Art Technique
What art technique uses a pencil to create light and dark areas?
shading!
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci!
What element of art refers to how light or dark a color is?
Value!
What ancient civilization built the pyramids of Giza?
Egypt!
What are the three traditional primary colors in basic painting?
Red, yellow, and blue!
What technique uses small dots to create an image?
Pointillism!
Who painted The Starry Night>
Vincent Van Gogh!
What element describes the surface quality of an artwork?
Texture
What period in European history revived interest in classical Greek and Roman art?
Renaissance!
What color do you get when you mix blue and yellow paint?
Green!
What is the technique of painting on wet plaster called?
Fresco!
Which Spanish artist helped develop Cubism with Georges Braque?
Pablo Picasso!
What element refer to the path made by moving point?
Line!
What are movement is known for painting everyday life and changing effects of light?
Impressionism!
What do you call colors opposite each other on the color wheel?
Complementary colors!
What technique uses small pieces of colored glass, stone, or tile to create an image?
Mosaic!
Which Mexican artist is famous for self-portraits and works inspired by her life?
Frida Kahlo!
What term describes the area around, between, and within objects in an artwork?
Space!
What art movement uses dreamlike scenes and unexpected combinations of objects?
Surrealism!
What is the term for a color made by mixing a primary color with a neighboring secondary color?
What painting technique uses transparent layers of paint to create depth and richness?
Glazing!
Which Dutch artist painted The Night Watch?
Rembrandt!
What term describes how an artwork distributes visual weight to create stability?
Balance!
What early 20th-century movement used geometric shapes to show subjects from multiple viewpoints?
Cubism!
What color scheme uses different shades, tints, and tones of a single hue?
Monochromatic color scheme!