Jules Chéret: Pioneer of Color Printing
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How did Cheret's figures appear on his posters?

  • With detailed background scenes
  • Interacting with other figures
  • Floating on the surface of the poster (correct)
  • In a realistic perspective
  • What technique did Jules Cheret develop in Paris in 1860?

  • Two-color printing
  • Four-color printing (correct)
  • Monochromatic printing
  • Metal engraving
  • Which artists adopted Cheret's mature style by the late 1880s?

  • Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir
  • Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne
  • Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali
  • Pierre Bonnard and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (correct)
  • How did Cheret integrate the lettering into his poster designs?

    <p>By hand-painting the lettering himself</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of Cheret's posters did other artists emphasize?

    <p>Decorative flatness of the pattern</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Jules Cheret developed a system of two-color printing in Paris in 1860.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Cheret's posters consisted of multiple life-size figures and elaborate text.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Cheret's posters featured figures detached from any perspective, with their feet on the ground but floating on the surface.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Cheret had to rely on engravers to reproduce his designs on metal and wood.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Cheret's studio and printing factory carried out the reproduction and printing of his designs, sometimes on a scale of up to $2.5$ meters high.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The combination of a single figure and minimal text was widely adopted by other artists after Cheret.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Cheret's mature style was achieved by the late 1890s and was adopted by artists like Pierre Bonnard and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The lettering on Cheret's posters was machine-printed, which integrated it into the design.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Cheret studied the latest printing techniques in London before developing his own system in Paris.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Cheret's posters echo the spontaneous glimpses of photography.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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