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What was a disadvantage of a daguerreotype?


A) The image was blurred.
B) The image would fade over time.
C) The image could not be reproduced easily.
D) The image was very dark.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What is Japonisme?

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The word is used to describe a period wh...

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What innovation seen in Auguste Rodin's The Burghers of Calais signaled his departure from established traditions of sculpture?


A) Rodin enlarged the figures' hands and feet.
B) The figures show emotional anguish and despair.
C) Rodin suggests their pain through physical discomfort.
D) The figure grouping is placed at eye level.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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How is Central Park organized?

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Olmsted and Vaux modeled their design on...

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How did Manet break with conventions in his paintings?

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Manet created "immoral" contemporary sce...

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Which artist is known for producing portraits of some of Britain's leading intellectuals?


A) Timothy O'Sullivan
B) Henry Fox Talbot
C) Julia Margaret Cameron
D) James Abbott McNeill Whistler

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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What impact did the suppression of the Paris Commune have on art?


A) There was a resurgence in religious art and the Romantic style.
B) Artists turned to lithography and other printed formats for social critique.
C) Overt political commentary in French art diminished.
D) Avant-garde artists produced politically charged work under pseudonyms.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Although artists in different countries developed their own approach to Realism, what common interest united them?


A) a rejection of Academic standards for artistic styles and patronage
B) a desire to present an unflinching look at the lives of the working poor
C) a preference for oil painting and symmetrically balanced compositions
D) their political and religious affiliation and activist role in society

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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What was essential to the development of the modern skyscraper?


A) electric elevator
B) pre-cut glass panes
C) truss-and-balloon framing
D) cable car

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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What is Art Nouveau?

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Cézanne's professed aim of painting was to


A) "evoke a strong emotional reaction from the viewer."
B) "create an image of pure aesthetic pleasure."
C) "make of Impressionism something solid and durable."
D) "capture transitory effects of light and atmosphere."

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Winslow Homer employed an unadorned realism in depicting the heroic struggles of


A) African Americans.
B) the working poor.
C) soldiers in the Civil War.
D) young male athletes.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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In what ways was Henry Ossawa Tanner unlike his contemporaries in the Paris art world?

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Tanner combined scenes from African-Amer...

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What common denominator unifies the artists who are considered Post-Impressionists?


A) They lived in France and formally trained at an academy.
B) They experimented with form and expanded on Impressionism.
C) They rejected ancient Greek and Roman ideas and form.
D) Their work is characterized by the use of impasto.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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