Please review terms in the list below. Look up any terms you are not sure about.
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Complete the two study sheets below to prepare for the final. This information will help you answer some short answer questions as well as help you with the essay question below.





FINAL EXAM JUNE 2011 ESSAY QUESTION: COMPARE THE TWO LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS BELOW.
Describe what you see in each of them. Compare and contrast the use of elements and principles in each, in terms of style, technique, use of color, verisimilitude, composition, etc. Answer the question, "which painting looks more 'real'?". Defend your answer. (fyi, there is no one correct answer to this question)


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PAUL CEZANNE, THE BROOK, c.1895







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ALBERT BIERSTADT, LANDSCAPE - NEW HAMPSHIRE, c.1857-59











FINAL EXAM ESSAY QUESTION, JUNE 2010
Below is a painting by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec titled "At the Moulin Rouge". Active in the late 1800's in Paris,Toulouse Lautrec was an important innovator in the design and general look of the poster style, as we know it. One of his posters was included in the Portrait presentation in class with regard to "posterization".

On the final exam, you will be asked to describe and analyze this painting using terms from the list included above.

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