 11

has some features associated with Flemish style and comes with Italian art

Question 12

Which of the following elements in Peter Paul Rubens’s Outbreak of WAr specifically references the Flemish painting tradition?

Answer 12

the reflection on Mar’s armor

Question 13

For large-scale commissions such as the Maria de Medici series, Peter Paul Rubens:

Answer 13

Rubens did all of these things

Question 14

In the Arrival of Maria de Medici at Marseilles, Rubens makes a visual reference to which of the following?

Answer 14

The ancient sculpture group depicting Laocoon

Question 15

Johannes Vermeer’s Woman with a Water Jug:

Answer 15

leaves some information vague, in order to engage the viewer’s imagination

Question 16

Seventeenth-century Dutch genre scenes

Answer 16

depict scenes of middle-class urban life in addition to peasant scenes

Question 17

Which of the following qualities is evidenced by Rembrandt’s Night Watch?

Answer 17

His thick application of paint to the canvas.

Question 18

Diego Velazquez’s art is known for which of the following?

Answer 18

Brushwork and impasto of the sort seen in Venetian painting

Question 19

Nicolas Poussins ET in Arcadia Ego is a poetic rendering of one of the following ideas.

Answer 19

Life is short, so treasure the beauties that surround you during your time on earth.

Question 20

The composition of Peter Paul Rubel’s Elevation of the Cross suggests that when the cross is finally raised, Christ’s body will be in the actual church.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The discovery and excavation of what promoted the development of neoclassical art in the 18th century?

Answer 21

pompeii

Question 22

Wright’s experiment with an Air Pump depicts?

Answer 22

all of these things are depicted

Question 23

Which of the following spread neo-classicism in Europe?

Answer 23

all of these did

Question 24

Zoffany portrayed Sir Charles Towneley as?

Answer 24

collecting antiquities as part of his desire to serve the public

Question 25

Men who participated in the Industrial Revolution in England typically favored and supported?

Answer 25

a political system that rewarded capital

Question 26

Joseph Wright portrayed Richard Arkwright's factory as?

Answer 26

a modern workplace, brilliantly lit and productive, even at night

Question 27

David's style in Death of Marat employs increasing realism because?

Answer 27

government and its neo-classical style Marat's virtues are classical ones, but they exist in the present

Question 28

Wedgwood's anti-slavery medallion employed neo-classicism in order to?

Answer 28

emphasize the existence of universal human rights

Question 29

Robert Adam recommended plain white walls and white ornament because?

Answer 29

this style resembled the simple style of Wedgwood's ceramics

Question 30

The Oath of the Tennis Court?

Answer 30

shows freedom of the press and expression

Question 31

Goya explored printmaking because?

Answer 31

it offered the artist more freedom to invent

Question 32

Napoleon won over supporters of the French Republic like David because he?

Answer 32

promised to restore order and reward merit

Question 33

Goya's portrait of the Spanish royal family?

Answer 33

Identifies Goya as a Court Artist

Question 34

Goya explained the meaning of The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters as?

Answer 34

advocating the uniting of imagination and reason in order to create art

Question 35

Goya's Majas on the Balcony expresses?

Answer 35

admiration for traditional Spanish culture

Question 36

The artist composed the Raft of the Medusa so that?

Answer 36

there is a progress from death adn despair to common struggle and hope

Question 37

Goya's Disasters of War etchings?

Answer 37

sympathize with the victims of the war

Question 38

Goya's The Fatal Consequences of the Bloody War in Spain against Bonaparte and Other Trenchant Caprichos (also known as the Disasters of War) were?

Answer 38

Not commissioned by anyone

Question 39

In Gro’s Portrait of Napoleon as First Consul, Napoleon?

Answer 39

Points to his glorious achievements on behalf of France

Question 40

In One Can’t Look, Goya shows?

Answer 40

The destruction of hope for enlightenment reforms in Spain?

Question 41

Greuze’s Village Betrothal?

Answer 41

Promotes the ideal of marrying for love or sentimental reasons (feeling)

Question 42

Watteau’s style in paintings like Return from the Island of Cythera is characterized by?

Answer 42

Flickering brushstrokes and frosty colors

Question 43

Chardin presents the bourgeoisie as?

Answer 43

None of these things

Question 44

Rococo subjects like shepherds and shepherdesses conveyed?

Answer 44

Aristocratic fantasies of a life closer to nature

Question 45

The Toilette of Venus?

Answer 45

All of the answers are correct

Question 46

In the Marriage Contract, the presence of the dogs indicates?

Answer 46

The both families are fond of hunting

Question 47

In Fragonward’s The Swin, the artist depicts?

Answer 47

A sexually provocative scene in the garden of a chateau

Question 48

Hogarth’s Marriage a la Mode/ encourages emulation or imitation of pagan gods in Renaissance history paintings?

Answer 48

It encourages emulation of none of these things

Question 49

In countess’ Dressing Room, the role of the boy in the corner of the painting is to?

Answer 49

All of these answers about his role are correct

Question 50

In The Morning Walk, Gainsborough Employs?

Answer 50

Precise, hard outlines and carefully detailed, individualized nature