The Start of Modernism is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 Visual Arts CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Post-Impressionism developed as a reaction primarily to which earlier movement's focus on capturing a fleeting visual impression?
Impressionism
Neoclassicism
Cubism
Surrealism
Answer: Impressionism — Post-Impressionist artists retained some of Impressionism's interest in colour and everyday subject matter, but pushed beyond its focus on fleeting visual impressions.
Easy
2. The technique of applying small dots or strokes of pure colour that the eye optically blends from a distance is called:
Pointillism or Divisionism
Impasto
Fresco
Grisaille
Answer: Pointillism or Divisionism — Pointillism (or Divisionism) is a technique in which small dots or strokes of pure colour are applied so the eye optically blends them when viewed from a distance.
Medium
3. Rather than forming a single unified style, Post-Impressionism covers several distinct individual directions, unified mainly by a shared reaction against what earlier movement?
Answer: Impressionism — Post-Impressionism was unified mainly by a shared reaction to Impressionism's emphasis on momentary visual sensation, rather than being a single cohesive style itself.
