ART 305 Exam Questions with Complete Solutions
The ideas embodied in Edward Said's theory of Orientalism can be seen in artworks such as: - Answer-Gerome's "Slave Market" which depicts slave traders in Islamic Egypt.
Ingres' "La Grande Odalisque" which depicts a voluptuous nude woman posed...
ART 305 Exam Questions
with Complete Solutions
The ideas embodied in Edward Said's theory of Orientalism can be seen in artworks
such as: - Answer-Gerome's "Slave Market" which depicts slave traders in Islamic
Egypt.
Ingres' "La Grande Odalisque" which depicts a voluptuous nude woman posed as a
harem girl.
Matisse's odalisques from the 1920s, which reflect European cultural attitudes about
dominance and submission.
French Impressionist Claude Monet insisted that the basic content of human perception-
-and of art--was: - Answer-Light and color.
Which of the following Post Impressionist artists left Europe for the South Pacific in
order to find a more "pure" and "primitive" life? - Answer-Paul Gauguin
Vincent Van Gogh's art and life: - Answer-Point to the understanding of avant-garde art
as spiritual revelation.
Are the basis for much of the modern myth about the artist as crazed and
misunderstood.
Have been the source for more films than any other artist.
Which artist(s) focused on Impressionist images of the wealthy and privileged - Answer-
mary cassatt
For American painter Thomas Eakins, realism meant: - Answer-Painting the objective
visual truth.
D. W. Griffith's film "Intolerance" deals with: - Answer-The history of injustice and
prejudice.
The first filmmaker to explore the potential of "magical" special effects in movies was: -
Answer-George Melies
, Etienne Gaspar Robert's "Phantasmagorie" was a magic lantern that: - Answer-
Projected skeletons, ghosts and other macabre scenes on a translucent screen.
Was premiered in one city (Paris) then toured Europe.
Was a tehnical advance that anticipated movies.
This American artist successfully consolidated the potential of the Hollywood film to
entertain all levels of U.S. society, including--perhaps especially--children. - Answer-
Walt Disney.
The year 1905 marks an important landmark in the development of our mass media
society because: - Answer-The first nickelodeon opened in the US.
The halftone dot, which allowed photographs to be printed in mass publications, had
been adopted.
The French government dropped its sole sponsorship and dominance of the Academy
and the Salon system, which in effect moved Academic painting out of the cultural
spotlight.
Louis Daguerre's dramatic dioramas were significant because: - Answer-They were
theatrical productions that anticipated movies.
They employed lighting effects and music to heighten the sense of drama.
They could show multiple images: one scene if light was reflected from the canvas and
another scene if light was projected through the canvas from behind.
Painted panoramas, such as the "Panorama of Sebastopol," were important precursors
of film because: - Answer-They were installed and viewed in theaters.
They were wildly popular like blockbuster films today.
They were often derived from photographs.
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