Analyzing nineteenth-century 2D art

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AP Art History › Analyzing nineteenth-century 2D art

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308px-madame_x__madame_pierre_gautreau___john_singer_sargent__1884__unfree_frame_crop_

The use of a black dress allowed the artist to highlight the subject's __________.

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732px-gustave_courbet_-le_d_sesp_r___1843

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Figure 2

The farthest left figure in the image on the right is probably __________

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Jacques-louis-david-napoleon-crossing-the-alps4 Sir_arthur_wellesley__1st_duke_of_wellington

Figure 3 Figure 4

The painting in Figure 4 portrays its subject as __________.

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Joseph_mallord_william_turner__english_-the_burning_of_the_houses_of_lords_and_commons__october_16__1834-_google_art_project

The work was created in the period __________.

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The darkened colors of the background are intended to __________.

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An artist who heavily influenced the style of this portrait was __________.

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Joseph_mallord_william_turner__english_-the_burning_of_the_houses_of_lords_and_commons__october_16__1834-_google_art_project

This work depicts a fire at __________.

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Vincent van gogh   portrait of joseph roulin

What is the quality that most closely echoes the way medieval saints are often represented?

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Claude monet 004

The use of quick, visible brushstrokes by this artist most significantly allowed _________________.

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Temeraire

How does the presence of the steamboat contribute to the painting's theme?

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