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- 1. Multiple Choice
"En plein air" refers to painting ______.with lots of airoutdoorsfullyin the spring - 2. Multiple ChoiceThe primary objective when painting was to show the effects of _____converging linescomplimentary colorslight on colorlinear perspective
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe movement got its name from a painting by _____.BazilleManetMonetVan Gogh
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe name of this painting is _____.Les NymphéasLe Soleil LevantLes MeulesLes Peupliers
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe critic LeRoy thought the painting, Soleil Levant, looked _____.realisticstylizedunfinishedscandalous
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe Salon was a place to _____.read poetryeat and chatget one's hair donelaunch an artist's career
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich was not an objection to impressionism?looked unfinishedvisible brushstrokesinappropriate subject matterdone in the open air
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich was not an acceptable subject before impressionism?mythologypeople in every day lifehistorical figurereligion
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich was not a subject of impressionism?portraits of nobilitytheatre peopleballet dancerspeople at a café
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich is not an example of complimentary colors?blue and orangered and greenblack and goldpurple and yellow
- 11. Multiple ChoiceImpressionists used complimentary colors in order to _____ of a painting.intensify two colors placed next to each otherfill in the backgroundshow depthshow perspective
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Monet's objective in doing the series paintings?get it right by doing the same painting multiple timesplease prospective buyersshow effect of light on color at different times of the dayprove his talent, that he was not just a caricaturist
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich was not one of Monet's series paintings?Les Peupliers (The Poplars)Les Meules (The Haystacks)La Cathédrale de RouenLes Nymphéas (The Waterlillies)
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement describes Impressionism's legacy?contemporary life fully acknowledged as a subject for artthe root of all modern artrevolutionized the method and concept of paintingall the above
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich ending is not true?...The commercial paint tube___required careful protection from light, air and moisture, so the paint would not dry up.was made of tin.improved storage life for ready-prepared oil paint.made artists' colors truly portable.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceAdvances in chemistry lead to the expansion of _____.colors for the artist's palettethe narrow streets of Paristhe number of impressionist artistsready-made canvases
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich was not true of the Haussmanization of Paris?tree- lined widened boulevardsnew museums to house impressionists' worksmonument style architecture with common facade heightsexpanded parks and recreation areas
- 18. Multiple ChoiceHe has been often called the father of impressionism.MatisseManetMonetBazille
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe emergence of cameras and photography _____ .freed the artists to paint emotion rather than realityallowed artists to take pictures of things and paint them latermeant that artists could now focus on other subjects besides portrait paintingall of the above
- 20. Multiple ChoiceImpressionism was an art movement primarily during the years _____ .1750 - 18001800 - 18501850 - 19001900 - 1950
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