Intro to Modern Art

What is Modern art?

• A period where artists painted their subject matter realistically

• A period where artists shifted away from traditional styles of art making

• A period where artists sat and did nothing

• A period where artists painted fleeting moments traditionally.

Modern artists rejected traditional styles of artmaking because they did not embrace the spirit of experimentation

• True

• False

Modernists wanted ___ ways of making art

• new
• old

• traditional

Paintings by modern artists were clear with no visible brush strokes

• True

• False

Impressionism ended Modern Art

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Critics accepted Impressionist artworks because they were finished and applied traditional art styles

• True

• False

Impressionists promoted the _______________ of art elements

What is impressionism?

• It was a movement that rejected traditional values and was interested in capturing reality instead of their impression of it

• A movement that accepted traditional art values and created an impression of reality

• A movement that rejected traditional art values and was interested in creating an impression of subject matter

• A movement that accepted traditional styles and created realistic paintings of their subject matter

Why were impressionists focused on painting 'en plein air' and capturing fleeting moments

• It rejected the traditional style of painting public figures and grand events indoors

• They didn't own studios

• They were interested in the traditional style of painting public figures and grand events

• They worked slowly

What makes this neoclassic painting different from impressionist paintings?

• Visible brushstrokes, subject matter indoors, planned constructed composition

• Realistic subject matter, invisible brushstrokes, and constructed composition

• Not realistic but created an impression of subject matter, visible paint marks, avoided clarity