Academic Decathlon Art Resource Guide

Alfred Stieglitz

Who created "The Steerage" in 1907?

Georgia O'Keeffe

Who painted "City Night" in 1926?

Charles Demuth

Who painted "The Figure 5 in Gold" in 1928?

William Van Alen

Who designed the "Chrysler Building" in 1927?

Guy Pène du Bois

Who painted "Woman on Sofa"?

Florine Stettheimer

Who painted "Spring Sale at Bendel’s" in 1921?

James Van Der Zee

Who photographed "Couple Wearing Raccoon Coats with a Cadillac" in 1932?

Archibald Motley Jr.

Who painted "Saturday Night" in 1935?

Thomas Hart Benton

Who painted "City Activities with Dance Hall" in 1930-31?

Gerald Murphy

Who painted "Watch" in 1925?

Meta Warrick Fuller

Who sculpted "Ethiopia Awakening" in 1921?

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Who painted "Boy Stealing Fruit" in 1923?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Who designed the "Ennis House" in 1924-26?

Maria and Julian Martinez

Who created "Bowl and Plate" in the early 1900’s?

Charles Sheeler

Who painted "Criss-Crossed Conveyors" in 1927?

Tina Modotti

Who photographed "Hands of a Puppet" in 1929?

Aaron Douglas

Who painted "Let My People Go" 1935-39?

Space

What element of art refers to the area around or between objects?

Form

What element of art is three-dimensional and encloses volume?

Claude Monet

Who painted "Water Lilies"?

Impressionism

What art movement was Claude Monet a part of?

France

Which country was Claude Monet from?

Nature

What is a common subject in Monet's paintings?

Vincent van Gogh

Who painted "Starry Night"?

Post-Impressionism

What art movement was Vincent van Gogh part of?

Swirling brushstrokes

What is a distinctive feature of van Gogh’s painting style?

Pablo Picasso

Who co-founded the Cubist movement?

Cubism

What art movement did Picasso help create?

Guernica

Which famous Picasso painting depicts the tragedies of war?

Henri Matisse

Who is known for using bright colors and bold shapes?

Fauvism

What art movement is Matisse associated with?

Georgia O'Keeffe

Who is known for painting large close-up flowers?

American Modernism

What movement was Georgia O’Keeffe associated with?

Edvard Munch

Who painted "The Scream"?

Expressionism

What art movement is "The Scream" part of?

Fear and anxiety

What emotions are conveyed in Munch’s "The Scream"?

Diego Rivera

Which Mexican artist is known for murals?

Murals

What large-scale artwork is Diego Rivera known for?

Frida Kahlo

Which artist is famous for self-portraits expressing pain and identity?

Surrealism

What art movement is Frida Kahlo associated with?

Leonardo da Vinci

Who painted the "Mona Lisa"?

Renaissance

What period was Leonardo da Vinci active in?

The Last Supper

What famous religious painting did Leonardo da Vinci create?

Michelangelo

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Sculpture

What was Michelangelo’s other major art form besides painting?

David

What is the name of Michelangelo’s famous marble statue?

Rembrandt

Which Dutch painter is known for dramatic lighting?

Baroque

What art period is Rembrandt associated with?

Self-portraits

What type of artwork did Rembrandt create in abundance?

Contextual Analysis

What kind of art analysis focuses on the cultural

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel

What example demonstrates changing interpretations based on context?

Pliny the Elder

Which Roman historian wrote about art in “Natural History”?

Giorgio Vasari

Which Renaissance artist wrote “Lives of the Artists”?

Johann Winckelmann

Which Enlightenment scholar emphasized style and historical context in art?

Feminist Art History

Which perspective critiques art history’s focus on white male artists?

Anthropology

What discipline influences art history methods such as participant observation?

Comparative Study

What method contrasts styles to identify changes and historical influence?

Chauvet Cave

What site in France contains some of the earliest known cave paintings?

Red Ochre and Charcoal

What materials were used in Chauvet Cave paintings?

Venus of Willendorf

What Paleolithic sculpture is thought to represent fertility?

Mesolithic Period

What era followed the Paleolithic and included rock shelter paintings?

Rock Shelter Paintings

What type of artwork shows humans interacting with animals in the Mesolithic period?

Neolithic Period

What period saw the rise of megalithic stone structures?

Megaliths

What term refers to large stone formations like Stonehenge?

Stonehenge

What famous megalithic site is aligned with the summer solstice?

Post and Lintel

What architectural construction uses two vertical posts with a horizontal beam?

Ziggurat

What term refers to stepped pyramid temples in Sumerian cities?

Akkadian Art

What period emphasized monarchs and produced freestanding ruler sculptures?

Code of Hammurabi

What Babylonian law code was inscribed on a stele with high relief sculpture?

Ishtar Gate

What Neo-Babylonian structure features animal figures on glazed brick?

Persepolis

What Persian palace reflects Egyptian influence in architecture?

Hierarchical Scale

What Egyptian art style uses size to indicate status?

Palette of King Narmer

What object uses hierarchical scale and may have been ceremonial?

Fractional Representation

What technique shows each body part from its clearest angle?

Tutankhamun

Whose burial mask is a prime example of ancient Egyptian funerary art?

Nubia

What African kingdom once ruled Egypt and is gaining recognition in art history?

Cycladic Art

What Aegean culture made simplified geometric female figures?

Minoan Civilization

What culture on Crete created frescoes and organic palace designs?

Snake Goddess

What Minoan statue symbolizes nature and fertility?

Mycenaean Culture

What Greek mainland civilization made gold artifacts and relief sculpture?

Archaic Greek Sculpture

What style was influenced by Egyptian stance but more dynamic?

Contrapposto

What pose shows natural weight shift in Greek sculpture?

Parthenon

What temple exemplifies Classical Greek architecture?

Corinthian Columns

What highly decorative column style rose in popularity in Late Classical Period?

Hellenistic Sculpture

What period includes the Venus de Milo and Laocoön Group?

Etruscan Art

What civilization’s art is known through tombs and sarcophagi?

Roman Concrete

What innovation allowed the Romans to build massive domes and arches?

Pantheon

What Roman building features a huge concrete dome?

Triumphal Arches

What Roman architectural form commemorated emperors and victories?

Roman Busts

What type of Roman sculpture portrayed idealized leaders?

Mosaics

What art form uses small pieces of tile or glass to create Christian imagery in Byzantium?

Hagia Sophia

What church in Constantinople is a major achievement of Byzantine architecture?

Illuminated Manuscripts

What books were hand-copied and decorated in monasteries?

Book of Kells

What famous illuminated manuscript comes from early medieval Ireland?

Hiberno-Saxon Style

What style blends Anglo-Saxon

Romanesque Architecture

What style features barrel vaults and thick walls?

Saint-Sernin

What Romanesque church is a key example in France?

Gothic Architecture

What style used pointed arches

Chartres Cathedral

What Gothic cathedral features tall arches and stained glass windows?

Giotto di Bondone

Who pioneered perspective and emotional expression in early Renaissance frescoes?