Artists
This Italian artist painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Michelangelo
Famous artwork of Hokusai which depicts depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a large, cresting wave forming a spiral in the center and Mount Fuji visible in the background. This is also considered as the most reproduced artwork of all time.
Great Wave off Kanagawa / Under the Wave off Kanagawa
This medium involves creating images by applying pigments mixed with a binder onto a rigid surface, such as canvas or wood.
Painting
This mid-19th-century movement focused on depicting everyday life and ordinary people.
Realism
A Philippine painting depicting a despoiling scene in a Roman circus where dead gladiators are stripped of weapons and garments which in turn is considered by scholars as a depiction of the Philippines as a colony of Spain.
Spoliarium
The Grand Old Man of the Philippine Art
Fernando Amorsolo
This painting by Fernando Amorsolo, known for its depiction of rural life and vibrant use of light, showcases a woman carrying a basket of mangoes
The Fruit Gatherer
This medium involves creating images by applying pigment mixed with water onto a wet plaster surface.
Fresco
This movement, co-founded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, is known for its fragmented and abstracted forms.
Cubism
This ancient Chinese philosophy greatly influenced traditional Chinese landscape painting
Daoism
A controversial artist whose works often involved street graffiti, political satire, and installation art works.
Banksy
This painting by Juan Luna, often paired with "Spoliarium," reflects the influence of European Romanticism on Philippine art.
Blood Compact
This medium involves mixing pigment with egg yolk as a binder for painting.
Tempera
This period, which means "rebirth," saw a renewed interest in the classical art and ideas of ancient Greece and Rome.
Renaissance
Mexican Author who said "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable".
Cesar A. Cruz
This Norwegian artist is known for his Symbolist painting "The Scream."
Edward Munch
This famous painting by Sandro Botticelli depicts the goddess Venus emerging from the sea on a shell.
Birth of Venus
This Renaissance painting technique involves blending colors together to create a soft, hazy effect.
Sfumato
This early 20th-century avant-garde movement was a reaction against the horrors of World War I and embraced absurdity
Dadaism
This Japanese art form, meaning "pictures of the floating world," includes woodblock prints and paintings depicting scenes from everyday life.
Ukiyo-e
This French Impressionist painter is known for his series of water lilies and his garden in Giverny.
Claude Monet
This large mural by Pablo Picasso, created in response to the bombing of a Basque town during the Spanish Civil War, is a powerful anti-war statement
Guernica
This technique, common in Asian ink wash painting, involves diluting ink with water to create varying shades of gray and black.
Sumi-e
This Italian artist is known for his intense use of light and shadow, exemplified in "The Calling of Saint Matthew and for being a major artist for the Baroque movement of 1600s
Caravaggio
This Japanese aesthetic concept, which means "beauty in imperfection," values simplicity, asymmetry, and the passage of time.
Wabi-sabi