C is For...
The Fauves most favorite art element.
What is color
They were the wild beasts.
Who are the Fauves
His great series of Madonna's saved him from in naughty ways.
Who is Fra Fillippo Lippi
His scandalous nude shocked the public..she was in a secular setting!!
Who is Manet
Picasso's Demoiselles captured this "ism" and so did Gaugin in their travels.
What is Primitivism
Picasso's most popular style
What is Cubism
They abandoned all classic ideals with their long necks and clashing colors.
Who are the Mannerists
His absolute core belief was "observation yielded the truth" and is evidenced by his collection of sketchbooks.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
She's topless She's romantic She's fighting for her country
What is Liberty Leading the People
In this American movement, artists produced abstract paintings that expressed their state of mind, hoping to strike an emotional chord in the viewer.
What is Abstract Expressionism
Impressionist painter of women and Children.
Who is Cassatt
He painting was beneath his talents but was forced to paint. Sculpture was superior.
Who is Michelangelo
His Venus set the stage for the reclining nude.
Who is Titian
Created by Polyklietos to illustrate his idea of perfect beauty
Who is the Doryphorus or Spear Bearer?
Chuck Close captured this style through his rigorous systematic painting process
What is Photo Realism
Paint reduced to its essence, poured onto unprimed canvas, pigments soak into the fabric... exemplified by Helen Frankenthaler.
What is color-field painting.
Rejected from the academy, these guys captured their own moments.
Who are the Impressionists
He narrated the chronology of Christianity from Genesis to Noah.
Who is Michelangelo
Shown slightly pudgy because his lower social standing even though he is sitting.
What is the Seated Scribe?
Both Mori and Viola reference this "ism" in their contemporary work.
What is Buddhism
known for their skill in porcelain.
What is China?
This art movement embraced political anarchy, the irrational, and an all over disdain for convention.
What is Dada
His modeled figures in light and shadow and use of perspective really wowed da Vinci.
Who is Masaccio?
His Grande Odalisque had a romantic taste for the exotic but the serenity of the classical.
Who is Ingres
Piet Mondrian's theory of "pure plastic art", an ideal balance between universal and individual abstract vocabulary.
What is Neoplasticism