Diego Rivera
Wassily Kandinsky
Impressionism
Historical Context
Modernism
100

Diego Rivera's wife

Who was Frida Kahlo

100

The Expressionist movement Kandinsky was associated with

What is Der Blaue Rieter

100

Three Impressionist artists are

Who are Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cassatt, Morisot, Sisley

100

The rising tensions in Europe leading to this led to the German Expressionist style

What is World War I

100

Surrealism was based on the ideas of this psychoanalyst

Who was Sigmund Freud

200

The juxtaposition of characters and images from 400 years of Mexican history lends to Alameda Park's inclusion in this art movement

What is Surrealism

200

Kandinsky said "______ is a power that directly influences the soul."

What is color

200

Impressionism spanned from ______ until _______ CE. 

1974-1886

200

Napoleon III calls for the "Salon des Refuses" in 1863 for the purpose of

What is show the rejected artworks from the Paris Salon

200

Four styles included in Modernism

What are Impressionism, Post Impressionism, Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Cubism, Futurism

300

La Catrina, the skeleton woman, in the middle of Rivera's Alameda Park was added to

What is critique the Mexican Elite?

300

Kandinsky said "______ is a power that directly influences the soul."

What is color

300

The first Impressionism exhibit was held in Paris in

What is 1874?

300

The Admiral that opened Japan to the West in 1853.

Who was Admiral Matthew Perry

300

Three subsets of Expressionism

What are Die Brucke, Fauvism, der Blaue Rieter

400

The artwork from our AP Art History images that Rivera references in Alameda Park is

What is the Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

400

Kandinsky said "The more frightening the world becomes ... the more art becomes __________. ”

What is abstract

400

The three "technologies" or advancements that led to Impressionism

What is creation of paint tubes, bright synthetic paint colors, and the science of how people see light.

400

The special uniqueness of a work of art, as written about by Walter Benjamin is called

What is aura?

400

The two approaches to creating modern art

What are formalism and expressionism

500

The Alameda Park mural uses this technique/style to depict the struggles and triumphs of the Mexican people

What is social realism?

500

Kandinsky claims to be the first "abstract artist" in 1911 but this artist beat him to it in 1906.

Who is Hilma af Klint

500

Two influences that photography and Japanese prints had on Impressionism

Imbalanced or asymmetrical compositions and cropping the subject matter like a snapshot

500

This person developed technology that would lead to moving pictures

Who was Eadweard Muybridge

500
The father of modern art

Who is Paul Cezanne