TXST Easterday Art 2313 Test 4 Question With Correct Answers
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TXST Easterday Art 2313 Test 4 Question
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Why is the period from c. referred to as the "Enlightenment"? - answerIt was a
time after the Renaissance when people wanted to make knowledge available to everyone, not
just aristocrats.
What were the concerns of Enlightenment inte...
TXST Easterday Art 2313 Test 4 Question
With Correct Answers
Why is the period from c. 1750-1800 referred to as the "Enlightenment"? - answer✔It was a
time after the Renaissance when people wanted to make knowledge available to everyone, not
just aristocrats.
What were the concerns of Enlightenment intellectuals and artists? - answer✔People started to
question the authority of the Church and the aristocracy.
What were the contributions of Diderot, Rousseau, and Voltaire? - answer✔Diderot - Writer
who published the first encyclopedia
Rousseau - Writer who promoted sovereignty of the people
Voltaire - Playwright who promoted religious tolerance
Describe how Enlightenment ideas led to the American Revolution (1775) and the French
Revolution (1789). - answer✔People want to be able to rule themselves. Everyone deserved a
chance to become educated.
A King doesn't have the natural right to rule over people
Describe (and be able to recognize) the Rococo style. What type of iconography do we see in
Rococo art? Who were the patrons of Rococo art? - answer✔It was decorative art for private
homes and represented the wealthy elite class.
The iconography of Rococo was usually sensual subjects or leisure activities.
These paintings were beautiful and pleasing, and often set in nature, such as a garden
background.
Who was Hogarth? How did his art promote Enlightenment ideals? How did Hogarth use art to
criticize society? - answer✔Hogarth was an English painter who:
1.) created images with mass appeal
2.) Sold affordable copies of his work
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He was critical of elite society and their practice of contract marriages, he thought they should
be a lifetime commitment of love not money.
Describe the form, iconography, and significance of David's "Oath of Horatii." How is this
painting a good example of the "neo-classical" style? - answer✔It's about a story from ancient
Rome about 3 brothers who fought to the death so that their fellow countrymen didn't have to
die in battle.
Enlightenment ideals - They sacrificed themselves for their people, not a King. It was for the
greater good and the sovereignty of the people.
Why did Romantics reject Enlightenment ideals? How did political events and technological
developments cause Romantics to question the notion that science, reason, and progress could
better the world? - answer✔They weren't happy with the limits of the Enlightenment.
At this time there were many revolutions (U.S. & France) where many people were killed.
The industrial revolution essentially created a permanent working class
The reality of the world was different than what people of the Enlightenment had hoped for.
What are the characteristics of Romanticism (as opposed to Enlightenment ideals)? -
answer✔Romantic - critical of industrial and military excesses, nationalist
Enlightenment - rationality, hopeful faith in science and progress, unity across nationalities
Describe the form, iconography and significance of Goya's "Third of May" and Turner's "Slave
Ship." - answer✔Goya's - romantic-personal, expressive style. Violent and bloody. Scene of
people being shot by firing squad.
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