Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	Two important Post-Impressionist trends were
		A)	emotion and realism
		B)	formalism and figuration
		C)	structure and emotion
		D)	figuration and abstraction
		E)	structure and figuration


2	The Post-Impressionist most known for his posters was
		A)	Gauguin
		B)	Cezanne
		C)	Van Gogh
		D)	Seurat
		E)	Toulouse-Lautrec


3	Generally the French posters of the 19th century were
		A)	woodblock prints
		B)	engravings
		C)	etchings
		D)	lithographs
		E)	photographs


4	La Goulue was a
		A)	circus performer
		B)	waitress
		C)	dancer
		D)	restaurant
		E)	cafe


5	The artist known for his crystalline, structured brushstrokes is
		A)	Van Gogh
		B)	Gauguin
		C)	Munch
		D)	Cezanne
		E)	Rousseau


6	La Grande Jatte is
		A)	an island in the Seine
		B)	a restaurant in Paris
		C)	a large dance-hall in Paris
		D)	a famous French dancer
		E)	a big acrobat


7	Which term best describes Seurat's brushstrokes?
		A)	blurred
		B)	divisionist
		C)	spiraling
		D)	smooth
		E)	diagonal


8	The artist who copied Hiroshige's Sudden Shower at Ohahsi Bridge at Ataka was
		A)	Van Gogh
		B)	Cezanne
		C)	Seurat
		D)	Manet
		E)	Monet


9	The Post-Impressionist who painted the most self-portraits was
		A)	Cezanne
		B)	Toulouse-Lautrec
		C)	Munch
		D)	Van Gogh
		E)	Seurat


10	The Post-Impressionist who began as an Impressionist, then identified with the Symbolists and the Nabis was
		A)	Cezanne
		B)	Toulouse-Lautrec
		C)	Munch
		D)	Gauguin
		E)	Van Gogh


11	The Post-Impressionist known for his paintings of Tahiti was
		A)	Cezanne
		B)	Toulouse-Lautrec
		C)	Munch
		D)	Gauguin
		E)	Van Gogh


12	Which is true of Symbolism?
		A)	it was concerned with realistic social issues
		B)	it was heroic in character
		C)	it was preoccupied with the irrational
		D)	its colors tend to be the primary hues
		E)	it is non-figurative


13	The English word "symbol" is from the Greek word that means
		A)	token
		B)	sign
		C)	allegory
		D)	metaphor
		E)	simile


14	Symbolist paintings are most likely to have jarring
		A)	brushstrokes
		B)	color
		C)	lines
		D)	spatial arrangements
		E)	formal distortion


15	Oscar Wilde was a spokesman for
		A)	Symbolism
		B)	Post-Impressionism
		C)	Abstraction
		D)	Aestheticism
		E)	Art Nouveau


16	Beardsley's pictorial style can be described as
		A)	perverse and macabre
		B)	elegant and courtly
		C)	Post-Impressionist
		D)	colorful
		E)	macabre and non-figurative


17	Art Nouveau was a European response against
		A)	Abstraction
		B)	Impressionism
		C)	Aestheticism
		D)	Industrialization
		E)	Symbolism


18	The purpose of the Vienna Secession was
		A)	to establish an international style of painting
		B)	to withdraw from the establishment
		C)	to establish a forum of diverse styles
		D)	to support Academic naturalism
		E)	to secede from the Union


19	In Klimt's poster for the first Secession exhibition, the Gorgon head is
		A)	naturalistic
		B)	frontal
		C)	horned and fanged
		D)	Symbolist
		E)	Impressionist


20	"Le Douanier" refers to
		A)	Beardsley
		B)	Monet
		C)	Seurat
		D)	Rousseau
		E)	Gauguin


21	The techniques of dream construction apply most obviously to which style?
		A)	Post-Impressionism
		B)	Symbolism
		C)	Surrealism
		D)	Aestheticism
		E)	Impressionism


22	Which artist does NOT match the work?
		A)	Cezanne -- Temptation of Saint Anthony
		B)	Van Gogh -- The Potato Eaters
		C)	Gauguin -- The Yellow Christ
		D)	Munch -- The Scream
		E)	Moreau -- Idol with Seashell

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