Realism and Impressionism Post-Impressionism and Other Late Nineteenth-Century Developments

Question 1

How did Edgar Degas incorporate Japanese influence in his work?

Accepted Answer

By adopting a perspective from slightly above his subjects

Question 2

What innovative idea did Vincent van Gogh develop regarding color use?

Accepted Answer

Colors should be intensified to portray inner emotions

Question 3

Why did Paul Gauguin travel to Tahiti?

Accepted Answer

To seek more intense color and an "unschooled" style

Question 4

How did Georges Seurat achieve vibrant colors in his paintings?

Accepted Answer

Through optical mixing with small dots of complementary colors

Question 5

What was the main principle behind the Realist style of painting?

Accepted Answer

To illustrate all features of subjects, including negative ones

Question 6

What was a defining characteristic of Art Nouveau?

Accepted Answer

Flowing, sinuous lines depicting natural forms

Question 7

How did the Impressionist movement get its name?

Accepted Answer

From Monet's painting "Impression, Sunrise"

Question 8

What caused the scandal surrounding Manet's "Luncheon on the Grass"?

Accepted Answer

Its depiction of contemporary clothed men with a nude woman

Question 9

Why was Gustave Courbet's "The Stonebreakers" (1849-50) controversial?

Accepted Answer

It showed ordinary workmen as worthy subjects of art

Question 10

What was Paul Cézanne's main contribution to Post-Impressionism?

Accepted Answer

The reduction of objects to basic geometric forms

Question 11

How did the invention of photography influence art during this period?

Accepted Answer

It questioned the need to capture ordinary reality in art

Question 12

What characterized the Pre-Raphaelite movement in England?

Accepted Answer

An attempt to return to pre-Renaissance art forms

Question 13

Which artist is sometimes referred to as the first Impressionist, although he refused this label?

Accepted Answer

Édouard Manet

Question 14

What technical advancement helped Impressionist artists work outdoors?

Accepted Answer

The development of chemically based paints and paint tubes

Question 15

What scientific discovery influenced Impressionist shadow painting?

Accepted Answer

Shadows reflect the complementary color of objects casting them

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