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| natural portrayal of things as they really are |
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| social movement and political message |
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| What came from the academy? |
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| what did the academy believe? |
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| Art should be of the everyday, descriptively and accurately put together to show the "unvarnished truth" |
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| What are the concepts of realism? |
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1. art should be formulated from an everyday moment
2.looked toward natural representations of reality instead of fictional |
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| What did Gustave Courbet paint? |
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-was a scene of everyday life
-representational
-accurate
-used natural colors
-used natural gestures & associations between the people
-brush strokes were not visible |
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| When and where did Impressionism start? |
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| -started in 1860 in Paris, France and went into the early 20th century |
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| how eyes see something; not how the object actually exists |
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| Impresionist painters were different from past painters, how? |
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-they were well educated
-they were affluent
-they came from middle class bourgeois
-art was an activity for them, not a career |
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| How did Impressionism respond to political events? |
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| It rarely responded to political events because it was not a political movement. |
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| Did Impressionism have a greater international or national impact? |
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| Spain, Europe, and Norway |
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| What was the subject matter of Impressionism? |
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-Genre scenes
-Landscapes
-Leisure activities of the upper middle class |
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| What did Impressionism present? |
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| Impression paintings were? |
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| Impressionist were concerned with what? |
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| Aesthetic concerns with optical realism and natural properties of light |
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| What type of families did Impressionist painters come from? |
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| Impressionist artist were different from past artist because... |
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-they were well educated
-they were affluent
-they were middle class/bourgeois
-art was an activity for them |
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| Impressionist painters were well educated or not well educated? |
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| Were Impressionist painters affluent? |
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| Yes, they had lots of money. |
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| Art was what for Impressionist painters? |
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| Characteristics of Impressionism |
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-render in paint an instanteous impression of a fleeting moment
-direct response to photography and its abiltiy to describe "reality" so well
-paint was applied in loose, identifiable brushstrokes
-open compositions
-very bright color palette
-subject matter is usually of everyday |
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| Impressionist wanted to paint what kind of moment? |
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| instaneous fleeting moments |
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| Impressionism was a direct response to what and why? |
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| Photography because of its ability to describe "reality" so well |
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| Impressionism used what kind of composition? |
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| What kind of color palette was used in Impressionism? |
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| very bright color palette |
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| What was impressionism brushwork like? |
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-loose
-skethcy
-little to no blending |
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| Impressionism paintings resemebled what? |
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| Skethces or unfinished paintings that were meant to be finished later |
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| What does "en plain aire" mean? |
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| Academy paintings used what kind of compositions? |
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-Claude Monet
-Pierre Auguste Renoir
-Berthe Morisot
-Mary Cassatt |
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| Why were Monet, Renoir, Morisot, and Cassat all friends? |
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| They were all rejects of the salon/academy. |
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| Why were Monet, Renoir, Morisot, and Cassatt rejects of the salon? |
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| They did not agree with the salon's idea of art |
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| Their own rules and ideas about why and how art was to be produced |
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| Who is the father of impressionism? |
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| Who was the first artist to use the loose painting technique? |
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| Who coined the term "impressionism"? |
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| Who's and what piece of work did Leous Leroy criticize? |
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| Claude Monet's "Impression: Sunrise" |
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| What did Leous Leroy say about Monet's work? |
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| It looks unfinished and like an impression of a scene |
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| Did Monet like the name "Impression", why? |
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| yes, it described his aim to paint and instaneous impression of a fleeting moment |
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| What was Monet's career like? |
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| Who started impressionism? |
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| Monet because he developed his own technique of applying paint |
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The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet |
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Impressionism: Sunrise
Claude Monet |
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| Impressionism: Sunrise is a snapshot of what? |
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| something you would see when walking past a harbor (idea of the everyday) |
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| What is "Impression: Sunrise" like? |
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-no detail
-short, loose, brushy brushstrokes |
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| What can you see in "Impression: Sunrise"? |
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| someone on a boat in the morning and a harbor vaguely in the back |
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| How long did it take Monet to complete his works? |
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| 15-20 minutes because the scene/lighting changed quickly |
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Boulevard Des Capucines
Claude Monet |
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| How much descriptive detail did "Boulevard Des Capucines" have? |
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| little descriptive detail |
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| method of rendering the effect of spacial distance by subtle variations in color and clarity of representation |
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| "Boulevard Des Capucines" is an impression of what? |
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| A bustling city in the winter |
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Rouen Cathedral
Claude Monet |
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| Why did Monet paint "Rouen Cathedral" at two different times of the day? |
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| to show different impressions of light |
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| As Monet got older why could he not go outside for long? |
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| He developed cataracts in his eyes |
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| Since Monet could not go outside for long he moved where and had what built? |
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| Giverny and had a water garden built |
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| How many paintingss did Monet do of his water garden? |
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Water Lilies
Claude Monet |
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| Where was "Water Lilies" painted from? |
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| Giverny, France in Monet's water garden |
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| What kind of detail did "Water Lilies" have? |
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| little descriptive detail |
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| Why was "Water Lilies" considered impressionist? |
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| What did "Water Lilies" show? |
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| reflective qualities of light on the water |
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| What did Monet do by using discrete marks of paint? |
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| recorded the shifting play of light on the surface of objects and the effect of that light on the eye |
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| What does a quickly painted oil sketch provide? |
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| the most accurate record of what is seen |
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| Dates of Pierre Auguste Renoir |
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| Pierre Auguste Renoir was originally trained by who? |
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| What did Renoir believe paintings should be? |
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| pleasant, joyful, and decorative quality |
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| Who did Renoir meet and who was he influenced by? |
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| What did Monet tell Renoir? |
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| adopt a brighter color aplette and paint the outdoors |
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| Renoir's subject matter often focued on what? |
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| the upper middle class at leisure |
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Mouline De Galette
Pierre Auguste Renoir |
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| What does "Moulin De Galette" mean? |
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| What does "Moulin De Galette" show? |
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| people eating and enjoying a leisurely sunday afternoon |
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| What kind of painting is "Moulin De Galette"? |
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| construction painting because he added his own friends into the painting |
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| Why is "Moulin De Galette" considered impressionist? |
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| flat brush stroke and subject matter |
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| What kind of color palette did Renoir use in "Moulin De Galette"? |
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Luncheon of the Boating Party
Pierre Auguste Renoir |
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| "Luncheon of the Boating Party" shows what? |
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| people enjoying a leisurely afternoon watching the river |
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| What did Renoir start using in "Luncheon of the Boating Party"? |
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| a brighter color palette (yellow, green, white, pastel) |
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| Dates for Berthe Morisot's life. |
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| What did Berthe Morisot continue doing after her daughter was born? |
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| What did Berthe Morisot dedicate her art to? |
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| Bourgeois women and trying to advance them |
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| How did Morisot try to advance the Bourgeois women? |
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-presented them with style and grace
-impressionistic "sketchy" brushstroke |
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| What did Morisot want for women? |
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| equality; break the status of women and their duties |
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Summer's Day
Berthe Morisot |
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| What does "Summer's Day" show? |
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| women out enjoying a boat ride instead of working |
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| How are the women in "Summer's Day" dressed? |
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| formally and holding an umbrella |
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| Why is "Summer's Day" considered impressionistic? |
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-its a genre scene
-loose brushstroke (added enerty to the women) |
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| Dates for Mary Cassatt's life. |
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| Where did Mary Cassatt move? |
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| Where was Mary Cassatt born? |
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| Where did Mary Cassatt study? |
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| The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts |
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| What did Mary Cassatt focus her paintings on? |
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| what she knew best, the domestic and social lives of women |
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| What is Mary Cassatt known for? |
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| sensitively done paintings of mothers with children |
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Mother and Child
Mary Cassatt |
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| What does "Mother and Child" show? |
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| the sensitivity of a mother and child through their gestures |
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| What two styles did Cassatt use in "Mother and Child"? |
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-Realistic (figures have a great sense of detail)
-Impressionistic (clothing and background blurry) |
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| What does using two styles show in "Mother and Child"? |
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| the separation of the woman from the home, while still being in it |
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| All impressionism art is identified by: |
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Definition
-loose brushstroke technique
-genre scene (everyday life)
-optical principles of light |
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| What did Post-Impressionism come after? |
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Definition
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Term
| How did Post-Impressionism come about? |
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Definition
| The impressionist artist were not creating as much were and gave way to a new younger generation. |
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| Who coined the term "Post-Impressionism"? |
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| Post-Impressionist artist soght what? |
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Definition
| to create art with a great degree of formal order and structure |
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Term
| What was the goal of Post-Impressionistic artist? |
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Definition
| to develop more abstract and expressive styles |
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| What did Post-Impressionist see art as? |
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| a force for social commentary |
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| Post-Impressionists were different from Impressionist because: |
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1. they were not concerned with impressionsim.
2. they rejected the spontaneous recording of light and scene
3. they favored more order and structure in their work.
4. they often broke new grounds in terms of “what subject matter” was appropriate for art
5. they saw themselves as advanced people above the common person in intellect and character.
6. they often employed new insights from technology and the sciences.
7. they often favored a more distinct individualism both in style and content |
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| What was the biggest difference between Post-Impressionism and Impressionism? |
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| What does "Avant-Gaurde" mean? |
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| Who used the term Avante-Garde? |
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Definition
| The Comte de Saint-Simone (French socialist) |
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| Post-Impressionism Artist |
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-George Seurat
-Paul Gauguin
-Vincent van Gogh
-Edvard Munch
-Paul Cezanne (most important) |
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| dates for George Seurat's life |
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| Who was the first to think of himself as an Avante-Garde Artist? |
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| What was George Seurat interested in? |
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| technology of the day (printing and lithography) |
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Definition
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| George Seurat was apart of a group of artists, intellectuals, and amateur scientist who studied what? |
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| theories of vision, light and color (he applied these theories to his paintings) |
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| What did George Seurat create? |
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La Grande Jatte
George Seurat |
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| Was "La Grande Jatte" descriptive or not? |
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| What kind of image was "La Grande Jatte"? |
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| constructed image; did sketchings from various times and put them together |
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| Seurat used what kind of technique for "La Grande Jatte"? |
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| How many colors and values were used in "La Grande Jatte"? |
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Definition
| everyday subject matter and scientific theories of color |
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| Dates for Paul Gauguin's life |
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| What did Paul Gauguin despise? |
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Definition
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| What was Paul Gauguin's goal? |
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| escape modern life in Paris |
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| What did Paul Gauguin favor? |
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| a more primitive life that was unhurried |
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| What did Paul Gauguin do? |
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Definition
| at 37, abandoned wife and 5 kids to persue a full-time painting career |
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| What was Paul Gauguin influenced by? |
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Definition
| early medieval stain-glass (flat, vibrant color and dark outline) |
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| Paul Gauguin called his style of painting what? |
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| Paul Gauguin thought all art should: |
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1. sythesize the subject with the artis’ts feeling about that subject.
2. and to express these ideas through line, shape, space, color and symbolism
3. thus the works become symbolic of the artists mind instead of descriptive works of art. |
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Mahana no atua
Paul Gauguin |
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Term
| what does "Mahana no atua" show? |
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| leisurely worhsip of a Tahitian God |
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| Where did Paul Gauguin move to? |
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| Tahiti; in search of a more simplified & non-modernized life |
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| In "Mahana no atua" the foreground uses what type of colors? |
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Definition
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| what type of colors are used in the middleground of "Mahana no atua"? |
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| little more traditional colors |
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| What type of colors are used in the background of "Mahana no atua"? |
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| the use of color and gesture in "Mahana no atua" represent what idea? |
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| idea of rebirth or new beginning |
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| In "Mahana no atua" the front facing fetal position figure represents what? |
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| In "Mahana no atua" the upright figure in the middle represents what? |
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| In "Mahana no atua" the back facing fetal position represents what? |
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| "Mahana no atua" was a recreation of Paul Gauguin what? |
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| expressing his view of the Tahitian culture |
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| dates for Vincent van Gogh's life |
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Definition
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| where did van gogh move to? |
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| Van Gogh carried what farther? |
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Definition
| Gauguin's synthetism and added his own technique |
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| Van Gogh was the creator of what? |
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| favors intesity of artist's feelings over descriptive accuracy |
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Definition
| freely in multidirectional dashes of impasto (thickly applied paint) |
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Term
| when were van gogh's most famous paintings made? |
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Definition
| last 1-2 years of his life |
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| the paintins made in the last 1-2 years of van gogh's life showed what? |
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Definition
| his emotional and mental state of mind |
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Term
| Van Gogh quickly develops his own technique based on whose style? |
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| George Seurat's pointillism |
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| how do we know what we know about van gogh today? |
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| his brother Theo and letters that were written to him |
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| Van Gogh was plagued by what? |
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Definition
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| what did Van Gogh see himself as? |
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| an outcast and was depressed due to relationships with women |
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| What did Van Gogh cut off? |
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| ear and gave to a prostitute |
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Definition
| committed suicide by shooting himself |
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The Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh |
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| "The Starry Night" was a record of what for Van Gogh? |
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Definition
| what he felt rather than what he saw |
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Term
| what does the cyprus tree symbolize in "The Starry Night"? |
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Definition
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Term
| What did the cyprus tree serve as? |
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Definition
| a bridge between the world and heavens |
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Term
| What was the way Van Gogh thought he could reach the stars? |
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Definition
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| In "The Starry Night" what shows Van Gogh's mental state? |
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| line and color (sky is violent, turbulent and moving) |
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Term
| "In Starry Night" Van Gogh used painting techniques like: |
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Monet- short brushstrokes
Seurat- dividing colors |
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Term
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Definition
| Norwegian/German Expressionist |
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Term
| Edvard Munch picked up what idea? |
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Definition
| the idea of the expressionistic color palette |
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Term
| What is Edvard Munch's most famous painting? |
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Term
| "The Scream" represents what? |
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Definition
| social alienations and isolation of people from one another because of society and industrialization |
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Term
| "The Scream" suggests what? |
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Definition
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| What was the reason for the swirling mix of color in "The Scream"? |
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Definition
| disruption of the natural world |
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Term
| the clouds painted in "The Scream" were painted as what? |
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Definition
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Term
| what shows the influence of Gauguin in "The Scream"? |
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Definition
| abstraction of form and color |
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Term
| In "The Scream" the open mouth is a scream of what? |
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| Who was the father of Modern art? |
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Definition
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Term
| Paul Cezanne was the son of? |
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Definition
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Term
| Paul Cezanne began his career doing what kind of scenes? |
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Definition
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Term
| Paul Cezanne was not concerned with what? |
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Definition
| optical light, fleeting light, atmosphere, object in front of him |
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Term
| Cezanne was concerned with |
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Definition
| merging drawing and modeling insto a single process |
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Term
| In "Mont St.-Victoire", Cezane did not what? |
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Definition
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Term
| Cezanne did what in "Mont St.-Victoire"? |
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Definition
| reorganized what he saw into personal harmony |
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Term
| In "Still Life with Basket of Apples" Cezanne did what? |
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Definition
| moved things around to make them more pleasing to the eye |
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| How did Cezanne make things more pleasing to the eye in "Still life with Basket of Apples"? |
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-dipping of table
-upward tilted pastries
-different views of apples on table and in basket |
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Term
| Cezanne rejected what in "Still Life with Basket of Apples"? |
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| Cezanne was the precursor to? |
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Mont St. Victoire
Paul Cezanne |
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Still Life with Basket of Apples
Paul Cezanne |
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