Chapter 19: Modern Art

Question 1

When considering modernity and modern art the key component to this movement began as a direct outgrowth and reflection of the __________________.

a. Industrial Revolution
b. Plague
c. Reformation

Answer 1

a. Industrial Revolution

Question 2

The painting The Oath of the Horatii by ___________________ depicts the Neoclassical elements of heroism, idealism, rationality, truth, reason, and logic.

a. Jacques-Louis David
b. Eugène Delacroix
c. Edouard Manet

Answer 2

a. Jacques-Louis David

Question 3

The Neoclassical Period is also thought of as the Age of

a. Innocence
b. Enlightenment
c. Decadence

Answer 3

b. Enlightenment

Question 4

The return to the classical style of the Neoclassical period was based upon the excavations of ___________________ which began in 1748.

a. Pompeii and Herculaneum
b. Budapest
c. Atlantis

Answer 4

a. Pompeii and Herculaneum

Question 5

Romanticism believed in the notion that ______________, and they also valued sincere feeling and honest emotions

a. Feeling is All
b. Feeling is Dead
c. Feeling is Feeling

Answer 5

a. Feeling is All

Question 6

___________________________’s painting The Death of Sardanapalus, probably best exemplifies the common notion of romantic art.

a. Jacques-Louis David
b. Eugène Delacroix
c. Edouard Manet

Answer 6

b. Eugène Delacroix

Question 7

The invention of __________________ shortly before the mid-century was a significant milestone, as it altered the public perceptions of “reality.”

a. photography
b. the cotton gin
c. the steam engine

Answer 7

a. photography

Question 8

Realist animal painter _________________ was the first woman artist to receive the Légion d’Honneur (1865)

a. Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun
b. Rosa Bonheur
c. Mary Cassatt

Answer 8

b. Rosa Bonheur

Question 9

Edouard ______ borrowed the composition for his painting Luncheon on the Grass from Raimondi’s engraving The Judgment of Paris.

Answer 9

Manet

Question 10

Modern artists wanted to depict the modern world and modern people of their day.

a. True
b. False

Answer 10

a. True

Question 11

The term Impressionism was derived from Claude _____’s painting Impression: Sunrise.

Answer 11

Monet

Question 12

_______ is a late nineteenth-century style of art characterized by the attempt to capture the fleeting effects of light by means of painting in short strokes of pure color.

Answer 12

Impressionism

Question 13

Exhibiting with the Impressionists ______________________’s painting The Boating Party, with its flat planes, broad areas of color, bold lines and shapes, illustrates the artist’s interest in French Impressionism with elements of Japanese art.

a. George Seurat
b. Vincent van Gogh
c. Mary Cassatt

Answer 13

c. Mary Cassatt

Question 14

______ is a late nineteenth-century art style that relies on the gains made by Impressionists in terms of the use of color and spontaneous brushwork, but which uses these elements as expressive devices.

Answer 14

Post-Impressionism

Question 15

Post-Impressionist artist _______________________’s system of pointillism or divisionism, which involved separating color into its component parts, is seen in his painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

a. George Seurat
b. Vincent van Gogh
c. Mary Cassatt

Answer 15

a. George Seurat

Question 16

_______ is a modern school of art in which an emotional impact is achieved through agitated brushwork, intense coloration, and violent, hallucinatory imagery.

Answer 16

Expressionism

Question 17

Wanting to capture the vastness of the universe Post-Impressionist artist _______________________’s painting Starry Night is an excellent example of Expressionism.

a. George Seurat
b. Vincent van Gogh
c. Mary Cassatt

Answer 17

b. Vincent van Gogh

Question 18

James McNeill Whistler’s portrait painting of his mother is titled ______________

Answer 18

Arrangement in Grey and Black