CLEP Humanities : Analyzing the Content of Nineteenth-Century 2D Visual Art
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Example Question #3 : Analyzing The Content Of 2 D Visual Art
The above photo is taken from what conflict?
The Napoleonic Wars
The Franco-Prussian War
The Mexican American War
The Spanish American War
The American Civil War
The American Civil War
During the American Civil War, the medium of photography was still relatively new, having only been invented a few decades before the outbreak of war in 1861. The photographer Matthew Brady was the pioneering figure in developing photography throughout the war. By capturing war in the realistic medium of photography, Brady both helped people see war in a different manner and appreciate the possibilities of photography.
Example Question #1 : Analyzing The Content Of Nineteenth Century 2 D Visual Art
Who was the French artist who spent the last years of his life living in Polynesia and painting its inhabitants?
Paul Gauguin
Vincent van Gogh
Henri Matisse
Édouard Manet
Paul Cézanne
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin was an important Post-Impressionist whose early work experimented with color and symbolism, but Gauguin's work took on a new form after visiting Tahiti in the 1880s. Gauguin began capturing the culture of Polynesia and started using symbols of Polynesia and images of Polynesians themselves in his art. In the 1890s, he permanently moved to the island of Punaauia in French Polynesia, and painted more and more symbolic paintings that played with color and structure.
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