Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Potpourri
100
The Romantic style of art is heavily found in this century?
What is the 19th c.
100
Often called the father of Realism, Gustave Courbet shocked audiences with his gritty, unidealized portrayals of rural life in works such as this one.
What is The Stone Breakers
100
Impressionists often painted at different times of day to explore changes in this natural element.
What is light?
100
This Dutch Post-Impressionist painted The Starry Night and used bold, expressive brushstrokes and color to convey emotion.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
100
This Incan structure, constructed from perfectly fitting stones, remains an impressive architectural feat and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
What is Machu Picchu?
200
Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People commemorated this 1830 political event in France.
What is the July Revolution or second French revolution?
200
Realism emerged during this major 19th-century social and economic shift, as industrialization and urbanization brought attention to the lives of the working class.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
200
This French painter gave the Impressionist movement its name with his painting Impression, Sunrise
Who is Claude Monet?
200
As seen in The Potato Eaters, Post-Impressionists were more interested in painting art to express what?
What is emotional or self expression?
200
This early style step pyramid could be found throughout many city states of ancient Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
300
John Constable’s painting The Hay Wain reflects this artistic movement’s focus on realistic rural scenes and a deep reverence for the English countryside.
What is Naturalism?
300
In contrast to mythological or historical painting, Realists often painted these lower social class figures.
Who are the working class or peasants?
300
Impressionist artists used these quick, visible marks to create a sense of movement and spontaneity in their paintings.
What are loose (or broken) brushstrokes?
300
Known for using tiny dots of pure color, this Post-Impressionist technique was developed by Georges Seurat.
What is Pointillism? (or Neo-Impressionism)
300
This technique, used by both Greek and Roman artists, involves embedding small pieces of glass or stone to create decorative patterns.
What is mosaic?
400
This Spanish artist shocked audiences with his Black Paintings, but earlier captured the horrors of war in The Third of May 1808.
Who is Francisco Goya?
400
This painting's artist was a bridge between Realism and Impressionism.
Who is Édouard Manet?
400
Impressionists often used the subject matter of leisure activity such as what is seen in Le Moulin de la Galette, painted by this artist.
Who is Pierre-Auguste Renoir?
400
This French Post-Impressionist focused on geometric forms and structure, influencing the development of Cubism.
Who is Paul Cézanne?
400
These multi-tiered structures, commonly associated with Buddhist temples in Japan, are designed to symbolize the harmony between heaven and earth.
What is a pagoda?
500
This concept, meaning awe mixed with terror, was a central idea in Romantic landscapes. such as this one.
What is the sublime?
500
In the 1860s, many of Paris's medieval neighborhoods were demolished and replaced with this type of road, often wide, tree-lined and meant to accommodate many forms of traffic.
What is a boulevard?
500
Instead of studios, many Impressionists painted outdoors to capture natural light, using this French term meaning “in the open air.”
What is en plein air?
500
Van-Gogh's The Bedroom in Arles focuses less on substantive messaging and more on this.
What are the elements of art?
500
The geological feature that lines up directly with the center of Stonehenge on the summer and winter solstices is called this.
What is the Heal Stone?