Deck 7: (AP) Art History: Later Europe and Americas

Question 1

Which theory, popularized by August Comte, expresses that all knowledge must come from proven ideas based on scientific theory?

A)Positivism
B)Japonisme
C)Neo-classicism
D)The sublime

Answer 1

Positivism

Question 2

Paul Gauguin was greatly influenced by non-Western art. In particular, he was greatly affected by objects from where?

A)Africa
B)Oceania
C)Japan
D)South America

Answer 2

Oceania

Question 3

Which of the following is a type of early photograph, first developed by William Talbot, which is characterized by its very grainy quality?

A)Daguerreotype
B)Photogram
C)Calotype
D)Lithography

Answer 3

Calotype

Question 4

Whose beautiful landscape paintings typified the idea of a divinely-sanctioned Manifest Destiny?

A)Frederick Edwin Church and Thomas Cole
B)Henry Fuseli and William Blake
C)Caspar Davie Friedrich and Francisco de Goya
D)Antoine-Jean Gros and Jean-Auguste Ingres

Question 5

Where is the Spiral Jetty located?

A)The Dead Sea
B)Lake Erie
C)Glacier Lake
D)Great Salt Lake

Question 6

Which painting technique uses small dots of color that are combined by the eye at a given distance?

A)Impressionism
B)Positivism
C)Avant-garde
D)Pointillism

Question 7

Who painted the late nineteenth-century piece The Gleaners?

A)Honoré Daumier
B)Jean-François Millet
C)Édouard Manet
D)Winslow Homer

Question 8

What American art movement from the early twentieth century emphasized rural life in the Midwest?

A)Collage
B)Action Painting
C)Realism
D)Regionalism

Question 9

Which Impressionist painter was known for completing series of paintings that depicted the same object or place, all in different seasons or different times of day to capture the interplay of light?

A)Pierre August Renoir
B)Edgar Degas
C)Berthe Morisot
D)Claude Monet

Question 10

Jacques-Louis David is generally considered to be a Neoclassical artist, though his artwork continues to be at least partially inspired by non-classical artists, such as:

A)Picasso
B)Caravaggio
C)Vermeer
D)Fra Angelico

Question 11

What is the main purpose of the Casa Mila, designed by Antonio Gaudí?

A)It is a government building.
B)It is an office building.
C)It is an apartment building.
D)It is a library.

Question 12

Why did the Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt use women as a subject for her painting:?

A)Women did not make as much money, so they were cheaper to hire as models.
B)She was attempting to create a world in which women did not need men to complete them.
C)Men refused to model for a female artist.
D)Cassatt believed men to be unattractive to the eye.

Question 13

Of the following artists, who was not part of the Abstract Expressionism movement (otherwise known as the New York School)?

A)Willem de Kooning
B)Jackson Pollock
C)Piet Mondrian
D)Louise Nevelson

Question 14

Georgia O'Keefe's paintings were mainly focused upon which of the following?

A)Women
B)Children
C)Landscapes
D)Flowers

Question 15

Which twentieth-century museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was built in a curvilinear pattern on the outside, revealing a circular domed walkway on the inside of the building?

A)The Georges Pompidou Center
B)Le Corbusier
C)MOMA
D)The Guggenheim Museum

Question 16

Why was the Royal Crescent built?

A)So the residents could see what it was like to live like royalty
B)So the residents could see what it was like to live in the country
C)So the residents could partake of nearby waterways to rebuild their health
D)So the residents could take advantage of city life

Question 17

When did Joseph Paxton build The Crystal Palace in London?

A)1650-1651
B)1850-1851
C)1910-1911
D)1800-1801

Question 18

Which of the following is the single most significant invention in the development of the contemporary skyscraper?

A)The elevator
B)Cast iron
C)Windows that do not utilize lead
D)Wrought iron

Question 19

Who painted the 1931 Surrealist painting, The Persistence of Memory?

A)Frida Kahlo
B)Giorgio DeChirico
C)Pablo Picasso
D)Salvador Dalí

Question 20

What art movement, popular in the early twentieth-century, is typified by works such as Mondrian's Composition in Black and White and Red and Rietveld's Schröder House?

A)DeStijl
B)Suprematism
C)Bauhaus
D)Constructivism

Question 21

What is a type of composition that is made by rubbing a pencil or a crayon over paper placed over a surface that has a raised design?

A)Ready-made
B)Collage
C)Frottage
D)Assemblage

Question 22

Before the advent of the twentieth century, female artists were generally not permitted to attend art schools and academies, thus, they often learned to paint from their fathers.

Question 23

Of the following modern photographers, which one promoted photography as a legitimate art form that was equal to painting when he or she hung photographs in a contemporary art gallery?

A)Alfred Stieglitz
B)Cindy Sherman
C)Dorthea Lange
D)Barbara Kruger

Question 24

The Swing, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard is from which period?

A)Romanticism
B)Renaissance
C)Rococo
D)Surrealism

Question 25

Although in the late nineteenth-century Paris was the center of the art world, several artists, such as Paul Gauguin, defined themselves by their escape from the Paris art establishment

Question 26

Which of the following statements is true of both later Europe and the Americas?

A)The Enlightenment had no effect on their respective art.
B)The Enlightenment was antithetical to their respective art.
C)The Enlightenment set the stage for their respective art.
D)The Enlightenment prevented their respective art from reaching wider audiences.

Question 27

The artists of later Europe and the Americas era received a significant amount of exposure to the diverse cultures that affected their work due to:

A)Education
B)Evangelism
C)Colonialism
D)Capitalism

Question 28

The artists of later Europe and the Americas drew influence from the philosophical views of:

A)Albert Einstein
B)Karl Marx
C)Charles Darwin
D)Sigmund Freud

Question 29

Francisco Goya's series of etchings and dry point paintings were significantly influenced by the dramatic events of:

A)Industrialization
B)Colonial conquest
C)Economic upheaval
D)Migrations

Question 30

The art of the Romantic time period was a response to the art of the Enlightenment period in that:

A)Romantic art offered a critique of Enlightenment principles
B)Romantic art was an affirmation of Enlightenment principles
C)Romantic art provided a way to better understand Enlightenment principles
D)None of the above

Question 31

Among other things, the demand for cost-efficient art was addressed as a result of:

A)The advent of mass production
B)The advent of local academies
C)The advent of public institutions
D)The advent of art collectives

Question 32

The use of a Classical structure for the external architecture of Chateau de Versailles was:

A)To make the best use of the materials available during Louis XIV's reign
B)To create a disconnect between the ornate interior décor and simple exterior structure
C)To show an intellectual and aesthetic connection to earlier Greek and Roman cultures
D)To recreate the simplicity of the Roman era temples.

Question 33

The artwork of Andy Warhol reflected the values of Postmodernism in that it:

A)eliminated the divide between high art and pop culture
B)assessed the impact of globalization
C)reinvented painting and sculpture near the turn of the century
D)blurred the distinction between fashion and art

Question 34

The major driver of art production in the period of later Europe and the Americas was:

A)The sale of art to the public
B)The desire for cost-efficient prints
C)The need for cultural assimilation
D)The desire for colonial power

Question 35

The role of the museum during the later Europe and Americas period was as:

A)An institution of architectural prowess
B)An institution of national status and pride
C)An institution of funerary rites
D)An institution of artistic training

Question 36

The Louvre is home to:

A)Hunters in the Snow
B)Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
C)The Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de Medici
D)Triumph of the Name of Jesus

Question 37

The shift of the center of the art world from Europe to the United States was a result of:

A)World War I
B)World War II
C)The Civil War
D)The Trojan War

Question 38

The new audience that came to art during this time period was:

A)Religious institutions
B)Academic institutions
C)The general public
D)Government agencies

Question 39

Art of this era was challenging for the public because the audience:

A)Was sometimes hostile toward art that broke with tradition
B)Was expecting more religious symbolism
C)Was reluctant to accept art that was not postmodern
D)Was not accepting of architecture as a proper art form

Question 40

The 600-percent increase in the average sale price of Jean Michel Basquiat's work from 1980 to 1983 was an example of:

A)Art as a method of financial success
B)Art as a process for raising money for a national government
C)Art as a commodity
D)Art as a method of charity fundraising
E)Art as a means of increasing financial donations

Question 41

Artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Andy Warhol are examples of:

A)The decrease in the influence of radical individualism over academia
B)The decrease in the influence of government patrons over religious patrons
C)The decrease in the influence of religious patrons over government patrons
D)The decrease in the influence of academia in favor of radical individualism

Question 42

Audiences experienced Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks as an expression of:

A)Social hierarchy
B)Social commentary
C)Social engineering
D)Social realism