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- Who designed Sanssouci, the summer residence of Frederick the Great?
- George Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
- Who painted the Philosopher Occupied with His Reading?
- Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
- The chapter's "Continuity and Change" section mentions a pair of artists and their association with Marie-Antoinette, who was Louis XVI's queen. which of the following artists served as an official portraitist for Marie-Antoinette?
- Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun
- Which monarch composed a Symphony in D Major and played one of the flute parts himself?
- Frederick the Great
- Which of the following artists accepted a commission from Marie-Jeanne Becu (Comtesse du Barry) to create a series of paintings (known as The Progress of Love) that portray her relationship with Louis XV?
- Jean-Honore Fragonard
- Which of the following is NOT specifically mentioned as being included among the busts on display in the Shrine of British Worthies at famous gardens at Stowe?
- John Milton
- Which of the following nations is NOT among those specifically mentioned as preferring gardens dominated by winding and circuitous paths?
- Spain
- Who is author of The Spirit of the Laws, which argued for the separation of powers, dividing government into executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
- Baron de Montesquieu
- Which of the following artists is most closely associated with fetes galantes, including The Embarkation from Cythera?
- Jean-Antoine Watteau
- Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement reguarding the Encyclopedie?
- King Lous XV sponsored its publication.
- The chapter's "Continuity and Change" section mentions another artist who sketched Marie-Antoinette as she was transported by cart to the guillotine. Who provided this sketch?
- Jacques-Louis David
- Which of the following is Not an accurate statement about Madame de Pompadour?
- She negotiated a peace treaty between France and England.
- Many conclude that the position of the philosophes is summarized in this comment:"Men will not be free until the last kind is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." Who made this comment?
- Denis Diderot
- Who is author of Emile, Which created a theory of education that continues to influence teaching today?
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Who composed The Beggar's Opera?
- John Gay
- Which of the following instruments is NOT uncluded in the instrumentation for a typical Haydn string quartet?
- Oboe
- Which European nation was ruled by a series of Fredericks, including one known as the Great Elector and another known as Frederick the Great?
- Prussia
- Who designed the elaborate gilded stucco decorations for the music room at Sanssouci, the summer residence of Frederick the Great?
- Johann August Nahl
- Which of the following played the title role in a production called La Toilette de Venus staged at Versailles?
- Madame de Pompadour
- In response to the changes that Frederick the Great introduced to his kingdom and especially to the Charlottenburg Palace, who commented that "Things changed visibly:Sparta became Athens"?
- Voltaire
- Which of the following artists was Madame de Pompadour's favorite painter, and is responsible for painting many nudes who resemble the king's mistress?
- Francois Boucher
- Which of the following artists suggested the subject matter for The Swing, which suggests an erotic intrigue between two lovers?
- Gabriel-Francois Doyen
- About whose music did Emperor Joseph II comment, "Too many notes!"?
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Visitors to the gardens at Stowe were provided with specially tinted glasses so that the landscape would glow with the same warmth as a Claude Lorraine painting. What color were the glasses tinted?
- yellow
- In which court did the Rococo decorative style originate, where it was fostered in the eighteenth century and later then emulated by other European royal courts?
- the French court