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| revolutionary painting that scandalized French critics and the public; calls attention to visual forms rather than subject matter |
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| a scientific painting method used by Seurat, who applied the paint in tiny dots of color to achieve optical mixture. |
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| "Sunday Afternoon on the Island on the Grand Jette" |
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| Large painting by Seurat done with small dots of pure color and hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Late 19th Century French painter who portrayed the drama of parisian nightclubs and brothels. |
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| The late 19th century artist whose work is characterized by intense high-key colors, loose brushwork, often heavy and thick paint and swirling agitated composition. |
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| Famous painting that has become a visual cliche through post cards, advertisements, and comic posters; its original title being "Arrangement in gray & Black, no. 1". |
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| Van Gogh's first major oil painting done in cold neutral grays and browns |
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| Impressionist artist who painted tender and sensitive portrayals of women and children. |
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| Painting and subject popularized by Toulouse-Letrec of Parisian nightclubs |
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| Very important american artist who spent very little time in the US; famous for his portraits of wealthy aristocrats and nobility in Europe in the late 19th century. |
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| A painting by Van Gogh that describes the terrible passions of man |
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| Perhaps Van Gogh's most famous masterpiece that portrays the forces of nature |
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| Impressionist painter strongly influenced by new ways of seeing, suggested by japanese prints and photography. (Depicted classes in ballet that revealed visual tensions through asymmetrical and shifted compositions). |
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