Art History
Contemporary Art
Techniques
Color Theory
Vocab
100
Which country are the Great Pyramids located in?
Egypt
100
What movement came before the Contemporary movement?
a. Modernism
b. Ancient Greek
c. Renaissance
d. Mannerism
a. Modernism
100
With this technique, artists can create different values by making a pattern of dots. What is it?
Stippling
100
What are the three primary colors?
Red, yellow, blue
100
Joe made a painting using oil paints. What medium did Joe use?
oil paint
200
Who painted "Starry Night"
Vincent Van Gogh
200
One of the most contraversial artists in the contemporary age. This British-indian artist is an installationist that is famous for making the "Cloud Gate" (nicknamed "The Bean") sculpture located in Chicago. He owns the copyright for the color, vantablack.
a. Jackson Pollock
b. Egon Schiele
c. Henri Matisse
d. Annish Kapoor
Annish Kapoor
200
What technique did artist, Andy Warhol, use?
a. hatching
b. silkscreen printing
c. dry brushing
b. silkscreen printing
200
What are the tertiary colors?
purple, green, orange
200
What are the cool colors?
Blue, purple, green
300
Which French, expressionist artist is most famous for his obsession with ballerinas? (and was def creepy with ballerinas)
Edgar Degas
300
Which artist created the 1937 work 'Guernica'?
Pablo Picasso
300
What type of canvas is the highest quality?
a. fiber
b. silk
c. linen
d. cotton
c. linen
300
What are complementary colors?
Colors that are opposite from eachother on the color wheel
300
What is the "golden ratio" rule?
Originated in ancient greece. Is a mathmatically supported composition. It is found in nature and is from an equation:
400
What are the 3 periods of Greek Sculpture?
Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic
400
Influential Japanese artist that is famous for her art installations involving bright colors and dots. Her art was influenced by early childhood hallucinations.
a. Roy Litchenstein
b Yayoi Kusama
c. Yoko Ono
d. Kara Walker
b. Yayoi Kusama
400
Which of the following is NOT a watercolor technique?
1. scrubbing
2. sgraffito
3. washing
4. wet on wet
2. sgraffito
400
What is the difference between shade and tint?
A shade is a darker version of a color.
A tint is a lighter version of a color.
400
Define "iconography"
The imagery within an artwork
500
What art period from the late 1800s-early 1900s is defined by stylized, organic, nature-inspired graphic forms in both architecture and print-work. The period was most influential in France and the US, leading to the later Art Deco movement. Notable artists include one of the earliest graphic designers of the modern age, Alphonse Mucha. The period is Delaney DeRuiter's favorite period.
Art Nouveau
500
Which object is most often seen in Picasso's paintings?
a. Guitars
b. Dogs
c. Oranges
d. Ears
a. Guitars
500
Which of the following is used in glassblowing art?
a. yoke
b. mandrel
c. reamer
d. Bench Top 6600lb Hydraulic Press
a. yoke
500
In realistic paintings, what type of color would you for highlights use if your shadows are cool colored?
Warm
500
what are the 7 elements of art?
line shape form color value texture space