Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation
Baroque and Rococo
Art of the Americas
Neoclassicism and Premodernism
Modern & Contemporary Art
100
Giorgio Vasari coined the common title of this iconic painting by Leonardo da Vinci, which takes its name from the likely subject of the portrait and the term of respect for "madam" or "my lady."

What is the Mona Lisa?

100
This grandiose style was a direct result of the Council of Trent, which established various artistic initiatives to support the Catholic Church and counteract the Protestant Reformation.
What is Baroque art?
100
This monumental sculpture found in San Lorenzo, Mexico may represent a specific individual from the ancient Olmec culture.
What is the Colossal Head?
100
Premodernism concerns these two movements.
What are Romanticism and Realism?
100
Often called the first modern painting, this work was not shown in the official Salon exhibition but instead shocked audiences at the "Salon of the Rejected."

What is The Luncheon on the Grass?

200
This High Renaissance artist died young at the age of 37 but produced a massive body of work during his short life, which has added to his mythological standing, making him a symbol of the Renaissance ideal of young artistic genius.
Who is Raphael?
200
An exaggerated form of chiaroscuro, this dramatic use of shadow is especially evident in the work of Caravaggio, giving his paintings a theatrical or cinematic feel.
What is tenebrism?
200
This city emerged as Mesoamerica's first truly urban settlement around 200 CE.
What is Teotihuacan?
200
Neoclassicism is directly tied to this era, an intellectual movement which privileged science and reason over emotion.
What is the Age of Enlightenment?
200
An artistic term relating to the Impressionists who began to paint outdoors, literally meaning "in the open air."
What is "en plein air?"
300
This term, coined by Titian, refers to a particular mood of Venetian painting, in which the work becomes a visual form of poetry.

What is "poésie?"

300
This Rococo painting depicts a man, his partner, her lover, a sculpture of Cupid, and a dog.

What is The Swing?

300
We might be tempted to compare this Aztec temple in Tenochtitlan to the pyramids of Egypt or the Ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia.
What is the Templo Mayor?
300

Painted in 1774, this work was inspired by the seventeenth-century drama, Horace, which itself was based on ancient Roman history.

What is the Oath of the Horatii?

300
This artist specifically focused on ballet dancing in order to study and depict motion in his paintings.
Who is Edgar Degas?
400
At once innovative and inscrutable, this late-Renaissance style emphasized exaggerated forms, proportions, and expressions and is widely looked down upon as a period of artistic decline.
What is Mannerism?
400
In 1648, Louis XIV founded this institution as a way to maintain control over French art and culture.
What is the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture?
400
These geoglyphs (earth drawings) in the southwestern region of Peru remain a mystery.
What are the Nazca lines?
400
Goya produced this work as an emotional response to the execution of hundreds of Spanish prisoners by a French firing squad on May 3rd, 1808.

What is the Third of May, 1808?

400
Maya Lin's proposal for this minimalist monument in Washington D.C. was initially the subject of much controversy before eventually being embraced by the public.
What is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?
500

Veronese's 1573 painting, originally titled Last Supper, was forced to change its name to this after it became the subject of scrutiny during the Inquisition.

What is Feast in the House of Levi?

500

This category of painting, which depicts the leisure activities of the aristocracy and wealthy classes, was added to the academic genres during the Rococo era.

What is the fête galante?

500
This ceramic style, composed of slip-painted designs, borrows from prehistoric pottery as well as Euro-American Art Deco.
What is blackware?
500

Completely disregarding the stylistic traditions of Neoclassicism, this Romanticist painted Snowstorm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, in 1812.

Who is Joseph Mallord William Turner?
500

A leader of the Pop art movement, this artist focused on the influence of celebrities on mainstream culture, as evidenced in his work, Marilyn Diptych.

Who is Andy Warhol?
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