ART HISTORY 202, STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL

Styles covered since the midterm:

Rococo

Neoclassical

Romanticism

Realism

Impressionism

Post-Impressionism

TERMS:

Pointillism

Japonism

Lithograph

Demi-monde

Napoleon

Prix de Rome (Salon system in France)

Salon des Refusees of 1862

pastel

1) Who were the patrons for Rococo art and architecture? What qualities were Rococo artists trying to bring to their work to please their patrons?

2) How is Neoclassical art different from Romantic in the intention of the artists? What message were they trying to convey?

3) How did Romantic art in France differ from Romantic art in Germany? Be sure to mention specific examples.

4) Why did the Courbet state, “It is necessary to be of one’s own time”?

5) What qualities made Edouard Manet’s Olympia a scandalous success at the Salon des Refuses?

6) What was Claude Monet trying to capture in his paintings of Rouen Cathedral and the haystacks in the field?

7) How did the goal of Post-Impressionist painters differ from Impressionist painters?