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Art History 102 UNL Exam 2 Flashcards

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Marvel (italian “meraviglia)

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was produced by art with a stunning display of illusion

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which of the following is NOT TRUE of Teresa of Avila?

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she was deeply spiritual but unfortunately illiterate

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Pietro da Cortona’s Triumph of the Barberini creates the illusion that both figure and architecture are about to fall into the room below.

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True

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Which of the following best describes the religious situation in Italy at the start of the Baroque?

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Italy remained strongly Catholic and sought converts outside Europe.

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini suggests the spiritual ecstasy of Teresa of Avila by depicting her in a sort of physical ecstasy.

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True

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Why is the facade of St. Peter’s wider than the church itself?

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Because the pope wanted to be able to widen the actual church without building a new facade.

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini was well-liked by the other artists and architects in Rome because of his generous practice of sharing projects with them.

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False

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Tenebrism refers to:

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shadow that partially or fully obscures the setting and elements of the figures.

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Artemisia Gentileschi was known for:

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painting scenes involving strong, heroic women.

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Which of the following is associated with Caravaggists and their art?

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the suggestions that the painted scene might continue into the viewer’s actual space.

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Peter Paul Ruben’s Elevation of the Cross:

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has some features associated with Flemish style and comes with Italian art

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Which of the following elements in Peter Paul Rubens’s Outbreak of WAr specifically references the Flemish painting tradition?

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the reflection on Mar’s armor

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For large-scale commissions such as the Maria de Medici series, Peter Paul Rubens:

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Rubens did all of these things

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In the Arrival of Maria de Medici at Marseilles, Rubens makes a visual reference to which of the following?

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The ancient sculpture group depicting Laocoon

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Johannes Vermeer’s Woman with a Water Jug:

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leaves some information vague, in order to engage the viewer’s imagination

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Seventeenth-century Dutch genre scenes

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depict scenes of middle-class urban life in addition to peasant scenes

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Which of the following qualities is evidenced by Rembrandt’s Night Watch?

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His thick application of paint to the canvas.

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Diego Velazquez’s art is known for which of the following?

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Brushwork and impasto of the sort seen in Venetian painting

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Nicolas Poussins ET in Arcadia Ego is a poetic rendering of one of the following ideas.

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Life is short, so treasure the beauties that surround you during your time on earth.

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The composition of Peter Paul Rubel’s Elevation of the Cross suggests that when the cross is finally raised, Christ’s body will be in the actual church.

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True

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21
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The discovery and excavation of what promoted the development of neoclassical art in the 18th century?

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pompeii

22
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Wright’s experiment with an Air Pump depicts?

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all of these things are depicted

23
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Which of the following spread neo-classicism in Europe?

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all of these did

24
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Zoffany portrayed Sir Charles Towneley as?

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collecting antiquities as part of his desire to serve the public

25
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Men who participated in the Industrial Revolution in England typically favored and supported?

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a political system that rewarded capital

26
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Joseph Wright portrayed Richard Arkwright’s factory as?

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a modern workplace, brilliantly lit and productive, even at night

27
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David’s style in Death of Marat employs increasing realism because?

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government and its neo-classical style Marat’s virtues are classical ones, but they exist in the present

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Wedgwood’s anti-slavery medallion employed neo-classicism in order to?

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emphasize the existence of universal human rights

29
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Robert Adam recommended plain white walls and white ornament because?

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this style resembled the simple style of Wedgwood’s ceramics

30
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The Oath of the Tennis Court?

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shows freedom of the press and expression

31
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Goya explored printmaking because?

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it offered the artist more freedom to invent

32
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Napoleon won over supporters of the French Republic like David because he?

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promised to restore order and reward merit

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Goya’s portrait of the Spanish royal family?

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Identifies Goya as a Court Artist

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Goya explained the meaning of The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters as?

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advocating the uniting of imagination and reason in order to create art

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Goya’s Majas on the Balcony expresses?

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admiration for traditional Spanish culture

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The artist composed the Raft of the Medusa so that?

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there is a progress from death adn despair to common struggle and hope

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Goya’s Disasters of War etchings?

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sympathize with the victims of the war

38
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Goya’s The Fatal Consequences of the Bloody War in Spain against Bonaparte and Other Trenchant Caprichos (also known as the Disasters of War) were?

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Not commissioned by anyone

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In Gro’s Portrait of Napoleon as First Consul, Napoleon?

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Points to his glorious achievements on behalf of France

40
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In One Can’t Look, Goya shows?

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The destruction of hope for enlightenment reforms in Spain?

41
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Greuze’s Village Betrothal?

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Promotes the ideal of marrying for love or sentimental reasons (feeling)

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Watteau’s style in paintings like Return from the Island of Cythera is characterized by?

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Flickering brushstrokes and frosty colors

43
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Chardin presents the bourgeoisie as?

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None of these things

44
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Rococo subjects like shepherds and shepherdesses conveyed?

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Aristocratic fantasies of a life closer to nature

45
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The Toilette of Venus?

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All of the answers are correct

46
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In the Marriage Contract, the presence of the dogs indicates?

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The both families are fond of hunting

47
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In Fragonward’s The Swin, the artist depicts?

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A sexually provocative scene in the garden of a chateau

48
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Hogarth’s Marriage a la Mode/ encourages emulation or imitation of pagan gods in Renaissance history paintings?

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It encourages emulation of none of these things

49
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In countess’ Dressing Room, the role of the boy in the corner of the painting is to?

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All of these answers about his role are correct

50
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In The Morning Walk, Gainsborough Employs?

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Precise, hard outlines and carefully detailed, individualized nature

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