Review Questions
Chapter 12–Three Opposing Views
Review
1
Why did Napoleon support art that was inspired by Classical Roman art?
2
Neoclassicism was a reaction to the Rococo style. Compare these two art styles in Ingres’
Apotheosis of Homer and Watteau’s The Gamut of Love (fig.11–42).
3
Compare Delacroix’s and Rubens’ Lion Hunt (fig.11–23). How are they alike? Try to
count the lions in each.
4
Compare Courbet’s Burial at Ornans with El Greco’s Burial of Count Orgaz (fig.9–37).
Which painting is of ordinary people?
Interpret
1
Compare Neoclassicist David’s Oath of the Horatii to Romanticist Goya’s Third of May,
1808. How does each artist view war?
2
Delacroix was artistically inspired by his trips to Spain and Morocco. If you could visit
an exotic land to collect ideas for paintings, where would you go? Explain the reasons for
your choice.
3
How would paintings like Bingham’s Fur Traders Descending the Missouri encourage
people to settle the western part of the United States?
4
Describe the scene in Homer’s Breezing Up (A Fair Wind). What sensations would the
boys in the picture feel, smell and hear?
Review Questions
Lesson 12.1–Neoclassicism
1
What was the name of the official art style when Napoleon was in power?
2
Name two reasons artists became so interested in creating art that was reminiscent of
ancient Rome during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
3
Who became the leading French artist during the French Revolution?
4
How was Ingres’ painting style different from his teacher David’s style.
5
Name the woman artist who was Marie Antoinette’s principal portrait painter.
6
Name some of the buildings designed by Thomas Jefferson.
7
What style of art influenced the design of the United States Capitol?
8
List three early leaders of the United States that Houden sculpted.
Lesson 12.2–Romanticism
1
How did the Romantic movement get its name?
2
Name two Romantic poets, two Romantic artists and two Romantic musicians.
3
Explain what is happening in Goya’s Third of May, 1808. How is Napoleon connected to
this story?
4
Describe some of the measures that Géricault took to ensure that his painting Raft of the
Medusa would be authentic.
5
Which artist is now considered to be the founder of French Romanticism?
6
What new invention did Delacroix use to make studies for his paintings?
7
Describe the sky in Constable’s The Hay Wain.
8
What was Turner most interested in painting in Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbor’s
Mouth?
9
Name the group of painters that was lead by Thomas Cole.
10
During the early nineteenth century in England, why did a revival of the Gothic style
become popular rather than Neoclassicism, as in Paris?
11
Which French architect is most responsible for designing the contemporary city of Paris?
Review Questions
Lesson 12.3–Realism
1
What was the philosophy of the Realist artists concerning working class people?
2
How large is Rosa Bonheur’s The Horse Fair? Would it fit on the wall of your art
classroom?
3
What were Corot’s principal subjects after he began painting near Barbizon?
4
How was Millet trying to present the peasant women in The Gleaners?
5
During his lifetime, for what type of art was Daumier most famous?
6
What was Courbet’s response to the rejection of his Burial at Ornans from the 1855
Universal Exposition in Paris?
7
Why did Thomas Eakins lose his job at the Pennsylvania Academy?
Review Questions
Lesson 12.4–Photography
1
Name an American photographer who considered photography to be an art.
2
What revolutionary techniques did Eakins use in his photography?
3
How did artists of the late nineteenth century use the camera as an aid to their painting?