Modern Art Part 1

Question 1

What characterizes Modern Art?

Answer 1

Shift away from traditional styles to more experimental

Question 2

Manet modernized the tradition of female nudes by “rejecting” academic conventions of……pick 2

Answer 2

The relationship of the nude to the viewer

Modeling of the figure’s form

Question 3

Traditional sensual female nudes were disguised in mythology, religion, and idealism

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Manet found inspiration for Olympia from which artist’s work?

Answer 4

Titian- Venus of Urbino

Question 5

What was the purpose of The Salon of Paris?

Answer 5

To display French artistic achievements

Question 6

Which of the following paintings focuses on the play of light through layers of smoke?

Answer 6

Saint Lazare Train Station

Question 7

Why was Muybridge’s Horse in Motion significant?

Answer 7

It proved that all 4 hooves of a galloping horse leave the ground same

Question 8

What was the name of the device that Muybridge used to show The Horse in Motion?

Answer 8

Zoopraxiscope

Question 9

The Mexican government commissioned Velasco/ Valley of Mexico to proclaim ready for industry?

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What is the concept of “sublime” in art?

Answer 10

The human emotion of awe in the face of nature’s grandeur

Question 11

What is the media used in The Burghers of Calais?

Answer 11

Bronze

Question 12

What is a burgher?

Answer 12

A respected citizen or councilman

Question 13

Which king seized Calais, France during the 100 years war?

Answer 13

King Edward III

Question 14

What is impasto?

Answer 14

A thick, textured painting technique

Question 15

What do the dark spires represent in Van Gogh’s Starry Night?

Answer 15

Cypress trees

Question 16

Which of the following best describes Plein-air painting?

Answer 16

Painting outdoors capturing natural light

Question 17

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? By Gauguin… Is about what?

Answer 17

Past Present Future

Question 18

This artist painted women and children

Answer 18

Mary Cassatt

Question 19

This art style focused on the internal rather than accurate representation

Answer 19

Symbolism

Question 20

What Polynesian island did Paul Gauguin move to?

Answer 20

Tahiti

Question 21

Van Gogh

https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/self-portrait-with-a-japanese-print-1887

Answer 21

Self-Portrait with a Japanese print
Date: 1887
Style: Post-Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism
Genre: self-portrait
Medium: oil, canvas

Question 22

Gauguin

Answer 22

Title: Landscape with two breton women
Artist: Paul Gauguin
Date: 1889
Medium oil,canvas
Style: Post-Impressionism

Question 23

Mary Cassatt
10 Prints; name one:

Answer 23

Title: The Bath

Artist: Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise)

Printer: Jointly printed by the artist and Monsieur LeRoy (French, active 1875–1900)

Date: 1890–91

Style: Post-Impressionism

Medium: Drypoint, soft-ground etching and aquatint, printed in color from two plates; seventeenth state of seventeen (Mathews & Shapiro)

Question 24

Manet

Answer 24

Olympia- Flattened Perspective

Question 25

Munch

Answer 25

The Scream- Flattened Perspective

Question 26

Appropriation

Answer 26

Practice of artists using pre-existing objects or images with very little transformation of the original

Question 27

Japanese Characteristics

Answer 27

Post-Impressionist art was influenced by Japanese art, or Japonisme, in several ways, including: Flatness: Japanese art often uses flat, decorative shapes and large planes of color. Bright colors: Japanese art often uses bright colors, sometimes for symbolic reasons. Asymmetrical compositions: Japanese art often uses asymmetrical compositions. Floral motifs: Japanese art often features decorative, brightly colored floral motifs. Aerial perspective: Japanese art often uses aerial perspective. Abstract elements: Japanese art often uses abstract elements of color and line. Recording fleeting moments: Japanese art often records fleeting moments in time.

Question 28

Japonisme

Answer 28

A French term that describes the popularity of Japanese art and design in the West in the 19th century.

Question 29

What is intaglio?

Answer 29

A printmaking technique that involves carving an image into a plate, then pressing paper into the plate to transfer the image. The word comes from the Italian word intagliare, which means "to cut in".

Question 30

What does E.L.B.O. stand for?

Answer 30

ELBO: Environment, Light, Brushstrokes, Outdoors.

Question 31

Manet-Olympia

Answer 31

French Impressionism;Flattened Perspective

Question 32

Monet-Saint Lazare Train Station

Answer 32

French Impressionism;Post Impressionism

Question 33

Avant garde

Answer 33

a French term that means "advance guard" or "vanguard". It is used to describe something that is innovative, experimental, or cutting-edge

Question 34

Rodin-Burghers of Calais

Answer 34

Post Impressionism-Bronze Statues (6)

Question 35

Velasco-The Valley of Mexico from the hillside of Santa Isabel

Answer 35

Mexican Painting; Post Impressionism

Question 36

Muybridge-The Horse in Motion

Answer 36

Photography; Post Impressionism

Question 37

Van Gogh- The Starry Night

Answer 37

Post Impressionism;Post Impressionist

Question 38

Cassatt-The Coiffure

Answer 38

Print;Impressionism;Post-Impressionism

Question 39

Munch-The Scream

Answer 39

Symbolism;Post Impressionism

Question 40

Gauguin- Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?

Answer 40

Post Impressionism

Question 41

7 Elements/Principles of art

Answer 41

line, shape, space, value, form, texture, and color.