Artistic Styles
Facts about Artists
Projects
About Mrs. G
100

This style of art uses illusions to trick the eye.

What is 'op art'?

100

This artist became famous after drawing graffiti on the subway.

Who is Keith Haring?

100

This is the name of the job that Frank Lloyd Wright had, that means to design a building.  We learned about it during our building blocks project.

What is an architect?

100

This is the kind of pet that Mrs. Griesinger has.

What is a dog?  

(Will also accept: what is a very adorable dog?)

200

This style of art focused on making 'bad' popular art into 'good' art, and used mostly primary colors.

What is 'pop art'?

200

This artist used cubism to express his paintings in an unrealistic way (eyes, nose, and mouth may be in the wrong place, etc.)

Who is Pablo Picasso?

200

This word means being thankful.  We learned about it during our Thank You cards project.

What is gratitude?

200

This is Mrs. Griesinger's favorite baseball team.

Who are the Chicago Cubs?

300

This style of art is unrealistic or abstract, and shows shapes broken down into flat, two dimensional forms.

What is 'cubism'?

300

This artist created optical illusions in his artwork, such as the piece featured in 'Night at the Museum 2'.

Who is M.C. Escher?

300

We learned about primary colors during our Pop Art project.  What makes primary colors unique?

What is 'they cannot be mixed using any other colors'?

(Will also accept: they are used to mix all other colors.)

300

FREE SQUARE!

Write down one thing you have learned this year and your team will receive 300 points.

(Mrs. Griesinger loves when you learn from art class!)

You are a rockstar!!!

400

This style of art uses expressive brush strokes and bright, vibrant colors.

What is 'post impressionism'?

400

This artist painted vibrant, colorful landscapes, a style that he started using after he moved to Paris around 1886.

Who is Vincent van Gogh?

400

During our sky project, we drew this kind of image (it is when the paper is wider than it is tall).

What is landscape?

400
This is the college that Mrs. Griesinger attended.

What is Western Michigan University?

500

This style of art is created using words and letters.

What is 'typography'?

500

This artist created work that looked like comic book art, and mostly used primary colors.

Who is Roy Lichtenstein?

500

During our hero shields project, we learned how to use images to represent ideas.  What is this called?

What is symbolism?

500

This is the name of Mrs. Griesinger's beloved pet.

Who is Buckley?

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