What group of artists did we study in November?
Native Americans
Name those 4 Ninja Mutant Ninja Turtles, also known as the leading Renaissance artists.
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael & Donatello

This Minnestoan doesn't identify as a Native American of the Ojibwe Trive, even though he is. He considers himself an Abstract Expressionist painting, as seen here in "
Spirit Path. New Day. Red Rock Variation: Lake Superior Landscape, 1990"
A mixed medium of acrylic paint and pastel.
George Morrison
Salvator Mundi sold for a record-shattering $450.3 million in November 2017. An anonymous buyer who was revealed to be acting on behalf of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Too bad this artist, who also painted the Mona Lisa, isn't alive to receive any of the profits.

Leonardo da Vinci
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true or false... if you dont slip and score two pieces of clay together they wont stick together in the kiln?
true
Think about gluing two things together... if you dont glue them together, they cant stick together. The "glue for clay is called "slip" and it needs to be squished into scratchy marks called "scoring"

Daily Double!!
European artists
How much do you want to wager?
Sam Youkilis

Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who took this photo at the Parisian museum, The Louvre, while trying to go see Leonardo da Vinci's
Mona Lisa?

Mrs. Dawes!

In what country can the Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa found?
France
True or False
It's okay to put a piece of pottery in the kiln, if there is glaze on the bottom of a piece of pottery.
False, that's how you get a piece of pottery stuck to the kiln shelf. Also known as how to spend the next five lunch periods chipping away at the kiln shelf.
What culture was studied in December?
Middle Eastern Artists
In his early 20's he was commissioned to carveThe Statue of David- a symbol of liberty of freedom to the Florentine people, compliments of the Medici Family of course...

Michelangelo.

In the painting, "Persistence of Time and Memory" what artist had ants consuming a pocket watch as representation of death and temporality?
Dali 
Daily DOUBLE!
How much is your team willing to risk?
Look at this painting, read the question, buzz in!
The School of Athens

A piece of bisqued clay has been fired how many times?
Once! Bisqueware is ready to be glazed. It is sometimes called a "biscuit" because its going in an oven.
August-October we studied what culture?
Spanish Heritage Month
He was commissioned by Pope Julius II to bring church-goers back to Catholicism. Soooo this
"ninja turtle" painted **himself** into
**his painting** "The School of Athens."
Ironic though... He painted himself next to Zoroaster, the founder of the Iranian religion Zoroastrianism, which definitely isnt Catholic, nor run by Pope Julius II.
Raphael.
Who stole the Mona Lisa from the Parisian museum, the Louvre, "For Italy!" and then tried to sell it to a Florentine art dealer two years later?
Vincenzo Peruggia

This artist also painted the Sistine Chapel, on his back, I'm pretty sure that would have been a hard feat while carving the Statue of David.



which is hotter in the kiln?
05 or 5
5
Low O "05"
HighFive! "5"
If low-fire clay is cooked with high-fire clay a big giant melted mess is what you will find in the bottom of the kiln. sigh.

What culture will we be studying in February, as in- what history is studied in the month of February?
Black History Month
Plato and Aristotle are centered, and represent the "vanishing point" in one-point perspective for this "School of Athens" painting...
While both men were students of math, art, and knowledge, who is the "ninja turtle" who represents Plato?

Leonardo da Vinci- the GOAT when it comes to all things enlightening. He studied human bodies, perspectives for drawing, made blueprints for wings, military armor, he studied all things math, art and science.
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Who is this Iranian-American artist who is prostests for peace by using interpretive dance?

Darvish Fakh
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What is the name of the museum where La Gioconda, La Joconde, can be viewed?
The Louvre in Paris France.

This is an Oklahoma-based potter who uses molds to make his cups and then paints with glazes or ceramic pencils.
Juan Barroso
