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Lindsey / Madison trivia
100

The softest / darkest type of graphite pencil 

6B

100
The lightness or darkness of a color or tone

What is value

100

An artist who specialized in zooming in closely on different objects from nature

Who is Georgia O'Keefe

100

The civilization / culture that the Minotaur is from

What is Ancient Greece

100
Madison's major at SAIC

Comics

200

A technique created by making tiny dots with oil pastels

Stipling

200

The way that different elements are arranged within a painting or drawing

What is composition

200
An artist who was one of the most famous Impressionists

Claude Monet

200

Name at least four animals that make up the Japanese dragon

Deer antlers, camel head, fish scales, clam belly, eagle talons, eyes of demon

200

The city where Lindsey was born

Paris, France
300

The term to descibe the technique of mixing dark ink into a layer of lighter ink

Wet-into-wet technique

300

The surface quality of an object

What is texture

300

The artist who painted "Mr. Pointy," on view at the museum

Takashi Murakami

300

Why did wealthy families commission artists to make religious images in both Buddhist and Christian cultures

To gain spiritual benefits / plea for eternal life

300

The city where Lindsey grew up / moved from to go to Chicago

Washington DC

400

The term to describe a color mixed with white

What is a tint

400
The intensity or vividness of a color

Saturation

400

Within 100 less or more, how many paintings did Van Gogh create in his lifetime

900

400

The term to describe a Buddhist stone tablet 

Stele

400
Madison's favorite Marvel comics character

Loki (the God of Stories)

500
A technique of using thick paint to create a heavily textured effect, often used by Van Gogh

Impasto

500

An intense contrast between light and dark values used to create an image that looks three-dimensional 

What is chiaroscuro 

500

A Japanese artist who painted with his feet

Who is Kazuo Shiraga
500

The Japanese mythological creature with a womans head and snake body

Nore-onna

500

The school where Lindsey went to undergrad for her BFA

Penn State

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