Fauvism in review

The word fauve translates to _____ in English.

• art

• ridiculous

• outrageous

• wild beast

The title of this painting is_______ and it was painted by ________.

• The Green Nose by Henri Matisse

• The Green Stripe by Henri Rousseau

• The Green Stripe by Henri Matisse

• Madame Henri by Henri Matisse

The intention of the Fauves was to....

• free perspective from having to describe reality.

• use naturalistic colours in a precise manner.

• liberate colour from having to describe reality

• distort the subject in a deliberate manner.

We can see in Fauve paintings that the...

• Subject was less important than the style.

• The style was less important than the subject.

• Neither the style nor the subject were important.

Fauve artists used_________, ________ in their paintings.

• naturalistic colour

• emotive colour

• pastel colours

• vibrant colours

The best example of emotive colour is evident in the _________.

• purple in the background.

• green on her face.

• green on her clothing.

There is ________ texture in the Fauve artworks.

• actual

• simulated

• both actual and simulated texture

• impasto

Fauve artists work

• in an abstract way.

• with an expressive approach.

• with precision and detail.