Chapter 22 (The Rococo)
1. The Rubénistes considered __________, rather than drawing, as being truer to
nature.
a. color
b. observation
c. emotion
d. oil painting
2. Watteau’s Gersaint’s Signboard (22.4), while created to advertise the wares of the
shop, _________________.
a. does not, in fact, depict Gersaint’s gallery
b. shows only a small area of the gallery
c. shows the gallery after it was closed
d. shows the gallery on the day it opened
3. Boucher served as court painter to Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s
___________.
a. mother
b. sister
c. mistress
d. wife
4. Chinoiserie reflects an interest in items in ___________style.
a. Chinese
b. French
c. German
d. Italian
5. French Rococo sculpture was meant to be viewed _____________.
a. from a distance
b. at close range
c. by many at once
d. by a single individual
6. William Hogarth worked in ______________.
a. the Netherlands
b. Germany
c. France
d. England
7. Canaletto was famous for his vedute paintings, showing scenes from _________.
a. Paris
b. Florence
c. Venice
d. London
8. The Karlskirche (22.16) in Vienna was built in thanks for _______________.
a. the ending of the plague
b. the coronation of the king
c. the marriage of the king
d. the end of the war
9. The ceiling fresco of Kaisersaal (22.22) is ______________.
a. painted in watercolor
b. mosaic
c. illusionistic
d. does not use color
10. Cythera, referred to in Watteau’s A Pilgrimage to Cythera (22.1), is the mythical
island of _______.
a. rebirth
b. peace
c. inspiration
d. love
11. Fragonard’s The Swing (22.6) depicts a(n) __________.
a. “intrigue”
b. dance
c. wedding
d. banquet
12. Chardin’s Soap Bubbles (22.7) is influenced by __________genre painting.
a. English
b. German
c. Dutch
d. Spanish
13. In Pineau’s room in the Hôtel de Varengeville (22.11) the _________walls were
covered with gilded stucco.
a. blue
b. white
c. gold
d. silver
14. William Hogarth’s paintings were made into __________to sell to the public.
a. prints
b. books
c. medallions
d. cameos
15. Asam’s The Assumption of the Virgin (22.18) was strongly influenced by
____________ Ecstasy of St. Teresa (19.31).
a. Clodion’s
b. Poussin’s
c. Bernini’s
d. Vouet’s