Study guide

Exam 3: realism and post impressionism

March 8th (50 minutes)
ESK 2: Slide list-Know all dates, titles, and locations
This will be Multiple Choice
Realism

Honor Daumier, Rue Transnonain, 1834

Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849
dourd Manet, Olympia, 1863
dourd Manet, Luncheon on the Grass, 1863

Post Impressionism

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge, 1892

Vincent Van Gogh, Night Caf, 1888
George Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Grand Jatte, 1884
Paul Gaugin, Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, 1897

ESK 3: Vocabulary-This will be matching

1. Modernism: A movement that began in the late 19th century (late 1800s) in which artists rejected traditional
ideas and favored current subject matter.
2. Positivism: Theory by Auguste Comte that expresses that all knowledge must come from proven ideas based
on science or scientific theory
3. The Theological State- In this stage human beings rely on supernatural agencies to explain what they can't
explain otherwise
4. The Metaphysical State- In this stage human beings attribute effects to abstract but poorly understood causes
5. The Positive State- Human beings now understand the scientific laws that control the world
6. Lithograph- Printmaking technique for creating mass produced works of art.
7. Pointillism-a technique of painting small dots of color in applied patterns to form an image

ESK 1: Content- (Know positivism, modernism, Artist biography, history,

characteristics of the paintings)
This will be multiple choice and essay
Provide an explanation for the following items:

MODERNISM

Know Modernism mentality

o Rejection of traditional ideas
Theology
Aristocracy
Mythologies
o New inventions and ideas
Human Evolution-Darwin
Social Equality-Marx
Industrial revolution
Urbanization
Creation of synthetic colors (think post impressionists)
Creation of camera/film (think Realism)
Describe Positivism- How it works
o Cause and Effect
o Scientific method of observation: Patters, Observations, Evidence
o Explain the 3 States of Mind:
Theological State
Metaphysical State
Positive State
How they all influence the Modern art of Realism and Post Impressionism?
Know the Modernism characteristics
o Daily life
o Technology
o Questioning traditional beliefs-experimenting with new psychology
o Modernist figure out what is truth

REALISM

Know Realism characteristics

o Subject matter=daily life
o Low class subject matter
o Dominant pallet earthy tones
Know all 4 Slides and each of their characteristics
o Rue Transonain
o The Stone Breakers
o Olympia
o Luncheon on the Grass

POST IMPRESSIONISM

Know Post Impressionism characteristics

o Representation focuses on artists perspective
o Art= artist interpretation of the world
o Color and Light significant features in works of art
o Subject matter=urban/city life of Parisian middle class
o Painters emotionally unstable=drug/alcohol abuse=altered perceptions of reality
Know all 4 Slides and each of their characteristics plus Artist biography
o Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge
o Van Gogh, Night Caf
o Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the Grand Jatte
o Gaugin, Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?