Art History Final Test

Question 1

Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture

Answer 1

Premier art institution of France in the 1700s

Question 2

Reception Piece

Answer 2

a work submitted by an artist to an academy for approval as part of the requirements for admission to membership

Question 3

History Painting

Answer 3

High level form of art that retells a historical event - shows that the artist has historical knowledge

Question 4

Orientalism

Answer 4

Western scholarly discipline of the 18th and 19th centuries that encompassed the study of the languages, literatures, religions, philosophies, histories, art, and laws of Asian societies, especially ancient ones

Question 5

Impasto

Answer 5

painting technique that involves applying paint thickly to a surface so that the brush or palette knife strokes are visible

Question 6

Peredvizhniki

Answer 6

Group of Russian realist artists who formed in protest of academic restrictions

Question 7

Haussmanisation

Answer 7

Renovation of Paris commissioned by Napoleon III