Art Movements - Impressionism & Surrealism

In Impressionism, the primary objective when painting was to show the effects of _____

• converging lines

• complimentary colours

• light on colour

• linear perspective

Which was not an acceptable subject before

Impressionism?

• mythology

• people in every day life

• historical figure

• religion

Which was not a subject of Impressionism?

• portraits of high class people

• theatre people

• ballet dancers

• people at a café

During the time period of Impressionism, the invention 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

Impressionism was an art movement between the years _____ .

• 1750 - 1800

• 1800 - 1860

• 1860 - 1900

• 1900 - 1950

Who painted the following?

• Renoir

• Monet

• Cassatt

• Degas

Which Impressionist artist made this painting?

• Van Gogh

• Matisse

• Seurat

• Renoir

"En plein air" refers to painting ______.

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

Impressionist Edgar Degas was best-known for his paintings of:

• Water lilies

• Architecture

• Ships

• Dancers

Which Impressionist was famous for his series of Water Lilies paintings?

• Edouard Manet

• Claude Monet

• Georges Seurat

• Henri Toulouse-Lautrec