What day is it?
TMNT!
I don't want to ask, but here we go
Famous Renaissance Paintings
Potters Potting Pottery
200
What group of artists did we study in November?
Native Americans
200
Name those 4 Ninja Mutant Ninja Turtles, also known as the leading Renaissance artists.
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael & Donatello
200
This Minnestoan doesn't identify as a Native American of the Ojibwe Trive, even though he is. He considers himself an Abstract Expressionist painting, as seen here in "
Spirit Path. New Day. Red Rock Variation: Lake Superior Landscape, 1990"
A mixed medium of acrylic paint and pastel.
George Morrison
200
Salvator Mundi sold for a record-shattering $450.3 million in November 2017. An anonymous buyer who was revealed to be acting on behalf of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Too bad this artist, who also painted the Mona Lisa, isn't alive to receive any of the profits.
Leonardo da Vinci
200
true or false... if you dont slip and score two pieces of clay together they wont stick together in the kiln?
true
Think about gluing two things together... if you dont glue them together, they cant stick together. The "glue for clay is called "slip" and it needs to be squished into scratchy marks called "scoring"
400
Daily Double!!
European artists
How much do you want to wager?
Sam Youkilis
400
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
400
Who took this photo at the Parisian museum, The Louvre, while trying to go see Leonardo da Vinci's
Mona Lisa?
Mrs. Dawes!
400
In what country can the Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa found?
France
400
True or False
It's okay to put a piece of pottery in the kiln, if there is glaze on the bottom of a piece of pottery.
False, that's how you get a piece of pottery stuck to the kiln shelf. Also known as how to spend the next five lunch periods chipping away at the kiln shelf.
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What culture was studied in December?
Middle Eastern Artists
600
In his early 20's he was commissioned to carveThe Statue of David- a symbol of liberty of freedom to the Florentine people, compliments of the Medici Family of course...
Michelangelo.
600
In the painting, "Persistence of Time and Memory" what artist had ants consuming a pocket watch as representation of death and temporality?
Dali 
600
Daily DOUBLE!
How much is your team willing to risk?
Look at this painting, read the question, buzz in!
The School of Athens
600
A piece of bisqued clay has been fired how many times?
Once! Bisqueware is ready to be glazed. It is sometimes called a "biscuit" because its going in an oven.
800
August-October we studied what culture?
Spanish Heritage Month
800
He was commissioned by Pope Julius II to bring church-goers back to Catholicism. Soooo this
"ninja turtle" painted **himself** into
**his painting** "The School of Athens."
Ironic though... He painted himself next to Zoroaster, the founder of the Iranian religion Zoroastrianism, which definitely isnt Catholic, nor run by Pope Julius II.
Raphael.
800
Who stole the Mona Lisa from the Parisian museum, the Louvre, "For Italy!" and then tried to sell it to a Florentine art dealer two years later?
Vincenzo Peruggia
800
This artist also painted the Sistine Chapel, on his back, I'm pretty sure that would have been a hard feat while carving the Statue of David.
800
which is hotter in the kiln?
05 or 5
5
Low O "05"
HighFive! "5"
If low-fire clay is cooked with high-fire clay a big giant melted mess is what you will find in the bottom of the kiln. sigh.
1000
What culture will we be studying in February, as in- what history is studied in the month of February?
Black History Month
1000
Plato and Aristotle are centered, and represent the "vanishing point" in one-point perspective for this "School of Athens" painting...
While both men were students of math, art, and knowledge, who is the "ninja turtle" who represents Plato?
Leonardo da Vinci- the GOAT when it comes to all things enlightening. He studied human bodies, perspectives for drawing, made blueprints for wings, military armor, he studied all things math, art and science.
1000
Who is this Iranian-American artist who is prostests for peace by using interpretive dance?
Darvish Fakh
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1000
What is the name of the museum where La Gioconda, La Joconde, can be viewed?
The Louvre in Paris France.
1000
This is an Oklahoma-based potter who uses molds to make his cups and then paints with glazes or ceramic pencils.
Juan Barroso
