Art Movements and Periods
Renaissance in Europe
Processes and Techniques
Non-Western Art
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100
This style of art was inspired by the idea that painting must illustrate all the features of its subjects, including the negative ones.
What is realism?
100
This renaissance artist was widely considered the founder of modern sculpture.
Who is Donatello?
100
Sculpture is created in four basic ways: modeling, casting, construction and __________.
What is carving?
100
This text plays a central role in the practice of Islam, and some of the most valued art objects are beautifully produced copies of this book or containers that hold the sacred text.
What is the Koran or Quran?
100
The Armory Show in New York (1913) marked a shift in the art world, as the _________ ________ (country) became a new center of progressive artistic activity.
What is the United States?
200
This type of art was characterized by a greater sense of movement, drama and energy and was produced during the late sixteenth century through the mid-eighteenth century.
What is Baroque?
200
This artist is credited with developing linear (single vanishing point) perspective.
Who is Brunelleschi?
200
This process is a group of mechanically aided two-dimensional processes that permit the production of multiple original artworks. This can include relief, intaglio and lithography.
What is printmaking?
200
Civilizations like the Olmec, Toltec, Maya, Inca, and Aztec flourished in this part of the world creating art like the Great pyramids and the Mayan Ruins.
What are the Americas?
200
This word refers to the equal distribution of visual weight in a work of art.
What is balance?
(Balance can be symmetrical or asymmetrical)
300
Whereas the Baroque aimed to arouse grand emotions, _______ works were celebrations of gaiety, romance, and the frivolity of the grand life at court, particularly the court at Versailles.
What is Rococo?
300
An important event in the beginning of the Renaissance was a competition held in the city of Florence in 1401 for the design of the doors for the city’s new baptistery. Which famous artist won this competition?
Who is Lorenzo Ghiberti?
300
Oil paints can be easily mixed, and they may be thinned to build up layers of delicate ________, a thin transparent layer that is applied over another color to alter it slightly.
What is glaze?
300
The terracotta army was buried with this country's first emperor. These sculptures entailed the life-like detail of the soldiers and their horses during the early periods of their art.
What is China?
300
Paint is usually composed of three different materials: pigments, _________, and solvents.
Hint: It's the glue that holds it together.
What is a binder?
400
A work by Claude Monet (1840–1926) was the source of this art movement’s name. His artwork was called: "________, Sunrise."
What is Impressionism or Impression?
400
A change in the economy played a key part in triggering the renaissance. What was this change?
What is the development of paper money?
Its use led to the vast fortunes accumulated by notables such as the Medici family, who paid the artist to create art.
400
In this type of printmaking, the artist cuts away parts from the surface of the plate. After being cut, the remaining section stands out from the matrix.
What is relief printmaking?
400
Some of the oldest examples in African Art are _______ paintings in what is now Namibia.
What are cave paintings?
400
The Church reacted to the Protestant Reformation by launching a _______ ___________, which emphasized, even more than before, lavish church decoration and art of a highly dramatic and emotional nature.
What is the Counter Reformation?
500
This type of artwork is shown in the work of Jacques Louis David (Oath of the Horatii) and was a revival in the interest of Greek and Roman art. The idea of a democratic republic ruled by and for the people was reflected in the artwork of this time.
What is Neoclassicism?
500
The transition from later medival period to the renaissance is connected to this artist who is best known for this frescoes.
Who is Giotto di Bondone?
500
This is a process in which the image is drawn with a waxy pencil or crayon directly on a plate. The greasy image is hardened, and decorated with ink.
What is lithography?
500
Japanese artists are best known for this type of art in the Western World.
Hint:
What is printmaking?
Woodblock prints
500
This is a water-based opaque paint that is similar to tempera, but of higher quality. It has more body and dries more slowly than watercolor and is a good medium for creating bright colors, often used for design and fine artwork.
What is Gouache?
