Vocabulary
Artist
Artwork
Artwork Continued
Prior Knowledge
100
Abstract Art
What is art that does not to attempt to represent external, recognizable reality but uses shapes, forms, and colors to achieve its effect.
100
Alexa Meade
Who is an artist that creates representational paintings directly on top of the physical subjects that she is referencing.
100
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #1)
Joan Vermeer, The Lace Maker
100
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #6)
Vincent van Gogh, Irises
100
Value
What is the range from light to dark
200
Graffiti
What is images or letters applied without permission to public areas
200
Mark Ecko
Who is the Urban Clothing Designer who is an advocate for Graffiti.
200
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #2)
Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Wedding
200
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #7)
Pieter Bruegal the Elder, Children's Games
200
Tint
What is adding white to a hue
300
Trompe l'oeil
What is A style of painting in which objects are depicted with photographically realistic detail
300
Chris Jordan
Who is an artist based in Seattle, Washington who is best known for his large scale works depicting mass consumption and waste, particularly garbage. He has been called "the 'it' artist of the green movement"
300
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #3)
Charles Demuth, I saw the Figure 5 in Gold
300
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #8)
Claude Monet, Water Lilies
300
line of sight
What is an imaginary line from a figures eye to a viewed object
400
Triptych
What is a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures/carvings
400
Where was the first known example of 'modern style' graffiti found
Ephesus (Modern Day Turkey)
400
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #4)
Alexa Meade, Transit
400
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #9)
Vincent van Gogh, Mulberry Tree
400
One Point Perspective
What is it called when straight lines are parallel, they seem to move away from the viewer and meet at a point in the distance
500
Painting Knife
What is a knife most commonly made from metal with a wood handle, it has a crank or bend in the handle.
500
Chris Pape
Who is an American painter and graffiti artist. He started tagging subway tunnels and subway cars in 1974 as "Gen II" before adopting the tag "Freedom"
500
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #5)
Kandinsky, Composition VIII
500
Who is the artists of this artwork (see picture #10)
Chris Pape, Pape's version of Goya's Third of May
500
Geometric Shapes
What are precise and sharply defined. Many of them are easy to recognize, such as circles, squares, and triangles