Art Movements
This art movement focused on accurate, detailed depictions of everyday life.
What is Realism?
American artist known for painting ordinary people and rural life.
Who is Grant Wood?
Thick application of paint that creates texture.
What is impasto?
Art created in the United States that reflects American life and culture.
What is American art?
The year the Armory Show took place.
What is 1913?
This movement used light, loose brushstrokes, and everyday scenes.
What is Impressionism?
French artist famous for painting water lilies and outdoor scenes.
Who is Claude Monet?
The use of light and dark to create depth in art.
What is shading?
This group of artists painted gritty scenes of urban life.
Who were the Ashcan School artists?
The country whose modern art most shocked American viewers.
What is France?
This movement emphasized emotional expression and bold colors over realism.
What is Expressionism?
Answer: Artist known for fractured, geometric portraits like Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
The arrangement of elements within a work of art.
What is composition?
Painting showing farmers standing in front of their house with a pitchfork.
What is American Gothic?
The type of artwork many Americans thought was strange and confusing.
What is abstract art?
This movement broke objects into geometric shapes and showed multiple viewpoints.
What is Cubism?
Artist whose painting The Sniper was criticized for its modern style.
Who is John Sloan?
A color scheme using colors next to each other on the color wheel.
What are analogous colors?
The city most associated with early American modern art exhibitions.
What is New York City?
The New York building where the show was held.
What is an armory?
This early 20th‑century movement shocked audiences with abstract and modern artwork.
What is Modernism?
Swiss-born artist associated with abstract compositions and color theory.
Who is Wassily Kandinsky?
A technique where the subject is shown from multiple angles at once.
What is "multiple perspective"?
This event introduced modern European art to the American public.
What is the Armory Show?
This famous painting by Duchamp caused outrage at the show.
What is Nude Descending a Staircase?