Vocabulary for portraits
Vocabulary for landscapes
Famous paintings
Where art is displayed
Varia
100
a representation of a person or group of people
What is portrait?
100
what is between the foreground and the background
What is middle ground?
100
This still life painting of flowers in a vase is one of the artist’s most recognizable works.
What are Sunflowers?
100
When hanging art, it is also important to consider this aspect
What is lighting?
100
Art in which the idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns.
What is conceptual art?
200
the person (or people) who is (are) shown in a portrait
Who is a sitter?
200
the place from which the viewer sees the landscape, or the place where the artist was sitting or standing when the landscape was made
What is point of view?
200
The name of the object that was entered as a piece of art at an exhibition and was signed ‘R Mutt’. Later it became known as conceptual art.
What is the Fountain?
200
A style of art that depicts objects as geometric shapes that are seen from many different angles at the same time
What is cubist style?
300
the things the sitter is holding or is surrounded by
What are props?
300
the part of a scene that is nearest to and in front of the viewer
What is foreground
300
This is an abstract painting that symbolizes the anguish and pain of modern life.
What is the Scream?
300
You usually would find art displayed for public there
What is an art gallery?
300
Not realistic
What is abstract?
400
what the sitter does with his or her hands
What are gestures?
400
a picture in which the sea is the main feature
What is seascape?
400
This landscape shows how the Impressionists depict the beauty and simplicity of nature.
What are Poppies?
400
When you have more than a few pieces of art, it is called that
What is a collection of art?
400
Of one colour or shades of one colour
What is monochrome?
500
to order a painting to be made
What is to commission?
500
Painters who used colour to capture the feeling of a scene rather than specific details
Who are Impressionists?
500
This black and white painting has become a reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace. The painter is famous for his cubist style.
What is Guernica?
500
This person is in charge of putting together an exhibit at a museum or exhibition
Who is a curator?
500
A picture of inanimate everyday objects
What is still life?
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