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

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

E

Question 3

1787 is the year that

A)the U.S.Constitution was signed.
B)George Washington became president.
C)Thomas Jefferson became president.
D)The American Revolution broke out.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The architectural style of Ancient Greece was resurrected in the late 18th 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 these answers are correct.

Question 5

The artist of the French Revolution was

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

Question 6

Oath of the Horatii was commissioned by

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

Question 7

"L'An Deux" refers to A.2 B.C.
B)2 A.D.
C)the second year of the French revolutionary calendar.
D)1776.

Question 8

Jefferson based his design for Monticello on the architecture of

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

Question 9

Which of the following did NOT work for Napoleon?

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

Question 10

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 11

Marat's assassin was

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

Question 12

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 13

Neoclassicism conveyed

A)democratic ideals.
B)broad, enlightened culture.
C)civil virtue.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 14

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 15

Bacchantes are

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

Question 16

Greenough's George Washington was based on

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

Question 17

Psyche is

A)the lover of Cupid.
B)the Greek word for soul.
C)the goddess of love.
D)both the lover of Cupid and the Greek word for soul.
E)All these answers are correct.

Question 18

1793 is the year that

A)the French Revolution began.
B)the Directory began.
C)Louis XVI was guillotined.
D)Napoleon became First Consul.
E)Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo.

Question 19

Antonio Canova created which of the following?

A)Nymph and Satyr Carousing
B)Cupid and Psyche
C)both Nymph and Satyr Carousing and Cupid and Psyche
D)both Paolina Borghese as Venus and Cupid and Psyche

Question 20

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.