Elements of Art
Misc. Art Fun
Wild Card Questions
About Famous Artists
Principles of Design
100

The thickness or thinness of a line is known as this

WHAT IS: 

Line Weight or Line Quality

100

The art of paper folding

WHAT IS

origami

100

Claude Monet is most famous for his paintings of this plant

WHAT IS

the water lily

100

This famous painter cut off a part of his ear.

WHO IS

Vincent Van Gogh

100

The principle of design that makes a work of art feel stable.

WHAT IS

balance

200

The true art term for color

WHAT IS

hue

200

Works of art created on surfaces in public places like building exteriors, highway overpasses and sidewalks

WHAT IS

street art

200

Belgian painter Rene Magritte's 1964 work "The Son of Man" depicts a man wearing a suit and bowler hat, and whose face is concealed by this objec?

WHAT IS

an apple

200

This artist was a leading figure in the pop art movement and created iconic images of celebrities and everyday objects

WHO IS

Andy Warhol

200

In two dimensional art, this occurs when objects appear to be moving.

WHAT IS

movement

300

A point with no end

WHAT IS

a line

300

The country from which the art form of calligraphy originated

WHAT IS

China

300

The unusual thing about Leonardo de Vinci's famous painting The Mona Lisa

WHAT IS

She has no eyebrows

300

The abstract expressionist known for "the drip technique"

Jackson Pollock
300

This helps unify a work of art by repeating lines, shapes, colors, or other elements of art.

WHAT IS 

repetition

400

The area around and between the objects of an image

WHAT IS

negative space

400

The type of ancient art Egyptians used to communicate

WHAT IS

heiroglyphics

400

Polka dots and mirrored installations called "Infinity Rooms" are both hallmarks of this Japanese contemporary artist.

WHO IS

Yayoi Kusama

400

This artist is known for his surrealist paintings, including "The Persistence of Memory," which featured melting clocks

Salvador Dali

400

Using different versions of elements in one work of art.

WHAT IS 

variety

500

A color that cannot be made by mixing other colors together

WHAT IS

a primary color

500

This England-based street artist and political activist has used a pseudonym and whose real identity has never been discovered.

Banksy

500

Art that does not depict recognizable objects and instead uses shapes, color, and textures to create an effect?

WHAT IS

abstract art

500

Known more notably as a sculptor, this artist painted one of the largest and most notable public works still visible today. To view it, one must look up.

WHO IS

Michaelangelo

500

This can refer to the relationship between the objects in the work of art

WHAT IS

proportion