Cave Art
The broad time period in which Xuxa lived.
What is the Stone Age?
or
What is after the Flood?
What is the Song Dynasty?
The beautiful shiny letters and pictures in an illuminated manuscript were made with this precious metal. It was beaten into very thin sheets.
What is gold leaf?
The city where Helen Frankenthaler grew up.
What is New York City?
The meaning of the Chinese word qingming.
What is peaceful and orderly?
Tools used for hunting or protecting yourself in the Stone Age.
What are spears?
or
What are bows and arrows?
The beautiful artform of writing that the Chinese often use.
What is calligraphy?
In medieval art what food item was often used as the paint binder to mix the pigments and hold them together?
What is egg?
Another fun name for Abstract Expressionism.
What is Action Painting?
The invention that allowed people to see as well as remain in a cave for a longer period of time.
What is a stone lamp?
Early people hand stitched animal skins together to make____.
What are clothes?
The approximate length (in feet) of Zhang's most famous painting.
What is 17 feet?
This book was copied by monks and contained illuminated letters or illustrations. It was often kept in a church or the home of a very wealthy person.
What is a Bible?
Who was Jackson Pollock?
A Chinese emperor had 8,000 warriors crafted from this material. Nowdays you might find a potted plant in this material.
What is terracotta?
An application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
What is technology?
Water is methodically added to ink to make lighter and lighter shades. This type of painting is called _____.
What is an ink wash?
This artist created a sketchbook showing drawings and doodles that he planned to use in his illuminations.
Who was Stephan Scriber?
The liquid chemical that breaks down oil paint. Be careful! It's toxic!
What is turpentine?
A delicate, expensive pottery invented in China.
What is porcelain?
Two examples of pigments made from minerals found in nature.
(Any two of these:)
red ochre, yellow, ochre, umber, charcoal, burnt bones, calcite, hematite, and limonite
The name of Zhang's most famous painting.
What is "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"?
Describe the process of applying gold leaf to a page or piece of wood.
A sticky binder (like glue) is painted where you want the gold leaf to show. Then the gold leaf is pressed down and smoothed out. An agate is used to make it shiny and the extra is brushed away.
One of Helen Frankenthaler's most famous paintings.
Mountains and Sea
or
Newfoundland
or
Canyon
The room where a monk would sit and copy Scriptures and do illumination on a manuscript.
What is a scriptorium?