Art History II
Essay Test 3
Potter
1. Compare and contrast a work of Rococo architecture to a work of Baroque
architecture. Be as specific as you can. Describe AND discuss analytically one
specific, concrete example of each.
2. Describe and discuss 3 examples of Rococo painting. Answer as completely
as you can.
3. Discuss one example each of 18th century Romanticism, Naturalism, and
Neoclassical art. You may choose from painting, sculpture or architecture.
Answer as fully as you can.
4. Describe and discuss two examples of 18th century History Painting.
5. Describe and discuss two examples of painting that could be said to be
resistant to Enlightenment ideas.
6. Discuss the concept of “progress” in relation to 18th century art. Name and
discuss 2 examples of 18th century art which could be described as having a
“moralizing” tone.
7. Describe and discuss 2 Neoclassical works from the 18th century.
8. Describe and discuss two works of Romantic painting from the 18th or early
19th century as fully as you can.
9. Describe and discuss two works of landscape from the 18th or early 19th
century. Discuss these examples in terms of the three great currents that flow
through 18th and 19th century art.
10. Discuss the role photography played in 19th century art.
11. Discuss at least 3 examples of 19th century Realism.
12. Describe and discuss 3 examples of Impressionism. Discuss the
Impressionist use of color and light as well as their formative connection to
Realism.
13. Discuss 3 examples of Post-Impressionism. Contrast Post-Impressionist
color with that of Impressionism.
14. Discuss 2 examples of Symbolism.. Contrast Symbolist art with art that
embodies the ideas of the Enlightenment.
15. Discuss the use of industrial age materials in architecture of the late 18th and
early 19th centuries.