Art Lesson 1&2
He said, “Have nothing in your houses
that you do not know to be useful,
or believe to be beautiful.”
Who is William Morris?
This art style means “Wild Beasts” because 4 painters used bold, non natural, “fierce” colors.
What is fauvism?
An African-American painter known for his representation of African-American life in the early 1900's.
Who is Jacob Lawrence?
This type of perspective typically has a vanishing point.
What is Linear perspective?
What is Sandy?
This Revolution is what inspired William Morris to create beautiful letters in books, stained glass, and tapestries.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This artist was well known for Cubism; a revolutionary, early 20th-century art movement that depicted subjects from multiple viewpoints at once, fragmenting them into geometric shapes.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
When Jacob Lawrence was young, his mother enrolled him in art classes in this neighborhood of New York City.
What is Harlem?
The art project you made that has repetition.
What is a quilt?
This is what Calder packed in a suitcase and traveled around showing audiences.
What is a circus?
His art was inspired by nature and can be seen in Paris.
Who is Hector Guimard?
He said, "Color, above all and perhaps even more than drawing, is a liberation."
Who is Henri Matisse?
This 60 panel series gained Lawrence national recognition when he was just 23 years old.
What is the Migration Series?
This type of perspective is paler and more blurred in the background.
What is aerial perspective?
On Antiques Roadshow, a woman's aunt gave this to Alexander Calder because he was so impressed.
What is a pillow with his artwork?
The French meaning for "New Art".
What is Art Nouveau?
This is Pablo Picasso's most famous painting.
A. The Happy Woman
B. The Sad Woman
C. The Weeping Woman
D. The Angry Woman
What is C. The Weeping Woman?
Jacob Lawrence was born in this city.
A. New York City
B. Atlantic City
C. Atlanta
D. Detroit
What is B. Atlantic City?
This is how you would color trees in a picture that are closer to you.
A. Darker
B. Lighter
What is A. Darker?
The grandson of this famous painter re-engineered one of Calder's sculptures to make it more buoyant.
A. Pablo Picasso
B. Henri Matisse
C. Hector Guimard
Who is B. Henri Matisse?
The time period for Modern Art.
What is 1860's-1970's?
He said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
Who is Pablo Picasso?
Lawrence referred to his style of painting at this type of cubism.
A. Dynamic
B. Bold
C. Simple
What is A. Dynamic?
This is where you may see a quilt when driving along the back roads.
What is a barn?
This is the name of a non moveable structure that Calder was famous for creating.
What is a stabile?