Academic team- arts and humanities (sections 7-12)

Black

Sometimes mistakenly called a color, it is actually referred to as a "neutral". What is this, which is the complete absence of light and color?

Collage

Pablo Picasso is said to have invented this style of art. What kind of art is created with pieces of material that are put together on canvas or paper to create art?

Primary (Colors)

Piet Mondrian's paintings nearly all feature heavy horizontal and vertical lines and this type of colors. The colors yellow, red, and blue are classified as what kind of colors?

Oil

The most popular type of this paint comes from linseed. Name the most common form of paint used by artists.

Neutrals

These are not colors, technically, but we usually refer to them as such. What term applies to white, grey, black, and brown?

Secondary (colors)

These colors are produced when two primary colors are combined. What is the name for colors shuch as purple and green?

Complementary colors

These types of colors are directly opposite each other on the color wheel. Give the name for these types of colors

Warm colors

These types of colors include red, yellow, and orange. What label do we give colors that are said to excite people?

Value

This art element begins with the letter"V" What term refers to the lightness or darkenss of a color?

Bronze

This art medium is an alloy of copper and tin that is darker and heavier than brass. Identify this metal used in Rodin's "The Thinker" and Donatello's "David"

Marbles

This art medium, favored by sculptors for centuries, is a type of hard, smooth stone that comes in a wide variety of colors. What art medium also gives its name to a children's game involving flicking a stone ball to knock other stone balls out of a circle?

Wash

This art technique involves the application of a color paint that has a high concentration liquid. Name this technique, which is also what you do on laundry day.

Air Brush(ing)

This art technique is often seen at carnivals and flea markets. In this technique artists use air compressors to apply fine sprays of paint. Identify this technique that is used to produce things such as a t-shirt designs and license plates.

Tint

This art term is the opposite of "shade". Name the form of a color that results when white is added

Canvas

This art term refers to the cloth material on which artists execute their paintings. Identify this term beginning with the letter "C".

Line

This art term refers to the identifiable path of a moving point. What basic element of art can be straight, curved, or zigzag.

Gold

This element is applied through the artistic process known as "gilding". What is the element with symbol Au, one that is often found in valuable jewelry?

Color Wheel

This is a visual picture that we use to arrange the colors and to show their relationships with one another. Give the two-word term for this tool.

Turquoise

This is an opaque mineral that varies from blue to green. Identify this mineral, commonly found in the U.S. Southwest, that is fashioned into jewelry by Native American groups such as the Navajo.

Horizon Line

This line in a picture is where the land or water seem to end and the sky begins. Give the two-word term for this line.

Foreground

This part of a picture appears closest to the viewer. What part of a picture is this?

Sculpture

This term refers to any work of art that is carved from stone or wood. Identify the term, famous examples of which include "The THinker" and Faberge's eggs.

Perspective

This term, beginning with the letter p, refers to a way of portraying three dimensions on a flat, two-dimensional surface by suggesting distance or depth. What is this art term?

Hue

This three- letter term is another word for "color". Identify this term used in art.

(Egg) Tempera

This type of artist's paint was common in the Middle Ages in Europe. Name this paint in which pigments are mixed with egg yolk and water to produce clear, pure colors.

Watercolor

This type of paint is used rarely in high art, but is popular in art classes becasue it is inexpensive. What kind of water-based paint comes in cake or tube form?

Mobile

This type of sculpture is most often associated with Alexander Calder. Identify this type of sculpture made up of suspended shapes that move

Acrylic

This water-based paint is made from pigments and a plastic binder. Identify this type of paint that when dry will not disolve in water.

Caricature

Thomas Nast was known for drawing these. Identify the type of artwork, beginning with the letter C, that humorously exaggerates the qualities or peculiarities of a person or idea.

Airbrush

You often see this kind of artisst decorating T-shirts or other objects at a carnival or fair. What type of art is produced by an instrument that uses air to spray paint?

Line, Shape, form, color, value, texture, space (any 4, any order)

Four answers required. The elements of art are the building blocks for a work of art. Identify any four elements of art.

Color

Identify the art element that refers to the mixture of light and pigment in a work.

Pigment

Identify the fine colored powder that, fwhen combined with various liquid mixtures, makes paint.

Calligraphy

Identify the term for the art of handwriting in a fine and artistic manner.

Texture

Identify the visual quality and feel of an artwork, based on the way the materials are handled or the kinds of materials that are used.

Depth

In art, it is defined as the distance from the front of an artwork to the back. What is this aspect of art that is called the third dimension?

Space

In art, this quality is sometimes referred to as a negative. Identify the art element meaning an area that can be filled with objects or be empty.

Freehand

In art, what term means to draw without the use of any technical devices?

Mosaic

In this art form small pieces of colored glass, tile, or stone are set into mortar to make pictures or designs. Identify this art form, beginning with the letter M.

Crayon

It is defined as chalk mixed with oil or wax. What art medium do you remember coloring with as a young child?

Medium

It is defined as the art material that is used in a work- oil painting, watercolor, clay, metal, etcetera. What art term can also refer to a steak that is cooked between rare and well-done?

Papier Mache

It is French for "chewed paper." Name the art material made of paper and liquid paste molded over a support structure.

Silkscreen(ing)

A favorite of Andy Warhol, is a printmaking method in which ink is forced through a meshy material to form a design. What is this process, which is named for a cool, thin material that originated in China?

Pointillism (Accept: Pointillist)

"A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat is an example of this style of painting. Identify this style of painting in which small distinct points of primary colors create the impression impression of a wide selection of secondary and intermediate colors.

Mural

Diego Rivera was famous for these. Identify the term for a large painting or decoration done on a wall

(Abraham) Lincoln

A huge marble statue, sculpted by Daniel Chester French, sits in the Washington, D.C. memorial to this president. Name the president, our 16th, who is seated in this sculpture.

Portrait

Before photography became widespread, many people sat for this type of formal painting. In art, what term refers to an artist's depiction, most often an oil painting, of a person, traditionally in a formal setting.

Pop Art

Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol were two artists involved in this mid-1950s art style. Identify this art style that used images from advertising, comic strips, and films

Fresco

Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is an example of this type of painting. What type of painting is done on wet plaster?

C O L L A G E

Many art terms, having been derived from other languages, have stricky spellings. Spell "collage"

Chiaroscuro

Rembrandt is considered the master of this technique, but art historians believe it was invented by Caravaggio. What is this art technique that uses contrast between light and darkness in a painting to create stunning visual effects?

Mary

She was the subject of many paintings through the Baroque period. Who was the mother of Jesus?

Landscape (art)

The term for this genre of painting comes froma Dutch word meaning a patch of cultivated ground. The Hudson River School of the 19th century contributed heavily to its development in the United States. Identify this genre of art that focuses on mountains, trees, or other natural scenery.

Darkness

The word "obscure" comes from the same root as the last part of the word charoscuro. The term chiaroscuro in art refers to the contrast between light and what

Metropolitan Museum of Art

This art museum occupies more than two million square feet and houses an extensive collection of American artwork. Identify this art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park in New York City and nicknamed "The Met"

The Louvre

This art museum was once a castle owned by the French king. Identify the famous musuem in Paris that is home to many masterpieces, including the Mona Lisa.

Pedestal

This art object is simply the base for a sculpture. Identify this three-syllable art term beginning with the letter "P"

Cubism

This art style is named for the three-dimensional form of a square. Name this art form, invented by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

Silhouette

This art style was popularized by and named after the minister of finance under King Louis XV. Name this simple portrait style, which is a blackened-in profile of a person

Sfumato

This art technique with an Italian name was often used by Leonardo da Vinci to make his subjects appear vague and undefined. Identify the art term beginning with the letter "S" which means, "Smoky".

David

This Biblical person is the subject of many Renaissance sculptures, including famous ones by Donatello and Michelangelo. What youth in the Bible used a stone and a slingshot to kill the giant Goliath?

Cartoon

This is a type of drawing typically depicting a humorous situation. It is often accompanied bya caption. Identify this word, beginning with the letter C.

Optical (OP Art)

This style of art became popular in the 1960s, along with the Pop movement. Name the type of art in which repeated geometric patterns cause the eye to see illusions.

Abstract

This style of art became popular in the 1960s, along with the Pop movement. Name the type of art in which repeated geometric patterns cause the eye to see illusions.

Abstract (Art)

This style of art was pioneered by Wassily Kandinsky, and later taken up by such greats as Picasso and Dali. Identify this style of art that emerged in the early 20th century that did not represent recognizable scenes or objects, but rather forms and colors that often represented emotions and feelings.

Crucifixion (Nailed to the cross)

This tragic scene from the New Testament is the subject of many paintings, especially before and during the Renaissance. Name the process by which Jesus was executed by the Romans

Impressionism

This well-known painting style emerged in France in the mid-19th century. What art movement included such artists as Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt?

Lamination

This word comes froma Latin word that means "sheet" or "layer". Give the word which means the process of heat sealing objects such as art prints or charts in a protective plastic coating

Bust

Identify the four letter term for a kind of sculpture that only includes a person's head, neck, and shoulders.

Relief

Identify the term that in sculpture isa n image or form that proejcts or sticks out from its background.

Original

In art, what term refers to a one-time image that is not a duplicate?

Fauvism (Fauvist)

In this style, often associated with Matisse, artists paint in a spontaneous manner using bold colors. Name this style of painting which comes from the French word for "wild beast"

Seascape

It is a scenic painting, like a landscape, but its subject is the ocean. Name this type of painting.

Still Life

It is a two word term that refers to art that depicts non-living, inanimate objects, usually arranged on a tabletop. Name this type of art subject.

Academy

It is the name given to the national schools for art in European countries. Identify this term beginning with the letter "A".

(The) Mona LIsa

Marcel Duchamp created an outrage when he bought a print of a famous painting, modified it slightly, and submitted it to an art show. On what famous DaVinci painting did Duchamp simply draw a moustache?

Civil War

Mathew Brady was one of America's first great photographers. During what war, which lasted from 1861-1865, did Brady come to prominence?

(Salvadore) Dali

Most of his paintings contain very bizarre images, such as melting clocks. What Spanish surrealist's works include Persistence of Memory

(Pope) Julius II

Name and number pleaease. Michalangelo worked for four painstaking years while painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for this man. Identify the Pope who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel's ceiling.

(Sandro) Botticelli

One of his most famous paintings is The Birth of Venus. Who is this Italian Renaissance painter?

the Rose (period)

Pablo Picasso's well-known "Blue Period" was followed by this artistic period, which coincided with a happy time in the artist's life. Identify the "flowery" name for the period during which Picasso used cheerful orange and pink colors in his paintings.

(Vincent) Van Gogh

Several of this Dutch Post-Impressionist's paintings are among the world's most expensive artworks. Identify the painter of The Potato Eaters and Sunflowers, who eventually committed suicide.

Fallingwater

The most famous home Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed is officially called "The Kauffman House". What is the more popular name for this house, built over a creek and a waterfall?

Grant Wood

This American folk artist's best known work is display3ed at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was born in Iowa and is best known for his paintings depicting the Midwest. Identify this painter of American Gothic.

Ansel Adams

This American photographer was also a legendary environmentalist. Identify this man best known for his black and white photographs of the Americna West, and particularly Yosemite National Park

Leonardo (da Vinci)

This artist is the most deserving of the label "Renaissance Man." Give the name of this artist whose famous works include "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa".

(Georges) Seurat

This artist made the most of a discovery that two primary colors placed next to each other in an artwork would look like their secondary color from a distance. Name this French artist who used the discovery in his art-style called Pointillism.

(Georges) Seurat

This famous artist iscalled the "Father of Pointillism." Identify this painter who is best known for painting "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte".

(Edgar) Degas

This famous French Impressionist is best-known for his paintings of ballet dancers. name the French painter whose famous whorks include "the Rehersal" and "The Dance Class".

(Auguste) Rodin

This French sculptor's early works include "The Age of Bronze" and "St. John the Baptist Preaching." Who became the most famous sculptor of his time with later masterpieces such as "The Kiss" and "The Thinker?"

Leonardo da Vinci

This Renaissance painter often employed a painting technique called "sfumato" in his works to create a smoky effect. Identify this artist, also known for his advances in anatomy and his inventions that were centuries ahead of their time.

Pablo Picasso

This Spanish painter was one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Whose works include "The Old Guitarist" and "Three Musicians"

The Blue Boy

Thomas Gainsborough's most famous work depicts the young man Jonathan Buttall , who was the son of a close friend of the artist. Identify this protrait, whose title is composed of a primary color and the word that is the opposite of "girl"

Rembrandt

What famous Dutch painter painted "The Night Watch"?

(George) Washington

Gilbert Stuart was a famous painter of the Colonial period, but hs is best known today for his protraits of one perosn. What person is this, our country's first President?

(I.M.) Pei

He designed the Glass Pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Identify this Chinese-American architect.

(John James) Audubon

He was born in Haiti and lived in Henderson, Kentucky for several years. Name the artist best-known for his book of paintings Birds of America.

(Claude) Monet

He was probably the most famous Impressionist. identify this French painter whose paintings include water-lilies and "Impression: Sunrise".

Grandma Moses

Her real name was Anna Mary Robertson Moses. Name this female painter that did not begin painting until she was in her 70s.

Michelangelo (Buonarroti)

His last name was Buonarroti, but the world knows him by his first name. Identify this Italian painter and architect of the Renaissance who sculpted the statue of David.