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Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat
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1
When working with oil paint turpentine is used instead of water
True
False
2
How long did he take to complete this painting?
Eighteen months
One year
Two years
Eight weeks
3
How did Seurat interpret his subject matter
His figures have a quiet structure
On a large scale
With a planned, mathematical and precise approach
With balanced and orderly compositions
4
Georges Seurat is best known for devising the painting technique known as...
All of the above
Colour field abstraction
Action painting
Chromoluminarism
5
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Is an obvious and easy painting to understand
Is a closed composition
Has inconsistent shadows and perspective
Conveys shimmering light and a vibrant surface
6
Seurat completed many preliminary studies of both paintings in
pencil
charcoal
conte
oil paint
7
Seurat adopted a theoretical, codified, scientific approach to colour
False
True
8
He wanted to enhance light and lunimosity through the use of colour
True
False
9
Which new technologies influenced how artists of the late 19th century (1800's) worked?
The camera
The television
The printing press
The paint tube
10
Up close the surface of his paintings are rich, thick and painterly, achieving a sense of volume (not mechanical at all)
False
True
11
Xrays show that the monkey was added later
False
True
12
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
was completed in
...
1884
1885
1888
1883
13
This painting is divided into three ______________ sections
rectangular
triangular
oval
round
14
The Models
- which statements below could describe the aesthetic qualities
A shallow sense of space
A sense of vitality and movement is evident in the artwork
A crowded composition but still calm, poetic, even wistful
A simple pyramid construction with the centre figure forming the apex
15
The materials Seurat worked in were oil on canvas
False
True
16
Georges Seurat belonged to which Art Movement?
Neo-Impressionism
Abstract Expressionism
Impressionism
Classicism
17
'Chromoluninarism' is also know as 'divisionism' and 'pointilism'
True
False
18
Seurat and 'aesthetic qualities'
It has a rich, thick and painterly surface
His work appears reserved, immobile, almost dreamlike
All of the above
He juxtaposed colour to create a shimmering, illuminated surface
19
Seurat would complete his paintings en plein air
True
False
20
One influence cited for
The Models
refers to classical art -
The Three Graces
False
True
21
Seurat was influenced by Classical and Egyptian art
False
True
22
His works were often referred to as being 'enigmatic'.... which means?
Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious
Impossibe to understand
Easy to understand and interpret
Full of movement and energy
23
In regards to the historical and cultural context of late nineteenth century Paris
The industrial revolution = growth in industries such as textiles & science
Their was a belief in science - that it could make the world better
The Eifel Tower was a symbol of French progress
All of the above
24
Seurat also began
The Models
in the Impressionistic style, only changing to his divisionist technique toward the end
True
False
25
La Grande Jatte was first exhibited at...
The first Impressionist exhibition in 1874
The last Impressionist exhibtion in 1886
The fourth Impressionist exhibtion in 1880
The Neo-Impressionist exhibition in 2011
26
The figures have clear contours, achieving a tightly composed order by using broken dashes around figures and objects
True
False
27
The little girl in the centre is...
the only figure looking out at the viewer
the only one 'not' covered in dots
all of the above
the centrifugal force and anchors the centre
