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Test 3 - Completion and mult
completion and Multiple choice
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/17/2008

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Starry Night
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The expressionist artist was responsiblie for the well known masterpiece entitled ___ and its swirling, curvilinear forms suggest the overpowering forces of nature
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Yellow
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Van Gogh's paintings from his time spent in the south of France were typically bright richly textured landscapes and still life studies using this color as a dominant and favorite hue.
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Gauguyn
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This artist, who although died penniless and alone, was recognized a efw years later as one of the great artists of his time.
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Van Gogh
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Made copies of Japanese prints
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Gauguyn
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Many of Van Gogh's problems were the result of his inability to get along with other people. An example was the disastrous encounter with a fellow painter named ___
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Madam X
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John Singer Sargent's portrait of this particular title was considered scandalous because of her low cut dress and haughty expression.
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Waterlily
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The best known of Monet's paintings as the famous ___ series.
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Impression Sunrise
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Claude Monet's painting by this title was one of the first of its kind and was responsible for the movement' name dubbed by a critic of the group.
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Impression
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Portraying life's little moments, the fleeting experiences that last for an instant and then are gone are known as an ___.
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b) Salon De Refuse
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In 1863, the paris salon rejected 4000 paintings causing the organization of a 2nd exhibition called
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The Luncheon on the Grass
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The painting of the 1860's Manet revolution that minimized illusory, realistic space, employed painterly brush work, and emphasized everyday visual experience was a painting entitled ___.
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Japanese Art
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The art of this century began to flood into Europe due to trade in the mid and late 19th Century.
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Red Vineyards
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Vincent Van Gogh sold but one painting during his brief lifetime.
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Mary Cassatt
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The famous French painter Degas established a close relationship in Paris with another impressionist artist by this name.
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