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100
This side of the Rococo depicted subjects like outdoor entertainment and amorous love.
What is the fete galante?
100
This artist painted starry nights, cafes, and numerous self-portraits.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
100
Discovered by a Frenchman, this photographic technique creates a single image on a metal plate.
What is a daguerreotype?
100
This scene depicts three soldiers preparing to fight for Rome.
What is the Oath of the Horatii?
100
Because trade was reopened, the woodblock prints from this country became popular collectors' items for many French artists.
What is Japan?
200
This style utilized short brushstrokes, vibrant colors, and focused on the effects of light.
What is Impressionism?
200
This artist painted a certain type of lady lunching on the grass, or lounging in their boudoirs.
Who is Edouard Manet?
200
This method of printmaking involves fixing an image to a stone with various chemical processes.
What is lithography?
200
Timothy O'Sullivan photographed the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg and called the scene this.
What is A Harvest of Death?
200
If you were a wealthy European, you would take this trip to see the sites of Ancient Rome in person.
What is the Grand Tour?
300
According to David, this painting style must depict classical history and teach a moral lesson.
What is Neoclassicism?
300
He was the city superintendent tasked with the modernization of Paris.
Who is Baron Georges Haussmann?
300
The impressionists had to paint outside to use this technique.
What is plein air?
300
This scene by Courbet depicts an old and young worker preparing gravel for a road.
What is The Stone Breakers?
300
Which type of painting was at the bottom of the Hierarchy of Genres?
What is Still-Life?
400
Gustave Courbet's quote "show me an angel and I'll paint you one," perfectly describes this movement.
What is Realism?
400
This German art historian's writings celebrated the works of the ancient Greeks as the highest form of art.
Who is Johann Joachim Wincklemann?
400
Georges Seurat painted with a technique inspired by the theory of optical color mixture.
What is pointillism?
400
J.M.W. Turner depicted a terrible moment as a ship crossed the ocean in this work.
What is The Slave Ship?
400
The Rococo subjects inspired by the Enlightenment was called this.
What is Natural Art?
500
This term refers to the Romantics' interest in the cultures of Turkey or North Africa.
What is orientalism or exoticism?
500
This artist questioned whether Belgians would recognize Christ if he returned to Brussels in 1889.
Who is James Ensor?
500
Henry Fox Talbot's photographic technique was named after the Greek word for beauty.
What is the calotype?
500
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres created this daring portrait of a woman in Turkish harem in 1814.
What is the Grand Odalisque?
500
This is the French phrase given to describe the end of the 19th century, and was defined by its opulence and anxiety.
What is fin-de-siecle?