Elements and Principles
Famous Artists
Art History
Techniques and Mediums
Art Terms and Vocabulary
100

What element of art refers to lightness or darkness of a color?

Value

100

Who painted The Persistence of Memory?

Salvador Dalí

100

What art movement did Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci live in?

Renaissance

100

What medium is used in watercolor painting?

Water

100

A preliminary drawing or plan for a painting.

Sketch

200

This principle of design deals with size relationships in an artwork.

Proportion

200

This artist cut off part of his ear

Vincent Van Gogh

200

This movement focused on emotion and nature, popular in the 1800s.

Romanticism

200

Which drawing technique uses fine parallel lines for shading?

Hatching

200

A painting technique where fresh plaster is painted while wet.

fresco

300

Name two types of balance used in composition.

Symmetrical and Asymmetrical 

300

This Renaissance artist painted The School of Athens.

Raphael

300

Name the movement that used bright colors and visible brush strokes, starting in France.

Impressionism

300

In sculpture, what is subtractive technique?

carving or removing material

300

A focal point in art is used to create what?

Emphasis

400

Which element uses surface feel, like smooth or rough?

Texture

400

Female Mexican painter known for self-portraits and symbolism.

Frida Kahla

400

What ancient civilization is known for pyramids and hieroglyphs?

Egypt

400

This painting medium uses pigment and hot wax.

Encaustic

400

What is a “triptych”

3 paneled artwork

500

This principle creates the appearance of movement using repetition or pattern.

Rhythm

500

This artist is known for his large-scale Pop Art, including soup cans.

Andy Warhol

500

The Bauhaus school is connected to which style of modern design and architecture?

Modernism

500

The technique of using tiny dots to create an image is called what?

Pointillism

500

The visual weight or importance of objects in an artwork is called what

Hierarchy

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