Question: Courbet preferred to paint which of the following themes?
Answer: realistic scenes as he saw them
Question: In Courbet’s ‘The Stonebreakers’ it has been said that he reveals to the viewer the drudgery of manual labor. What technique did he use to convey this message?
Answer: Use of a palette of dirty browns and greys
Question: Rosa Bonheur in her most famous work ‘The Horse Fair’ depicted the power & strengths of the horses. The dramatic lighting, loose brushwork, & rolling sky revel her admiration for which of the following artists?
Answer: Gericault
Question: The French viewing public were greatly horrified by Manet’s Olympia not only because of the portrayal of a naked prostitute as a work of art but also due to which of the following?
Answer: Her look of cool indifference & shamelessness
Question: How did Bouguereau depict fictional themes or mythological subjects in his paintings?
Answer: Through the use if polished illusionism
Question: Sargent, an expatriate American artist living & working in London, developed a style of applying paint in thin layers in order to create a quick & lively illusion. He learned this technique after studying which of the following works?
Answer: Las Meninas by Valazquez
Question: Henry Tanner
Answer: Which of the following artists had firsthand knowledge & experience of the American Civil War
Question: Which movement in art did John Everett Millais found & was a leading member of, which rejected the materialism& ugliness of the industrialized world & was inspired by medieval art & fiction?
Answer: Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood
Question: Which of the following artists painted in the US?
Answer: Cole
Question: how did Manet draw attention to the big picture surface & move away from illusion-ism in his painting?
Answer: Used color to flatten form & rough brushwork