Renaissance
Baroque
Modern
20th Century
Elements of Art
100
The invention of this helped artist to slow down and add more detail to their paintings, even change things before the paint dried.
What is oil paints
100
Osias Beert the Elder's, Basket of Flowers is what subject group?
What is Still Life
100
Oedipus at Colonus illustrates a story from
What is Greek Legend
100
Henri Matisse was a leader of this art group who believed in using intense, non-natural colors and rough, broken brushstrokes.
What is Fauvist (wild beasts)
100
A work that uses symbols, often human forms, to stand for ideas or to convey messages.
What is Allegory
200
This is used as a symbol of holiness in Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child.
What is Light
200
An ancient Greek legend, a woman with the ability to foretell future events.
What is Sibyl
200
This art style was developed in France during the late Modern period. They were interested in light and color, when seen as a whole.
Impressionism
200
He was born in Switzerland and wrote about theories of art and color.
What is Paul Klee
200
Pairs of colors that are across from each other on the color wheel. The have contrast and when mixed together they create neutral colors.
What are complementary colors.
300
He was a successful painter and devout Catholic monk.
Who is Fra Angelico
300
Painted Landscape with a Rock Arch and River (c. 1628-30).
Who is Claude Lorrain
300
He was the first successful African-American professional artist to work on the west coast of the United States.
Who is Grafton Tyler Brown
300
She wrote many books about the history of Taos and its people.
Who is Blanche Grant
300
Three-dimensional shape of an object
What is form
400
This was an important subject matter during the Renaissance.
What is Religious
400
He is sometimes called "the Dutch Claude"
Who is Aelbert Cuyp
400
His paintings helped convince Congress to create Yellowstone National Park, the first national park in the world.
Who is Thomas Moran
400
Paul Jenkins used this medium in his painting, Phenomena Imperial: Vault of Dynasty
What is Acrylic Paints
400
These colors recede back (farther away)
What are cool colors
500
Died of the plaque when he was only 30.
Who is Giorgione
500
Christoffel Pierson's Niche with Falconry Gear, uses this technique which "fools the eye".
What is trompe l'oeil
500
William Merritt Chase used this material in Mrs. Chase and Child (I'm Going to See Grandma)
What is pastels
500
She is known for her glass still life paintings.
Who is Janet Fish
500
The way an object feels on its surface when you touch it.
What is texture
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