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Question #1

Goya created this work while:

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

B. studying Classical antiquity in Rome

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. scenic vistas.

B. war documentation

C. double printing technique.

D. portraits of celebrities.

Question #3

Turner's landscapes embody Romanticism by:

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

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

C. depicting mundane English landscapes that symbolized a nationalistic pride

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

Question #4

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

A. It presented common people without any idealization.

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

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

D. all of the above

Question #5

Manet's Olympia was

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

B. based on Titian’s Venus of Urbino.

C. refused from the Salon of 1865.

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