Art History "Impressionism"

Question 0

Dabs of color next to one another without actually blending them

Answer 0

Optical mixing

Question 1

Movement based on the belief that subject matter should remain true to life

Answer 1

Realism

Question 2

Short touches of contrasting color, used to create a vibrating effect

Answer 2

Broken color

Question 3

Many paintings exploring the same theme over a period of time

Answer 3

Series

Question 4

Impressionist were all once these types of painters

Answer 4

Realists

Question 5

Where is Impressionism originate

Answer 5

France

Question 6

Which artist first used optical mixing and broken color

Answer 6

Monet

Question 7

Where was Monet’s favorite place to paint

Answer 7

Outdoors

Question 8

How did Monet use “Rouen Cathedral” to explore the ever-changing colors outdoors?

Answer 8

He painted at various times of day, at different times of year, and under different lighting

Question 9

Degas was a master of what two things

Answer 9

Line and drawing

Question 10

What three series or themes did Degas like to explore

Answer 10

Ballet
Race-track activity
Social scene of café-life

Question 11

What is another word for informal balance

Answer 11

Asymmetrical balance

Question 12

What did Degas become the first artist to do with pastels

Answer 12

to exhibit pastels as finished works instead of preliminary sketches

Question 13

What was the reason Degas switched to sculpting instead of painting

Answer 13

His eyesight was failing

Question 14

What two things were the primary focus of Renoir’s paintings

Answer 14

Women

Nude figure

Question 15

How does Renoir deal with shadows

Answer 15

He uses blue paint instead of black

Question 16

What type of physical pain did Renoir deal with

Answer 16

Arthritis in his fingers

Question 17

Where was Camille Pissarro born

Answer 17

West Indies

Question 18

How did Pissarro make things in his paintings appear to be moving

Answer 18

He used dogs and dashes of color

Question 19

Where was Mary Cassatt born

Answer 19

Philadelphia

Question 20

Which artist influenced Mary Cassatt’s work

Answer 20

Degas

Question 21

What were Mary Cassatt’s favorite subjects

Answer 21

Mothers and Children

Question 22

How did Mary Cassatt use her influence to help her peers in Paris

Answer 22

Her influence with African American families led many of them to buy the works of her impressionist friends
Because of this, many are in American museums and collections today

Question 23

Why did Mary Cassatt remain in Paris, instead of moving home to Philadelphia

Answer 23

She was well-respected by her peers in Paris, but not recognized at home in Philadelphia

Question 24

What was Berthe Morisot’s relationship to Manet

Answer 24

Sister-in-law

Question 25

What two things influenced Morisot’s works

Answer 25

Manet’s early works and the masterpieces of the Louvre

Question 26

What nationality was James Abbott McNeil Whistler

Answer 26

American

Question 27

What colors did Whistler like to work with

Answer 27

Grays and blacks

Question 28

What is the other name for Whistler’s “Arrangement in Gray and Black No.1”

Answer 28

Whistler’ Mother

Question 29

What were Whistler’s titles often names after

Answer 29

Musical compositions 
Arrangements 
Symphonies 
Harmonies 
Nocturnes

Question 30

What was the cause of Whistler suing John Ruskin?

Answer 30

Ruskin trashed one of Whistler’s painting by saying it was “flinging a pit of paint in the public’s face”
Whistler won the case but the award amounted next to nothing

Question 31

“The Thinker” was supposed to be apart of what larger work

Answer 31

“Gates of Hell”