Post Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau

Question 1

Post Impressionism

Answer 1

A not formal organization that followed Impressionism’s modernist interests and bright palette. It added formal Gauguin.

Question 2

Pointilism – Divisionism

Answer 2

Dots on canvas that blend together optically. Eg. Seurat

Question 3

Symbolism

Answer 3

Literary movement begun in France. Rejected social consciousness of Realism and rejected interest of nature of Impressionism. Focus = Interior - man’s soul. Dreams, myths, macabre, the poetic.

Question 4

Femme Fatale

Answer 4

Alluring, seductive, and dangerous woman

Question 5

Art Nouveau

Answer 5

Stylized nature. Brought all aspects of art and craft together. Beauty transforms the mundane. Focus = architecture/interior design.

Question 6

Lithography

Answer 6

Printing process using a greasy pen on a stone surface. After drawing on stone, stone is wet with water. Painting ink adheres only oily lines of drawing not the wet stone. Many impressions can be made from single plate. Toulouse-Lautrec posters.

Question 7

Answer 7

Cezanne - Mont Sainte-Victoire

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Question 8

Answer 8

Seurat - Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Question 9

Answer 9

Van Gogh - Starry Night

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Question 10

Answer 10

Gauguin - Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Question 11

Answer 11

Munch - The Scream

Medium: Tempera and Casein on Cardboard

Question 12

Answer 12

Rodin - The Thinker

Medium: Bronze

Question 13

Answer 13

Toulouse-Lautrec - La Goulue

Medium: Lithography

Question 14

Answer 14

Eiffel - The Eiffel Tower

Medium: Wrought Iron