艺术史
Impressionism
1.What is the lecture mainly about? Click on 2 answers.
- A. Hassam’s influence on artists who immigrated to the United States
- B. An aspect of Hassam’s body of work that distinguished him from other Impressionist painters in the United States
- C. A critical period in Hassam rise to prominence as an Impressionist painter
- D. Relationships between the elements in some of Hassam’s paintings
2.What does the professor imply when he discusses the Industrial Age?
- A. Many European Impressionists immigrated to the United States during this era.
- B. Growing populations in cities led to an increased consumer demand for artworks.
- C. U.S. Impressionists wanted their paintings to offer relief from certain aspects of city life.
- D. Many U.S. Impressionists permanently moved to the countryside when the cities got overcrowded.
3.What is the professor’s attitude regarding the paintings that Hassam made on Appledore Island
- A. He thinks they are more interesting than Hassam’s NewYork City paintings.
- B. He is surprised that they do not include more people.
- C. He is impressed by how many of them there are.
- D. He doubts that they were actually painted outside.
4 According to the professor, how does Hassam unite the images in his painting The Breakfast Room, Winter Morning? Click on 2 answers.
- A. By placing them to suggest the presence of a geometric shape
- B. By reflecting sunlight off of interior spaces
- C. By including natural objects from the outdoors in an indoor setting
- D. By strategically repeating the use of certain colors
5.According to the professor, what idea does Hassam suggest by obscuring the Flatiron Building behind a curtain in The Breakfast Room, Winter Morning
- A. The need to control the extent to which modernity invades people’s lives
- B. The mysterious forces driving New York City’s growth
- C. The challenge of earning a living in a big city
- D. The difficulty of maintaining a sense of permanence in a changing world
6.What does the professor mean when he says this:
- A. The mid western United States was not visually interesting to most Impressionist painters.
- B. The effect of sunlight on painters’ subjects varies significantly from place to place.
- C. Hassam was strongly influenced by his environment when he painted The Breakfast Room.
- D. Hassam relied on feedback from other NewYork City artists to improve his work.
Pages: 1 2