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. A cubist painting can combine several viewpoints of a subject on one flat surface.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. Which statement correctly pairs Renaissance painting's historical place with features many of its painters used?

    • It came before impressionism and often used perspective and shading to suggest depth.
    • It came before impressionism and often joined several viewpoints through geometric fragments.
    • It came after impressionism and often used perspective and shading to suggest depth.

  3. Which academic convention did visible impressionist brushstrokes differ from?

    • A loose finish leaving individual brush marks visible
    • A polished finish hiding individual brush marks
    • An outdoor study recording changing light with marks

  4. An artist wants to observe changing outdoor light while painting. Which setup helps?

    • A fixed indoor lamp illuminating a studio model
    • A photograph preserving the light at one moment
    • A portable easel beside the outdoor subject

  5. A portrait joins a front-view eye and a side-view nose in geometric fragments. Which movement is a plausible match?

    • Impressionism
    • Renaissance
    • Cubism

  6. A painted canvas contains coloured bands and dots, with no recognizable subject. Which interpretation fits the lesson's account of non-objective painting?

    • Without a recognizable subject, it can only be an unfinished painting.
    • Painted colour and arrangement can matter without a depicted object.
    • Without a recognizable subject, its colour and arrangement cannot carry meaning.

  7. A painting simplifies a tree into broad shapes, but the tree remains recognizable. Which description fits?

    • Non-objective, with no recognizable subject
    • Not abstract, because the tree remains recognizable
    • Abstract, with a recognizable subject

  8. A learner says a cubist still life cannot succeed because its bottle has no single realistic viewpoint. Which response best revises this judgement?

    • Judge it by whether its fragments could be rearranged into one realistic view.
    • Judge how its combined views serve its aim of exploring a solid subject.
    • Treat a recognizable bottle shape as enough to prove that the painting succeeds.
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  1. True · Combining viewpoints is an approach used in cubism.
  2. It came before impressionism and often used perspective and shading to suggest depth. · Renaissance painting preceded impressionism. Many Renaissance painters used perspective and shading to suggest depth and solid bodies. The answer must match both the historical order and these features.
  3. A polished finish hiding individual brush marks · Visible brushstrokes differ from a polished finish that conceals them.
  4. A portable easel beside the outdoor subject · A portable easel supports working outdoors while observing the changing light.
  5. Cubism · Geometric fragments and joined viewpoints suggest cubism.
  6. Painted colour and arrangement can matter without a depicted object. · Non-objective painting can organize painted colour and form without depicting a recognizable subject. That absence does not establish that it is unfinished or meaningless.
  7. Abstract, with a recognizable subject · Abstraction can simplify a subject while keeping it recognizable.
  8. Judge how its combined views serve its aim of exploring a solid subject. · Evaluate the joined views against the work's aim. Requiring one reconstructed view keeps the original restriction, while recognizing a bottle alone does not establish success.
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