What structural characteristic made Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace unconventional?
The iron support structure was visible.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the daguerreotype as seen in Louis Daguerre's The Artist's Studio?
The image captures great details, pattern, and texture.
How does French artist Rosa Bonheur use Realist conventions in Plowing in the Nivernais: The Dressing of the Vines?
She depicts an everyday, contemporary scene without idealization.
Which statement describes The Gleaners by French Realist and Naturalist Jean-Fran�ois Millet?
The figures are painted as they really appeared, with the solid shapes and earthy colors
What statement best describes American Realist painter Henry Ossawa Tanner's The Thankful Poor?
Dramatic light and shadow create mood and convincing space in a scene of contemporary life.
Which statement best describes American Realist painter Winslow Homer's artistic approach in Prisoners from the Front?
Homer based his oil paintings on preparatory sketches that he made in the field.
What is a technique used by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet?
painting a subject multiple times, under different lighting and weather conditions
What type of subject matter did French Impressionist painters such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir depict?
vignettes of carefree Parisians enjoying leisure activities
What characteristic of Impressionism did American artist Mary Cassatt use in Mother Combing Her Child's Hair?
loose strokes of vibrant color
What characteristic of Japanese woodblock prints did French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas use in Four Dancers?
cropping figures off the edge of the picture
How did French Post-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat create a unique optical effect in A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte?
He used Pointillism, placing tiny dots of pure color on the canvas to create forms.
Which statement best describes French Post-Impressionist painter Paul C�zanne's approach to painting?
He carefully arranged his compositions, using patches of color to show the surface planes of an object
How did Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin convey emotion in Ia Orana Maria?
by using bold color and organic lines and shapes
How does Wheatfield with Crows by Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh show the threat of a coming storm?
The painting has short, slashing brushstrokes in vibrant hues that intensify each other.
How does Norwegian painter Edvard Munch's painting The Scream reflect Symbolist conventions?
The Scream uses the figure and the landscape to communicate personal feelings and ideas
What is a distinguishing feature of Auguste Rodin's sculpture Burghers of Calais?
Movement and emotion are captured through textural variations
How did Louis Comfort Tiffany incorporate a convention of Art Nouveau in Magnolias and Irises?
Tiffany used curvilinear lines and organic shapes drawn from the natural world.
Which sentence best describes the way that Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta designed the interior spaces of his buildings?
Horta oversaw every detail, from banisters to stained glass, to ensure a unified effect.
Which pair of statements best describes a difference between Realist and Impressionist painting?
Impressionist painters applied pure color to canvas; Realist painters mixed paint on a palette.
In what way are these paintings of Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir and those of Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh similar?
Both paintings have color and brushwork that express the artist's impressions of or emotions about a subject