Art of us- study guide
1. In the portrait of Tishcohan (1735), the artist Hesselius:
A.
Catered to colonists' beliefs that aborginal Americans possessed secret wisdom and
ancient understandings of the land
B.
Showed technical abilities with paint derived from training in the New World's first art
academy
C.
Clearly criticized his patron, one of the Penn brothers (sons of William Penn), over
the fraudulent "Walking Purchase" treaty and as a result, was not paid for the
painting
D.
Avoided European conventions for portrait painting
2. The Exhumation of the Mastodon (1806-08) by Charles Wilson Peale was
displayed in the Philadelphia Museum. - T
3. Benjamin West painted The Death of General Wolfe (not John Singleton Copley)
(1770) communicates themes including:
A.
Elements of Christianity as allegories for the activities taking place
B.
Views of the New World landscape that appear documentarian but are imagined or
composited
C.
The depiction of Native Americans as compliant supporters of Colonialism
D.
All of the above
4. Patience Wright worked with the material ___ for her portraits while the dominant
medium for portraiture in the colonial period was ___ on canvas. Artist _____had his
portrait done by Wright. - Wax, Oil, Robert Edge Pine
1. In the portrait of Tishcohan (1735), the artist Hesselius:
A.
Catered to colonists' beliefs that aborginal Americans possessed secret wisdom and
ancient understandings of the land
B.
Showed technical abilities with paint derived from training in the New World's first art
academy
C.
Clearly criticized his patron, one of the Penn brothers (sons of William Penn), over
the fraudulent "Walking Purchase" treaty and as a result, was not paid for the
painting
D.
Avoided European conventions for portrait painting
2. The Exhumation of the Mastodon (1806-08) by Charles Wilson Peale was
displayed in the Philadelphia Museum. - T
3. Benjamin West painted The Death of General Wolfe (not John Singleton Copley)
(1770) communicates themes including:
A.
Elements of Christianity as allegories for the activities taking place
B.
Views of the New World landscape that appear documentarian but are imagined or
composited
C.
The depiction of Native Americans as compliant supporters of Colonialism
D.
All of the above
4. Patience Wright worked with the material ___ for her portraits while the dominant
medium for portraiture in the colonial period was ___ on canvas. Artist _____had his
portrait done by Wright. - Wax, Oil, Robert Edge Pine
