A Test for David Lehman's Fan Club (and Delacroix's)
(Answers
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l.
What great violinist did Delacroix paint
2. What tubercular pianist did
he also paint
3. Why is it supposed that Delacroix was
illegitimate
4. Who called Delacroix that drunken broom
5.
Who left parties when Delacroix was there
6. What is Delacroix's white
horse frightened of
7. Where is that painting today and what are its
dimensions
8. Which is greater Van Gogh's Letters or Delacroix's
Journals. Easy now, 20 sentence answer; give examples
9. Name churches in
Paris with Delacroix paintings
l0. What is more shocking in the "Death of
Sardanopolis": the depicted killing of a horse and mistresses or a drastic diagonal?
ll
What kind of wedding did Delacroix paint?
l2.Defend D from the charge of
being an Orientalist.
l3. Name five animals that Delacroix
painted.
l4. What was Picasso imitating in a series after D.?
l5.
What composer, heralded by Jacques Barzun, was painted by Delacroix
l6.
Is it possible that Delacroix painted with Constable?
l7. Name a boat
scene in Delacroix taken from scripture.
l8. Was Delacroix more
malerisch than deKooning, even?
l9. Who could make a lobster seem as
powerful as a horse?
20a Matisse, Delacroix, Picasso: defend your choice
of favorite and then defend a relativistic perspective in three paragraphs of clear
prose.
— David Shapiro