Who invented linear perspective?
Brunelleschi
Who painted The Annuciation?
Fra Fillipo Lippi
When was Peale's museum founded?
1784
What are the elders of the apocalypse holding in the South Rose Window?
perfume and an instrument
Claude Monet was known for what style of painting?
Impressionism
The Annunciation was created for what purpose?
To help decorate the Palazzio Di Medici in Florence
Thick paint texture is called?
Impasto
Which of the four humors does Melancholia reference?
Black Bile
What group stole a huge collection of art from Benin
The British (it's always the British)
What is the key philosophy in impressionist color theory?
The use of complimentary colors.
What was the theme of the South Rose window in Chartres Cathedral?
The glorification of christ
What did Michelangelo call the second pair of doors that Ghiberti created?
"The Gates of Paradise"
What did Moses Williams operate in Long Room of Peale's Museum in Philadelphia?
The physiognotrance
What is the Behaim Beaker an example of?
Venetian cristallo
Why did canvas become popular?
What was the invention that was the most influential in the Age of Discovery?
The magnetic compass
Who is credited with producing the first successful photograph?
Niepce
How many angles are there on the South Rose Window?
Artemisia's art could best be described as?
Naturalistic
What is it called when small dots are used are painted on the surface of a canvas?
stippling
What is the name of the instrument used for copying a drawing or plan at a different scale?
Pantograph
What is tenebrism?
The contrast between light and dark in a painters palatte
How many types of columns are there in the reference guide?
3
In what city did John Chamberlein get his friend's 1929 Ford Pie Wagon, which was used for Velvet White?
South Hampton NY
Frederick Douglass refused to smile when he was photographed to not play into the _________ stereotype?
"Happy Slave"
The Behaim Beaker is from what time period?
Renaissance
What did the venetian artists decorate their glassware with? Name 1
stamps,etched designs,silver foils
How many women are in the art section?
2
A daruerreotype is used to do what?
Take pictures.
What is the specific color referenced in Self Portrait in a Straw hat?
Prussian Blue
When was encaustic painting invented?
Beginning of 4th century
Pre-Roman builders constructed barrel vaults using traditional ?
Ashlar masonry
What are three types of vaults?
Rib,barrel and groin
In what year were there over 12 million TV's?
1951
The adoption of oil paint by European painters began with Early_____painting in Northern Europe?
Netherlandish
Who hired Marie Louise -Vigee- Lebrun to paint her over 30 times in a short period because she so loved her?
Marie Antoinette
What is another name for the painted portraits on the mummy?
Fayum
Islamic Architecture used blue ceramic tiles colored with what material?
cobalt
What was lime used for in stained glass?
Stabilizer
Acrylic paint came to be after what major event?
World War 11
What was the 27' wide window at the top of the Pantheon called?
oculus
What kind of porcelain is celebrated today as one of the first truly global consumer products in world history
blue and white porcelain
A machine developed that projected photos printed on a rotating glass disc is?
Zoopraxiscope
Prior to photography's invention, the most common mode of portrait-taking was called?
silhouette
The collapsible metal tube was invented when?
1841
What is camera obscura?
A camera obscura is a darkened room with a small hole or lens at one side through which an image is projected onto a wall or table opposite the hole.
Who was the Roman emperor during the construction of the Pantheon?
Emperor Hadrian
How many Benin bronze plaques once hung in the audience court of the oba?
850
Who is hailed as the "father of video art"?
Nam June Paik
From what stone, mined in Afghanistan, does prussian blue come from?
Lapis lazuli