Download Impressionism Common Assessment

Name:____________________________________Date:___________Class Period:____
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism – Test
Multiple Choice:
_____1. French composer known for his Impressionistic works such as Bolero and Le
Tombeau de Couperin which were written to become more dissonant, louder,
and end on a final crashing chord:
A. Debussy B. Wagner C. Copland D. Ravel
_____2. French composer who tried to create music that represented visual images and
emotions; he wrote operas, solo vocal, orchestral, and piano pieces that now were
given descriptive names such as La Mer (The Sea) and The Snow is Falling instead
of using musical forms and numbers as titles:
A. Debussy B. Gershwin C. Ravel D. Wagner
_____3. French artist whose landscapes explored the effects of changing atmosphere and
sunlight on images; his water lily landscapes are commonly known; he would
paint the same subject over and over at different times of the day and year:
A. Dali B. Monet C. Picasso D. Rodin
_____4. Born in the Netherlands, this troubled artist worked most of his life in France
painting images in thick layers of paint using broad, swirling brushstrokes and
bold, vivid colors; infamously remembered for cutting off a lobe of his ear and
finally dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound:
A. Rodin B. Warhol C. Goya D. van Gogh
_____5. American artist known for her Impressionist paintings showing the love between
mother and child:
A. Dorothea Lange B. Georgia O’Keeffe C. Mary Cassatt D. Kate Chopin
_____6. French sculptor noted for his technique which was similar to Impressionistic
painting techniques; his works have a very spontaneous feel, as if a fleeting
moment has been caught; his works show strong emotions and are very textural,
unlike previous sculpture:
A. Courbet B. van Gogh C. Manet D. Rodin
_____7. What artwork made its way to Europe originally as packing material, but had a
major influence on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists?
A. Chinese textiles B. African masks C. Japanese prints D. Indian sculptures
_____8. What had the biggest impact on visual art, making artists rethink their purpose
of showing the world exactly as it appears in the late 19th century?
A. the Industrial Revolution B. the invention of acrylic paint
C. the Civil War D. the invention of the camera
_____9. This artistic style had the characteristics of showing the effect of light on objects,
blurred edges, blues and purples for shading, and less detail to objects:
A. Impressionism B. Post-Impressionism C. Cubism D. Surrealism