Because Jeopardy Doesn't Have Enough Art Categories
Across
- 2. "The Lady with the Unicorn" is a medieval example of this textile art form.
- 4. El Greco's painting of the Virgin Mary cradling her dead son is called this, like Michelangelo's famous sculpture of the same subject.
- 5. An old-timey central European, or a modern artsy type.
- 11. In the 1880s this artist with "noir" in his name broke with Impressionism and began using more black.
- 13. Renoir and Monet were part of this art movement that tried to capture what the eye sees at a particular moment.
- 15. Georges Seurat was just 26 when he completed his masterpiece "A Sunday on" this island.
- 16. Impressionism got its name thanks to his painting "Impression: Sunrise."
- 17. In 1949 she painted "Diego and I," a portrait of herself with her husband's image appearing on her forehead.
- 18. Landscape artist Eugene Boudin influenced the impressionists to paint "En Plein Air," meaning this.
- 19. The work of Jose Clemente Orozco brought fresco into the 20th century as a medium for these vast wall paintings.
- 20. 14th-century artist Giotto was a master of this technique, painting directly on freshly plastered walls.
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- 1. It was recently said of this artist, "He's far more than cowboys and indians. (He) is uncannily modern."
- 3. When not painting frescoes, he did odd jobs like making models of saltcellars for the Duke of Urbino.
- 4. "Crouching Woman" and "Blind Man's Meal" are paintings from his blue period.
- 6. Failing eyesight and eventual blindness forced this American-born artist to stop painting around 1914.
- 7. Giotto's realistic technique revolutionized painting and was a strong influence on this art era of the 1400s.
- 8. 1659 portraits of Spain's 8-year-old infanta and her brother were the last works he completed.
- 9. In May 2010, five paintings worth $125 million by Braque, Matisse, and three others left Paris' museum of this art period.
- 10. Modern movement that is named for the optical illusions created by its geometric patterns.
- 12. This three-part panel was a common form for altarpieces in medieval art.
- 14. This modern American artist was known as the "Father of the Mobile."