I've seen that before...
Important things that happened
Stand back! I'm going to try science!
Who did that thing with the stuff?
There's a word for that
100
This movement was explored by Braque and Picasso. They would look at a moving object and capture small, still moments in time.
What is Cubism?
100
His death is responsible for helping start the Rococo art movement.
Who is King Louis XIV?
100
This is the concept that one can hear the colors that he/she paints.
What is synesthesia?
100
This artist is responsible for the introduction of Realism in 1848 by portraying scenes of everyday contemporary life.
Who is Gustave Courbet?
100
These are works of art that the artist acquired rather than created.
What are Readymades?
200
This photograph was taken in 1936 and is part of the __________ movement.
What is American Regionalism?
200
This country experienced a post-war economic & industrial boom.
What is America?
200
This artist placed an emphasis on scientific discoveries such as color theory.
Who is Seurat?
200
Exhibitions of African and non-Christian art from Spain influenced artists, such as this painter who referenced both African and Iberian masks in one of his most famous paintings.
Who is Picasso?
200
On account of its size and subject in the Salon exhibition, A Burial at Ornans could be called this.
What is a Grande Machine?
300
This movement returned to an interest in classicism and ancient Roman themes.
What is Neoclassicism?
300
As a result of many European artists living here as expatriates, this art movement develops and becomes the first great American art movement to influence artists worldwide.
What is Abstract Expressionism?
300
This artist is influenced by the scientific concept of entropy.
Who is Robert Smithson?
300
This female Surrealist artist is famous for covering an unlikely texture over an everyday object.
Who is Meret Oppenheim?
300
This is the Futurist concept of energy found within all matter, living and inanimate.
What is Dynamism?
400
This movement actively avoided participating in the Salon.
What is Impressionism?
400
In 1937, this group organized the “Degenerate Art” show, which allowed many people to see a variety of avant-garde works together in one exhibition.
Who are the Nazis?
400
This art movement was closely related to new theories in the field of psychology and psychoanalysis.
What is Surrealism?
400
This performance artist read a nonsense poem while dressed in tin.
Who is Hugo Ball?
400
This term, often used in reference to van Gogh and Gauguin, describes a cursed artist who has suffered for his/her art and may only find fame after death.
What is an artiste maudit?
500
This is the first movement to really ask, "What is art?"
What is Dadaism?
500
Many felt that the nonsense art and literature of Dada was the appropriate reaction to this event.
What is World War I?
500
This art movement sought to influence numerous media including cuisine with the publication of their cookbook.
What is Futurism?
500
This modern American Expressionist took inspiration from Navajo sand painters.
Who is Jackson Pollock?
500
Used by Dadaists, Surrealists, and even Jackson Pollock, this term relies on the use of chance to create a work of art.
What is automatism?