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Question #1

Goya created this work while:

A. studying Classical antiquity in Rome

B. working as the court painter to the king of Spain

C. n political exile in England

D. serving as a soldier on the front lines against France

Question #2

The photographer Nadar is known for his

A. portraits of celebrities.

B. double printing technique.

C. scenic vistas.

D. war documentation

Question #3

Turner's landscapes embody Romanticism by:

A. focusing on the English way of life and docile English countryside

B. by demonstrating human endeavor as superior to the forces of nature

C. depicting mundane English landscapes that symbolized a nationalistic pride

D. by emphasizing both nature's intangible properties and uncontrollable power

Question #4

Why was this painting offensive to many viewers at the Salon of 1850-1851?

A. It elevated provincial events to the status of history painting.

B. It presented common people without any idealization.

C. The Ornans bourgeoisie depicted in the painting represented a political threat to the Parisians.

D. all of the above

Question #5

Manet's Olympia was

A. an attack on the practice of veiling eroticism with Classical references.

B. based on Titian’s Venus of Urbino.

C. refused from the Salon of 1865.

D. both based on Titian’s Venus of Urbino and an attack on veiled eroticism in painting.