Meaning "light-dark" in Italian, this term refers to the effect of 3-dimensionality through shading.
What is chiaroscuro?
100
In ancient Egypt, this was the name given to the animating spirit that lived on after the death of the body.
What is ka?
100
The nineteenth-century style that emphasizes wild emotions, strong colors, and painterly brushwork. Famous works included "The Raft of the Medusa" and "Liberty Leading the People."
What is Romanticism?
100
Also known as "La Giaconda," this portrait by Leonardo da Vinci is considered the world's most famous painting.
What is Mona Lisa?
100
The process of painting on plaster so the paint is absorbed and becomes part of the wall. Giotto's Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel is an example.
What is fresco?
200
Meaning "counterpose," this term refers to a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot.
What is contrapposto?
200
The Italian city that was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, giving us our most complete archaeological knowledge about Roman town planning and domestic interiors.
What is Pompeii?
200
A period that followed the High Renaissance, it stressed elegance, unusual color combinations, and elongated bodies. Artists included Parmagianino, Pontormo, and Bronzino.
What is Mannerism?
200
This American Pop artist, known for his images of soup cans, coined the term "15 minutes of fame."
Who is Andy Warhol?
200
A method of painting where pigment is mixed with a linseed, this medium was imported to Italy from Northern Europe during the Renaissance. The van Eyck brothers were famous for using this medium.
What is oil painting?
300
A painter of the Italian Baroque period who created dramatic compositions such as "Bacchus" and "The Calling of St. Matthew"?
Who is Caravaggio?
300
The dominant temple on the Athenian acropolis, where the sculptural program known as the "Elgin Marbles" was taken from.
What is the Parthenon?
300
Early twentieth century French movement that used bright colors, these artists were nicknamed the "wild beasts."
What is Fauvism?
300
This Italian writer of the 1500s is known as the "father of art history" and wrote "The Lives of the Artists" sponsored by the Medici family.
Who is Giorgio Vasari?
300
A method of metalworking in which an original is modeled in wax and covered with clay. When the wax is melted out, the resulting mold is filled with molten metal.
What is lost wax process (lost wax casting)?
400
Russian twentieth century painter known for his surrealistic images of Jewish life.
Who is Chagall?
400
A style of architecture in Medieval Europe, literally meaning "in the Roman style" and known for its rounded arches.
What is Romanesque?
400
Movement led by Gustave Courbet that challenged the French Academy and tried to show the realities of French life.
What is Realism?
400
Rome's first emperor, he was immortalized in a statue found at his wife's house in Prima Porta.
Who is Augustus (Octavian)?
400
One of the earliest photographic processes, this method exposes the image directly onto a highly-polished, light-sensitive silver plate.
What is a daguerreotype?
500
An optical device whose name means "dark room" that projects an image onto paper or canvas to trace, this tool may have been used by Johannes Vermeer to compose his paintings.
What is camera obscura?
500
In ancient Rome, this was the elevation of the emperor to divine status.
What is apotheosis?
500
Avant-garde Russian art movement that focused on the artist as a creator and worker, following the 1917 revolution.
What is Constructivism?
500
This midwestern US city is named after the French king who commissioned the royal chapel of Ste-Chapelle in Paris, the gothic structure lavishly decorated with stained glass.
What is St. Louis, Missouri?
500
Used in Hiberno-Saxon artwork, this method is made by joining wires to a metal plate and filling the hollows with colored enamel.