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Impressionism: A Different Form of Realism

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Impressionism was NOT heavily influenced by color theory.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What word can describe the unfinished look of 19th century Impressionism paintings?

(a)  

3.

The term "Impressionism" was coined by a Parisian art critic in which year?

a)

1774

b)

1876

c)

1874

d)

1776

4.

The aesthetics of Impressionism included TWO of these.

a)

frivolity

b)

moments in time

c)

feeling of movement

d)

sketches

5.

Which artist began the Impressionism movement with his painting Impression: Sunrise?

a)

Georges Seurat

b)

Paul Cézanne

c)

Pierre Auguste Renoir

d)

Claude Monet

6.

_______________ is when primary and secondary colors are stronger when placed next to each other.

a)

color theory

b)

tertiary colors

c)

simultaneous contrast

7.

These two female artists depicted the feminine side of French society.

a)
  • Mary Cassatt

b)

Frida Kahlo

c)

Georgia O'Keeffe

d)
  • Berthe Morisot

8.

Lighter hues placed next to darker hues affecting color power is known as . . .

a)

color

b)

value contrast

c)

hues

d)

dark

9.

Impressionists painted ______________ and ________________.

a)

upper class society

b)

landscape

c)

weather conditions

d)

animals

10.

Impressionist painters were interested in recording the transformations of French Society.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The portrayal of light was expressed by _____________.

a)

fleeting moment in time.

b)

painting colored light that bounced off objects.

c)

transforming French society.

d)

short, brushy strokes of paint.

12.

The brushstrokes used in Boulevard des Capucines, Paris represent _____________.

a)

the instability of modern life.

b)

wildlife.

c)

fashionable apartments.

d)

people in motion.

13.

Luncheon of the Boating Party was the most well known genre painting by ____________

a)
  • Camille Pissarro

b)
  • Berthe Morisot

c)

Claude Monet

d)

Pierre Auguste Renoir

14.

Claude Monet shows the strength of color by using ________ colors in his painting On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt.

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

cool

15.

Georges Seurat painted which of these two iconic paintings?

a)

b)

c)

d)

16.

The recording of light using dots of pigment is called __________.

a)

light theory

b)

value contrast

c)

pointillism

d)

aesthetics

17.

Impressionism took place when?

a)

1770-1786

b)

1870-1886

c)

1886-1905

d)

1850-1888