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Exploring Frederic Church's Cotopaxi

Exploring Frederic Church's Cotopaxi

Assessment

Interactive Video

Arts

9th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What inspired Frederic Church to travel to Ecuador and paint Cotopaxi?

A personal experience with a volcanic eruption

The writings of Alexander von Humboldt

His fascination with South American culture

A commission from the Detroit Institute of Art

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did some commentators interpret the painting 'Cotopaxi' during the Civil War?

As a scientific study of volcanic activity

As a representation of South American culture

As a metaphor for the violence of the Civil War

As a depiction of the beauty of nature

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the clear blue sky in the painting symbolize according to some interpretations?

The purity of nature

The calm before the storm

Hopefulness and redemption

The vastness of the universe

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which art movement is Frederic Church associated with?

Impressionism

Hudson River School

Cubism

Surrealism

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term would the 19th century use to describe the overwhelming beauty of 'Cotopaxi'?

Sublime

Gothic

Picturesque

Romantic

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