Exam 19: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Art in the West

Gustave Courbet's The Stone Breakers (figure 19.21) is considered Modern art because it:

Using idealized, naturalistic figures; crisp contours; restrained emotions; and ancient architectural settings is typical of the ________ style.

Romanticism can often feature ______ subject matters that capture a feeling of supreme awe and include uncontrollable current events; exotic, violent cultures; and mysterious landscapes.

Realism was shocking to the public. How was it shocking to the public? What would shock modern audiences in a similar way? Give examples.

Realist art could be shocking to the public because:

Explain how a painting like Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Le Moulin de la Galette (figure 19.25) could be considered both Impressionist and Realist.

The strong colors, contrasting values, and painterly marks in Francisco Goya's The Third of May, 1808 (figure 19.16) show it to be:

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello (figure 19.13) is Neoclassical because it:

Realist artists are considered part of the _________ because they advanced new, cutting-edge styles and approaches that the status quo originally rejected, but their work eventually became part of the mainstream.

Romantic artists were influenced by a feeling of helplessness in an overwhelming world.

Pointillism was a method used during the Post-Impressionist period.

Explain how the features and message of Neoclassical art can be seen as a reaction against the features and message of Rococo art. Give specific examples.

Explain how Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night (figure 19.32) and Edvard Munch's The Scream (figure 19.34) still contain Impressionist elements, but also move away from Impressionism.

Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun's Marie Antoinette with a Rose (figure 19.9) is typically Rococo because:

Romantic artists depicted which of the following to convey the sublime?

Some Impressionist works feature a flattening of images due to the influence of:

The asymmetrical, organic forms of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier's pair of candlesticks (figure 19.7) are typical of:

and contrast Jean-Antoine Watteau's Return from Cythera (figure 19.8) and Paul Gauguin's Mahana No Atua (Day of the God) (figure 19.33). What do these works have in common? How do they reflect the different goals of the artists who made them, and the styles in which they were painted?

Claude Monet's Impression: Sunrise (figure 19.24) is typically Impressionist because it had:

Some Post-Impressionist artists, like Georges Seurat in A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (figure 19.28), looked back to Impressionist methods and added a formal structure to their work, using: