Deck 19: Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Question 1

As depicted in The Declaration of Independence,the U.S.Capitol Rotunda has a (an)____________ frieze on the upper part of the walls.

A) Ionic
B) Corinthian
C) Tuscan
D) Federal
E) Doric

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Who of the following did not work for Napoleon?

A) David
B) Ingres
C) Vigée-Lebrun
D) Benoist
E) Canova

Answer 2

C A

Question 3

Greenough's George Washington was based on

A) Napoleonic iconography
B) Pharaonic iconography
C) Jeffersonian iconography
D) Phidian iconography

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Oath of the Horatii was commissioned by

A) Louis XIV
B) Napoleon
C) Louis XVI
D) Marie Antoinette

Question 5

Bacchantes are

A) wine gods
B) priestesses of Dionysos
C) wine goddesses
D) priests of Dionysos

Question 6

Which was not designed by Jefferson?

A) the University of Virginia
B) Monticello
C) the U.S. Capitol Building
D) the Richmond Capitol Building

Question 7

Marat's assassin was

A) Napoleon's messenger
B) Colbert
C) Richelieu
D) Corday
E) never identified

Question 8

Which least inspired Jefferson's architectural style?

A) Palladio's Four Books on Architecture
B) Gothic Revival
C) Chiswick House
D) the Pantheon
E) Neoclassicism

Question 9

Psyche is

A) the lover of Cupid
B) the Greek word for "soul"
C) the goddess of love
D) all of the choices are correct.
E) the lover of Cupid and the Greek word for "soul"

Question 10

In Napoleon at Saint Bernard Pass,Napoleon is compared to

A) Charlemagne and Caesar
B) Hannibal and Scipio
C) Caesar and Scipio
D) Hannibal and Charlemagne

Question 11

The architectural style of Ancient Greece was resurrected in the late 18^th century because

A) it was believed to inspire citizenship
B) it seemed to encourage heroic sacrifice
C) its crystalline lines seemed to reject the decadence of the Rococo
D) all of the choices are correct.

Question 12

The artist of the French Revolution was

A) Jacques-Louis David
B) Angelica Kauffmann
C) Antoine Watteau
D) Chardin

Question 13

The Oath of the Horatii

A) is by Ingres
B) is an event from Roman tradition
C) is described in Classical texts
D) is the subject of a tragedy by Racine

Question 14

L'An Deux refers to

A)2 B.C.
B)2 A.D.
C)1793
D)1776

Question 15

Neo-Classicism conveyed

A) democratic ideals
B) broad, enlightened culture
C) civil virtue
D) all of the choices are correct.

Question 16

Jefferson based his design for Monticello on the architecture of

A) Christopher Wren
B) Michelangelo
C) Palladio
D) Borromini

Question 17

Plato's defense of Socrates is

A) the Death of Socrates
B) the Apology
C) not recorded
D) a treatise on political philosophy used by Napoleon

Question 18

Place Charles de Gaulle was formerly called

A) Place de l'Etoile
B) Place Vendôme
C) Place Napoléon
D) Place Richelieu