Rococo and Neoclassical painting: key works and artists

1. 1What is the name of the specific style of Rococo painting that depicted the outdoor amusements and entertainments of the upper classes?

   1. Afête galante
   2. Bpays bonheur
   3. Csans souci
   4. Dfête de jour
2. 2The Return from Cythera represents a group of lovers preparing to depart from the island of eternal youth. Watteau emphasized that elegance and grace using which of the following?

   1. Aform
   2. Bshape
   3. Cline
   4. Dcolor
3. 3At the turn of the century, the French Academy was divided rather sharply between two doctrines. One taught that form was the most important element in the painting and the other taught that color was the most important element. Which doctrine did the Rococo artist follow?

   1. Adoctrine of form
   2. Bdoctrine of color
   3. Cneither doctrine
   4. Dcombined the doctrines
4. 4Vigée-Lebrun portrayed herself as a self-confident painter looking directly at the viewer (and pausing to return their gaze) this has been copied from an earlier artist. Which of the following is that artist?
   

   1. AArtemisia Gentileschi
   2. BCaravaggio
   3. CJudith Leyster
   4. DVermeer
5. 5Which of the following works functions as an "altarpiece" for the new civic religion of inspiring the viewer with the martyr's dedication to service?
   

   1. ADeath of Marat
   2. BDeath of General Wolfe
   3. CCornelia, Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures or Mother of the Gracchi
   4. DOath of the Horatii
6. 6How did historical fact replace the fanciful notions of Rome and its ancient society?
   

   1. Athe monumental work of Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
   2. Bthe work of Johann Winckelmann, History of Ancient Art
   3. Cthe paintings of David
   4. Dthe discovery and excavations of Herculaneum and Pompeii
7. 7Neoclassicism invoked classical references of patriotism and trust in unshakable authority serving imperial agendas. Which of the following leaders embraced these aspects of Neoclassicism?

   1. AThomas Jefferson
   2. BNapoleon
   3. CGeorge IV
   4. DGeorge Washington
8. 8Which of the following architects were the most influential in Thomas Jefferson's re-design of Monticello?

   1. APalladio and Robert Adam
   2. BSoufflot and Vignon
   3. CPalladio and Soufflot
   4. DVignon and Robert Adam
9. 9The Age of Enlightenment had its roots in which of the following centuries?

   1. Aearly sixteenth century
   2. Bmid-sixteenth century
   3. Cseventeenth century
   4. Deighteenth century
10. 10Which of the following eighteenth-century philosophers stressed the importance of the natural goodness of human beings and was an important forerunner of the Romantic sensibility?

    1. AIsaac Newton
    2. BVoltaire
    3. CJohn Locke
    4. DJean-Jacques Rousseau

11. 11The influences of Vitruvius, Palladio, and Inigo Jones are most apparent in which of the following?
    

    1. AHouses of Parliament
    2. BMonticello
    3. CChiswick House
    4. DPanthéon
12. 12Who was the artist who portrayed contemporaries participating in the great events of the latter half of the eighteenth century?

    1. AGainsborough
    2. BStubbs
    3. CWright of Derby
    4. DReynolds
13. 13A leading advocate of the Enlightenment in France was which of the following?

    1. ALouis XVI
    2. BVoltaire
    3. CIsaac Newton
    4. DJohn Lock
14. 14The artist whose work best spoke for the French Revolution was which of the following?
    
    

    1. AAngelica Kauffmann
    2. BJacques-Louis David
    3. CHonoré Fragonard
    4. DÉlizabeth Vigée-Lebrun

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