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Question #1

Goya created this work while:

A. n political exile in England

B. studying Classical antiquity in Rome

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

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

Question #2

The photographer Nadar is known for his

A. scenic vistas.

B. portraits of celebrities.

C. double printing technique.

D. war documentation

Question #3

Turner's landscapes embody Romanticism by:

A. depicting mundane English landscapes that symbolized a nationalistic pride

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

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

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

B. It presented common people without any idealization.

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

D. all of the above

Question #5

Manet's Olympia was

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

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

C. refused from the Salon of 1865.

D. based on Titian’s Venus of Urbino.