Art History
The Impressionist painter who cut off his ear
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
She probably used to have eyebrows.
What is the Mona Lisa?
Line, shape, form, space, texture, value, and color.
What are the Elements of Art?
A tool commonly used to apply paint to a canvas.
What is a paintbrush?
The Rococo painting by Fragonard (featured in Disney's Frozen) whose title rhymes with "The Spring."
What is "The Swing?"
He thought of himself as an engineer and inventor rather than a painter.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, unity, and repetition & rhythm
What are the principles of design?
A technique used in painting where paint is laid on an area of the surface thickly enough that the brushstrokes are visible.
What is impasto?
The three greatest Renaissance painters
Who are Raphael, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo?
The reason cave paintings survive for thousands of years.
What is protection from the elements?
When the artist makes one part of their art more important through color, texture, value, etc.
What is emphasis?
The swirling pattern that is often found in nature and is used in art to create balance.
What is the Fibonacci sequence/The Golden Ratio?
An artistic movement characterized by dramatic and theatrical lighting.
What is Baroque?
When someone sees recognizable images in random arrangements of shapes and lines (which evolved as a way to quickly perceive potential dangers).
What is pareidolia?
The perceived surface quality of a work of art.
What is texture?
A type of paint that involves a grocery store item.