Genre Descriptions 1
Genre Descriptions 2
Genre Images
Name that Artist & Genre
Sculpture and Architecture
100
Deemed a "rebirth" of classical values, this genre began in Italy in the 1400s and migrated to Northern Europe too.
What is the Renaissance?
100
In the 1830s, this new technique in art was considered "memory" not "art". Practitioners had to have access to good chemistry sets at first. And later on, painters started to capitalize on this method to capture their subjects and paint them later.
What is photography?
100
THIS is the GENRE of this painting.
What is the Renaissance? (and it's by Raphael)
100
The artist and genre of this painting are...
What is Raphael and the Renaissance?
100
THIS IS THE GENRE of this courtyard.
What is Renaissance? (FYI, it's the Palazzo Strozzi courtyard. Here's what the outside looks like):
200
Defined by images that represented the truths of the every-day person and things that the artists could actually observe on daily basis, this 19th century genre includes artists such as Courbet and Daumier. Some of the works have socialist overtones.
What is realism?
200
This style that is found in doctor's waiting rooms and any place where one wants beautiful, uncontroversial images was actually controversial in its time because it offered an imperfect image of an outside scene. Influenced by Japanese painting (trade had opened by this time) and shunned by the academy, artists of this genre showed the world as one would look quickly at it.
What is impressionism?
200
THIS IS THE GENRE of this piece.
What is Realism? (And the artist is Millet)
200
The artist and genre of this painting is...
What are Monet and Impressionism?
200
THIS IS THE GENRE of this sculpture by Bernini.
What is Baroque?
300
The definition for this genre is vast. It's against the Enlightenment idea of reason, supports the range of human emotions, can be orientalist, historic, critical of the Industrial Revolution, or patriotic/nationalist.
What is romanticism?
300
By the 1880s, artists of this genre were using chunky brush strokes, garish/brash light, bolder/contrasting colors that make one feel uncomfortable or in anguish while viewing the painting.
What is post-impressionism?
300
This image of Marie Antoinette is painted in THIS STYLE.
What is Rococo?
300
This is the GENRE AND ARTIST of this painting.
What is Post Impressionism and Van Gogh?
300
This is the GENRE of this staircase/hotel interior in Brussels.
What is Art Nouveau?
400
When the Catholic Counter-Reformation officials wanted more people to come to their churches, they supported this artistic genre. Paintings can be recognized for their drama, tenebrism (dark lighting), and religious themes. In architecture, wavy and ornate facades.
What is baroque?
400
A rebellion against the machines of the Industrial Revolution, this artistic movement valued building furniture and homes with real skill. Wooden joints are smooth and beautiful, stained glass is elegant and understated.
What is the Arts and Crafts Movement?
400
THIS IS THE GENRE of this painting.
What is Romanticism (and the artist is Delacroix)?
400
The GENRE AND ARTIST of this painting is...
What is Realism and Courbet?
400
William Morris' "Red House" in London is an example of THIS GENRE.
What is the Arts and Crafts Movement?
500
In the age of the Enlightenment, this very feminine artistic genre is characterized by the use of gold, pinks and blues, cherubs, and a fancy/garish ornateness that people either love or hate.
What is rococo?
500
This stylized genre from the 1890s was feminine, "plant-like" and "youthful". It is exemplified in wavy back-and-forth patterns, and architecture that looks almost alien and overly decorated.
What is art nouveaux?
500
THIS IS THE GENRE of this print.
What is Art Nouveau?
500
THE GENRE AND ARTIST of this painting is...
What is Romanticism and Turner?
500
Name the GENRE of this church facade in Sicily.
What is Baroque?