Chapter 21 – Flashcards

Which of the following is an American artist?

If Fauvism's mission was to liberate color from its descriptive role, Cubism's initial aim was

The recent manufacture of oil paint in tubes made it possible for 19th-century European artists to make painting a portable activity. The spontaneity and directness of painting outdoors is evident in works by _____________ artists.

Edouard Manet "borrowed" the composition of his painting Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass) from

Eugène Delacroix was a leading practitioner of the __________style.

Marcel Duchamp created a new art form in which the artist makes nothing, but merely labels an object as art. He called this art form

Paul Cézanne's emphasis on structure in painting was a direct influence in the development of

Vasili Kandinsky became convinced that art should be free of representational subject matter when he

Which of the following artists was a Realist?

Edouard Manet considered the annual Salon of Paris to be an artist's only true "field of battle." What was the Salon of Paris?