Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Seurat wanted to revive the ____________

classical composition techniques

The post impressionists used

Very thick brush strokes and bold expresstivity, rural scenes and everyday subjects, highly personal material and it was less journalistic

The aim of the post impressionists was to

express emotion through symbolism, express emotion through vibrant colors

Seurat's approach to painting was

classical and concerned with optics, intellectual and scientific

Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge

One stylistic choice of the impressionists that the post impressionist didn't adhere to is

the impressionists displayed light in a natural manner

The post impressionist rebelled against the impressionists'

excessive concern for fleeting impressions, obsession for open-air painting, disregard for traditional compositional elements

Lautrec felt alienated from society because

He suffered an accident at 13 which left his legs damaged.

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1
Two of the post impressionist artists with the most "systematic" approach to composition are
Seurat and Cezanne
Toulouse-Lautrec and Cezanne
van Gogh and Cezanne
van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec
2
Title and artist
Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Sweyhat, Life in the Park
Seurat, Pointillism, The Waterfront
Seurat, Pointillism, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island
3
Seurat wanted to revive the ____________
basic mixing techniques
spontaneity of direct painting
impressionist movement
classical composition techniques
4
Seurat wanted the viewer's eye to
eliminate shadows behind objects
transpose the foreground with the background
blend the dabs of vibrant hues
intensify outline of black around shapes
5
The post impressionists used
Very thick brush strokes and bold expresstivity
rural scenes and everyday subjects
only highly stylized high fashion urban scenes
highly personal material and it was less journalistic
6
The aim of the post impressionists was to
express emotion through symbolism
flatten/de-emphasize all emotional expression
garner as much media attention and publicity as they could
express emotion through vibrant colors
7
Seurat's approach to painting was
spontaneous and free flowing
classical and concerned with optics
intellectual and scientific
loose and messy
8
Title and artist
Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Milan Cafe
Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge
van Gogh, At the Moulin Rouge
van Gogh, At the Milan Cafe
9
One stylistic choice of the impressionists that the post impressionist didn't adhere to is
the impressionists outlined all of their paintings in black
the impressionists used juxtaposition of bold color
the impressionists displayed light in a natural manner
the impressionists copied the Renaissance painters
10
Seurat was very concerned with
loose brushstrokes
optical effects
open-air painting
capturing a moment
11
This painter was very well know as an illustrator in Paris
Paul Cezanne
Vincent van Gogh
Georges Seurat
Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec
12
Seurat prefered to call pointillism what other word __________
dor-to-dot
divisionism
Divided color field
Point break colorwheel
13
The post impressionist rebelled against the impressionists'
excessive concern for fleeting impressions
The juxtaposition of bold colors
obsession for open-air painting
disregard for traditional compositional elements
14
Lautrec felt alienated from society because
He didn't want to marry the woman his parents chose for him
He suffered an accident at 13 which left his legs damaged.
He was really tall-- 7ft tall
He was from a very poor family

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