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1
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Many of _________’s works are so similar to Degas’ style that it is almost as if he was instructed to use Degas’ paintings as a template.

A

Lautrec

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Another characteristic that is distinct to Degas from other Impressionists is how he used _____ and depth in his paintings.

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lines

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Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

The Overture to Tannhäuser: The Artist’s Mother and Sister

A

Post-Impressionism

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Cézanne wanted to reproduce what he saw in its absolute true form: its _________.

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geometry

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Cassatt did paint her father and brothers, but she found her true niche in painting children and their _____.

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mothers

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One of the biggest challenges Monet faced was to drop painting what he “_________” to be true and focus on what really “is.”

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knew

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The flat images with the bright colors and the overall design of the Japanese prints were what _____ adopted into her painting style.

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Cassatt

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8
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Hailed as the leader of Impressionism

A

Manet

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His painting essentially provided the Impressionists their name.

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Monet

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Painted a series of water lilies

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Monet

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11
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Created quite a scandal with his painting, Olympia

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Manet

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Created a series of haystacks that depicted the different seasons and effects of light

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Monet

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13
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Wheat Field with Crows

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Post-Impressionism

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T or F - Renoir painted the joys of life and refused to paint negative images.

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True

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15
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While many of the others took on subjects that depicted nature, _____ took on joy that is found in people in their most natural and happy state.

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Renoir

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16
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T or F - Degas used unique perspective to create depth in his paintings.

A

True

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17
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Dance at Le Moulin de La Galette

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

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18
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The couple of years _________ spent with the coal miners affected both his subject matter and his color choice. His earlier paintings are dominated by browns, tans, and blacks, and the subject matter is often of the coal miners themselves.

A

van Gogh

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Monet painted ____________ in different seasons and at different times of the day. In total, he painted twenty-five of them.

A

haystacks

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20
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The Cradle

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

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_____ was one of the group who helped organize all the Impressionist shows, and was also the only one of them who had his or her work included in all eight of them.

A

Pissarro

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22
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Basket of Apples

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Post-Impressionism

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23
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T or F - Cassatt was considered a mentor and peacemaker.

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False

24
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While many people were only interested in the actual final production, _____ was intrigued by that and also the preparation for the ballet performance.

A

Degas

25
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How the group of artists handled this breakaway was what eventually ended up into two different groups: the more ________ approach (it has been called Neo-Impressionism) and the more emotional approach.

A

scientific

26
Q

T or F - Van Gogh was the only American among the French Impressionists.

A

False

27
Q

The Harvest of Hay in Eragny

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

28
Q

Musicians in the Orchestra

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

29
Q

Glass of Absinthe

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

30
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Little Dancer of Fourteen Years

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

31
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In order to keep up with the changing elements, the artists created a short, choppy ________ that has since become quite characteristic of this movement of art.

A

brushstroke

32
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T or F - Lautrec created a niche for making posters.

A

True

33
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Water Lillies

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

34
Q

Landscape at Pontoise

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

35
Q

T or F - Van Gogh preferred an exotic, native subject matter.

A

False

36
Q

Pissarro has been described by several members as the fatherly figure or the _____ of the Impressionists.

A

peacemaker

37
Q

The Yellow Christ

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Post-Impressionism

38
Q

Whereas Cézanne focused on shapes, Gauguin focused on capturing the true _______ of the subject.

A

emotion

39
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The Impressionists embraced the idea that the ______ of an object changes its makeup according to quick and changing elements: light, weather, or reflection.

A

color

40
Q

One of the critics basically mocked Monet’s _________ of his painting and made degrading remarks about how the paintings were just that, merely impressions and not paintings.

A

title

41
Q

Renoir felt that the only thing black did was to create a visual hole in the painting. Instead of black, he chose to use dark blue for his ______ and other objects.

A

shadows

42
Q

T or F - Gauguin was greatly influenced by Japanese art as seen in his depictions of mothers with their children.

A

False

43
Q

What helped even more with the intensity of color was that Impressionists, as a whole, rejected the absence of color. In other words, they abhorred using ________ in their paintings.

A

black

44
Q

Olympia

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

45
Q

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Post-Impressionism

46
Q

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

47
Q

T or F - Manet painted a series of water lilies.

A

False

48
Q

Women in a Garden

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Impressionism

49
Q

The scientific principle may not have worked out as Seurat had planned, but it offered him a chance to fine tune this technique of including scientific principles into art. What he ended up developing was a style called ________.

A

pointilism

50
Q

Because she was restricted on who she could paint, Morisot commonly portrays _____.

A

domesticity

51
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While Manet pushed away traditional subjects, he did still embrace much of the classical techniques. He revered the _________ artists and studied their style in depth.

A

Renaissance

52
Q

T or F - Monet painted many ballerina dancers.

A

False

53
Q

T or F - Seurat’s painting essentially provided the Impressionists their name.

A

False

54
Q

T or F - Seurat created the concept of pointillism.

A

True

55
Q

Ambassadeurs–Aristide Bruant

Is this piece of art Impressionism or Post-Impressionism?

A

Post-Impressionism

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