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I have a small painting done on canvas board that hangs in my bathroom and has done so for ten years. Every day I look at it and it brings me joy, it is not done by any artist you may have heard of but by my daughter when she was young. It is an eight by eleven canvas board with a simple acrylic painting of a house in blues and greens and brown. It would have been a calm simple piece until she went over the entire board with swirls of various shades of purple and reds creating a feeling of ...

The Salon was an art exhibit sponsored by the: Select one: a. Impressionists b. Realists c. Royal Academy d. Photographers

Both Pop Art and __________________ can be described as reactions against Abstract Expressionism. Select one: a. Performance Art b. Conceptual Art c. Postmodernism d. Minimalism

Ingres’ technique and style is best described as ____________ . Select one: a. linear b. painterly c. monotone d. sublime

The _________________ was a mid-18 century movement that focused on reason. Select one: a. Renaissance b. École des Beaux-Arts c. Enlightenment d. Revolution

Impressionist paintings focused on ______________conditions. Select one: a. atmospheric b. economic c. social d. political

The contemporary movement that sought to remove all trace of the artist’s authorship was: Select one: a. Performance Art b. Conceptual Art c. Postmodernism d. Minimalism

The period of Classical Antiquity generally refers to ancient Select one: a. Egypt and Greece b. Egypt and Rome c. Greece and Rome d. Rome and France

Which dramatic style followed the Renaissance? Select one: a. Baroque b. Neoclassicism c. Gothic d. Hellenisti

The material a work of art is made of is referred to as its: Select one: a. style b. context c. medium d. mass Feedback The correct answer is: medium