Chapter 17 & 18 (Test Review) Flashcards
Marriage Settlement is a satire against _____
upper class society
In The Marriage Settlement Medusa’s head in the backgrounds symbolizes….
Horror
Who was the intended audience of the Marriage Settlement?
Middle Class
What is sitting on the woman’s chest in The Nightmare
A demon
The Nightmare might be _____
autobiographical
The Subject matter in Oath of the Horatii was
Romans vs Albans
What is the “Oath” in Oath of the Horatii?
To Live and Die for Rome
In Oath of the Horatii the woman are in _______ lines and the men are in _______ lines
curvlinear and rectlinear
Why is Napoleon idealized in Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard?
- He could not ride very well
- Crossed on a Mule
- Did not wear a cape
David liked or did not like Napoleon?
Liked
David supported the Revolution?
Yes
Pope Pius VII participated in the coronation of Napoleon so it added _____
legitimacy
David was the _____
“First Painter of the Empire”
In Large Odalisque aspects such as the elongation of the woman’s back suggests that the work contains aspects of ____, but yet is still_____
Romanticism; Neoclassical
In Large Odalisque, even though her body is anatomically incorrect the audience found it as…
Appealing
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello is closer to ____ than ____ buildings
English than French
Thomas Jefferson wanted ______ to be the official style of the New Republic
Neoclassicism
Who did Jefferson hire to design the Capitol Building?
Benjamin Latrobe
The UVA Rotunda is modeled after what?
The Pantheon
What was the intended location of the George Washington (Houdon) Sculpture?
Virginia State Capitol (It was commissioned by the Virginia State Legislature)
What technique was used on the Geoge Washington (Houdon) Sculpture?
Casting
George Washington’s “Ace Face” Symbolizes?
Authority
George Washington (Greenough) was commissioned to celebrate ….
Centennial of our Presidents Birth
Which George Washington Sculpture incited controversy?
The Washington sculpture by Greenough.
The Small Figures in the George Washington of Greenough are…
Native Americans
In George Washington (Greenough) there are carvings of _____ & _____ on the sides.
Hercules & Apollo
What happened in The Raft of Medusa?
- French Vessel Ran Onto Reef
- Captian was inexperienced (Policial appointee)
The Raft of Medusa uses what to show Romanticism?
Pyramid Formation
In Liberty Leading the People the female figure for liberty is an…
Allegory for the Revolution
What was overthrown in 1830?
Charles V
Part of the 1830 Revolution the Upper-Middle class were promised ____ & ___ status
Social & Political
Lady Liberty uses ____ formation to show the dead on the bottom rising to liberty
Ptramid
Goya’s Family of Charles IV closely resembles…
Las Meninas
Napoleon offered to help _____ invade Portugal. But….
Charles IV; he lied
The Third of May , 1808 depicted the result of conflict between….
Spain & France (Spanish War of Independence)
The Third of May, 1808 contained shocking content. When was it published?
35 Years after Goya’s death
In The Oxbow, Cole contrasts the two sides of the American landscape: ____ & ____
Dense Wilderness & Pastoral Valleys
An early photographic process . A ____ was a positive print on a light-sensitized copper plate.
Daguerrotype
Talbot’s Open Door used ____ from an image from where a number of _____ could be made.
negatives; positives
What is happening in The Gleaners?
Three woman are gathering stray left-over grain after harvest
The Gleaners was a form of ____ offered to the rural poor.
Relief
Who is the father of the realist movement?
Courbet
In the Stone Breakers some people considered the subject matter ____
Socialist
In The Stone Breakers the artists wanted to show the ____ of the wrorker, not make them look like ____
plight; heroes
What pushed people back to nature for spirituality?
Transcendentalism
What is the word for how people viewed the world?
Humanism
The Enlightenment was a reaction against which artistic style?
Rococo
Enlightenment went against Rococo with _____
logic
The most famous Enlightenment painter was?
Joseph Wright of Derby
Two Major Philosophies associated with the Enlightenment?
Rationalism and Empiricism
What is Rationalism?
intellectual & deductive reason, not observation or religion
What is Empericism?
Comes from experience
Which Philosopher is credited with inventing Calculus?
Newton
What does Tabula Rasa mean?
Mind is a blank slate (Empericism)
Which philosopher advocated for the separation of the branches of government?
Montesquieu
What is deism?
Yes there is a God, but… God gave reason, but NOT religion.
First Degertoype was made in ___
1830s
When did the French Revolution begin?
1789
Why was the Spanish war of independence fought?
They were finding for their freedom against the French
Name a painting related to the Spanish War of Independence?
Third of May, 1808
Third of May, 1808
-Main figure in the third of May is supposed to remind the view of
Jesus
Marriage a la Mode: Marriage Settlement (Scene 1) Where is it from?
England
A concept, thing or state of exception and awe-inspiring beauty and moral or intellectual expression.
Sublime
The George Washington (Greenough) reminded viewers of who?
Zeus
How does Napoleon prove he is separate from the state?
He is doing the coronation himself / Pope is also in this picture
Philosopher that made the three branches of government?
Montesquieu
What is an orrery?
Planetarium
In the work A Philosopher giving a lecture an the Orrery the subjects are captivated by?
Knowledge
What is a Grand Tour? And Who made one?
A trip through Europe with an Extended Stay in Rome
-Robert Adam
What is the annual display of art by French Artists in Paris during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
Salon
An early cameralike device used in the Renaissance and later for recording images of nature. made from a dark box (or oom) with a hole in one side.
Camera Obscura
1789
French Revolution
1800
Napoleon, First Consul of the French Republic
1815
Napoleon lost to British at Waterloo
1830
Revolution (Charles X was overthrown)
-Also, Wilderness was being destroyed in America
