Impressionism

When was the Impressionist Period?

• 450 B.C to Present

• 1800-1960

• 2001-2012

• 1870-1910

Of these Impressionist artists, who was the American Impressionist?

• Mary Cassatt

• Berthe Morisot

• Edgar Degas

• Claude Monet

Which of these Impressionists was famous for ballerinas as their subject matter?

• Edgar Degas

• Claude Monet

• Mary Cassatt

• Berthe Morisot

Of these Impressionist artists, who was famous for creating series of paintings of Water Lilies and Haystacks as their subject matter?

• Claude Monet

• Edgar Degas

• Mary Cassatt

• Berthe Morisot

Which of the vocabulary terms below belong to this definition: Painting outside in the open air?

• En Plein Air

• Plain Air

• Outside Painting

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

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

Which was not an objection to impressionism?

• looked unfinished
• visible brushstrokes
• inappropriate subject matter
• done in the open air

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 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