impressionism

Question 1

time period:

Answer 1

1860s to 1880s

Question 2

radical art movement centered around

Answer 2

parisian painters

Question 3

rebelled against classical subject matter, embraced

Answer 3

modernity

Question 4

characteristics

Answer 4

• quick, loose brush strokes
• bright paintings (INDIGO)
• en plein air
• relative colour (artist’s view)
• clearer from farther away
• moment in time (like a photo)

Question 5

define “en plein air”

Answer 5

painting outside