Midterm

Question 1

Answer 1

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venice
The Triumph of Marius
1729

Met

History painting

Dolfin family/palace

Question 2

Answer 2

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Apollo and the four continents
1753

ceiling fresco, staircase:
Location Würzburg, Germany
Material fresco, stucco

Question 3

Answer 3

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Wedding of Frederick Barbarossa and Beatrice of Burgundy
1751-1752

Location Würzburg, Germany
fresco

global 18th century

Theatrical!

Question 4

Answer 4

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Venice
A Dance in the Country
1755

Met

Son of Battista Tiepolo

contemporary life, theater (Italian Comedy)

Question 5

Answer 5

Canaletto, Venice
The Bucintoro Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day
1730

(maybe extra credit)

Grand tour

Question 6

Answer 6

Charles de Lafosse
Clytie Changing into a Sunflower
1688

Question 7

Answer 7

Louis Boulogne
Diana at Rest
1707

real academic member

Question 8

Answer 8

Jean-François de Troy (France)
Before the Ball
1735

Getty museum

Question 9

Answer 9

Jean-Antoine Watteau
Diana Bathing
1715-1716

Louvre, Paris

She’s all alone

intimate

Question 10

Answer 10

Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Embarkment to Cythera
1717

Louvre, Paris

fete galante!

reception piece

Question 11

Answer 11

Jean Antoine Watteau, French
Mezzetin
1718-20

Met

Theater

rococo

Question 12

Answer 12

Jean-Antoine Watteau
Pierrot, also called Gilles
1718-1719

Louvre, Paris

theater

beautiful fabrics

Question 13

Answer 13

Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Shop-Sign of Gersaint
1721

Question 14

Answer 14

Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater, French, 1695-1736
The Fair at Bezons
1733

Met

looked to flemish art

not fancy enough to be a fete galante

contemporary life

Question 15

Answer 15

François Boucher
Rinaldo and Armida

1734

Louvre, Paris

history painting
reception piece

Question 16

Answer 16

Boucher, Francois, France, 1703-1770
Triumph of Venus
1740

National Museum, Sweden

rococo mythological painting

Question 17

Answer 17

Boucher, France
Setting of the Sun
1753

Wallace Collection, London

(also rising of the sun painting)
rococo mythological painting

Question 18

Answer 18

François Boucher
Diana Bathing
1742

Louvre, Paris

Question 19

Answer 19

François Boucher, French, 1703-1770
The Interrupted Sleep
1750

Met

Pastorial!

madame de Pompadour

Question 20

Answer 20

François Boucher, French
The Four Seasons (Part 4: Winter)
1755

The Frick

Pastorial

Russian influence

Question 21

Answer 21

François Boucher
The Luncheon
1739

contemporary life

Question 22

Answer 22

Jean-Siméon Chardin
The Ray
1725-1726

Louvre, Paris

Genra

reception piece
Seeing life and death

Question 23

Answer 23

Jean-Siméon Chardin
Woman Sealing a Letter
1733

Germany?

looks like vermeer (dutch art)

Question 24

Answer 24

Jean-Siméon Chardin
A Girl with Shuttlecock
1737

Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Question 25

Answer 25

Jean-Siméon Chardin Return from Market 1739 all the objects are intense

Question 26

Answer 26

Jean-Siméon Chardin The Diligent Mother 1740 Louvre, Paris

Question 27

Answer 27

Jean-Siméon Chardin Saying Grace 1740 Louvre, Paris

Question 28

Answer 28

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French, 1699-1779 Still Life with Plums 1730

Question 29

Answer 29

Jean-Siméon Chardin Basket of Wild Strawberries 1761

Question 30

Answer 30

Jean-Siméon Chardin The Attributes of the Arts and their Rewards 1766 Painted for Catherine the Great