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This famous painter was also an architect, sculptor, engineer, and more...

Leonardo DaVinci

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The painter of "The Mona Lisa" is...

Leonardo DaVinci

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In prehistoric times, paint was made of...

Ashes, plants, and clay.

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 Scheele’s Green was a color of paint available in the Victorian Era. However, it was deadly because...

It contained arsenic...
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This artist is famous for cutting off their ear...

Vincent van Gogh.

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This artist is known for painting a series of paintings involving sunflowers and the “Starry Night”.

Vincent van Gogh

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What time period was the Mona Lisa painted?

The Italian Renaissance
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The first known type of art is... 

Prehistoric Art.  

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 Linseed oil used for this type of paint...

Oil Paint

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 Interestingly, the only reason the Mona Lisa is famous today is because of the time it was stolen, which is the reason it’s so popular. The year when the Mona Lisa was stolen was...

1911

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Edvard Munch is most known for the painting...

"The Scream"

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The name of the movement which the painting, "The Scream", by Edvard Munch is...

Expressionism

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Prehistoric paintings usually depicted...

Wild animals, patterns, and humans. 
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The city where the Louvre Museum is located is...

Paris, France

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Art used to be an event in these sporting games that occur every 4 years. 

The Olympics

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The number of paintings van Gogh sold throughout his lifetime is...

One

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The name of the only painting van Gogh sold throughout his lifetime...

It was known as "The Red Vineyard of Arles"

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Archaeologists think that prehistoric art represented...

Humans becoming aware of themselves/expression.
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It takes __________ many gallons of paint to repaint the white house.

570

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Roy Lichtenstein, a member of this art movement, created a series of paintings with bright colors and patterns. This art movement/style is called...

Pop Art

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The first solo artist to have their art displayed in the Louvre was...

Georges Braque

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The American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood. It shows a farmer and his daughter standing in front of a farmhouse. The models he used for this were...

His daughter and his dentist...

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In the caves of La Vache, France, archaeologists found traces of this residue that can be used for heat. This meant that prehistoric artists were a lot more advanced than they previously thought. The type of fuel that is used for heat, making art supplies, and medicine that they found was:

Charcoal

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An unusual characteristic of the Mona Lisa is...

She has no eyebrows.

(no really go check.)

500

The year when the Caves of Lascaux were discovered was...

1940