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Chapter 18 Study Guide

Note: Always know the art style of the compositions (Impressionism, Post-impressionism)

1) Define the term Impressionism

2) Who painted Impression, Sunrise? and which term derived from this painting?

3) Which artists tried to repeat a momentary impression of nature’s transitory light, atmosphere, and weather conditions?

4) Instead of looking objectively at the ordinary life of the working class as the realist painters, what did impressionists focused on?

5) Who painted Dance at the Moulin de la Galette?

6) Impressionist artist, different from the rest, known for depictions of ballet dancers as the painting below:

7) Who were the symbolists?

8) Who composed Clair de Lune? What is the musical style of the composition?

Clair de lune – (click on link and listen to the music, the exam will have played music and titles won’t be available)

9) Who composed La boheme (an aria from the work below) ? What is the genre of this composition? (ex. ballet, opera, other).

(1) La Boheme - "Che gelida manina" Fiamma Izzo d' Amico "Si, mi chiamano Mimi" - YouTube

10) Who proposed the “Theory of Relativity” in 1905, with the mathematical equations central to his theory confirmed in 1919?

11) What is psychoanalysis?

12) What was the intent of post-impressionist in relation to impressionism?

13) Who is known as the “Father of Abstract Art” and washed his brush between strokes so that each color would be distinct, referring to his brushstrokes as “little planes?

14) What is Pointillism? (make sure to add who developed it)

15) Who painted A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte? What is the name of the new technique present here?

16) Who painted the Starry Night?

17) Who sculpted The Thinker?

18) List some ways in which the Eiffel Tower impacted architecture?

19) The name of a short-lived style that began in Europe characterized by decoration, specially curvilinear patterns, based on the forms of nature?

20) What is the Architectural style of Gaudi’s Casa Mila Apartment Building? Where is it located?