Name that Artist
Vocabulary
Characteristics
Works of Art
Historical Events
100
This artist painted "The Scream"
Who is Edvard Munch?
100
This type of art media uses many small tiles to create an image.
What is a mosaic?
100
The Early and High Renaissance were centered in this European country.
What is Italy?
100
This ancient work is an outdoor stone circle in England that had unknown ritual purposes that may relate to the stars or astrology.
What is Stonehenge?
100
The invention and popularization of photography fueled this art movment.
What is Impressionism?
200
"I and the Village" was painted in a mix of cubism, fauvism, and expressionism, by this artist to show his heritage as a Russian Jew.
Who is Chagall?
200
This type of art media is painted directly onto a plaster wall.
What is a fresco?
200
This time period in art history is known for its heavenly mosaics which used a great deal of gold.
What is Byzantine?
200
This artwork by Monet was the source of the term "Impressionism."
What is "Impression, Sunrise"?
200
During this art movement, artworks were considered a weapon in the religious war between Catholics and Protestants.
What is Baroque?
300
This Renaissance artist created the "Pieta," the "David," and the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes including "The Creation of Man."
Who is Michelangelo?
300
This is the term for an artwork that is made of 3 pannels.
What is a triptych?
300
This style of cathedral is known for its pointed arches, extremely tall spires, and many windows. The goal of this architecture was to reach for heaven and allow light in as a spiritual metaphor.
What is Gothic?
300
This is the (ridiculously long) title of the pointillism masterpiece by Georges Seurat?
What is "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte"?
300
This art movement was known as the triumph of individualism and was a response to the enlightenment.
What is Romanticism?
400
This artist painted "The Last Supper" which uses one point perspective to bring the focus to Jesus' face.
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
400
This is the term for a round, stained-glass window that often shows an image of Jesus, Mary, or an important saint in the center.
What is a Rose Window?
400
This style is known for its quick, visible brushtrokes.
What is Impressionism?
400
This artwork by Magritte shows a man with an apple blocking his face.
What is "Son of Man"?
400
The European Democratic Revolutions of 1848 were related to which art movment?
What is Realism?
500
This artist painted "The Girl with the Pear Earring."
Who is Vermeer?
500
Hokusai's masterpiece "The Great Wave" is not a painting, it is an excellent example of this type of printmaking.
What are woodblock prints?
500
Influenced by the Freudian theory about the subconscious, the artists of this style attempted to paint dreams.
What is Surrealism?
500
This masterpiece by the Venetian Renaissance artist Titian, shows the Virgin Mary being taken up into heaven.
What is "The Assumption of Mary"?
500
During this art time period there was a controversy over the use of icons for worship and prayer, which was kown as the Iconoclasm Controversy.
What is Byzantine art?