Exam 2 Terms

Question 1

Flemish glaze technique

Answer 1

Used by Millais in Death of Ophelia. Labor intensive.

Question 2

Shakespeare, Hamlet

Answer 2

Inspiration for Millais in Death of Ophelia.

Question 3

Dante, Divine Comedy

Answer 3

Adored Beatrice who died at age 24 leaving him heart broken

Question 4

Beatrice

Answer 4

Adored by Dante and died at young age

Question 5

Femme fatale

Answer 5

Beautiful powerful woman who will be the death of you

Question 6

French Academy of Art

Answer 6

Most influential art school. Sponsored French Salon.

Question 7

Harem

Answer 7

Group of women kept by powerful oriental men

Question 8

Odalisque

Answer 8

French work for harem girl

Question 9

Hookah

Answer 9

Water pipe

Question 10

Photography

Answer 10

started in 1826, one of the 4 inspirations for Realism

Question 11

Baudelaire, “Herosim of Modern Life”

Answer 11

One of the 4 inspirations for Realism

Question 12

Scientific Postivism

Answer 12

19th century empiricism. One of the 4 inspirations for realism.

Question 13

Proudhon

Answer 13

Close friend of Courbet. Early socialist. Property is theft.

Question 14

Karl Marx (1848)

Question 15

Socialism

Answer 15

One of the 4 inspirations for Realism. Redistribution of wealth.

Question 16

Proletariat

Answer 16

Working class

Question 17

Materialism

Question 18

Palatte Knife

Answer 18

Used by Courbet on his landscapes which scandalized people.

Question 19

Baron Hausmann

Answer 19

Guy who rebuilt Paris

Question 20

Salon de Refuses

Answer 20

1863 emperor demanded it for mass of paintings rejected by the salon

Question 21

Giorgione

Answer 21

Painted painting in Louvre referenced by Manet in Luncheon on the Grass

Question 22

Raimondi

Answer 22

Did engraving of Rafael painting referenced for poses in Manet’s luncheon on the grass

Question 23

Victorine Meurant

Answer 23

Manet’s favorite model luncheon on the grass, Olympia, Gare St Lazare

Question 24

Suzon

Answer 24

Barmaid. Subject of Manet’s A Bar at the Foiles-Berge

Question 25

Ennui

Answer 25

Boredom. Expression on Suzon’s face in Manet’s A Bar at the Foiles-Bergere

Question 26

Plein-air painting

Answer 26

Painting outdoors. one of the 7 principles of Impressionism. Introduced to Monet by Boudin.

Question 27

Collapsible paint tubes

Answer 27

Invented in US. Part of what made plein-air painting and Impressionism possible. Invented 1841 by John Rand

Question 28

Boudin

Answer 28

Early influence on Monet

Question 29

Impresssionism

Answer 29

Late 19th century movement named after Monet’s painting, “Impression: Sunrise” of 1872 exhibited in 1874 by the “Society of Anonymous Painters.”

1. Subject is modern life
   -landscape
   -portrait
   -genre
2. Plein-air for landscapes
3. Capture the momentary
4. Emphasis on light
5. Interested in color
6. Painterly technique. Rough. Spontaneous
7. Represents that the world is in flux, constantly changing

Question 30

Impressionist exhibits, 1874-86

Answer 30

Where they exhibited. Not the salon

Question 31

Camille Monet

Answer 31

GF then wife

Question 32

Monet’s series

Answer 32

Started w Gare St Lazere in 1877

Question 33

Giverny

Answer 33

Where Monet settled

Question 34

Aline Renoir

Answer 34

Renoir’s love interest

Question 35

Japanism (1855 on )

Answer 35

Japanese craze when their stuff started arriving

Question 36

Japanese woodcuts

Answer 36

Influenced Degas

Question 37

cutoffs

Answer 37

Composition seen in Japanese woodcuts and then used by degas

Question 38

off center compositions

Answer 38

Used by degas

Question 39

photographic snapshot

Answer 39

1880s became possibly

Question 40

What are the 4 inspirations for Realism?

Answer 40

Baudelaire’s essay, “The Heroism of Modern Life”; scientific positivism; socialism; invention of photography

Question 41

Pastel Chalks

Answer 41

Used by Degas