______ was very active in promoting the work of the impressionists in Europe and America.
In the art world, a ______ is a gathering or exhibition of works of art.
______ was Mary Cassatt’s lifelong friend and most important mentor.
______ felt that art should capture joy and beauty to celebrate life.
Manet’s work represents a transition from _______ to impressionism.
Miss Lala at the cirque Fernando is an example of the _______ composition favored by Edgar Degas.
Compared to _______, Claude Monet considered himself and the other impressionists to be nothing.
An impressionist painting of waterlilies is almost surely the work of _______.
Much of the work of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec reflects the nightlife in and around the ______ in Paris.
The term “Nabis” comes from the Hebrew word meaning _______.
The _______ technique involves thickly laying on paint to create texture in a painting.
_______ began as a part-time amateur artist.
Like the impressionists, post-impressionists’ work was often influenced by _______ and photography.
List at least three of the common features found in impressionist art.
According to art historians, why was the work of Alfred Sisley not given more attention during his lifetime?
To art historians, what was important about Cézanne’s paintings of Mont Sainte-Victoire?
Considering their art, their lives, and their temperaments, what did Gauguin and van Gogh have in common?
Answers:
Mary Cassatt
salon
Edgar Degas
Renoir
realism
asymmetrical
Corot
Claude Monet
Moulin Rouge
prophet or proclaimer
impasto
Gauguin
Japanese art
Any of the following: textured surfaces; short brisk brush strokes; emphasis on light reflected from surfaces, forms, and colors.
While Sisley’s work was well done, his subjects offended the establishment. Also, his impressionist work was done mainly in London, so he was away from the center of impressionism in Paris.
The geometric style he used in these paintings influenced modern schools of art, especially the cubists.
Both were considered neo-impressionists, but both also had a dark view of the world. They worked side by side as friends and artists while in the town of Arles
