Art History ch.24

Impressionism first emerged in the 1860s in what city?

Paris

John Singer Sargent is best remembered for his

portraits

Homer's Breezing Up exhibits all the following characteristics EXCEPT

unpronounced and largely invisible brushstrokes.

In Renoir's Pont-Neuf and Pissarro's Place du Théâtre Français, the influence of photography can be seen in the

All these answers are correct.

Woodblock printing began in the fourth century in which country?

China

Which artist explored a range of motions through a series of ballet pictures that included Dancer with a Bouquet, Bowing?

Degas

Who painted a "slice of life" image of an intoxicated couple in Absinthe?

Degas

Which artist visually recorded scenes from the U.S. Civil War for Harper's Weekly in works such as The Army of the Potomac—A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty?

Homer

Who painted Bassin des Nymphéas (or Water Lily Pond)?

Monet

Whose Impression: Sunrise (1872) lent Impressionism its name?

Monet

Whose characteristically soft brushstrokes can be seen in works such as Moulin de la Galette?

Renoir

Which best describes the paintings of Winslow Homer?

They have elements of both Realism and Impressionism.

Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave of Kanagawa was part of his series entitled

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.

Which artist's Night View, Saruwaka Street at Night, part of his One Hundred Views of Edo, demonstrates affinities with the cityscapes of Pissarro and Renoir?

Utagawa Hiroshige

As seen in the works of Monet, over time, Impressionism developed in all the following ways EXCEPT

a movement toward disguising the role of the painter in the painting.

What technique did Monet use to capture the appearance of reflections on water?

broken color

Impressionist paintings typically depicted all the following subjects EXCEPT

historical events.

The usual subject matter of the Ukiyo-e school of Japanese painting included all of the following EXCEPT

historical events.

A defining characteristic of Impressionism is the interest in the

natural properties of light.

All the following qualities of Mary Cassatt's Boating Party reveal the influence of Japanese woodblocks EXCEPT

the blurred depiction of motion.

Which is NOT a feature of Sargent's Impressionism?

the dissolution of form

Which is NOT an example of photographic influence on the Impressionist style?

the silhouette

Impressionists such as Monet were sometimes called plein air painters because of

their practice of painting outdoors.