The Art of French Impressionism
- 1. Who is considered the founding father of French Impressionism?
A) Claude Monet
B) Edouard Manet
C) Paul Cezanne
D) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- 2. Which art movement directly preceded Impressionism?
A) Abstract Expressionism
B) Baroque
C) Realism
D) Cubism
- 3. Who is known for painting dancers and theatrical scenes in the Impressionist style?
A) Edgar Degas
B) Paul Gauguin
C) Camille Pissarro
D) Henri Matisse
- 4. What was a significant technology that influenced Impressionist artists in capturing fleeting moments?
A) Video recording
B) Television
C) Internet
D) Photography
- 5. Impressionists aimed to capture the ________ of a scene rather than its exact details.
A) Abstraction
B) Static nature
C) Essence
D) Linearity
- 6. Which museum holds the largest collection of French Impressionist paintings?
A) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
B) Musée d'Orsay
C) National Gallery, London
D) Louvre Museum
- 7. Which artist is associated with the technique of 'Impasto' where paint is applied in thick layers?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Georges Braque
C) Kazimir Malevich
D) Wassily Kandinsky
- 8. Who painted the famous 'Luncheon of the Boating Party' depicting a group of friends sharing a meal by the river?
A) Edouard Manet
B) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
C) Mary Cassatt
D) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- 9. In which city did the first Impressionist exhibition take place in 1874?
A) Berlin
B) New York
C) Paris
D) London
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