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Example Question #445 : Clep: Humanities
Of which nineteenth-century painter is this a self portrait?
Paul Gaugin
Georges Seurat
Paul Cézanne
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh
Even if the image is not instantly recognizable as Vincent van Gogh, the piece of art has many of his hallmarks. This 1889 self-portrait features expressive colors, deep texture in the paint, and an emotional style. Van Gogh was one of the premier post-impressionists of the late nineteenth century, who took the emotional and innovative elements of Impressionism to new artistic ground.
Example Question #1 : Identifying Artists, Works, And Schools Of 2 D Visual Art
The above work of art is an example of the artistic movement known as __________.
Neoclassicism
Cubism
Realism
Expressionism
Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
This painting, an 1899 self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh, stands firmly in the tradition of post-impressionism. Post-impressionists took many of the elements of the Impressionists of a generation earlier, including visible brushstrokes, emotional concerns, and everyday scenes, and pushed them further. As seen in this work, the paint is extremely thick and textured, with bright, almost unrealistic colors sharpening the image.
Example Question #2 : Identifying Artists, Works, And Schools Of 2 D Visual Art From The Nineteenth Century
The Hudson River School was a group of artists known for making what kind of paintings?
Landscapes
Still lifes
Religious icons
Portraits
History paintings
Landscapes
The Hudson River School was a group of painters in the early part of the nineteenth century who gathered in communities along the Hudson River in New York. These artists were heavily inspired by the romantic movement coming out of Europe and painted dramatic landscapes. Prominent members of the Hudson River School were Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, and Frederic Edwin Church.
Example Question #82 : Nineteenth Century 2 D Art
The French painter who was the official painter for the rule of the Emperor Napoleon I was __________.
Jacques-Louis David
Alexander Kucharsky
Eugène Delacroix
Antoine-François Callet
Théodore Géricault
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David first made a name for himself as a historical painter in the 1780s, but his republican sympathies meant he was allied with French revolutionaries. This benefitted him most by allowing him to become the Emperor Napoleon's official court painter. Famous for his portraits of Napoleon, and particularly his large Coronation of Napoleon from 1806, David's style featured bold expressions, bright colors, and dramatic poses.
Example Question #83 : Nineteenth Century 2 D Art
Who was the painter who chronicled the wildlife, particularly birds, of nineteenth century America?
Frederic Remington
James Carroll Beckwith
John James Audubon
Gilbert Stuart
John Singer Sargent
John James Audubon
John James Audubon was a Frenchman who came to America in 1803 to avoid the Napoleonic Wars. He made a name for himself in the early nineteenth century as a painter of wildlife and landscapes of the then vast American frontier. His The Birds of America, published in sections between 1827 and 1838, not only was a remarkable work of art by an American artist, but helped ornithology immensely in understanding avian wildlife in America.
Example Question #84 : Nineteenth Century 2 D Art
The artistic movement known as Impressionism began in which country?
Italy
England
Spain
France
The Netherlands
France
Impressionism grew popular in the nineteenth century as a reaction to France's main artistic competition, the Salon de Paris. The Salon's judges valued grand themes, realistic portrayals, and fine brushwork, whereas the Impressionists focused on everyday scenes, emotional depictions, and visible, thick brushstrokes. Some of the major impressionists include Paul Cézanne, Édouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Claude Monet.
Example Question #85 : Nineteenth Century 2 D Art
Which of the following grouping of artists were NOT part of the same art movement?
Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein
Paul Cézanne, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet
Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro
Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Mark Rothko
Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger
Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro
Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, and Joan Miró were all connected as artists through their use of color and experimentation with forms. Nonetheless, each artist developed his own unique style that largely stood apart from other artists. Van Gogh's postimpressionistic style built on impressionism, while Matisse and Miro's deconstruction of form and representation exploded many of impressionism's notions of art.
Example Question #86 : Nineteenth Century 2 D Art
Which American artist is well-known for his paintings and sculptures of the American West?
Ansel Adams
Frederic Remington
John Singer Sargent
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Thomas Moran
Frederic Remington
Frederic Remington was a native New Yorker who began his career as a painter and illustrator for magazines after the Civil War. After going on assignment to illustrate a magazine article on the Apache leader Geronimo in 1886, Remington began to paint and sculpt images of the American West exclusively. Remington's style was naturalistic and empathetic to his subjects, and also had a natural ability to capture accurate movement. Remington's images of the Old West are some of the most famous images of cowboys and Native Americans.
Example Question #2 : Identifying Artists, Works, And Schools Of 2 D Visual Art
Gustave Courbet is well known for developing and working in what style?
History painting
Romanticism
Impressionism
Realism
Expressionism
Realism
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who reacted to the previous generation's bold romanticism and his contemporary critics' love of history painting by developing what he termed "realism." Courbet wished to use his painting to comment on social issues and values, which he felt were valuable topics on which a painter might focus. Courbet sought out landscapes, portraits, and still lifes that depicted the everyday in rough, honest brushstrokes.
Example Question #31 : Identifying Artists, Works, Or Schools Of Nineteenth Century 2 D Art
Who of the following artists was known for his "orientalist" paintings?
Paul Gauguin
Eugene Delacroix
Claude Monet
Edgar Degas
Georges Seurat
Eugene Delacroix
Delacroix was a famous nineteenth-century painter known for his orientalist paintings, which illustrated Middle Eastern culture and lifestyle to a Western audience.
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