Exam 13: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Symbolism

Cézanne believed that Impressionism was lacking _____.

____ was the technique employed by Seurat in which he applied tiny dots of color to his canvas.

In their abbreviated details, speed, and spontaneity, Impressionist works had the quality of _____.

Although the artist Manet shared common aims with Realist artists, his A Bar at the Folies Bergère reflects the influence of _____.

Impressionists deviated from Realists in their desire to convey _____.

Cassatt's paintings of _____ reflected the limits French upper-class society placed on women.

The artist ____ moved to Tahiti to remove himself from the materialism of Europe.

Rodin's concern for the effect of light on surface demonstrates the influence of _____.

Color was an important component for several of the movements and individual artists discussed in this chapter. Describe the new observations that were made about color and how individual artists exploited it for their own artistic aims.

What led to the urbanization of European cities in the latter part of the 19th century?

By painting ____, Claude Monet could capture shifting atmospheric effects.

Identify the inventions that enabled plein air painting.

Describe the differences between Van Gogh's and Gauguin's methods for applying paint in their artworks.

The artist Degas broke away from traditional compositional conventions. How did he do this? What were his influences? Which aspects of his art influenced other artists? Please provide examples.

Through what means did Van Gogh communicate a charged energy and oppressive atmosphere in Night Cafe ?

Which aspects of Japanese art did Impressionists admire?

Vincent van Gogh attempted to communicate _____ in his Starry Night .

For each of the movements described in this chapter, select one work that is representative of that movement. Explain the stylistic qualities and subject matter that made it typical of the movement in which you placed it.

Van Gogh used color as a vehicle to _____.

_____ was a new artistic movement that appeared at the end of the 19th century and rejected the subjects of the everyday world.