Movements: Why Painting Kept Changing · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Why painting kept changing

Arts & Music · Visual Art · ages 14-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Cubism shows several views of one thing at once on a flat canvas.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. Which order puts the four movements in time?

    • Renaissance, impressionism, cubism, abstraction
    • Cubism, Renaissance, abstraction, impressionism
    • Impressionism, abstraction, Renaissance, cubism

  3. What were the impressionists reacting against?

    • Bright colours and daylight
    • Dark studio finishes and exact drawing
    • Painting people at all

  4. Why did cameras free painters to invent cubism?

    • Cameras banned outdoor painting
    • Film made paint cheaper
    • Photos took over exact views, so painters showed known views at once

  5. A portrait shows an eye from the front and a nose from the side. Which movement does it belong to?

    • Impressionism
    • Renaissance
    • Cubism

  6. A canvas holds only colour, shape, and balance, with no object to name. Why is it still painting?

    • It hangs in a frame
    • It uses the painter tools to hold the eye
    • It took a long time

  7. An unfamiliar painting uses flat muted shapes from front, side, and top at once. Which movement might it belong to, and why?

    • Impressionism, because the shapes are muted
    • Renaissance, because the subject is solid
    • Cubism, because it joins several views on one flat surface

  8. A learner hangs a cubist guitar next to Renaissance portraits and calls it a failed window. What is the mistake?

    • Hanging pictures of different sizes together
    • Judging it by the single viewpoint rule it rejected
    • Mixing muted browns with bright walls
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  1. True · Multi view honesty about flatness is the cubist answer.
  2. Renaissance, impressionism, cubism, abstraction · Renaissance balance came first, abstraction last.
  3. Dark studio finishes and exact drawing · They left the dark studio for live outdoor light.
  4. Photos took over exact views, so painters showed known views at once · With exact looks handled, painters asked what photos cannot do.
  5. Cubism · Joined views from walking around the subject means cubism.
  6. It uses the painter tools to hold the eye · The painter tools still work with no object left.
  7. Cubism, because it joins several views on one flat surface · Name the movement from what sits on the canvas.
  8. Judging it by the single viewpoint rule it rejected · Cubism threw the window rule away on purpose.
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