Impressionism

The primary objective when painting was to show the effects of _____

• converging lines
• complimentary colors
• light on color
• linear perspective

Which statement describes Impressionism's legacy?

• contemporary life fully acknowledged as a subject for art
• the root of all modern art
• revolutionized the method and concept of painting
• all the above

The Salon was a place to _____.

• read poetry
• eat and chat
• get one's hair done
• launch an artist's career

The emergence of cameras and photography  _____ .

• freed the artists to paint emotion rather than reality
• allowed artists to take pictures of things and paint them later
• meant that artists could now focus on other subjects besides portrait painting
• all of the above

Advances in chemistry lead to the expansion of _____.

• colors for the artist's palette
• the narrow streets of Paris
• the number of impressionist artists
• ready-made canvases

"En plein air" refers to painting ______.

• with lots of air
• outdoors
• fully
• in the spring

The movement got its name from a painting by _____.

• Bazille
• Manet
• Monet
• Van Gogh

Which was not an acceptable subject before impressionism?

• mythology
• people in every day life
• historical figure
• religion

The name of this painting is _____.

• Les Nymphéas
• Le Soleil Levant
• Les Meules
• Les Peupliers

Impressionism was an art movement primarily during the years _____ .

• 1750 - 1800
• 1800 - 1850
• 1850 - 1900
• 1900 - 1950