Review questions for art history portion of the final exam, Art 1 Your name Period # What was the purpose of art in Ancient Egyptian culture? What were the rules about representing humans in Ancient Egyptian art? The only Ancient Greek painting remaining is in what form? Ancient Greeks thought that the height of beauty was What was the subject of most Ancient Greek art? In what ways are Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman painting similar and in what ways are they different? Painting in the Dark Ages took what physical form? What is the example of Dark Ages art shown in the Sister Wendy s Story of Painting video? What was the subject of almost all Dark Ages painting?
Middle Ages painting was represented by what examples in the Sister Wendy s Story of Painting video? What is a Book of Hours? Why was art of Middle Ages said to have an International Style? In what way did the subject of Middle Ages art differ from art of the Dark Ages? What is a diptych? (See Wilton Diptych) Who was the artist Sister Wendy referred to as the first artist hero of the Gothic period? How was this artist hero s painting different from most Gothic painting? Compare Giotto s art to that of Duccio: Hieronymus Bosch s attitude about humanity was typical of Gothic thought. How did Bosch view humanity? (It s evident in his painting Ship of Fools.) Sister Wendy included the painters Jan Van Eyck and Roger van der Weyden in her discussion of the Gothic period but many art historians place them in under a label of
northern Renaissance painters. You re right. That s not a question. How is van der Weyden s painting of The Last Judgment more like a Renaissance painting than a Gothic one in his representation of people who are being punished for their sins? The Renaissance begins with which artist and painting, according to Sister Wendy? Who was the artist who painted Mars and Venus, seen in Sister Wendy s Story of Painting, and also a more famous painting of the Birth of Venus? What two major Renaissance inventions caused drastic changes in painting? Who were the major patrons of Renaissance art in Florence and in Rome? What three artists represented the High Renaissance in the Sister Wendy s Story of Painting video? What was the relationship of science and art during the Renaissance? Sister Wendy discussed three artists of the Venice School. Who was considered the top artist of the group and what was his painting The Flaying of Marsyas about? What quality did Sister Wendy say Giorgione brought to painting?
Who was the German painter about whom Sister Wendy said he raised the status of the artists of northern Europe with his self-portrait? Sister Wendy discussed the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Inquisition as having great influence in the art of the Renaissance. What was the attitude of the two groups about art? What are the qualities that distinguish Baroque painting? You should be familiar with the following Baroque painters and the paintings by each we saw in Sister Wendy s Story of Painting. What did Sister Wendy have to say about each of these artists what makes each unique? Caravaggio Artemisia Gentileschi El Greco Peter Paul Rubens Jan Vermeer Rembrandt
Part 2 Rococo through end of 20 th century What are characteristics of the Rococo period? This occurred right before the French Revolution. Name a French painting that was done during the Rococo period, and represents a transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism. Which artist did this painting? Neoclassicism was a reaction against the Rococo and occurred after the French Revolution. Name two famous artists who painted neoclassic works. What ancient civilization captured the interest of the Neoclassical artists? In what way were the painters of the Romantic period different from the painters of the Neoclassical period. How were their interests different? Characterize Impressionism. (What did these artists emphasize in their paintings?) What two inventions enabled the Impressionists to paint outside more easily? Which Impressionist artist did a painting called Impression Sunrise that was the first painting to be called an Impressionist painting? Which artist was a catalyst for Impressionism, but did not really paint in that style?
Which Impressionist artist painted the Water lilies series? Which artist painted a behind the scene perspective of dancers? Name a female American artist who painted in Paris during the Impressionism period.. Who painted The Luncheon of the Boating Party? George Seurat and Vincent Van Gogh were considered to be artists of which period of history? Who are the three giants of 20th Century art according to Sister Wendy? Who was considered to be the first modern painter? Which two artists invented Cubism? What are characteristics of Cubism? Name a painter who drew with the scissors and who painted joy, light and color?
Name two artists who were part of the Surrealism movement. Which artist from the New York School did drip paintings and painted Lavender Mist? Which artist from the New York School painted brightly colored abstract paintings of women? (Two Women in the Country was the name of one painting.) Who did colorful paintings (referred to as color field painting) with no subject matter that were intended to express lasting emotions and invoke a spiritual experience? What is Pop art? Who painted the Marilyn Series including the Marylyn Diptych? Who was Agnes Martin and what was her style of painting called? Characterize paintings from the London School? Who painted the Screaming Pope series? Who was a descendant of Sigmund Freud and painted Painter Working: Reflection?