Chapter 12

Question 1

His painting technique was to apply dots of pigment that were blended by the eye of the viewer.

Answer 1

g. Seurat

Question 2

Two noteworthy North American Impressionist artists were

Answer 2

b. James Whistler.

c. Mary Cassatt.

Question 3

This artist went to Tahiti in search of the unspoiled life.

Answer 3

d. Gauguin.

Question 4

Impressionistic art was

Answer 4

a. Evocative.
d. Suggestive.
e. Incomplete.

Question 5

This artist used patches of color that only integrated into a whole when viewed from a distance.

Answer 5

c. Monet.

Question 6

Impressionist artists wanted to capture

Answer 6

b. The moment.

Question 7

Which artist’s landscape had a fragile and scintillating quality, while the subject was boldly modeled?

Answer 7

d. Renoir.

Question 8

The Impressionist movement was centered in

Answer 8

c. France.

Question 9

Symbolist poets used words

Answer 9

c. For their melodious and sensuous qualities.

Question 10

Female, American, Impressionist painter.

Answer 10

f. Cassatt.

Question 11

His figures are arranged to create simple geometric forms.

Answer 11

e. Cezanne.

Question 12

Painted a young girl by the window.

Answer 12

c. Morisot.

Question 13

If an Impressionist artist did not finish the work quickly, he would sometime have to wait days because

Answer 13

c. He wanted the exact same lighting conditions again.

Question 14

Which artist’s treatment of groups of figures showed formal balance?

Answer 14

e. Renoir.

Question 15

He committed suicide.

Answer 15

c. van Gogh.

Question 16

Impressionist artists were initially

Answer 16

b. Scorned by the public.

Question 17

Painted the same cathedral 30 times.

Answer 17

c. Monet.

Question 18

Impressionism was a cult of

Answer 18

b. Suggestive colors, lines, and sounds

Question 19

Impressionist artists explored almost every possible effect of

Answer 19

d. Light

Question 20

At the end of the Romantic period, artists were

Answer 20

c. Weary of the excesses of Romanticism.

Question 21

At first glance, an Impressionist artwork seems

Answer 21

a. Unreal.

Question 22

The artist who gave Impressionism its name was

Answer 22

Monet

Question 23

The artist who used a technique called pointillism was

Answer 23

c. Seurat.

Question 24

His paintings, while bold in color, are flat; two-dimensional.

Answer 24

d. Gauguin.

Question 25

A fuzzy outdoor scene; some carrying umbrellas.

Answer 25

d. Seurat.

Question 26

Painted a girl getting a basin bath.

Answer 26

Cassatt

Question 27

The most important element in an Impressionist painting was

Answer 27

d. Color.

Question 28

The artists who bridged to Expressionism and Cubism were the

Answer 28

b. Post-Impressionists.

Question 29

Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass caused an uproar because

Answer 29

c. The female nude was in the presence of formally dressed men.

Question 30

He showed kindness to a prostitute.

Answer 30

h. van Gogh.

Question 31

The artists who was the immediate precursor of Impressionism was

Answer 31

d. Manet.

Question 32

He was deeply religious.

Answer 32

a. van Gogh.

Question 33

Used the structural form of the Romantics.

Answer 33

b. Renoir.

Question 34

The composer who included the sense of smell in his musical performances was

Answer 34

b. Russian - Scriabin.

Question 35

Degas’ true preoccupation was

Answer 35

a. Movement in space.

Question 36

The flute melody in Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun has been described as

Answer 36

c. Fragile and lazy.

Question 37

The quality of sculpture that was Impressionistic was

Answer 37

b. The fleeting and fragmentary nature of their subjects.

Question 38

The composer who developed a scientific analogy between the colors of the spectrum and vibrations of sound was

Answer 38

c. Cyril Scott.

Question 39

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun suggests the feeling of

Answer 39

c. Blissful drowsiness.

Question 40

Debussy was greatly inspired by

Answer 40

b. The Symbolist poets.

c. Monet.

Question 41

Debussy sought, musically, to create the shimmering effect of

Answer 41

b. Light.

Question 42

The rhythms in Debussy’s music

Answer 42

a. Are exceedingly complex.

Question 43

Debussy gave each note nearly equal importance by using

Answer 43

c. The whole tone scale.

Question 44

The Impressionist sculptor who “required” the viewer to complete the art was

Answer 44

c. Rodin.

Question 45

The Asian music that especially influenced Debussy was

Answer 45

d. The Javanese gamelan orchestra.

Question 46

The word that best describes the quality of Debussy’s melodies and harmonies is

Answer 46

d. Meandering.

Question 47

The composer whose greatest fame was as a teacher was

Answer 47

a. Nadia Boulanger.

Question 48

The composer who was especially known for his skill in orchestration was

Answer 48

d. Ravel.

Question 49

The artist who could truthfully not be called Impressionistic was

Answer 49

d. Rodin.

Question 50

Debussy reduced harmonic tension by

Answer 50

c. Using parallel chord progressions.

Question 51

The structure of Debussy’s music is

Answer 51

d. Not obvious.

Question 52

The composer who is the epitome of the Impressionist style is

Answer 52

b. Debussy.

Question 53

Favorite subjects of Degas included

Answer 53

a. Ballet dancers.

b. Horses.

Question 54

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun was inspired by

Answer 54

a. A poem by Mallarme.

Question 55

Which word best describes Debussy’s music?

Answer 55

a. Illusive.

Question 56

Impressionism was a reaction against

Answer 56

a. The emotional exuberance of Romanticism.

Question 57

To create “impressionistic” music, what did Debussy sacrifice?

Answer 57

a. Traditional form.
b. Lyric melody.
e. Polyphonic complexity.