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32 Cards in this Set
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Which are the most characteristic features of Rococo?
-fussiness -frivolity -elegance -irony -all of the above |
all of the above
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the rococo style is most closely related to
-classical baroque -mannerism -renaissance style -late baroque style |
-late baroque style
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the rococo style started where?
-america -germany -italy -france |
France
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the rococo style is characterized by
-pastel colors -a spirit of play -minimized human figures -all of the above |
all of the above
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the aristocracy did ____?___ French rococo art
a)patronized b)had their sensibilities reflected in c)criticized d)both a and b |
d) a and b
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A sonniere is a
-hostess -waitress -countess -princess |
-hostess
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Winckelmann is known primarily for
-German painting -historical approach to studying greek and roman art -historical approach to artists' biographies -German philosophy of art |
historical apporach to studying greek and roman art
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which does not match?
Vivaldi -- music Priestly -- oxygen Halley -- biology Swift -- nature Watt -- steam engine |
Halley -- biology
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who painted important personages in England in the end of the 18th century?
-Gainsborough -Stubbs -Wright of Derby -Thomas de Quincy |
Gainsborough
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What is true of the
Enlightnement? -it started in 1650 -spanned the entire 18th century -was limited to the first half of the 19th century -dates from the early 19th century |
-spanned the entire 18th century
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Who was NOT a 18th century portraitist?
-Gainsborough -Rigaud -Vigree-Lebrun -Carriera -Boyle |
Boyle
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Time Smoking a picture satirizes?
-artists -art dealers -art collectors -art museums |
art dealers
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the kaiseraal refers to
- a palace - a ruler - a room - a stairway |
a room
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which is NOT a feature of Tiepolo's Investiture of Bishop Harold?
-trompe l'oeil -stucco -oval windows -pastel colors -velvet curtains |
-velvet curtains
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the zwinger is
-a german rock group -a palace of the polish king -a courtyard -an elaborate wall |
a courtyard
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Which is NOT true of zimmermann's Weiskirche?
-near oberammergau -influenced by a classical revival in germany -influenced by borromini -it has longitudinal axis |
-influenced by a classical revival in germany
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who dominated the architectural sytle of the 18th century?
-boromini -michelangelo -bramante -palladio |
palladio
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which IS true of chiswick house?
-designed by palladio -in northern england -it was origionally a library and place of entertainment -it is based on san girgio maggiore |
it was originally a library and place of entertainment
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chiswick house was influenced by?
-palladio -inigo jones -vitruvius -all of the above |
vitruvius
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which is true of osterly park house?
-designed by lord burlington -inspired by palladian design -built in east anglia -it was inspired by classical precedents |
it was inspired by classical precedents
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strawberry hill refers to
-a garden of roses in england designed by boyle -an english landscape painting -a gothic revival villa -a midieval castle known as otranto |
a gothic revival villa
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strawberry hill was built in the style of the?...
-oriental revival -baroque revival -neoclassic revival -gothik revival |
gothik revival
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the term bourgeois realism is applied to the work of whom?
-chardin -hogarth -wright of derby -copley |
chardin
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paul revere was
-a goldsmith -a silversmith -an equestrian champion -a british sympathizer |
a silversmith
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match the philosopher with his ideas or work
A) Locke -- emiricism B) Diderot -- social contract C) Rousseau -- encyclopedia D) Jefferson -- two treaties of civil government |
A) Locke -- empiricism
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who was NOT a rococo painter?
-watteau -boucher -fragonard -chambers |
Chambers
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Gilles refers to
-painting by boucher -french philosopher -french novelist -painting by watteau -painting by fragonard |
painting by watteau
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What describes Chardin?
a) painted still life b) painted the common folk at their humble tasks c) painted "fetes galantes" d) A and B, not C |
d) A and B, not C
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L'Etat c'est moi is...
-the title of a painting -an autobiography -an expression of absolutism -the title of a philosophical treatise -a work by descartes |
-an expression of absolutism
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which is NOT a texture depicted in riguads louis XIV?
-silk -ermine -velvet -gold -marble |
marble
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pastels are
-waterpaints -chalky crayons -tempera paints -light colored pencils |
chalky crayons
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July, 14th 1789 is?
-the day that the american revoultion began -the day the declaration of independence was signed -bastille day -the day louis XIV was executed |
-bastille day
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