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French Rococo
Culture
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Who painted The Death of General Wolfe?
What is Benjamin West
100
Where is the Death of General Wolfe located?
What is the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
100
What is the ultimate German Rococo architecture built in Dresden in 1711-22?
the Zwinger
100
What French artist painted Pipe and Jug?
Jean-Baptiste Chardin
100
Where does the term “Rococo” come from?
From the French words rocaille and coquille (meaning, respectively, “rock” and “shell”-formations used to decorate Baroque gardens)
200
What kind of painter is Jean-Baptiste Chardin?
realist painter
200
Who is the leading Rococo painter who lived between 1684 and 1721?
Antoine Watteau
200
What year did the revival of Gothic style begin?
about 1750
200
The Rococo style is an expression of what?
wit and frivolity with somber, satirical undercurrents
200
What was the primary source of patronage during this period?
The upper middle class and the bourgeoisie (in addition to the aristocracy).
300
What were two influences of William Hogarth?
What is Flemish and Dutch genre paintings.
300
What does Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s pose say about her confidence?
She is self-conscious
300
What is the primary feature of the Rococo Residenz (Episcopal Palace)?
A magnificent staircase.
300
Expressed in Rococo art, what is the term for the interest in Chinese imagery included in garden design, architecture, costumes, and decorative motifs?
What is chinoiserie
300
What was the center of Parisian society and taste and who ran this place?
The Salon. The salon was created by wealthy, sociable, educated hostesses known as a salonniere.
400
Why did John Singleton Copley emigrate to England?
What is He did not sympathize with the American Revolution.
400
Who painted The Swing and who is the subject of the painting?
Painter: Jean-Honore Fragonard. Subject: The mistress of baron de Saint-Julien.
400
What influenced Dominikus Zimmermann’s Wieskirche?
Borromini’s oval church plans (OR his “elliptical architectural shapes) (379)
400
What does the variety of rich textures (silks, laces, brocades, and enormous feathered hat) say about Marie Antoinette?
She is very wealthy and in a high position among society (queen).
400
The Rococo period (1700-1775) was also the age of Enlightenment. What did the Enlightenment stand for?
The primacy of reason and intellect, in contrast to the unquestioning acceptance of divine power.
500
What experience lead to William Hogarth’s fierce opposition to social injustice and hypocrisy?
Hogarth’s father opened a coffeehouse that went bankrupt and spent three years in a debtors prison. (376)
500
In Joseph Wright’s An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump: 1) describe the experiment, 2) what kind of bird did they use? why? 3) What was the result of the experiment?
He put a bird into a glass container that was connected to a pump. The demonstrator then pumped out the air in order to show the effect on the bird, which is a white cockatoo. Since in reality such a bird is valuable, it was probably chosen for dramatic effect. The bird fell to the bottom of the container.
500
What Italian tradition inspired Richard Boyle’s Chiswick House?
What is Palladio
500
In what ways was Aselaide Labille-Guiard a feminist, and what was the result of her efforts?
She helped to improve the position of women in the arts. She succeeded in having the four places reserved for women at the French Academy of Painting and Sculptures expanded.
500
What document guaranteed these new freedoms to French citizens after the French Revolution: equality before the law, freedom of press, speech, and religion, the right to own property and a graduated income tax?
What is The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. (373)
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