Fine Arts General Knowledge Flashcard 2.0

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What artist was known for being a "Renaissance Man"...draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal? His Last Supper (1495–98) and Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time?

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Leonardo DaVinci

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Which artist was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art? In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lives, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterized by bold colors and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art?

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Vincent Van Gogh

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Which artist painted the famous Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and her children?

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Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

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Which colors are the primary colors?

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Red, Yellow & Blue

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Which are the secondary colors?

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Green, Orange & Violet (Purple)

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Which are the tertiary colors? Options: Magenta, Lemon yellow & Lime Green, Red-Orange, Red-violet, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Yellow-Orange, & Yellow-Green, Red, Yellow & Blue, Green, Yellow & Violet

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Red-Orange, Red-violet, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Yellow-Orange, & Yellow-Green

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Which artist was credited with discovering "Abstract Art" and sometimes called the "Father of Abstraction." _____________was a modern master who is credited with painting the first purely abstract works

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Wassily Kandinsky

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Which artist painted this painting?
Options:
Pablo Picasso,
Jackson Pollock,
Paul Cezanne,
Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Van Gogh

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Which famous mountain appears in the background of this image?

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Mount Fuji

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Which artist was known for Abstract Cubist art, was a child prodigy and a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and stage designer considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century? _______________ is credited, along with Georges Braque, with the creation of Cubism.

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Pablo Picasso