Question 1

What was so shocking and insulting about Gustave Courbet's Two Girls on the Banks of the Seine?

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Gustave Courbet's painting "Two Girls on the Banks of the Seine" was shocking and insulting to many because it depicted two ordinary, working-class women in a natural and unidealized manner. At the time, most paintings of women portrayed them as delicate and refined, often in a romanticized or idealized way. Courbet's portrayal of these women as they were, without any attempt to beautify or romanticize them, was seen as shocking and insulting to the traditional art world. Additionally, the fact that the women were not depicted in a traditional setting or pose added to the controversy surrounding the painting. Overall, Courbet's realistic and unapologetic portrayal of everyday women was a direct challenge to the prevailing artistic norms of the time, which is why it was considered so shocking and insulting.

Question 2

The favorite subjects of Mary Cassatt were ______.

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A)  men and boys shown in unguarded moments
B)  women and children shown in unguarded moments
C)  the city life in Paris
D)  all of these are correct
E)  none of these are correct

Question 3

Which best describes Toulouse-Latrec's painting At the Moulin Rouge?

Accepted Answer

A)  brightly lit
B)  open-aired
C)  aristocratic
D)  claustrophobic
E)  classical

Question 4

Who painted The Night Café, and said of it "I have tried to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Toulouse-Latrec
B)  Gauguin
C)  Degas
D)  Van Gogh
E)  none of these are correct D

Question 5

Postimpressionism refers to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  what the Impressionists painted after their first exhibition
B)  the Italian movement that admired Impressionist works for the depiction of the passage of time
C)  anything painted in the avant garde style
D)  a group of unrelated artists who reacted to the ideas of the Impressionists
E)  the movement occurring right now where there is a reaction against the Impressionist philosophy

Question 6

Ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world," set off a wave of _______________, of a love of all things Japanese in Western culture.

Accepted Answer

A)  Impressionism
B)  Postimpressionism
C)  Pointillism
D)  Japonisme
E)  none of these are correct D

Question 7

Georges Seurat created a method of painting called _________, which consists of tiny dots.

Accepted Answer

A)  Impressionism
B)  Postimpressionism
C)  Pointillism
D)  Japonisme
E)  none of these are correct

Question 8

Edgar Degas's artwork draws its power from a fusion of ______.

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A)  Ingres's line
B)  the solid form of the Renaissance masters
C)  the composition of the great Renaissance masters
D)  the spontaneous realism of Impressionism
E)  all of these are correct

Question 9

Photography was invented in the mid-nineteenth century.Describe the effect, especially on painting, that photography had on the art world in the mid- to late nineteenth century.

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The invention of photography in the mid-...

Question 10

Which of the following is true of Edouard Manet?

Accepted Answer

A)  He came to be seen as the father of Impressionism.
B)  He never took part in exhibitions arranged by the young Impressionists.
C)  He was fascinated with the new medium of photography.
D)  He was influenced by the younger Impressionists' style.
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 11

Images from Japan had an enormous impact on nineteenth-century art.Using specific examples, explain some ways that it influenced Western art.

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Images from Japan had a significant impa...

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT true concerning Manet's Luncheon on the Grass?

Accepted Answer

A)  The public and critics rejected it because they felt it was intended as pornography.
B)  The composition was based on a design by Raphael.
C)  Inspired by the Baroque artists, Manet used open brushwork to paint it.
D)  It would be classified as Postimpressionist in style.
E)  The figures were not modeled with a variety of value tones.

Question 13

What past master influenced Manet? In what way did he do so?

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Édouard Manet, one of the pivotal figure...

Question 14

Describe how art patronage changed in the nineteenth century.What happened in cities like Paris, London, and New York?

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In the nineteenth century, art patronage...

Question 15

Painters in the nineteenth century often had a troubled relationship with the critics and the public.Using specific examples, describe this relationship.

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In the nineteenth century, painters ofte...

Question 16

The Gates of Hell, originally designed as a doorway to be cast in bronze for a new Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, were sculpted by

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A)  Claude Monet
B)  Toulouse-Lautrec
C)  Auguste Rodin
D)  Paul Gauguin
E)  Michelangelo

Question 17

Which Postimpressionist painter was most influential to the modern artists of the twentieth century? In what ways was that artist influential?

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The Postimpressionist painter most influ...

Question 18

Like all of the Impressionists, Pierre-Auguste Renoir wanted to show the life he saw around him in Paris.But even more than the others, he was concerned with ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  human misery
B)  human interactions and moods
C)  photography
D)  insulting art critics with new work
E)  none of these are correct

Question 19

Why did Gauguin believe that he needed to move to Tahiti?

Accepted Answer

Paul Gauguin, the French Post-Impression...

Question 20

The Salon des Refusés was ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  known as the Salon of the Rejected
B)  where art not accepted by official Salon was exhibited
C)  created by the French government
D)  scoffed at by the public
E)  all of these are correct

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The favorite subjects of Mary Cassatt were ______.

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Which best describes Toulouse-Latrec's painting At the Moulin Rouge?

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Who painted The Night Café, and said of it "I have tried to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime"?

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