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