Art History Movements
This movement, characterized by small, visible brushstrokes and an emphasis on the accurate depiction of light in everyday life, flourished in 19th-century Paris.
What is Impressionism?
This Dutch post-impressionist famously cut off part of his own ear.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
The element of art that refers to the emptiness or area around, between, above, below, or within objects.
What is Space?
This medium uses pigment suspended in water, and when dry, it can be easily re-activated by adding more water.
What is Watercolor?
This iconic Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci is housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
What is the Mona Lisa?
Artists in this early 20th-century movement, like Picasso, fractured subjects into geometric forms viewed from multiple angles.
What is Cubism?
This Renaissance master painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
The property of color that describes its intensity or purity.
What is Saturation (or Chroma)?
Pigment mixed with egg yolk as a binder creates this ancient, fast-drying paint.
What is Tempera?
This fresco by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel shows God reaching out to touch Adam's finger.
What is The Creation of Adam?
Emerging after WWI, this movement sought to channel the subconscious mind through dreamlike, illogical scenes.
What is Surrealism?
Known for his melting clocks, this Spanish Surrealist painted "The Persistence of Memory."
Who is Salvador Dalí?
A repeating visual element that creates rhythm and movement in a design.
What is a Pattern?
A technique involving layering thin, translucent washes of oil paint.
What is Glazing?
Edvard Munch’s famous painting featuring a figure against a swirling, blood-red sky.
What is The Scream?
Known for its emphasis on bold, pure colors and simplified forms, this style followed Fauvism and was closely associated with German expressionism.
What is Expressionism?
An American Pop Artist known for his repeated images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe.
Who is Andy Warhol?
The arrangement of the visual elements to create interest, excitement, or calm in a work of art.
What is Composition?
What is the subtractive process in sculpture where material is carved away from a solid block?
What is Subtractive Sculpture?
Grant Wood's famous double portrait featuring a stern-looking farmer and a woman in front of a white house.
What is American Gothic?
A rejection of traditional aesthetics in the 1960s and 70s that used industrial materials and focused on the idea over the final product.
What is Conceptual Art?
This early Renaissance figure is credited with pioneering linear perspective in painting.
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
The principle of design that refers to the difference between elements, such as dark next to light or large next to small.
What is Contrast?
A printmaking technique where the artist draws directly onto a stone or metal plate with a greasy substance.
What is Lithography?
Iconic landscape featuring melting pocket watches by Salvador Dalí
The Persistence of Memory