Rococo/ Neoclassic/ Romantic Multiple Choice Questions
1David's most political painting was:
ALandscape in the Snow
BLet Them Eat Cake
CThe Royal Family
DThe Death of Marat
2JMW Turner's support of the Abolitionist movement is shown in his painting:
ASunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte
BThe Slave Ship
C The Disasters of War
DA day in the Country
3The landscape painter who depicted the English countryside and gave prominence to the conditions of sky and atmosphere was ______.
ACorot
BFriedrich
CTheodore Rousseau
DConstable
4Which of the following artists is most closely associated with the French Rococo?
AJean-Auguste Dominique Ingres
BLouis Le Nain
CJean Antoine Watteau
DJacques-Louis David
5The large gallery that faces the gardens at Versailles makes notable use of:
Acircular stairs
Bbalconies
Cstained glass
Dmirrors
6Rococo art was most popular among which of the following groups?
Aartists who worked in the Grand Manner
BProtestant clientele in the Netherlands and the New World
CIntellectuals who criticized the rule of Louis XIV
Daristocratic patrons throughout France, Austria and Spain
7Delacroix's Death of Sardanapalus was inspired by a drama written in free verse by
AShakespeare
BSir Walter Scot
CLord Byron
DJames Macpherson
8Gericault's painting, "The Raft of the Medusa" depicted
Aan incident from Roman history
Ba scene from ancient mythology
Ca contemporary event
Dnone of the above
9Goya's "The Third of May, 1808," protests the murder of
Apeasants by Royalist troops
BThe Daceans
CSpanish insurgents by Napoleonic forces
DFrench troops by Spanish Rebels.
10An English poet and painter who specialized in heh production of hand-colored books was______.
AJMW Turner
BWilliam Blake
C Stubbs
DJohn Constable
11The Death of General Wolfe was a groundbreaking work because
Athe scene is historically accurate
Bthe figures were grouped symmetrically
Cthe figures were dressed in modern clothes
Dit was painted about a contemporary event
12Even though Jacques-Louis David is considered a Neoclassical artists, his artwork appears to be at least partly inspired by nonclassical artists like
AJean Antoine Watteau
BCaravaggio
CEl Greco
DTitian
13Neoclassical architects were strongly influenced by the work of
AAntonio Canova
BFrancesco Borromini
CAndrea Palladio
DChristopher Wren
14For Europeans, going on the Grand Tour meant visiting
AGreece
BSpain
CAustria
DItaly
15In Jacques-Louis David's Death of Marat, it is assumed that the viewer is aware of Michaelangelo's
APieta
BMoses
CCreation of Adam
DDavid
16A common subject of Rococo paintings is
Athe pursuit of love
Bpower and glory
Chistorical events
Dreligious conviction
17Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun's self-portrait shows her painting the likeness of
AMarie Antoinette
BSarah Siddons
CLouis XIV
DMaria Theresa
18Hogarth's narrative suite Marriage a la Mode is about how
Apeasants do not understand the sacredness of marriage
Bmarriage as an institution should be abolished
Cthe marriage of two people of widely different ages is unsuitable
Dsociety demeans the institution of marriage
19Ceiling paintings continued to be painted in the Rococo period by
AWilliam Hogarth
BJean-Antoine Watteau
CJoshua Reynolds
DGiambattista Tiepolo
20The satirical works of Swift and Voltaire found visual expression in the paintings of
AJean-Antoine Watteau
BThomas Gainsborough
CWilliam Hogarth
DGiambattista Tiepolo
21Fete Galante paintings were the specialty of
AJean-Antoine Watteau
BFragonard
CJoshua Reynolds
DWilliam Hogarth
22Goya assumes the audience for his painting of Family of Charles IV would be familiar with
ADavid's Oath of the Horatii
BRaphael's School of Athens
CVelazques' Las Meninas
DRubens'Saturn Devouring His Children
23Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People concerns
Athe July Revolution of 1830
Bthe Napoleonic Wars
CAmerican independence
Dthe French Revolution
24A painting that captures the sublime
Ahas a medieval theme
Brejects the precision of photography
Cmakes the viewer pause in wonder
Dhas a political overtone
25Romantic artists
Aused color in the manner of Raphael
Brejected reason in favor of emotion
Cfavored harmonious and balanced compositions
Dembraced the spirit of the Enlightenment