Describe how Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec uses color in At the Moulin Rouge and explain the significance of his work.

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. In At the Moulin Rouge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec uses long and expressive strokes of unnatural color to depict the sordid gaiety of Parisian nightlife and convey feelings about the world he painted.
2. His paintings, drawings, and prints of Parisian nightlife influenced twentieth-century Expressionist painters.

Art & Culture

You might also like to view...

What do artists apply to charcoal drawings to keep them from smudging?

What will be an ideal response?

Art & Culture

Producer George Pal proved that the atomic age offered a market for ________ movies.

A. melodramatic B. espionage C. science-fiction D. horror

Art & Culture

Around 483 BCE, eight of the earliest stupas were built with the purpose of

a. containing Buddha’s remains, which were divided into eight parts. b. honoring the eight yakshis, the Vedic female spirit figures. c.serving as tombs for Buddha’s eight wives. d. signifying the eight levels of Buddhist consciousness.

Art & Culture

Who is remembered for, at least in part, popularizing scat?

a) Bessie Smith b) Ma Rainey c) Ella Fitzgerald d) Loretta Lynn

Art & Culture