PCC Quest 3 (Impressionism) Questions and
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1. Claude Monet
Who were the French
2. Carolus Duran
Impressionism artists?
3.Auguste Renior
1. John Singer Sargent
Who were the American
2. Winslow Homer
Impressionism artists?
3.Cecilia Beaux
True or False? Using the True
impressionistic style was
required for anyone in the
19th century wanting to
pursue a serious career in
art
Impressionism took root Academic
as a reaction against the
government sanctioned
__________ painting that
dominated French art in
the 19th century
What was the accepted Neoclassicism
style of painting at the
time impressionism was
getting popular?
, Where did the term The critic Louis Leroy commented on one of Monet's
"impressionism" come paintings saying the work could not be considered
from? finished (Soleil Levant)
1. Man was presented as an ideal
2.Nature was to be celebrated and romanticized
3.Subject matter was based primarily on historical or
mythological events
4.Excited by contemporary developments in color
theory
5.Abandoned the conventional idea that the shadow
Characteristics of of an object was made up from its color with some
Impressionism brown or black added
6.Sought to capture fleeting effects of lighting and
atmosphere
7. Color and energy displayed in their
brushwork revealed a spontaneity that had only
been valued insketches using alla prima
8.En plein air technique became popular in Europe
and US
True or False? The False; The French academy valued subtle color and
painting technique of the precise detail which was crafted with great skill;
impressionists did not put opposite to that of the impressionists
them at odds with
conservative academy of
the French artistic
embellishment
What is a pochade? A small, portable painting
What does "en plain air" "Open air"
mean?
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Terms in this set (27)
1. Claude Monet
Who were the French
2. Carolus Duran
Impressionism artists?
3.Auguste Renior
1. John Singer Sargent
Who were the American
2. Winslow Homer
Impressionism artists?
3.Cecilia Beaux
True or False? Using the True
impressionistic style was
required for anyone in the
19th century wanting to
pursue a serious career in
art
Impressionism took root Academic
as a reaction against the
government sanctioned
__________ painting that
dominated French art in
the 19th century
What was the accepted Neoclassicism
style of painting at the
time impressionism was
getting popular?
, Where did the term The critic Louis Leroy commented on one of Monet's
"impressionism" come paintings saying the work could not be considered
from? finished (Soleil Levant)
1. Man was presented as an ideal
2.Nature was to be celebrated and romanticized
3.Subject matter was based primarily on historical or
mythological events
4.Excited by contemporary developments in color
theory
5.Abandoned the conventional idea that the shadow
Characteristics of of an object was made up from its color with some
Impressionism brown or black added
6.Sought to capture fleeting effects of lighting and
atmosphere
7. Color and energy displayed in their
brushwork revealed a spontaneity that had only
been valued insketches using alla prima
8.En plein air technique became popular in Europe
and US
True or False? The False; The French academy valued subtle color and
painting technique of the precise detail which was crafted with great skill;
impressionists did not put opposite to that of the impressionists
them at odds with
conservative academy of
the French artistic
embellishment
What is a pochade? A small, portable painting
What does "en plain air" "Open air"
mean?
