APAH Later Europe Review

In this painting, A Philosopher Lecturing at the Orrery, Joseph Wright of Derby continues which artistic style? 

• sfumato

• tenebrism

• chiarasucro

• fresco

The following visual characteristics help identify this a Neoclassical work of art, EXCEPT:

• composition uses diagonals to create a sense of movement and drama

• subject comes from Ancient Rome

• composition uses groupings and rational organization

• inclusion of arches and columns

The Swing, by Fragonard, can be identified as Rococo, because it

• uses an organized compositions with groupings and a focus on mathematics

• includes playful subject matter with pastel colors and soft lighting

• includes Greco-Roman subject matter

• has a confusing composition with elongated bodies and no clear focal point

The patron commissioned this painting because he wanted people to feel

• motivation for France to colonize other countries

• a sense of loyalty towards the French monarchy

• motivated to overthrow the French monarchy

• a criticism of the Catholic Church and corrupt spending

Artists of the Romantic period created work intended to

• use mythological stories from the Classical past to support government leaders

• use contemporary figures to teach a moral lesson between good and evil

• celebrate the lives of the aristocracy

• illicit an intense emotional response from the audience

Attribution practice

• Fragonard

• Joseph Wright of Derby

• Hogarth

• JMW Turner

Attribution practice

• JMW Tuner

• Fragonard

• Joseph Wright of Derby

• David

This artwork by JMW Turner exposes the reality of what?

• brutal restrictions on romantic artists at the time

• natural and destructive power of the ocean

• colors of an ocean sunset in the midst of a storm

• the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade

The artist of this artwork is associated with what art-historical movement?

• Barbizon School

• Hudson River School

• Ash Can School

• Pre-Raphealite Brotherhood

This artwork focused on

• Negative effects of sugar cane production

• Mexican pride and nationalism

• Relocation of native Americans to reservations

• Manifest Destiny and westward expansion