Arts

Question 1

When did Romanticism began?

Answer 1

Britain and France in the early 1800’s

Question 2

Romanticism valued _____ over science and ______ over suppression

Answer 2

spiritualism, democracy

Question 3

_____ and _______ themes prevailed in romantic paintings

Answer 3

tragic and catastrophic

Question 4

Romantic paintings were basically about?

Answer 4

emotions

Question 5

Romantic painters gave their subjects an atmosphere of ____, purity, virtue, _____, solitude, or selflessness

Answer 5

greed, insanity

Question 6

This painting depicted the horrific aftermath of the sinking of the warship “Meduse” in 1816

Answer 6

The Raft of the Medusa - Theodore Gericault

Question 7

this painting was made to commemorate the 1830 July Revolution which is an important event in French history when people fought for their liberty and overthrew King Charles X.

Answer 7

Liberty Leading the People - Eugene Delacroix

Question 8

The Third of May, and Saturn Devouring one of his Children

Answer 8

Francisco Goya

Question 9

The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy, and Satan Arousing the Rebellious Angels

Answer 9

William Blake

Question 10

Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth, and Rain, Steam, and Speed -The Great Western Railway

Answer 10

J. M. W. Turner

Question 11

The Great Day of His Wrath

Answer 11

John Martin

Question 12

The Death of Sardanapalus and Liberty Leading the People

Answer 12

Eugene Delacroix

Question 13

Mary Magdalene Grieving over the Body of Christ

Answer 13

Arnold Bocklin

Question 14

Romantic sculptors used these 2 materials as the main materials for their works

Answer 14

marble and bronze

Question 15

in terms of subject matter, many Romantic sculptures featured ____ subjects and had a strong narrative

Answer 15

nude

Question 16

this sculpture is based on a contemporary slave — a Christian girl captured by the turks

Answer 16

Greek Slave - Hiram Powers

Question 17

this sculpture is based on a Roman girl and it was taken from a contemporary novel at that time about the city of Pompeii

Answer 17

Nydia, The Blind flower Girl of Pompeii - By Randolph Rogers

Question 18

he championed the first type of Romantic sculpture

Answer 18

Antoine-Louis Barye

Question 19

his group sculpture decorates the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which was built to honor the heroes of the Napoleonic and French Revolutionary wars

Answer 19

Francois Rude

Question 20

during the gothic revival in the mid-1800’s the architects combined ____ elements with the Romantic interest in freedom of forms

Answer 20

Gothic

Question 21

this is the first important neo-gothic church in france

Answer 21

The Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde

Question 22

this is the most popular example of a gothic style

Answer 22

England’s Palace of Westminster