True or false
school is art?
Statues
painting
name that ARTIST
100
why did the mona lisa become famous?
Before the year 1911, most people were not aware of the existence of the Mona Lisa. By this time, the painting was already over 350 years old. Critics and scholars only began paying attention to the art piece after it was stolen. Several people gathered to see the empty exhibition of where the Mona Lisa was placed rather than to see the painting itself.
100
what two school subjects are you more likely to achieve greater scores in because you learned art?
A. Math and reading
B. Science and Language arts
C.Math and science
D. Language arts and Reading
A. Math and Reading
Researchers find that art correlates strongly with high achievements in reading and math. How cool is that!
100
What is the largest statue in the world?
Hint: its in America/ United states
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore began construction in 1927 and was completed 14 years later in 1941. It features the heads of four former presidents of the United States. These include George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson.
100
what are the warm colors and what are the cold colors?
cold: blue, green, purple
warm: red, orange, yellow
100
what artist made the mona lisa?
leonardo da vinci
200
true or false?
Art use to be an olympic event
TRUE
between 1912 and 1948 medals were given out for sporting-inspired masterpieces of architecture, music, painting, sculpture and literature.
200
how many different definitions of the word "ART" are there in the oxford dictionary?
12
One definition depicts art as the making of objects, music, etc to express emotions. Another defines art as simply creating drawings or images. Other definitions define art as a performance or art of letters and events. How’s that for educational art facts?
200
what Disney character was originally going to be carved into a marble statue instead of the statue of david?
Hercules.
The marble slab that was originally planned to be used by Agostino di Duccio was cut 3 years early by Michelangelo into the David statue. Michelangelo began working on the sculpture in 1501 and completed it in 1504.
200
what are the three primary colors?
*bonus points if you know the secondary colors and what the difference between the two are*
RED BLUE & YELLOW
*BONUS*
ORANGE,GREEN, PURPLE
-YOU CAN USE PRIMARY COLORS TO MAKE SECONDARY COLORS
200
what artist is known for their starry night painting?
vincent van gogh
300
TRUE OR FALSE?
Van Gogh was a very famous artist while he was alive and commissioned thousands of paintings
FALSE
During his time, Van Gogh struggled as an artist. Only one person has ever bought his paintings from Van Gogh himself during the time he was alive. This painting was sold in Brussels for 400 Francs only a few months before he passed away.
300
what countrys make Arts and music education programs mandatory?
Arts and music education programs are mandatory in countries that rank consistently among the highest for math and science test scores, like Japan, Hungary, and the Netherlands
300
the Statue of Liberty was a gift from what country?
France , a french artist
300
how much did the world’s most expensive painting ever sold for?
Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi. It sold for a whopping $450.3 million in 2017.
300
what famous artist was known for her jungle paintings made from her bed and unique unibrow?
Freda khalo
400
true or false?
The Mona Lisa has her own mailbox in the Louvre because of all the love letters she receives
TRUE
Over the years many have fallen prey to the portrait’s ‘limpid and burning eyes’, leaving her offerings of flowers, poems and, yes, love notes.
400
in what year did only 19 states include arts as a key area of their state accountability system
2020
400
The famous Easter Island heads have something burried below them
A. Ancient tombs
B. the rest of their bodies
C. Buried treasure
D. Easter eggs
B.
The bodies are buried underground to keep them stable. These statues are also known as Moai by the Rapa Nui people who carved them. The Easter Island heads are one of the most notable world monuments dating from 1100 and 1500 CE.
400
in what museum did a painting hang upside down for 46 days before someone noticed?
A.Philadelphia Museum of art in Philadelphia
B.Museo Nacional del Prado in Spain
c. The MOMA (Museum of modern art) in New York
D. The Vatican in Italy
C. the MOMA
Back in 1961, Henri Matisse’s painting Le Bateau was hung upside down at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. It took about 46 days before someone noticed it.
400
what famous japanese artist is known for his creation of happy flowers
Takashi Murakami