CLEP Humanities : Identifying Artists, Works, and Schools of 2D Visual Art from the Nineteenth Century
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Example Question #41 : Visual Arts
Who of the following artists was known for his "orientalist" paintings?
Claude Monet
Eugene Delacroix
Georges Seurat
Paul Gauguin
Edgar Degas
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.
Example Question #51 : Visual Arts
The painter Théodore Rousseau led which group of artists?
Post-Impressionist School
French School
Parisian School
Barbizon School
Impressionist School
Barbizon School
The Barbizon School was a group of painters led by Théodore Rousseau from 1830 to 1860. They painted many nature scenes, landscapes, and scenes of rural peasant life in France. They influenced American landscape painters and the Impressionists.
Example Question #33 : 2 D Visual Art
Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and Édouard Manet were part of which artistic school?
Classical
Romanticism
Realism
Arts and Crafts
Baroque
Realism
Based in France and the United States, Realism focused on accurately depicting nature. Landscapes done in a realistic style, and realistic drawings of peasant life are key topics in Realists' work. They were influenced by early photography.
Example Question #34 : 2 D Visual Art
Some painters who influenced the Realist school of art included ______________.
Caravaggio
All of these answers are correct
Rembrandt
Zurburan
Velázquez
All of these answers are correct
All of the painters listed were influences on the Realist artists. Additional influences included Socialism and the European revolutions of 1848. The Realists eventually influenced the pre-Raphaelites and American Scene Painting.
Example Question #35 : 2 D Visual Art
The low quality of available manufactured goods in 19th-century England partly influenced ___________________.
Salvador Dali
Bauhaus
Mary Cassatt
Art Nouveau
the Arts and Crafts Movement
the Arts and Crafts Movement
The Arts and Crafts Movement began for several reasons. The low quality of manufactured items in England in the 1800's caused the reactionary move toward handcrafted, individually made goods. The style is similar to medieval art, influenced by the level of craftsmanship of medieval guilds.
Example Question #36 : 2 D Visual Art
The Impressionists were influenced by __________________.
Delacroix
Manet
Japanese prints
Barbizon School
All of these are correct
All of these are correct
The Impressionists adopted a critic's use of the word "impression" to describe their work. Their focus, particularly in painting, was the use of color to convey light and shadow. They influenced the Post-Impressionists and the Fauves.
Example Question #37 : 2 D Visual Art
Van Gogh and Seurat were part of which artistic movement?
Impressionist
Arts and Crafts
Post-Impressionist
French
Parisian
Post-Impressionist
Key Post-Impressionists included Cezanne, van Gogh, and Seurat. They were influenced by the Impressionists, and attempted to develop many Impressionist ideas. The Post-Impressionists influenced many art movements, including German Expressionism and Symbolism.
Example Question #41 : 2 D Visual Art
Louis Comfort Tiffany and Antoni Gaudi were both part of which artistic movement?
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Dadaism
Nabis
Pictorialism
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau developed in both Europe and the United States. Tiffany's work with stained glass and Antoni Gaudi's unique architectural style both had many elements from nature. These natural elements included flowers, leaves, and flowing, wavelike patterns.
Example Question #52 : Visual Arts
Of which nineteenth-century painter is this a self portrait?
Paul Cézanne
Georges Seurat
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Paul Gaugin
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.
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