Neoclassical to Surrealistic Art
1. Which of the following artists was inspired by Michelangelo's Last Judgment to create Raft of the Medusa?
A. Caspar David Friedrich
B. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
C. ThéodoreGéricault
D. Francisco Goya
2. Which of the following Postimpressionist painters had the greatest impact on twentieth-century art?
A. Seurat
B. Van Gogh
C. Gauguin
D. Cézanne
3. Paul Gauguin left Paris and moved to _______ to paint.
A. Tahiti
B. Japan
C. England
D. America
4. Which of the following artists is credited with inventing Cubism?
A. Vincent van Gogh
B. Paul Cézanne
C. Pablo Picasso
D. Henri Matisse
5. Which one of the following artists was considered the "father" of the Impressionist movement?
A. Manet
B. Renoir
C. Monet
D. Degas
6. Which of the following human values is forcefully expressed in the paintings and lithographs of Edvard Munch?
A. Delicacy
B. Hope
C. Nobility
D. Honesty
7. Which one of the following artists was considered the most famous American female Impressionist painter?
A. Rosa Bonheur
B. Paulina Borghese
C. Mary Cassatt
D. Angelica Kauffmann
8. Some of the consequences of the economic depression that devastated Germany in the years following
World War I are
A. the subject of Giorgio di Chirico paintings.
B. chronicled in the paintings of Otto Dix.
C. manifest in the gouaches of René Magritte.
D. portrayed in Picasso's Guernica.
9. Fine art prints from which of these countries influenced the development of twentieth-century art?
A. India
B. Tahiti
C. China
D. Japan
10. Which of the following was true of the Age of Reason?
A. People valued science over faith.
B. People used science to explain social experiences.
C. People justified their faith using scientific principles.
D. People debated the raison d'être.
11. Which subject matter was a specialty of Jacques-Louis David?
A. Historical events
B. Nature scenes
C. Peasant scenes
D. Seascapes
12. Fundamental to the artistic credo and practice of the Fauvist painters was the belief that
A. arranging and balancing raw hues can achieve equilibrium throughout the work.
B. naturalistic colors take precedence over arbitrary colors.
C. academic forms and structures can't be set aside in the name of color.
D. equilibrium in a painting is achieved through the use of Renaissance perspective.
13. Which one of the following artists painted The Great Wave?
A. Katsushika Hokusai
B. Angelica Kauffmann
C. Kitagawa Utamaro
D. Claude Monet
14. Which of the following inventions opened new doors for early twentieth-century artists?
A. Air brushes
B. Paint tubes
C. Synthetic pigments
D. Nylon brushes
15. To which of the following influences does Manet owe his style?
A. En plain air watercolor
B. His travels in the Navy
C. His experiences in law school
D. The relatively new art of photography
16. What were Realists inspired by?
A. Political issues
B. Problems in the world
C. Reinterpretation of myths
D. Contemporary scientific study
17. By which primitive art form was Pablo Picasso known to have been inspired?
A. Ice Age cave paintings
B. Eskimo carvings
C. Neolithic amulets
D. African masks
18. Which of the following painters was often seen wearing male attire?
A. Angelica Kauffman
B. Berthe Morisot
C. Rosa Bonheur
D. Paulina Borghese
19. What does Gainsborough's The Blue Boy depict?
A. The son of a merchant
B. A contemporary view of St. George
C. William, the young hero of a romantic novel
D. A son of Charles I
20. The Dadaist movement resulted in artworks that were designed to promote
A. established moral values.
B. World War II.
C. pleasure and relaxation.
D. anarchy and chaos.