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Millet's The Gleaners combines |
| | A) | social observation with Neoclassicism |
| | B) | Renaissance monumentality with Romanticism |
| | C) | Medieval feudalism with Romanticism |
| | D) | social observation with Romanticism |
| | E) | feudalism with Neoclassicism |
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2 | |
Which author and work do NOT match? |
| | A) | Baudelaire -- Les Fleurs de Mal |
| | B) | Zola -- Madame Bovary |
| | C) | Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities |
| | D) | Balzac -- La Comédie Humaine |
| | E) | Marx -- Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy |
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3 | |
Rosa Bonheur was known for her images of |
| | A) | lions |
| | B) | athletes |
| | C) | horses |
| | D) | city life |
| | E) | butcher shops |
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4 | |
Courbet's patron who financed the Realist Exhibition was |
| | A) | Baudelaire |
| | B) | Zola |
| | C) | Flaubert |
| | D) | Bruyas |
| | E) | Hugo |
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5 | |
The central group of Courbet's My Studio includes |
| | A) | a boy, a cat, a painter, a woman, and a landscape |
| | B) | a juggler, a crucifix, a cat, and a painter |
| | C) | a painter, a woman, a boy, and a journalist |
| | D) | a painter, a woman, a boy, and a peddler |
| | E) | a woman a journalist, a cat |
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For most of his life, Daumier made a living |
| | A) | as a painter |
| | B) | as a caricaturist |
| | C) | as a cartoonist |
| | D) | as a photographer |
| | E) | as a journalist |
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Gargantua is a (an) |
| | A) | tyrant |
| | B) | greedy king |
| | C) | good-natured giant |
| | D) | gargoyle |
| | E) | ogre from French folklore |
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8 | |
Who of the following was NOT a nineteenth-century photographer? |
| | A) | Cameron |
| | B) | Nadar |
| | C) | Brady |
| | D) | Duckworth |
| | E) | Niepce |
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Which is NOT a feature of the Pre-Raphaelites' style? |
| | A) | pastel colors |
| | B) | clear edges |
| | C) | erotic subtexts |
| | D) | figuration |
| | E) | Classical mythology |
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In Modern Painters, Ruskin wrote a defense of |
| | A) | Constable |
| | B) | Turner |
| | C) | Cole |
| | D) | Nash |
| | E) | Millais |
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Critics objected to Déjeuner sur l'Herbe because |
| | A) | it was not sufficiently Classical |
| | B) | it was not colorful enough |
| | C) | it contained the artist's self-portrait |
| | D) | it was too much like a Renaissance painting |
| | E) | it was imitative |
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12 | |
Manet's Olympia was inspired by |
| | A) | The Rokeby Venus |
| | B) | The Venus of Urbino |
| | C) | Ingres' Grande Odalisque |
| | D) | Canova's Pauline |
| | E) | Benoist's Negress |
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13 | |
Courbet objected to Manet's Olympia because |
| | A) | it was not realistic enough |
| | B) | it was too classical |
| | C) | it was based on Renaissance prototypes |
| | D) | it was too flat |
| | E) | it was too colorful |
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14 | |
Which were NOT among the advantages of the Crystal Palace? |
| | A) | it was fireproof |
| | B) | it was prefabricated |
| | C) | it was relatively inexpensive |
| | D) | it was constructed quickly |
| | E) | it was efficient |
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Until the middle of the nineteenth century, bridges were designed according to what method? |
| | A) | suspension |
| | B) | cantilever |
| | C) | truss |
| | D) | post-and-lintel |
| | E) | load-bearing construction |
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16 | |
Which is NOT true of the Brooklyn Bridge? |
| | A) | it was designed by the Roeblings |
| | B) | it has Gothic arches |
| | C) | it has four huge parallel cables |
| | D) | it was the first use of steel wire in a bridge |
| | E) | it connects Brooklyn with the Bronx |
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17 | |
Which is NOT true of the Statue of Liberty? |
| | A) | it was sculpted by Bartholdi |
| | B) | its frame was wrought by Eiffel |
| | C) | it is on Ellis Island |
| | D) | It was constructed from 1875 to 1884 |
| | E) | it is coated with copper plate |
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Which was NOT a new feature in the development of 19th-century skyscrapers? |
| | A) | masonry and brick construction |
| | B) | power-driven elevators |
| | C) | steel frames |
| | D) | concrete reinforced with steel wire |
| | E) | they had increased tensile strength |
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19 | |
Which is the correct pair of writer and work? |
| | A) | Melville -- Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| | B) | Alcott -- Far From the Madding Crowd |
| | C) | Thoreau -- Leaves of Grass |
| | D) | Darwin -- Origin of the Species |
| | E) | Dostoevsky -- War and Peace |
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20 | |
The leading American Civil War photographer was |
| | A) | Robert E. Lee |
| | B) | Mathew Brady |
| | C) | Nadar |
| | D) | Fox Talbot |
| | E) | Niepce |
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