APHON EXAM END OF COURSE STUDY
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⩥ The Oxbow
Thomas Cole. 1836 C.E. Oil on canvas
The artist juxtaposes untamed wilderness and pastoral settlement to
emphasize the possibilities of the national landscape, pointing to the
future prospect of the American nation. Cole's unmistakable construction
and composition of the scene, charged with moral significance, is
reinforced by his depiction of himself in the middle distance, perched on
a foreland painting the Oxbow.
Answer:
⩥ Still Life in Studio
Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre. 1837 C.E. Daguerreotype. 1837 C.E.
Daguerreotype
He developed the daguerreotype process, produced pictures remarkable
for the perfection of their details and for the richness and harmony of
their general effect.
Answer:
⩥ Slave Ship
Joseph Mallord William Turner. 1840 C.E. Oil on canvas
,Slave Ship is a perfect example of a romantic landscape painting. His
style is expressed more through dramatic emotion, sometimes taking
advantage of the imagination. Instead of carefully observing and
portraying nature, William Turner took a landscape of a stormy sea and
turned it into a scene with roaring and tumultuous waves that seem to
destroy everything in its path. Turner's aims were to take unique aspects
of nature and find a way to appeal strongly to people's emotions.
Answer:
⩥ Palace of Westminster
London, England. Charles Barry and Augustus W. N. Pugin (architects).
1840-1870 C.E. Limestone masonry and glass
Its stunning Gothic architecture to the 19th-century architect Sir Charles
Barry. The Palace contains a fascinating mixture of both ancient and
modern buildings, and houses an iconic collection of furnishings,
archives and works of art.
Answer:
⩥ The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet. 1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945). Oil canvas
He attempts to be even-handed, attending to faces and rock equally. In
these ways, The Stonebreakers seems to lack the basics of art (things
like a composition that selects and organizes, aerial perspective and
finish) and as a result, it feels more "real."
Answer:
,⩥ Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Honoré Daumier. 1862 C.E. Lithograph
Nadar, one of the most prominent photographers in Paris at the time,
was known for capturing the first aerial photographs from the basket of a
hot air balloon.
Answer:
⩥ Olympia
Édouard Manet. 1863 C.E. Oil on canvas
Olympia and the controversy surrounding what is perhaps the most
famous nude of the nineteenth-century. Olympia had more to do with the
realism of the subject matter than the fact that the model was nude.
Answer:
⩥ The Saint-Lazare Station
Claude Monet. 1877 C.E. Oil on canvas
The effects of color and light rather than a concern for describing
machines in detail. Certain zones, true pieces of pure painting, achieve
an almost abstract vision. An ideal setting for someone who sought the
changing effects of light, movement, clouds of steam and a radically
modern motif.
Answer:
, ⩥ The Horse in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge. 1878 C.E. Albumen print
Muybridge spent the rest of his career improving his technique, making
a huge variety of motion studies, lecturing, and publishing. As a result of
his motion studies, he is regarded as one of the fathers of the motion
picture. Muybridge's motion studies showed the way to a new art form.
Answer:
⩥ The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel
José María Velasco. 1882 C.E. Oil on canvas
The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel represents an
important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an
important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes
became symbols of the nation as they represented Mexico in several
World Fairs.
Answer:
⩥ The Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin. 1884-1895 C.E. Bronze
He accomplished this by not only positioning each figure in a different
stance with the men's heads facing separate directions, but he lowered
them down to street level so a viewer could easily walk around the
sculpture and see each man and each facial expression and feel as if they
were a part of the group, personally experiencing the tragic event.
Answer:
GUIDE LATEST UPDATED ACTUAL TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ The Oxbow
Thomas Cole. 1836 C.E. Oil on canvas
The artist juxtaposes untamed wilderness and pastoral settlement to
emphasize the possibilities of the national landscape, pointing to the
future prospect of the American nation. Cole's unmistakable construction
and composition of the scene, charged with moral significance, is
reinforced by his depiction of himself in the middle distance, perched on
a foreland painting the Oxbow.
Answer:
⩥ Still Life in Studio
Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre. 1837 C.E. Daguerreotype. 1837 C.E.
Daguerreotype
He developed the daguerreotype process, produced pictures remarkable
for the perfection of their details and for the richness and harmony of
their general effect.
Answer:
⩥ Slave Ship
Joseph Mallord William Turner. 1840 C.E. Oil on canvas
,Slave Ship is a perfect example of a romantic landscape painting. His
style is expressed more through dramatic emotion, sometimes taking
advantage of the imagination. Instead of carefully observing and
portraying nature, William Turner took a landscape of a stormy sea and
turned it into a scene with roaring and tumultuous waves that seem to
destroy everything in its path. Turner's aims were to take unique aspects
of nature and find a way to appeal strongly to people's emotions.
Answer:
⩥ Palace of Westminster
London, England. Charles Barry and Augustus W. N. Pugin (architects).
1840-1870 C.E. Limestone masonry and glass
Its stunning Gothic architecture to the 19th-century architect Sir Charles
Barry. The Palace contains a fascinating mixture of both ancient and
modern buildings, and houses an iconic collection of furnishings,
archives and works of art.
Answer:
⩥ The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet. 1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945). Oil canvas
He attempts to be even-handed, attending to faces and rock equally. In
these ways, The Stonebreakers seems to lack the basics of art (things
like a composition that selects and organizes, aerial perspective and
finish) and as a result, it feels more "real."
Answer:
,⩥ Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Honoré Daumier. 1862 C.E. Lithograph
Nadar, one of the most prominent photographers in Paris at the time,
was known for capturing the first aerial photographs from the basket of a
hot air balloon.
Answer:
⩥ Olympia
Édouard Manet. 1863 C.E. Oil on canvas
Olympia and the controversy surrounding what is perhaps the most
famous nude of the nineteenth-century. Olympia had more to do with the
realism of the subject matter than the fact that the model was nude.
Answer:
⩥ The Saint-Lazare Station
Claude Monet. 1877 C.E. Oil on canvas
The effects of color and light rather than a concern for describing
machines in detail. Certain zones, true pieces of pure painting, achieve
an almost abstract vision. An ideal setting for someone who sought the
changing effects of light, movement, clouds of steam and a radically
modern motif.
Answer:
, ⩥ The Horse in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge. 1878 C.E. Albumen print
Muybridge spent the rest of his career improving his technique, making
a huge variety of motion studies, lecturing, and publishing. As a result of
his motion studies, he is regarded as one of the fathers of the motion
picture. Muybridge's motion studies showed the way to a new art form.
Answer:
⩥ The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel
José María Velasco. 1882 C.E. Oil on canvas
The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel represents an
important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an
important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes
became symbols of the nation as they represented Mexico in several
World Fairs.
Answer:
⩥ The Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin. 1884-1895 C.E. Bronze
He accomplished this by not only positioning each figure in a different
stance with the men's heads facing separate directions, but he lowered
them down to street level so a viewer could easily walk around the
sculpture and see each man and each facial expression and feel as if they
were a part of the group, personally experiencing the tragic event.
Answer:
