Art History Review Flashcards

Flashcards generated from lecture notes, designed as fill-in-the-blank questions for exam preparation.

Sandro Botticelli is known for his painting __.

Birth of Venus

__ was a Post-Impressionist painter known for his unique style.

Paul Cezanne

Jan Vermeer painted __.

Genre Paintings

Wassily Kandinsky was an __ painter known for bold colors and lines.

Expressionist

__ is credited with Cubism.

Pablo Picasso

Sue Coe is a __

Vegan artist known for her protest portraits

Claude Monet famously painted __.

outdoors

Vincent van Gogh used a __ and famously cut his ear.

Palette knife

Mark Rothko is known for his __ paintings.

Rectangles

Ana Mendieta was a __ artist.

Cuban

Georges Seurat used a __ technique.

small dots

Paul Gauguin and __ painted together.

Vincent van Gogh

Marcel Duchamp is known for __, which creates motion.

Rhythmic repetition

Albrecht Durer was a _

German artist known for his attention to details

Edgar Degas was a master of __ drawings

pastel

Andy Warhol is associated with __.

Pop art

Robert Rauschenberg created _

"Combine” paintings and sculptures

Gian Lorenzo Bernini is known for his __.

Baldacchino

Dale Chihuly is a __ artist.

Glass

Yoko ono was a __ artist involved in _

Japanese , fluxus movement

Rembrandt van Rijn used _

Rich, thick paint, and a technique call “ impasto “

Georgia O'Keefe is known for her __

flower paintings

Judy Chicago __.

Dinner party in chicago

Jackson Pollock is known for __ paintings where he poured paint

Action

Cindy Sherman is known for __.

photograph herself 100 of times

Artemisia Gentileschi painted the biblical figure __.

Judith " Judith was not gentle “

Leonardo Da Vinci was known for both _

science and art

Michelangelo believed __ was the most perfect form to depict.

The human form

Diego Rivera is known for __ art, especially related to _

Mural, Dia de Los muertos “

Frida Kahlo is known for her __.

55 Self portraits

__ refers to the distinctive visual elements, techniques, and methods of an artist.

Style

__ art looks like real life.

Naturalistic

__ art shows feelings, not just how things look.

Expressive

__ art looks like a dream; strange, imaginary, or impossible.

Surreal

__ art doesn't try to look real.

Abstract

__ art breaks things into geometric shapes and shows different angles at once.

Cubism

__ is bright, fun art inspired by everyday things like ads and comics.

Pop art

__ is new, experimental art that breaks rules.

Avant-garde

__ is a Japanese style of animation with big eyes.

Anime

__ is a mix of styles, often playful or questioning ideas about art.

Post-modernism

In __ art, the artist's actions are the artwork.

Performance art

__ is handmade art using materials like fabric or wood.

Craft

__ are art tools that are dry, like pencils or charcoal.

Dry media

__ is making art by creating a design and printing it on paper

Printmaking

__ is a type of printmaking using oil and water.

Lithography

__ is art made with more than one material.

Mixed media

Combines_

Artworks that mix paintings and sculptures, often with real objects added.

__ is a picture made by cutting and combining photos.

Photomontage

Functions of art reflect customs and concerns related to food, shelter, and __.

human reproduction

Art can reflect concepts of divinity, commemorate the dead, or represent the power of the __.

state and its rulers

Art can reflect political and social justice or injustices, and explore thoughts and __.

emotions

---------- are colored powders used to make paint.

Pigments

---------- is the ingredient in paint that holds the pigment together and helps it stick.

Binder

Sand paintings _

Design made by placing colored sand, in patterns (used in cultures like Navajo)

__ is liquid clay used in ceramics.

Slip

__ is painting on wet plaster.

Fresco

__ is a fast-drying paint made with egg yolk.

Tempera

__ are paints mixed with water for soft color.

Watercolors

__ is like watercolor but thicker in color.

Gouache

__ is slow-drying paint.

Oil paint

__ is what the artwork is about.

Content

__ are the building blocks of art; line, shape, color, etc.

Formal elements

__ is when parts of the artwork feel even or stable.

Balance

__ is a feeling of movement created by repeating shapes.

Rhythm

Proportion and scale _

The size of things compared to each other.

__ is what stands out most in the artwork.

Emphasis

__ is how light or dark something is.

Value

Unity and variety _

Means everything in the art, feels like it belongs together.

__ is what the art shows; a person, object, or scene.

Subject matter

The Mona Lisa is a famous portrait by _ and her smile

Leonardo Da Vinci

__ still life paintings are detailed and dramatic.

Baroque 17th century

The __ is a huge ancient Roman temple with a dome.

Pantheon

__ is a circle of giant stones in England.

Stonehenge

__ means made to look perfect, not realistic.

Idealized

__ is inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art.

Classical

__ art has no recognizable subject.

Non-objective

__ art moves or appears to move.

Kinetic works

The __ are huge stone tombs in ancient Egypt.

Great Pyramids

The __ is a white marble tomb in India, famous for its beauty and symmetrical balance

Taj Mahal

__ painting is art made by splashing or dripping paint.

Action

A __ burial is a ship used as a grave.

Viking ship

A __ is a large canopy over an altar or throne.

Baldacchino

__ are marks that show shape, direction, or outline in art.

Lines

__ is the use of light and shadow to show depth.

Chiaroscuro

In one-point perspective, lines meet at __.

one point

The properties of color are _ (name), value and intensity

Hue

__ are visual effects of light, including red, blue, and yellow.

Colors

The __ colors are red, blue and yellow

primary

The secondary colors are _

Green, orange, purple

__ colors are opposite on the color wheel.

Complementary

__ are even, geometric shapes.

Regular shapes

__ are uneven, freeform shapes.

Irregular shapes

2D

Flat, has height and width only

__ has height, width, and depth.

3D

__ colors are next to each other on the color wheel.

Analogous

Sandro-

Botticelli

Paul _

Cezanne

Wassily_

Kandinsky

Jan _

Vermeer

Claude-

Monet