2.15 Unit Test: Modern American Painting: From Impressionism to Pop Art ANSWER KEY
1.What do Impressionist artworks by Mary Cassatt depict?
scenes of modern life
2.Is this statement true or false?
Mary Cassatt's artwork, such as Mother and Child, has the dark, gloomy colors characteristic of Impressionism.
False
3.Is this statement true or false?
Impressionist paintings by John Twachtman depict a moment in time.
true
4.Which type of brushwork did John Twachtman use that is characteristic of Impressionism?
loose
5.How did artists like John Sloan, who painted Passing Through Gloucester, change their views with the new advances in transportation?
They started showing transportation and tourists as subjects in their paintings.
6.Where do the subjects come from in the artworks of Ashcan School artists like John Sloan?
from City Life
7.Is this statement true or false?
Ashcan School artists like John Sloan, who painted Passing Through Gloucester, painted in the style of Realism using loose brushwork.
true
8.Which statement is true about the paintings Nighthawks by Edward Hopper and House and Street by Stuart Davis?
They show views of New York City.
9.Which artist used flat shapes, bright colors, and decorative patterns to create a jazz rhythm?
Stuart Davis
10.What did Edward Hopper use to create contrast in this painting?
light and dark values
11.What did Stuart Davis use to create contrast in this painting?
bright colors
12.What is similar about Severin Roesen's painting called Still Life, Flowers and Fruit and Marsden Hartley's still life painting called Night - And Some Flowers?
a sense of movement
13.Is this statement true or false?
Marsden Hartley's still life painting called Night - And Some Flowers is different from Severin Roesen's Still Life, Flowers and Fruit painting because Hartley's still life is abstract.
true
14.Is this statement true or false?
The Color Field painting called No. 10, 1952 by Mark Rothko and the Homage to the Square painting by Josef Albers are both nonrepresentational.
true
15.Is this statement true or false?
Mark Rothko and Josef Albers' paintings, No. 10, 1952 and Homage to the Square, both have an emotional use of color.
False
16.Is this statement true or false?
Rothko and Albers made shapes differently. Rothko made fuzzy-edged rectangles. Albers made precise, straight-edged squares.
true
17.Is this statement true or false?
Familiar objects from American culture inspired Roy Lichtenstein's Pop Art artworks.
true
18.Which elements in Pop Art, like Reverie by Roy Lichtenstein, are often seen in printed ads, on billboards, in magazines, and in comic books?
strong lines, shapes, and colors
19.How did Josef Albers and Mark Rothko use the elements of art and principles of design similarly in their paintings?
They based their paintings on certain shapes and colors.