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ROCOCO MOVEMENT

Who put together and published “Encyclopédie” - Systematic Dictionary of Sciences Arts and Crafts and
claimed that “Knowledge gives power"?
Denis Diderot

All of the following are common themes in French Rococo painting EXCEPT
aristocratic virtue

What is NOT true for Grand Manner Portraiture?
The portrait acknowledged the noble origins of the sitter

Subject matter of Joseph Wright of Derby's paintings was....................
Scientific experiment

What had a dramatic effect on life of the French aristocracy in the beginning of the 18th century?
Death of Louis XIV

All these features are peculiar for Rococo style EXCEPT
bright, saturated colors

What is “fête galante?
An outdoor entertainment for the aristocracy as a subject matter in painting

The use of color and open brushwork in this detail reflects Antoin Watteau's affinity with which camp of French
Academic artists
the Rubenistes

Pompeo Battoni was a great master of “veduta” painting
False

Which features of this painting is NOT a characteristic of the Rococo period of art?
Lesson of morality

What was the Enlightenment?
A philosophical movement stressing knowledge and individual rights over traditional ideas about science
and government


What is the role of the landscape in Fragonard's The Swing?
It emphasizes the fecundity and sensuality of the scene

Match artist and the major characteristic of his art:

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Noble simplicity
Noble simplicity
Correct!

,Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Sentimentality
Sentimentality
Correct!
William Hogarth
Social satire
Social Satire
Correct!
Thomas Gainsborough
Naturalistic representation and Rococo setting
Naturalistic representation/Rococo setting

Fragonard's The Swing reflects the temperance that characterized the French aristocracy in the years before
the Revolution
False

In his portrait of Paul Revere, John Singleton Copley gave special prominence to Revere's eyes by:
reflection of reddish light of the darkened side of the face

What was the important innovation in Benjamin West’s historic The Death of General Wolfe?
A and D only It blended contemporary events with grand manner of historic painting All characters
were dressed in contemporary clothes

Match artist and painting
Correct!
Adelaide Labille Guiard
Self-Portrait with Two Pupils
Self portrait with two pupils
Correct!
Elizabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun
Self-Portrait
Self portrait
Correct!
Antoine Watteau
Pilgrimage to Cythera
Pilgrimage to Cythera
Correct!
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Village Bride
Village Bride
Correct!
Thomas Gainsborough
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

Mr and Mrs Andrews
When the Rococo style first appeared, it was primarily as a style of __________
Interior Design
The L'Indifférent is the work of __________
Antoine Watteau
What is NOT true about Voltaire?

He believed that "all men are created equal"

, Neoclassicism Movement
To which painting does Ingres' Apotheosis of Homer pay homage?
"School of Athens" by Raphael

What is Neoclassical art?
Art that revives ancient Greek and Roman styles with modern purpose

What Chiswick House by Richard Boyle and William Kent and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello have in
common?
They both variation of Palladio's Villa Rotonda

Why did David have his students read the works of Plutarch?
Connecting with Classical history was critical to Neoclassical art

The archaeological discoveries at __________ whetted public appetite for classicism.
Herculaneum and Pompeii

Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda of University of Virginia has been modeled to remind of ....
Pantheon, Rome

How were Classical themes and historic moments often used in Neoclassical painting?
To show the virtues of patriotism

What is NOT Napoleonic public monument?
Church Saint Genevieve

Thomas Jefferson admired the work of __________.
Palladio

In Girodet-Trioson’s painting The Entombment of Atala moral lesson prevails over emotional appeal
False
What statement is NOT correct for Ingres’s Grande Odalisque?
It depicts perfectly realistic anatomy of women’s body
David’s painting “Death of Marat” is the example of ……………………….… in France in 1793.
Political propaganda

Match artists with their artworks:
Correct!
Jacques Louis David
Death of Socrates
Death of Socrates
Correct!
Girodet- Trioson
Jean Baptiste Belley
John Baptist Belley
Correct!

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