Artists
Sculpture
Context
Paintings
Miscillaneous
100
This artist's work is characterized by the soft, velvety texture of his brushstroke.
Who is Pierre-Auguste Renoir?
100
This sculpture reflects the influence of the Italian Renaissance sculpture on Rodin's concept of the monumental human figure.
What is The Thinker?
100
This is the place that Impressionism evolved from.
Where is Paris.
100
This painting depicts a scene of leisure in the courtyard of a Montmartre dance hall.
What is Moulin de la Galette.
100
The Golden Age of Japanese woodblock is identified with this school of painting.
What is Ukiyo-e.
200
This artist did not adopt the use of bright color and the study of light until the 1870's.
Who is Edouard Manet?
200
This work was called the sum of Rodin's life.
What is Balzac.
200
Despite the changing focus of its content, Impressionism was in some ways a logical development of this.
What is Realism.
200
This painting is viewed from a somewhat elevated vantage point.
What is Pont-Neuf.
300
This artist's work embodied the technical principles of Impressionism.
Who is Claude Monet?
300
This sculptor built up forms in clay or wax before casting them in plaster.
Who is Auguste Rodin.
300
This person decided to modernize Paris and adapt industrial developments to improve the lifestyle of the general population.
Who is Napoleon III.
300
Monet used this technique in "Impression: Sunrise" when painting the reflection of the orange sun on the water.
What is broken color.
300
Monet's method used in the Water Lily Pond reflects this.
How light strikes the eye.
400
This artist's work can be regarded as transitional between Realism and Impressionism.
Who is Winslow Homer?
400
This creates a blurred effect similar to the prominence of Impressionist brush work.
What is surface motion.
400
The person was inspired by the Baroque grandeur of Bernini's Square of St. Peter's and the layout of Versailles.
Who is Haussmann.
400
This technique used in the reflection on the mirror in Manet's "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere" is used to portray movement.
What is blurring.
400
This piece of clothing worn in "The Boating Party" reflects the influence of Japanese woodblocks on Impressionist painters.
What is the obi.
500
This artist was a devoted amateur photographer whose passion for the movement of forms through space was reflected in his works.
Who is Edgar Degas?
500
This version of Rodin's Balzac demonstrates his interest in conveying the dynamic, experimental process of sculpture rather than finished work.
What is the plaster version.
500
These painters preferred genre subjects, leisure activities, entertainment, landscape and cityscape.
Who are the impressionists?
500
The zigzag construction of this composition creates a slanted viewpoint, rather like that of a candid photograph.
What is Absinthe.
500
This artist's father designed the Moscow-St. Petersburg railroad.
Who is Abott McNeill Whistler?
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