Impressionism

"En plein air" refers to painting ______.

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

Who judged fine art in France?

• The people of France

• The Parisian Institute

• The Academy

• Ministry of Egalitarian Historica

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

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

The movement got its name from a painting by _____.

• Bazille
• Manet
• Monet
• Van Gogh

The name "Impressionism" was created how?

• A critic was praising the art movement

• A critic was insulting the art movement

• The group of artists named themselves

• They didn't have a name until the movement was over

Which was not a subject of impressionism?

• portraits of nobility
• theatre people
• ballet dancers
• people at a café

What was Monet's objective in doing the series paintings?

• get it right by doing the same painting multiple times
• please prospective buyers
• show effect of light on color at different times of the day
• prove his talent, that he was not just a caricaturist

He has been often called the father of impressionism.

• Matisse
• Manet
• Monet
• Bazille

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

Edgar Degas was best-known for his paintings of:

• Water lilies

• Architecture

• Ships

• Dancers