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100
These are crayons of pulverized pigment bound to a chalk base by weak gum water. A versatile medium, it can be employed in a sketchy manner to create a vivacious and fleeting effect or can be blended through rubbing to produce a highly finished image.
What are pastels.
100
This artist was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy, and wrote "Fifteen Discourses to the Royal Academy" (1769-90).
Who is Joshua Reynolds.
100
Cassatt attended this art school first.
What is the PA Academy of Fine Art.
100
This painting depicts a contemporary tragedy - a shipwreck, which was also a best selling book at the time. This ship was taking French colonists to Senegal, and the incompetent aristocratic captain was was given this position by the monarchy. This painting is a criticism of this incompetence and favoritism.
What is The Raft of the Medusa
100
This artist's painting drew ire from a critic; a term used to describe the unfinished nature of the painting was eventually embraced and used to label the group of artists with whom he exhibited.
Who is Monet.
200
A concept, thing, or state of exceptional and awe-inspiring beauty and moral or intellectual expression. This was a goal to which many 19th-century artists inspired in their artworks. Art that employs this concept can be identified by the prominent use of nature, particularly as it compares to the smallness of mankind.
What is sublime.
200
This artist was a member of the Order of Santiago, and remained a court painter (for 37 years!) until his death.
Who is Velázquez.
200
This painter completed fewer than 30 paintings during his lifetime; these paintings were small and carefully executed. He had a patron who paid him for the right of first refusal. He lived in what city?
What is Delft.
200
This painting depicts an event of genuine horror, based on an account in Thomas Clarkson’s The History of the Abolition of the Slave Trade 1783, which was reprinted in 1840. In it, the author described the captain of a slave ship caught in the path of a typhoon and the subsequent tragedy that occurred.
What is Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying - Typhoon Coming on ("The Slave Ship")
200
This artist was credited with establishing a new style and a new category of painting (subject) in the Salon jury system. This style was wildly popular among the French aristocracy.
Who is Watteau.
300
A fascination with Middle Eastern cultures that inspired eclectic 19th-century European fantasies of exotic life that often formed the subject of paintings.
What is Orientalism.
300
This artist shocked audiences by depicting a modern event with figures dressed in contemporary clothing (which was incongruent with the tenets of this style).
Who is Benjamin West.
300
This popular portrait painter well-known for his use of dramatic lighting and extensive self portraiture settled and worked in this Northern city.
What is Amsterdam.
300
This painting glorifies a scene from the British victory of the French for the control of Quebec during the Seven Years’ War.
What is The Death of General Wolfe.
300
A movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. It was a reaction against the order and restraint of classicism and neoclassicism, and a rejection of the rationalism that characterized the Enlightenment.
What is Romanticism.
400
A painting or other work of art representing a fantasy or a mixture of real and imaginary features, usually scenes of urban areas and identifiable places that have been subtly manipulated for artistic reasons (resulting in a more pleasing composition).
What is capriccio.
400
This artist was known for his "breakfast pieces".
Who is Pieter Claesz.
400
This school is named after the area of America from which its members found their subject matter.
What is the Hudson River School.
400
This period in French history is depicted in a Delacroix painting, which encapsulated the history of France after the fall of Napoleon in 1815. Victorious neighboring nations reimposed a monarchy on France under the brother of the last pre-revolutionary monarch. The king’s power was limited by a constitution and a parliament, but the government became more conservative as years passed, undoing many revolutionary reforms. The king's successor reinstated press censorship, returned education to the control of the Catholic Church, and limited voting rights. These actions triggered a large-scale uprising in the streets of Paris. Over the course of 3 days in July 1830, the monarchical line was overthrown and the king was replaced by a more moderate one who promised to abide by a new constitution.
What is the "July Monarchy". (Liberty Leading the People)
400
This artist not only traveled extensively - having contact and influencing other artists such as Velazquez - but also had a significant impact on political negotiations between courts of the time. Royal patrons included Phillip IV of Spain, Queen-Regent Marie de'Medici, and Charles I.
Who is Rubens.
500
This new, whimsical, carefree subject of painting also marked the beginning of a new style, and was emphatically received by the Academy.
What is fete galante
500
This artist probably used a camera obscura, as well as other optical instruments to execute his labor-intensive paintings.
Who is Vermeer.
500
Courbet often painted the people and places in his home town of ___________.
Ornans
500
This painting depicts an event wherein hundreds of Spanish were executed by the French to punish them for the day of bloody street fighting - an uprising - that occurred the day before.
What is the Third of May - or - May 3rd, 1808
500
This artist's famous patron, Madame de Pompadour, was an amateur artist herself and took lessons from this artist in printmaking.
Who is François Boucher.
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