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1

A "Book of Hours" is used to
A)plan one's daily schedule
B)plan religious feasts
C)facilitate daily prayer
D)b an c
E)all of the above
2

The Dutch "still-life" genre of painting features scenes of
A)food and domestic objects
B)memorial portraits of royalty
C)architectural monuments
D)landscape
E)none of the above
3

The Dutch were fascinated with "naturalia", which means
A)collections of insects, fossils, shells, etc.
B)colonies of nudists
C)remnants of a large feast
D)celestial bodies
E)all of the above
4

One of the first artists to own a substantial art collection was
A)Jan Brueghel the Elder
B)Jan Brueghel the Younger
C)Peter Paul Rubens
D)Rachel Ruysch
E)all of the above
5

Young aristocrat's extended sojourns through Eastern and Southern Europe were called
A)The Grand Tour
B)The Year of Wunderkammer
C)The Passage of Youth
D)Summer Abroad
E)none of the above
6

Lord Elgin purchased the Parthenon marbles from
A)The Medici of Florence
B)The Greek Ministry of Culture
C)An American Collector
D)Peter Paul Rubens
E)none of the above
7

Johann Winckelmann asserted that ______ was the pinnacle of artistic achievement
A)Greek art of the 5th century bce
B)Italian art of the 15th century
C)"Old Kingdon" Egyptian art
D)Dutch still-life painting
E)none of the above
8

In the 19th century, some American collectors turned their attention to
A)Classical artworks
B)the European tradition
C)abstract American painting
D)Native American artworks
E)none of the above
9

The ______ museum was the first one to exhibit private aristocratic collections to the general public
A)Trocadero
B)Tervuren
C)Philips
D)Corcoran
E)none of the above
10

Japanese studies of European learning were called rungaku, which means
A)Dutch Studies
B)Renaissance Knowledge
C)Classical Culture
D)Across the Sea
E)none of the above
11

Japanese Ukiyo-e prints featured what subject matter?
A)landscapes
B)courtesans
C)actors
D)a and c
E)all of the above
12

______ was heavily influenced by imported Japanese woodblock prints
A)Mary Cassatt
B)Edouard Manet
C)Claude Monet
D)b and c
E)all of the above
13

The most important private dealer of impressionist paintings was ______
A)Paul Durand-Ruel
B)Peggy Guggenheim
C)Henry Clay Frick
D)Alfred Sisley
E)none of the above
14

The "Art of This Century" gallery featured the private collection of
A)Paul Durand-Ruel
B)Peggy Guggenheim
C)Henry Clay Frick
D)Alfred Sisley
E)none of the above
15

In recent years, a new type of collector, _______, has arisen
A)the private corporation
B)the industrial magnate
C)the private individual
D)the aristocratic patron
E)all of the above





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