unit 5 Flashcards

1
Q

Madame de Pompadour

A

Boucher

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2
Q

Marie Antoinette

A

Vigee-Lebrun

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3
Q

The Apotheosis of Homer

A

Ingres

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4
Q

According to many historians, Locke’s greatest contribution to the world was his belief called the “______.”

A

doctrine of empiricism

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5
Q

_____’s ability to paint detailed scenes became quite popular with tourists who were traveling Europe on their “Grand Tour.”

A

Canaletto

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6
Q

_____ took portrait painting to an industrial level.

A

Kneller

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7
Q

What Newton did for mathematics and science, a man named _____ did for political and social philosophy.

A

Locke

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8
Q

While Boucher’s portraits were well known, he was also famous for his use of _____ and allegories.

A

symbolism

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9
Q

Just like David was inspired by the Pieta in his portrayal of Marat, __________ had Raphael’s School of Athens that gave him inspiration.

A

Ingres

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10
Q

The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute

A

Canaletto

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11
Q

______ defended vehemently against having these Romantic “barbarians,” as he called them, affect the Classic qualities of Neoclassicism.

A

Ingres

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12
Q

The Staircase Group

A

Peale

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13
Q

Because David seemed to be quite the adaptable painter and was fond of living, he figured out a way to paint for ______.

A

Napoleon

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14
Q

______ takes the humble and sweet message that Greuze and his companions shared and placed it in an ancient setting.

A

Kauffmann

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15
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The famous and quite powerful mistress of Louis XV, ______, took Boucher as her painter and commissioned several pieces from him.

A

Madame de Pompadour

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16
Q

The Death of General Wolfe

A

West

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17
Q

Women were holding higher positions _____.

A

politically

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18
Q

Return from Cythera

A

Watteau

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19
Q

After 1715, the aristocracy made a surge into the societal and ___ realms.

A

political

20
Q

The Village Bride

A

Greuze

21
Q

While the ______ was occurring, people began to question the Rococo whimsical, indulgent style of art.

A

Enlightenment

22
Q

During the late 1700s and much of the 1800s, there were three big “isms” that overlapped each other and competed for the attention: ___.

A

Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism

23
Q

Gilbert Stuart was another Neoclassic painter in America at this time, and his strong will against following the “rules” of painting _______ made him one of the most memorable.

A

flesh

24
Q

The theories and experiments of ______ took the scientific revolution to a whole new level.

A

Newton

25
Q

_____ was the social capital of the time.

A

Paris

26
Q

Reynolds was well known for his portrait paintings where he emphasized what was called “____________” which paradoxically brought perfection to imperfect traits.

A

The Grand Style

27
Q

Lord Heathfield of Gibraltar

A

Reynolds

28
Q

Trumbull began his work on Declaration of Independence with a little help from ___.

A

Jefferson

29
Q

Country Fair

A

Grimm

30
Q

Declaration of Independence

A

Trumbull

31
Q

Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures

A

Kauffmann

32
Q

What _________________ did was to give attention to the “new” honest American public.

A

Copley

33
Q

With the science movement spurred on by The Enlightenment that also brought about ___________, people were trying to catch up with all the exciting and unpredictable progress.

A

industrialism

34
Q

The views of _____ were known and widely read and many think it was because of his influence that the taste of the art world went from the flashy Rococo to a more simplistic and natural style.

A

Rosseau

35
Q

The Swing

A

Fragonard

36
Q

_________ was well known for his battlefield scenes that showed his attention to details and realism.

A

West

37
Q

Paul Revere

A

Copley

38
Q

The Athenaeum

A

Stuart

39
Q

Prayer Before the Meal

A

Chardin

40
Q

One of Vigée-Lebrun’s most loyal patrons was ____________.

A

Marie Antoinette

41
Q

What was another reason for the big interest in the Classical style of art?

A

big excavations of Herculaneum started in 1738 and Pompeii excavations started in 1748

42
Q

__________ certainly could be considered a Renaissance man; he was a painter, a naturalist, a soldier, a museum curator, and had interest in several other areas.

A

Peale

43
Q

The Death of Marat

A

David

44
Q

Watteau’s use of ______ is unparalleled from this era.

A

color

45
Q

Lion Resting

A

Howitt

46
Q

Newton’s insistence on concrete proof and _____ became an important factor in The Enlightenment movement.

A

data