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Question #1

How does Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte differ from Impressionist paintings?

A. in the method of paint application

B. in the bourgeois subject matter

C. in the attention to light and color

D. in the emphasis on the painted surface

Question #2

What motivated Seurat to develop the divisionist technique?

A. He wanted to revive traditional landscape painting.

B. He wanted a more scientific approach to art.

C. He wanted to brighten the Impressionist palette.

D. He wanted to underscore class distinctions in modern France.

Question #3

Georges Seurat's painting technique relying on an optical effect involving spots of color is referred to by what term?

A. Checkerboard

B. Pointillism

C. Color gradation

D. Chevreul theory