Escher
What were the initials that Escher was known by?
MC
What type or style of artist was Grandma Moses?
Folk Artist
Name one element of art that we have already studied this year.
Line or color
In what city did the world's biggest unsolved art heist occur?
Boston
What is made when you mix two primary colors?
A secondary Color
Why did Escher leave Italy?
He didn't want his children to be raised as Fascists during World War II
How old was Grandma Moses when she became a full time artist?
78
Name three different types of lines.
Diagonal, Horizontal, Vertical, Wavy, Zig Zag, Curved, straight, dotted, dashed
Name the museum that the heist occurred in.
The Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum
How do you make the color lighter when you are using water color?
Use more water.
Escher liked to create patterns with repeating shapes. What is this style of art called?
A tessellation.
How many children did Grandma Moses have?
10
Analagous
How did Isabella Stewart Gardener get the money to start the museum?
Inheritance from her father, Her husband also worked in textiles.
What kind of art is it when you use more than one medium to create it?
Multi-Media art
What kind of student was Escher when he was young?
A bad one. He was sick a lot and failed second grade.
When Grandma Moses became famous, where was her art published?
Postage Stamps and Calendars
If colors are opposite each other on the color wheel what are they called?
Complimentary
What do you see on the walls in the place of the missing art when you go to the Gardener Museum today?
Empty frames
What is the worst thing you can do to a watercolor paint brush?
Smash it like spider legs
Escher was famous for creating artwork with what kind of architecture?
Impossible architecture
How old was Grandma Moses when she died?
101
If you take a secondary color and add some more of one of the primary colors, what does that create?
A tertiary color
Nobody could ever change anything.
Name three different mediums we have used in art so far this year.
Colored pencil, crayon, marker, water color, oil pastels, tempera paints