Question 1

Who painted The Yellow Christ (1889) ?

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A)   Gauguin
B)   Munch
C)   Rousseau
D)   Seurat

Question 2

Toulouse-Lautrec's lithograph posters differed from his paintings primarily in their

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A)   texture.
B)   subject matter.
C)   tone.
D)   sense of energy.

Question 3

Seurat's interest in theories of color led him to

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A)   create forms from large blocks of color.
B)   build up color through dots of pure color.
C)   paint monochromatic canvases.
D)   paint the same scene repeatedly under numerous different lights.

Question 4

Discuss the role of the artist's personality in works by Toulouse-Lautrec, van Gogh, Gauguin, and Munch. In the case of van Gogh, particularly, has the legend of the artist made it impossible to appreciate his art objectively?

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The personalities of artists such as Tou...

Question 5

In the early twentieth century, Cézanne and Seurat were considered polar opposites by critics. How would you describe their similarities and differences?

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Cézanne and Seurat were both influential...

Question 6

Despite the sense of despair he created in many of his paintings, Munch was known for his affable, sunny disposition.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Seurat believed that the human eye would merge contiguous dots of separate colors, so that the brain would process the color formed by the merging of the two separate colors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What were the defining characteristics of Post-Impressionism? What did it retain from Impressionism, and how did it depart from that earlier movement?

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Post-Impressionism was characterized by ...

Question 9

Whose Still Life with Apples (1875-77)  fulfilled his desire to "astonish Paris with an apple"?

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A)   Seurat
B)   Toulouse-Lautrec
C)   Cézanne
D)   Gauguin

Question 10

Whose Mont Sainte-Victoire conveys his interest in faceted, crystalline forms?

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A)   Seurat
B)   van Gogh
C)   Cézanne
D)   Moreau

Question 11

Cézanne's later work exhibits all the following characteristics EXCEPT

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A)   the complete abandonment of figuration.
B)   patchworks of shifting colors.
C)   an interest in geometrical figures and paint daubs.
D)   experimentations in spatial representation.

Question 12

Due to his use of color, Seurat has been called both a

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A)   Pointillist and a Neo-Impressionist.
B)   Symbolist and an Impressionist.
C)   Pointillist and a Symbolist.
D)   Symbolist and a Post-Impressionist.

Question 13

Pick three artists from Chapter 25 and describe their particular brushstrokes. How do these contribute to the effect of the work?

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In Chapter 25, three artists whose brush...

Question 14

Using the illustrations in Chapter 25, describe the differences between Symbolism and Post-Impressionism. Which artists combined the two styles?

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Symbolism and Post-Impressionism are two...

Question 15

"Le Douanier" was the nickname of which painter of The Dream (1910) ?

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A)   van Gogh
B)   Moreau
C)   Seurat
D)   Rousseau

Question 16

Some of van Gogh's most famous works were completed while he was in a mental asylum.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What explains European artists' interest in Oceania? How did that interest affect their work?

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European artists' interest in Oceania ca...

Question 18

Whose best known painting The Scream shows elements of both Post-Impressionism and Symbolism?

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A)   Seurat
B)   Munch
C)   Rousseau
D)   Moreau

Question 19

Compare the imagery of Moreau with that of Post-Impressionism and Impressionism. How does the application of paint and the use of color differ, and how do they affect the meaning of the works?

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The imagery of Moreau can be compared to...

Question 20

The painting Starry Night (1889)  shares which feature with Impressionist paintings?

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A)   an interest in social gatherings
B)   a fondness for landscape
C)   experiments with the effects of light on rippling water
D)   experiments with multiple vantage points

Exam 25: Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

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Some of van Gogh's most famous works were completed while he was in a mental asylum.

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Whose Mont Sainte-Victoire conveys his interest in faceted, crystalline forms?

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Whose best known painting The Scream shows elements of both Post-Impressionism and Symbolism?

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Compare the imagery of Moreau with that of Post-Impressionism and Impressionism. How does the application of paint and the use of color differ, and how do they affect the meaning of the works?

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Cézanne's later work exhibits all the following characteristics EXCEPT

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Discuss the role of the artist's personality in works by Toulouse-Lautrec, van Gogh, Gauguin, and Munch. In the case of van Gogh, particularly, has the legend of the artist made it impossible to appreciate his art objectively?

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Due to his use of color, Seurat has been called both a

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What explains European artists' interest in Oceania? How did that interest affect their work?

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Seurat believed that the human eye would merge contiguous dots of separate colors, so that the brain would process the color formed by the merging of the two separate colors.

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Seurat's interest in theories of color led him to

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Using the illustrations in Chapter 25, describe the differences between Symbolism and Post-Impressionism. Which artists combined the two styles?

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Who painted The Yellow Christ (1889) ?

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Whose Still Life with Apples (1875-77) fulfilled his desire to "astonish Paris with an apple"?

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In the early twentieth century, Cézanne and Seurat were considered polar opposites by critics. How would you describe their similarities and differences?

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