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Question #1

The painting reflects imperialist attitudes of French moral superiority that were used to justify colonialism over non-European cultures.

A. False

B. True

Question #2

The painting is quite sensuous, Ingres retains the Neoclassical trait of

A. blurry focus

B. loose brushwork

C. linear precision

Question #3

Ingres takes liberty with anatomical form in order to . . .

A. recall Mannerist artists and the ideas of the Counter-Reformation

B. adhere to Neoclassical principles of painting.

C. emphasize the sensual lines of the woman's body.

D. create a monstrous woman.

Question #4

Which of the following is NOT true of Ingres' La Grande Odalisque?

A. Trained in the academic tradition of Neoclassicism, Ingres' paintings suggest a bridge toward the sensual and exotic themes of Romanticism.

B. The image reveals a tension between sensual and tactile elements that engage the viewer and those that distance her from us.

C. Ingres had never seen an odalisque in a harem, so this painting is a fantasized construction what such a woman might look like.

D. The painting shows respect for non-Western attitudes to sexuality.