Elements of Art
The most basic Element of Art can describe weight, movement, depth and even texture in artwork by simply varying the types and thickness.
What is Line?
This artist is known for his Starry Night and Sunflowers.
What is Vincent Van Gogh
This painting features a woman with a unique smile and it took 4 years to complete, despite it's small size.
What is the Mona Lisa
This movement took place in the mid to late 1800's, and during this movement artists started painting outside for the first time. An example of this movement is Monet's "Haystacks" painting.
What is Impressionism
In 1911, this painting was stolen from the Louvre. While it was stolen, painter Picasso was being questioned by the courts about it's whereabouts. Eventually the painting was returned in 1913, and Vincenzo Peruggia was charged with the theft.
What is the Mona Lisa.
This Element of Art can also be called a "hue". (Hint: It also has it's own Wheel).
What is Color.
In the early 1950's this artist created a series called "The Women", and worked along artist Jackson Pollock in The New York School that they established together.
What is William de Kooning
This building is the greatest example of Gothic Architecture and is located in Paris. Although it finished it's original construction in the early 1200's, it has been modified and reconstructed several times since, including the summer of 2019 after sustaining fire damage.
This movement is art is categorized by the artists need to create nonrepresentational artworks, focusing on feeling, emotion and the physical process of creating. An example of this movement is Jackson Pollock.
(This is also the first movement in art that put the US in the center of the art world).
What is Abstract Expressionism
This now famous post-impressionist painter only ever sold 1 painting while he was alive. (the painting is called "Red Vineyard".
The Element of Art which describes how an object looks or feels.
What is Texture
This Spanish artist painted the well-known war piece titled "Guernica", and is also the creator of Cubism.
What is Pablo Picasso.
This painting was created using house paint and was completed on the floor of a barn by an Abstract Expressionist who gained fame with his "drip paintings".
What is Jackson Pollock
This art movement came "after" the Impressionists, and a leading example is Van Gogh.
Post- Impressionists
This location was once home to the painter, Van Gogh and it is from this location that he painted his Starry Night.
What is Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, a psychiatric hospital.
This Element of Art describes how light or dark an object is and is often demonstrated by creating a gradient.
What is Value.
This artist created a series of aquatint prints which together create a book called "Los Caprichos" (This collection was created when the artist was bed ridden for 5 years at the end of 1790).
What is Francisco Goya
This statue was given to the US by France in 1885, and is on display in New York.
What is The Statue of Liberty
This movement in art spans the 15th-16th centuries and includes mostly religious artwork that was commissioned by wealthy merchants or royalty. An artist from this movement is Da Vinci.
What is the Renaissance.
This famous sculpture by Michelangelo features a man who stands at 17 feet tall, and the marble to create him was 43 year old and essentially was "leftovers" from two previous artists who said the marble was too difficult to work with.
What is the statue of David.
These are the Elements of Art.
What is, Line, Shape, Color, Value, Texture, Form and Space.
Although he isn't a painter and wasn't happy about this commission, this artist painted the Sistine Chapel.
What is Michelangelo
This artwork was created between 1927-1941 and was carved into the Black Hills of South Dakota and represents the portraits of 4 U.S Presidents.
What is Mount Rushmore
This movement in art spans the mid to late 1950s-60s. This artwork included imagery from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane mass-produced objects. An artist from this movement is Andy Warhol.
What is Pop Art.
This artist grew up in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and moved to New York to "make it big". He started a studio called "The Factory" and is remembered for his Campbell Soup Can print. (Hint: Pop Artist)
What is Andy Warhol