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Which art movement took place from 1940-1960 and was comprised of many different types of artwork that had a common abstract quality?

Abstract Expressionism Example: The Gate (1959) by Hans Hofmann

Which 20th-century American artist is best known as a founder and leading figure of the Pop Art movement?

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) His major works include the film Chelsea Girls and the painting Campbell's Soup Cans.

Which American photographer of the 20th and 21st centuries is known for her portrait photographs of celebrities, which have adorned the covers of Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair magazines?

Annie Leibovitz (1949- )

Which 20th-century American photographer is famous for his large-scale black-and-white photographs of the American wilderness, especially Yosemite National Park?

Ansel Adams (1902-1984)

Which 19th- and 20th-century French sculptor is best known as the founder of modern sculpture?

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) His major works include The Walking Man, The Burghers of Calais, and The Thinker.

Which art style began in Rome, Italy around 1600 and then grew in success and popularity for most of the next two centuries while receiving support from the Catholic church?

Baroque The baroque style was characterized by grandeur, movement, drama, and emotional expression. It's influence spanned, painting, architecture, music, literature, dance, theater, and sculpture. Example: The Triumph of the Immaculate (1710-1715) by Paolo de Matteis

What was Picasso's Blue Period?

Between 1901 and 1904, Picasso only painted in somber shades of blue and green. This was brought about by the suicide of a good friend, after which Picasso became depressed.

Which 20th-century American cartoonist is best known as the creator of the Peanuts comic strip?

Charles Schulz (1922-2000)

Which 17th- and 18th-century English architect is best known for designing St. Paul's Cathedral?

Christopher Wren (1632-1723) He designed many churches in London, especially after the Great Fire in 1666.

Which French painter of the 19th and 20th centuries is best known as a founder of Impressionism?

Claude Monet (1840-1926) His major works include Impression, Sunrise, and Water Lilies. (Painting is Sunrise)

Which art movement took place from 1905-1920, and depicted subjects with geometric shapes, sometimes rearranged?

Cubism Pablo Picasso was one of the founders of the cubist movement. Example: Portrait (1915) by Jeanne Rij-Rousseau

Which 20th-century Mexican painter is best known for his murals, which established the Mexican Mural Movement?

Diego Rivera (1886-1957) He was famously married to fellow Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. His major works include Man, Controller of the Universe, and Detroit Industry.

Which 20th-century American photographer is best known for her work documenting Depression-era workers for the Farm Security Administration?

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) Her most famous picture, Migrant Mother, has become synonymous with the Great Depression

Which 19th- and 20th-century French artist is known as one of the founders of Impressionism but preferred to be called a realist?

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) He is usually associated with the depiction of dancers and movement in general, and his major works include The Bellelli Family and Woman with Chrysanthemums.

Which 19th- and 20th-century Norwegian painter and printmaker dealt with psychological themes and is considered a Symbolist?

Edvard Munch (1863-1944) His most celebrated piece is The Scream.

Which art movement took place from 1900-1935, and depicted emotion in a distorted, exaggerated way?

Expressionism Expressionist works can be characterized as abstract, jarring, and even unsettling to look at. Example: Nollendorfplatz (1912) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Which 15th-century Italian architect and engineer is credited with the discovery of perspective?

Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) His most celebrated work is the engineering of the Duomo in Florence.

Which 20th-century Irish-born British painter typically depicted figures trapped in geometrical cages set against flat backgrounds?

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) His major works include Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion and Study for a Self-Portrait - Triptych.

Which 18th- and 19th-century Spanish painter and printmaker's work was often darker than that of his contemporaries, and included pieces such as La maja desnuda, The Third of May 1808, and Black Paintings?

Francisco Goya (1746-1828)

Which American architect of the 19th and 20th centuries is widely considered the greatest American architect of all time?

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) He popularized the notion of organic architecture: designing buildings that are in harmony with their environments. His major works include the Robie House, Falling Water, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Which 19th- and 20th-century French sculptor is best known for designing the Statue of Liberty?

Frederic Bartholdi (1834-1904)

Which 19th- and 20th-century American landscape architect is best known for designing urban parks such as Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City?

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)

Which 20th-century Mexican painter was best known for her self-portraits?

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Kahlo was famously married to fellow Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Her work is praised for its nationalistic and feminist undertones.

Which 19th-century French Post-Impressionist painter and draftsman is best known as the developer of the pointillism technique of painting?

Georges Seurat (1859-1891) His major works include Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte and Parade de Cirque. (Sunday afternoon is shown)

Which 20th-century American painter is best known for her large-scale close-up paintings of blossoms and New York City buildings?

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) Her major works include Blue and Green Music, Pineapple Bud, Ram's Head White Hollyhock, and Little Hills.

Which 17th-century Italian sculptor is known as the greatest Baroque sculptor and a pioneer of that style of art?

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) His major works include Apollo and Daphne, The Rape of Proserpina, and Ecstasy of Saint Theresa. (Apollo and Daphne is shown)

Which 19th- and 20th-century French painter and sculptor is best known for his mastery of expressive color?

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) He helped define modernism in the 20th century, and his major works include Woman with a Hat and The Dance.

Which Chinese-born American architect of the 20th and 21st centuries is one of the most famous living architects, and considered a master of modern architecture?

I.M. Pei (1917- ) His major works include the Louvre Pyramid, the Bank of China Tower, and the John F. Kennedy Library.

Which art movement took place from 1865-1885, and is characterized by free brush strokes rather than deliberate lines?

Impressionism Impressionist works are commonly painted outdoors, or "en plein air," and include landscapes, portraits, and outdoor scenes. Example: Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son (1875) by Claude Monet

Which 20th-century American painter is best known for his unique painting style in which he would fling the paint from his brush in controlled splashes while his canvas lay on the floor of his studio?

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) He is best known as a major figure in the Abstract Expressionst movement.

Which 17th-century Dutch painter was a member of the Dutch Golden Age, and specialized in quotidian interior scenes?

Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) His major works include The Milkmaid, The Astronomer, and Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Which 15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance polymath is considered the archetypical Renaissance Man for his diverse talents and interests in the arts and sciences?

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) His major works include the paintings The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper and the drawing The Vitruvian Man.

Which 20th- and 21st-century American cartoonist and producer are best known as the creator of the TV show The Simpsons?

Matt Groening (1954- )

Which 15th- and 16th-century Italian sculptor, painter, and the architect was best known for the sculptures David and Pieta, the fresco painting The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and for redesigning Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican?

Michelangelo (1475-1564) He is considered a Renaissance Man, rivaled only by Leonardo da Vinci; he excelled in a variety of artistic disciplines.

Which art period took place from 1750-1850, and was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art?

Neoclassical Example: Nicolaus Copernicus Monument (1822-1830) by Bertel Thorvaldsen

Which 20th-century American painter and illustrator is best known for his cover illustrations of The Saturday Evening Post magazine, depicting scenes of everyday life?

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) His major works include the Willie Gillis series, The Problem We All Live With, and the Four Freedoms series.

Which 20th- and 21st-century Brazilian architect is best known for his designs of the civic buildings in Brasilia, which was a planned city created to become Brazil's capital?

Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)

Which Spanish painter and sculptor of the 19th and 20th centuries are best known as a co-founder of the Cubist movement and for the diverse styles he explored?

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) His major works include Guernica, an anti-war mural, and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

Which 19th- and 20th-century French post-Impressionist artist is known for his small, repetitive brushstrokes that build up to form a larger image?

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) His major works include Mont Sainte-Victoire seen from Bellevue, The Card Players, and The Bathers. (Below: The Basket of Apples, 1895)

Which 19th- and 20th-century French painter helped develop the Impressionist movement, and often portrayed feminine sensuality in his paintings?

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) His major works include Bal du moulin de la Galette, Nude, and Luncheon of the Boating Party.

Which art movement emerged during the late 1950s and early 1960s and incorporated commercial pop culture imagery such as logos and comic strip styles in its works?

Pop Art Famous artists of this genre include Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Example: Drowning Girl (1963) by Roy Lichtenstein

Which art movement took place from 1885-1910 as a more liberal continuation of the Impressionist movement?

Post-Impressionism Artists of this era took more liberties with Impressionist works, such as bold colors and exaggerated shapes and figures. Example: Large Plane Trees (1889) by Vincent van Gogh

Which 15th- and 16th-century painter and architect is considered part of the traditional trio of Renaissance masters (along with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo), and painted The School of Athens?

Raphael (1483-1520)

Which art movement took place from 1848-1900, and began in France in opposition to the Romanticism movement?

Realism Subjects were painted as they were seen, without the type of exaggeration seen in Romantic works. Realist paintings tackled everyday, sometimes unpleasant subject matter. Example: Nocturne: Blue and Gold — Old Battersea Bridge (c. 1872-1875) by James McNeill Whistler

Which Dutch painter and etcher of the 17th century was a prominent member of the Dutch Golden Age, and whose major works include Danae and Night Watch?

Rembrandt (1606-1669) He is best known for his portraits, self-portraits, and illustrations of scenes from the Bible.

Which art movement took place from 1780-1850, and emphasized the expression and depiction of human emotion?

Romanticism Landscapes and other nature scenes were also common during this period. Example: The Voyage of Life: Childhood (1842) by Thomas Cole

Which 20th-century American painter and sculptor became famous as a pop artist who incorporated advertising and comic book stylings into his art?

Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) His major works include Drowning Girl, Whaam!, and his interpretation of van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles. (Drowning girl is shown)

Which 20th-century Spanish painter is best known for the bizarre and confounding images in his surrealist work?

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) His major works include The Persistence of Memory, famously depicting melting clocks, and Swans Reflecting Elephants.

Which art movement took place from 1917-1950, is characterized by dream-like, illogical subjects, and scenes?

Surrealism Example: Marks (2012) by Nadir M. García

Which 20th-century American animator, cartoonist, and the director is best known for creating the Looney Tunes characters during the Golden Age of Hollywood Animation?

Tex Avery (1908-1980) He created Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, two of the most iconic cartoon characters of all time.

Which 19th-century Dutch post-Impressionist painter's works are characterized by bold colors and emotional honesty?

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) His work was only appreciated posthumously after his early death (thought to be a suicide). His major works include The Starry Night, Sunflowers, and Bedroom in Arles.

Which American film producer and director of the 20th century is best known for creating the character Mickey Mouse?

Walt Disney (1901-1966)

Which 19th- and 20th-century Russian painter is credited as the first painter of purely abstract forms?

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) His major works include On White II and Der Blaue Reiter. (Below: Gelb-Rot-Blau, 1925)

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1886) by Georges Seurat This work is a famous example of pointillism, a type of artwork created by making small dots on the canvas that eventually form a cohesive image. The painting took Seurat two years to complete.