Scholastic Art Magazine: 10 Paintings to Know

Question 1

When the artist splatters paint across the canvas in random patterns

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Action Painting

Question 2

What characteristic in Mona Lisa is typical of art painted during the Renaissance?

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Atmospheric Perspective

Question 3

The Starry Night appeals to many people because of its _____style

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expressive

Question 4

Pages with original hand drawings or painting with text made prior invention of printing press.

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Illuminated Manuscripts

Question 5

Frida Kahlo explores ____ by painting a double self-portraits

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dual heritage

Question 6

The table in Cezanne's still life seems to tip forward, challenging traditional ______

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perspective

Question 7

Jackson Pollock uses a technique called action paitning to create _______works like Number 34

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abstract

Question 8

Why is the Book of Kings considered an iconic work of art?

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All of the previous

Question 9

Basquit's work incorporates expressive lines and colors and is classified as...

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Street Art

Question 10

A work of art is widely recognized and symbolic of a specific time or event.

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Iconic

Question 11

The Skull by Basquiat uses street art techniques, ____areas of flat color and dense lines

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juxtaposing

Question 12

A work of art that depicts an image from multiple points of view or over time

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Cubism

Question 13

O'Keeffe reinvents the still life by magnifying the subject and closely _____ the composition.

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cropping

Question 14

The Portrait of Yun Dongseom includes _____details to make it clear this is a specific person.

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realistic

Question 15

A work of art that is non-representational, without recognizable subject matter.

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Pure Abstraction

Question 16

Picasso's Dora Maar in an armchair uses blue for the mouth, a bright, ____ color

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arbitrary colors

Question 17

What do the colors in Splash Down Apollo 13 convey?

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Falling and Danger

Question 18

Pure abstract paintings like Kandinsky's Composition 8 is _____, based only on color shape form

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non-representational

Question 19

The thick application of paint possible in part from the invention of tubes of paint.

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Impasto

Question 20

The illuminations in the Book of Kings illustrate an epic _____

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narrative

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