MIAMI UNIVERSITY ART 188 EXAM 2
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Identification - ANS You should be able to provide full identification (artist (and location
where indicated below), title, date--within 10 years) of the works listed below. (The last name of
the artist is sufficient.) You should also have an understanding of the subject, visual properties,
and general significance of these works.
30-21 William Hogarth, The Marriage Contract/Settlement, 1743-1745 London - ANS Visual
Properties: Oil on canvas, portraiture, Rococo period
General Significance: Shows tension of degrees of wealth in Britain
30-37 Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784-1785 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil
on canvas, Neoclassicism
General Significance: History painting showing how war can divide family
30-44 Francisco de Goya, Third of May, 1808, 1814-1815 Spain - ANS Visual Properties:
Romanticism, Oil on canvas
General Significance: Depicts Napoleon's attempted conquer of Spain
30-54 Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil
on canvas, romanticism
General Significance: Shows the fall of Napoleon
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, 30-56 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Large Odalisque, 1814 France - ANS Visual Properties:
Oil on canvas, Neoclassicism
General Significance: Shows a vivid depiction of a woman slave
30-63 Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 North America - ANS Visual Properties: Oil on canvas,
romanticism
General Significance: Vivid painting of nature, much bigger than normal
31-12 Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil on
canvas, Realism
General Significance: Depicts the working class of France, shows young/old man
31-17 Edouard Manet, Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863 France -
ANS Visual Properties: Oil on canvas, Realism
General Significance: Controversial due to the naked depiction of prostitutes
31-24 Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil on
canvas, Realism
General Significance: Banjo is identified with images of minstrels
31-35 Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child, ca. 1890 North America - ANS Visual Properties: Oil
on canvas, Impressionism, realism
General Significance: Shows a naturalistic mother/daughter interaction
31-40 Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil on canvas,
Post-Impressionism
General Significance: Deep meaning of life and death
32-4 Henry Matisse, Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life), 1905-1906 France - ANS Visual
Properties: Oil on canvas, Fauvism
General Significance: Nude depiction rendered
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Identification - ANS You should be able to provide full identification (artist (and location
where indicated below), title, date--within 10 years) of the works listed below. (The last name of
the artist is sufficient.) You should also have an understanding of the subject, visual properties,
and general significance of these works.
30-21 William Hogarth, The Marriage Contract/Settlement, 1743-1745 London - ANS Visual
Properties: Oil on canvas, portraiture, Rococo period
General Significance: Shows tension of degrees of wealth in Britain
30-37 Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784-1785 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil
on canvas, Neoclassicism
General Significance: History painting showing how war can divide family
30-44 Francisco de Goya, Third of May, 1808, 1814-1815 Spain - ANS Visual Properties:
Romanticism, Oil on canvas
General Significance: Depicts Napoleon's attempted conquer of Spain
30-54 Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil
on canvas, romanticism
General Significance: Shows the fall of Napoleon
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, 30-56 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Large Odalisque, 1814 France - ANS Visual Properties:
Oil on canvas, Neoclassicism
General Significance: Shows a vivid depiction of a woman slave
30-63 Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 North America - ANS Visual Properties: Oil on canvas,
romanticism
General Significance: Vivid painting of nature, much bigger than normal
31-12 Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil on
canvas, Realism
General Significance: Depicts the working class of France, shows young/old man
31-17 Edouard Manet, Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863 France -
ANS Visual Properties: Oil on canvas, Realism
General Significance: Controversial due to the naked depiction of prostitutes
31-24 Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil on
canvas, Realism
General Significance: Banjo is identified with images of minstrels
31-35 Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child, ca. 1890 North America - ANS Visual Properties: Oil
on canvas, Impressionism, realism
General Significance: Shows a naturalistic mother/daughter interaction
31-40 Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889 France - ANS Visual Properties: Oil on canvas,
Post-Impressionism
General Significance: Deep meaning of life and death
32-4 Henry Matisse, Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life), 1905-1906 France - ANS Visual
Properties: Oil on canvas, Fauvism
General Significance: Nude depiction rendered
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