AP European History Unit 9 Art Study Guide

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1 AP European History Unit 9 Art Study Guide 1) In 2-3 good sentences, briefly explain how Realism changed from what came before it. 2) Who was the father of the French Realist movement, and what quote did he use to describe his approach to deciding what subject matter was valid for painting? 3) What did he consider to be his most important work, and how did he react when an art jury refused to display it? 4) What was the collective name for the group of French landscape painters influenced by Constable, and who were the most famous names associated with this movement? 5) What building housed the first World s Fair in London? In what year was the Eiffel Tower completed? 6) According to the text, Impressionism marked the first total artistic revolution since what other era? List three traditional artistic conventions rejected by the Impressionists. 7) List the title and artist of four of the Landmark Paintings in Art History on page 98.

2 8) In 1-2 good sentences, explain how the Impressionist approach to painting was different from traditional norms at the time. 9) Briefly explain two anecdotes used in the text to describe the harsh public reaction to early Impressionist works. 10) Who was known as the Father of Modern Art, and how does the text suggest he differed from the Renaissance concept of looking through the painting? 11) What famous painting stigmatized Manet as a danger to public morality, and what specific aspect of the woman in the painting proved to be so controversial? 12) What later work by Manet was even more scandalous, and what Renaissance painting by what artist served as a model for it? 13) According to the text, when the Impressionists fled to the countryside to paint flowers, what did Manet do instead? 14) Identify the following about Claude Monet: the building shown in the two Monet paintings on page 102: the region of France where he initially worked: the title of his painting for the first Impressionism exhibit in 1874: his style of putting paint on canvas: how his handling of pigment changed in the 1880 s:

3 15) How did Monet fare financially during his lifetime? 16) Give two anecdotes mentioned in the text that reveal Monet s tremendous determination and obsession with painting in natural surroundings. 17) Identify the following about Pierre-Auguste Renoir: the type of painting that he supposedly never painted: three types of subjects that he liked to paint: the color that he frequently used in painting nude figures: the famous painting shown on page 105: 18) Name 2 famous artists who served in the French military during the Franco-Prussian War, and name 2 famous artists who fled to England during the conflict. 19) What happened to 1500 of Camille Pissarro s canvases during the Franco-Prussian War? 20) Identify the following about Edgar Degas: the type of painting that he did not like: his favorite subject for paintings: three other subjects that he enjoyed painting: where he liked to cluster his figures in his paintings: the type of medium that he began to use instead of oil paints: the phrase that he used to describe sculpture: 21) According to the text, Degas was antisocial and quite abrasive. According to that passage, what three things did he dislike?

4 22) In 1-2 good sentences, describe how Degas portrayal of nude female figures differed from the approach of Renoir. 23) What woman became lifelong friends with Degas, and where was she originally from? What type of pair paintings became her most famous motif, and what were two progressive causes that she actively supported? 24) Who was Bertha Morisot s famous great-grandfather? 25) According to the text, who was the father figure and peacemaker of the Impressionists? 26) Who was the most important sculptor of the late 19 th century? 27) Identify the following about the man in #26: the location of the trip that changed his career: the famous statue and its artist that inspired his first major work: the title of his first famous work: the type of people that he used as models for his work: the French author that he memorialized in a 10-foot statue: 28) What were the names of the two camps into which the Post-Impressionist movement split? 29) Identify the following about Georges Seurat: his nickname according to Degas: the term for his method of painting: the number of full paintings that he actually finished:

5 his most famous work: the Broadway musical inspired by that painting: his age when he died: the painting that hung over his deathbed: 30) Identify the following about Toulouse-Lautrec: the Impressionist whose style was the most similar to his: two similarities between these men as noted in the text: four facts mentioned in the text describing his miserable life: 31) Identify the following about Paul Cezanne: the famous author who was a good friend: his hometown in the south of France: the landscape that he painted more than thirty times: the type of painting ( flowers and fruits ) for which he was most famous: 32) Identify the following about Paul Gaugin: his home country as a child: his occupation and number of children before becoming an artist: the title of his revolutionary painting of Jesus: the type of trees (native to France) in that painting: where he moved for the last decade of his life: the age of his mistress there: the famous Biblical scene that he set in Tahiti in a painting:

6 33) According to the sidebar on page 120, what two famous artists were good friends until a fight led to their separation? What happened on that night to cause their split, and what infamous act did one of them later commit that evening? 34) In what country was Van Gogh born, and to what country did he move for most of his artistic career? How many paintings did he produce in one ten year span? 35) What particular tragedy with a woman does the text share about Van Gogh s life? 36) How many self-portraits did Van Gogh create? 37) Where was Van Gogh living when he produced Starry Night? 38) How many finished canvases did Van Gogh produce in his last seventy days? 39) What Van Gogh painting set a record auction price for a work of art in 1990, and how much did someone pay for it? 40) Who was the greatest Expressionist artist, and what was his home nation? In what two other nations did he spend significant time? 41) List three extreme emotions that Munch liked to paint as noted in the text. 42) What is the name of Munch s most famous work?