Chapter 12 Flashcards
His painting technique was to apply dots of pigment that were blended by the eye of the viewer.
g. Seurat
Two noteworthy North American Impressionist artists were
b. James Whistler.
c. Mary Cassatt.
This artist went to Tahiti in search of the unspoiled life.
d. Gauguin.
Impressionistic art was
a. Evocative.
d. Suggestive.
e. Incomplete.
This artist used patches of color that only integrated into a whole when viewed from a distance.
c. Monet.
Impressionist artists wanted to capture
b. The moment.
Which artist’s landscape had a fragile and scintillating quality, while the subject was boldly modeled?
d. Renoir.
The Impressionist movement was centered in
c. France.
Symbolist poets used words
c. For their melodious and sensuous qualities.
Female, American, Impressionist painter.
f. Cassatt.
His figures are arranged to create simple geometric forms.
e. Cezanne.
Painted a young girl by the window.
c. Morisot.
If an Impressionist artist did not finish the work quickly, he would sometime have to wait days because
c. He wanted the exact same lighting conditions again.
Which artist’s treatment of groups of figures showed formal balance?
e. Renoir.
He committed suicide.
c. van Gogh.
Impressionist artists were initially
b. Scorned by the public.
Painted the same cathedral 30 times.
c. Monet.
Impressionism was a cult of
b. Suggestive colors, lines, and sounds
Impressionist artists explored almost every possible effect of
d. Light
At the end of the Romantic period, artists were
c. Weary of the excesses of Romanticism.
At first glance, an Impressionist artwork seems
a. Unreal.
The artist who gave Impressionism its name was
Monet
The artist who used a technique called pointillism was
c. Seurat.
His paintings, while bold in color, are flat; two-dimensional.
d. Gauguin.
A fuzzy outdoor scene; some carrying umbrellas.
d. Seurat.
Painted a girl getting a basin bath.
Cassatt
The most important element in an Impressionist painting was
d. Color.
The artists who bridged to Expressionism and Cubism were the
b. Post-Impressionists.
Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass caused an uproar because
c. The female nude was in the presence of formally dressed men.
He showed kindness to a prostitute.
h. van Gogh.
The artists who was the immediate precursor of Impressionism was
d. Manet.
He was deeply religious.
a. van Gogh.
Used the structural form of the Romantics.
b. Renoir.
The composer who included the sense of smell in his musical performances was
b. Russian - Scriabin.
Degas’ true preoccupation was
a. Movement in space.
The flute melody in Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun has been described as
c. Fragile and lazy.
The quality of sculpture that was Impressionistic was
b. The fleeting and fragmentary nature of their subjects.
The composer who developed a scientific analogy between the colors of the spectrum and vibrations of sound was
c. Cyril Scott.
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun suggests the feeling of
c. Blissful drowsiness.
Debussy was greatly inspired by
b. The Symbolist poets.
c. Monet.
Debussy sought, musically, to create the shimmering effect of
b. Light.
The rhythms in Debussy’s music
a. Are exceedingly complex.
Debussy gave each note nearly equal importance by using
c. The whole tone scale.
The Impressionist sculptor who “required” the viewer to complete the art was
c. Rodin.
The Asian music that especially influenced Debussy was
d. The Javanese gamelan orchestra.
The word that best describes the quality of Debussy’s melodies and harmonies is
d. Meandering.
The composer whose greatest fame was as a teacher was
a. Nadia Boulanger.
The composer who was especially known for his skill in orchestration was
d. Ravel.
The artist who could truthfully not be called Impressionistic was
d. Rodin.
Debussy reduced harmonic tension by
c. Using parallel chord progressions.
The structure of Debussy’s music is
d. Not obvious.
The composer who is the epitome of the Impressionist style is
b. Debussy.
Favorite subjects of Degas included
a. Ballet dancers.
b. Horses.
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun was inspired by
a. A poem by Mallarme.
Which word best describes Debussy’s music?
a. Illusive.
Impressionism was a reaction against
a. The emotional exuberance of Romanticism.
To create “impressionistic” music, what did Debussy sacrifice?
a. Traditional form.
b. Lyric melody.
e. Polyphonic complexity.
