History of Modernism Quiz

Section 1

Painting 1~ Church at Auvers -Vincent van Gogh

Painting 2 ~ The Dance Class– Edgar Degas

Painting 3 ~Nevermore -Paul Gaugin

Painting 4 ~Jeune Femme se Poudrant(young woman powdering herself) -Georges Seurat

Painting 5 ~No.21(red,brownblack,orange)-Mark  Rothko

Painting 6  ~Reflection- Lucian Freud

Section 2

Fact 1~This artist’s painting are referred to as “color field” paintings

Mark Rothko

Fact 2~This artist designed a chapel for the nun who had nursed him

Henri Matisse

Fact 3~This artist is known for working with repetition and mass-produced consumer goods

Andy Warhol

Fact 4~This artist is regarded as our “greatest living painter”

Pablo Picasso

Fact 5~This artist changed the notion that art had to be beautiful

Paul Klee

Fact 7~This artist is known as the “Father of Modern Art’

Paul Cezanne

Fact 8~This artist stowed away on a ship to come to America from Holland.

William De Kooning

5 Movements of Art

Color Field Painting

Big, bold and bright colors

Abstract, unrecognizable scenes

large fields of flat, solid colors

 Cubism

Fragmented pieces that work together like a jigsaw puzzle

lots of line work that forms geometric shapes

fragmented with multiple viewpoints

 Futurism

Evokes sensations and feelings

usually involves lots of movement

Shows modern and colors

 Hard Edge Painting
Abrupt changes in color.
Geometric shapes
Large areas of color, unrecognizable patterns

Post-Impressionism

quick, energetic brush strokes

bright colors

expresses an emotion

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