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Art History 121B: American Art from the Civil War Era to World War I Winter 2021

Dr. Charlene G. Garfinkle UCSB 57901

PARTICIPATION QUIZ: Week 2

Based on information presented in this week’s lectures, please answer the questions below.

Send your correct answers in the body of an email to [email protected] by the due date to receive full points.

3 points. Due date: Saturday, January 16 by 8:00 p.m. (Pacific).

Please answer the following questions:

1. Since the Luminist painters often wanted to capture American light, they only painted scenes of North America, such as those from Rhode Island and Massachusetts. TRUE FALSE

2. In Lilly Martin Spencer’s painting Kiss Me and You’ll Kiss the ‘lasses, what is the woman in the painting planning to use to provide the “kiss”? State the specific object.

3. Which is not true about early photography?

a. The wet-plate process required a great deal of equipment.

b. Photographs were used to document events, the exploration of western territories, and for portraiture.

c. Early photographs were used to record the action of Civil War battle scenes.

d. The daguerreotype was brought to the United States by Samuel F. B. Morse.

e. None of the above

Feel free to contact me if clarification is needed since this Quiz is not taking place in a classroom where you could ask me questions.