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JACKSON POLLOCK & WILLEM DE KOONING | ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM |
FRENCH LANDSCAPE PAINTERS PREDATING IMPRESSIONISTS... | BARBIZON SCHOOL |
REMBRANDT, CARAVAGGIO, BERNINI, & REUBENS | BAROQUE |
PICASSO & BRAQUE | CUBISM |
1920'S NONSENSICAL MOVEMENT | DADA |
NAME MEANS "WILD BEASTS" IN FRENCH; ASSOCIATED WITH MATISSE... | FAUVISM |
ITALIAN MOVEMENT WITH MARIENETTI & BOCCIONI GLORIFYING MODERNITY AND THE MACHINE AGE IN THE 1930S... | FUTURISM |
GENERIC TERM FOR ART BEFORE THE RENAISSANCE, NAMED FOR A BARBARIAN TRIBE... | GOTHIC |
MONET, MANET, DEGAS, RENOIR, CASSATT | IMPRESSIONISM |
ABSTRACT ART FORM FOCUSING ON OPTICAL ILLUSIONS... | OP ART |
GEORGE SEURAT | POINTILLISM |
FEATURES OVERLY ORNATE, FRILLY, AND ELEGANT DESIGNS. WATTEAU & FRAGONARD... | ROCOCO |
CALLED 'BAROQUE GONE MAD'... | ROCOCO |
LITERALLY "SUPER REALISM"... | SURREALISM |
A REMINGTON PAINTING SHOWS THE "COMING & GOING OF..." THIS DELIVERY SERVICE THAT CAME & WENT IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS' TIME | PONY EXPRESS |
PAOLO UCCELLO'S "THE BATTLE OF SAN ROMANO" WAS COMMISSIONED BY A MEMBER OF THIS FAMILY IN THE 1450S | MEDICI |
IN EMMANUEL LEUTZE'S PAINTING OF WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE, THE MAN HOLDING THE ANACHRONISTIC FLAG IS SAID TO BE THIS FUTURE 5TH PRESIDENT | MONROE |
AN 1830S PAINTING BY KARL BRIULLOV DEPICTS "THE LAST DAY OF..." THIS CITY, BEFORE IT WAS OBLITERATED BY A VOLCANO | POMPEII |
THE PORTRAIT OF NAPOLEON IN HIS STUDY WAS DONE BY THIS FAVORITE PAINTER OF HIS IN 1812 | JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID |
LIVING IN GERMANY, EMANUEL LEUTZE USED THIS RIVER AS A MODEL FOR HIS "WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE" | RHINE |
ROY GRINNELL'S "THE FINAL MOMENT" COMMEMORATES THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON THIS BATTLESHIP | THE U.S.S. ARIZONA |
THIS QUAKER'S "TREATY WITH THE INDIANS" WAS THE SUBJECT OF A FAMOUS PAINTING BY BENJAMIN WEST | WILLIAM PENN |
LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF THIS CLERGYMAN, WHOM HE PAINTED IN 1533 | MARTIN LUTHER |
HE DID A WELL-KNOWN SERIES OF PAINTINGS OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND HARRIET TUBMAN | JACOB LAWRENCE |
A PAINTING AT VERSAILLES SHOWS THIS LEADER AT RATISBONNE IN 1809, AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN THE FOOT | NAPOLEON |
LAURITS TUXEN'S PAINTING OF THIS PAIR'S 1894 ROYAL WEDDING IS, WHERE ELSE, AT THE HERMITAGE | NICHOLAS & ALEXANDRA |
HIS DRAMATIC "MASSACRE AT CHIOS" IS AT THE LOUVRE | DELACROIX |
LET'S DRINK TO THIS EQUIVALENT OF DIONYSUS DEPICTED BY CARAVAGGIO | BACCHUS |
AN ARTIST MAY "CLEAN" UP A WATERCOLOR WITH ONE OF THESE BROAD, THIN LAYERS OF COLOR | WASH |
DIE BRUCKE, A 20TH-C. GERMAN MOVEMENT, MEANS THIS, AND WAS MEANT TO BE ONE TO THE FUTURE | BRIDGE |
FRENCH WORD FOR A CATEGORY OF ART, LIKE LANDSCAPE, OR FOR A PAINTING OF SCENES OF EVERYDAY LIFE | GENRE |
IN GREEK SCULPTURE THE OTHER BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KOUROI, WHICH WERE NUDE, AND KORAI, WHICH WERE CLOTHED | GENDER |
"JUGENDSTIL" IS THE GERMAN EQUIVALENT FOR THIS FRENCH TERM FOR THE DECORATIVE STYLE OF THE 1890S | ART NOUVEAU |
FRENCH TERM FOR THE TECHNIQUE OF PLACING PAPER OVER A RELIEF SURFACE AND RUBBING WITH CRAYON OR PENCIL | FOTTAGE |
THIS FRENCH-NAMED ILLUSORY TECHNIQUE TRICKS THE EYE INTO THINKING A PAINTED OBJECT IS REAL & NOT TWO-DIMENSIONAL | TROMPE-L'OEIL |
DUBUFFET COINED THIS 10-LETTER TERM, FROM THE FRENCH FOR "TO BRING TOGETHER", FOR WORKS MADE OF BITS OF THINGS | ASSEMBLAGE |
THE NAME OF THIS ODD MOVEMENT, FRENCH FOR "HOBBY-HORSE", WAS APPROPRIATELY CHOSEN AT RANDOM FROM A DICTIONARY | DADA |
PROMINENT FEATURE OF WOMEN IN PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINTINGS; MODEL LIZZIE SIDDAL'S WAS SAID TO HAVE FILLED HER COFFIN | LONG HAIR |
HE PAINTED JESUS WITHOUT A BEARD IN "SUPPER AT EMMAUS" | CARAVAGGIO |
1659 PORTRAITS OF SPAIN'S 8-YEAR-OLD INFANTA AND HER BROTHER WERE THE LAST WORKS HE COMPLETED | DIEGO VELAZQUEZ |
TOLEDO, OHIO'S MUSEUM OF ART HAS A SIGNED REPLICA OF THE LOUVRE'S "OATH OF..." THESE ROMANS BY DAVID | HORATII |
A REMINGTON PAINTING SHOWS THE "COMING AND GOING OF ..." THIS SERVICE THAT CAME & WENT IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS | PONY EXPRESS |
PAOLO UCCELLO'S "THE BATTLE OF SAN ROMANO" WAS COMMISSIONED BY A MEMBER OF THIS FAMILY IN THE 1450S | MEDICI |
PAINTER OF "WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE" | EMMANUEL LEUTZE |
FAVORITE PAINTER OF NAPOLEON | DAVID |
AN EARLY VERSION OF "THE POTATO EATERS" WAS AMONG 3 OF HIS PAINTINGS TAKEN FROM A MUSEUM IN HOLLAND IN 1988 | VAN GOGH |
THIS ARTIST USED TROWELS, STICKS, AND EVEN BASTERS TO CREATE SOME OF HIS DRIP PAINTINGS, LIKE "CATHEDRAL" | JACKSON POLLOCK |
RAPHAEL MUST HAVE USED UP A LOT OF RED PAINT FOR HIS PORTRAIT OF POPE LEO X WITH 2 OF THESE MEN | CARDINALS |
THIS CREATURE TOYS WITH A BIRD IN WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT'S PAINTING OF SEDUCTION "THE AWAKENING CONSCIENCE" | A CAT |
IN POUSSIN'S PAINTING TITLED "THE RAPE OF..." THEM, "RAPE" MEANS ABDUCTION | THE SABINE WOMEN |
DURING WWII, POSTERS OF HIS PAINTINGS OF "THE FOUR FREEDOMS" WERE DISTRIBUTED BY THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION | NORMAN ROCKWELL |
HE ALSO MADE SCULPTURES OF BRILLO, MOTT'S, DEL MONTE, AND KELLOGG'S BOXES | WARHOL |
TACOMA & DURHAM ARE 2 CITIES THAT HAVE REGULAR EVENTS NAMED THIS IN WHICH YOU STRETCH YOUR LEGS AND SEE PAINTINGS | ART WALKS |
IN PAINTINGS BY VELAZQUEZ & VERONESE, THIS ROMAN METALSMITH IS SEEN WORKING IN HIS FORGE | VULCAN |
THE NAVAJO ARE NOTED FOR THEIR "PAINTINGS" DONE WITH THIS MATERIAL THAT CAN BE GLUED TO A BOARD | SAND |
THIS CONTEMPORARY BRIT HAS LONG BEEN IN THE SWIM WITH PAINTINGS SUCH AS "PETER GETTING OUT OF NICK'S POOL" | DAVID HOCKNEY |
MANY OF THIS COUNTRY'S POSTAGE STAMPS REPRODUCE PAINTINGS IN PRINCE HANS-ADAM'S ART COLLECTION | LIECHTENSTEIN |
JACQUELINE ROQUE SAID OF HIM, "IF MY HUSBAND EVER MET A WOMAN...WHO LOOKED LIKE ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS, HE WOULD FAINT" | PICASSO |
OVER 15 YEARS, HE CREATED MORE THAN 200 PAINTINGS OF HIS CHADDS FORD NEIGHBOR HELGA TESTORF | ANDREW WYETH |
THIS AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST WAS BELOVED FOR HER AFFECTIONATE MATERNAL PAINTINGS | MARY CASSATT |
HE SIGNED HIS PAINTINGS WITH HIS REAL NAME, DOMENIKOS THEOTOKOPOULAS, WRITTEN IN GREEK LETTERS | EL GRECO |
WINNING FAVOR BY GLORIFYING THIS MAN IN PAINTINGS, CHARLES LE BRUN BECAME THE ARBITER OF FRENCH TASTE | LOUIS XIV |
SITES OF PREHISTORIC CAVE PAINTINGS INCLUDE ALTAMIRA IN SPAIN AND THIS FRENCH CAVE FAMED FOR ITS HALL OF BULLS | LASCAUX |
PAINTINGS BY GUILLEMINE BENOIST & OTHER FEMALE ARTISTS WERE MISIDENTIFIED AS BY THIS FRENCH MALE NEOCLASSICIST | DAVID |
AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF PAINTINGS BY THIS DUTCH MASTER IS THE NUDE "BATHSHEBA AT THE BATH" | REMBRANDT |
BEN SHAHN CAME TO PROMINENCE IN THE EARLY 1930S WITH HIS PAINTINGS OF THE MURDER TRIAL OF THESE 2 ITALIAN ANARCHISTS | SACCO & VANZETTI |
LIKE DAVID, EDVARD MUNCH DID A PAINTING CALLED "THE DEATH OF ..." THIS MAN, BUT HE PLACED HIM ON A BED, NOT IN A BATH | MARAT |
IN THE LATE 1800S, THIS FRENCHMAN PAINTED A FEAST OF STILL LIFES: "WITH PLATE OF CHERRIES", "WITH APPLES", AND "WITH ONIONS" | CEZANNE |
THIS FAMOUS JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET PAINTING SHOWS 3 WOMEN PICKING UP THE REMAINS LEFT AFTER HARVEST | THE GLEANERS |
THIS 20TH-C. ARTIST CALLED SOME OF HIS PAINTINGS, "HAND-PAINTED DREAM PHOTOGRAPHS" | DALI |
HENRY VIII SENT HIM TO PAINT PORTRAITS OF PROSPECTIVE BRIDES; ONLY 2 OF THE PAINTINGS SURVIVE | HANS HOLBEIN |
LIVING IN GERMANY, EMANUEL LEUTZE USED THIS RIVER AS A MODEL FOR HIS "WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE" | RHINE |
ROY GRINNELL'S "THE FINAL MOMENT" COMMEMORATES THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON THIS BATTLESHIP | U.S.S. ARIZONA |
THIS QUAKER'S "TREATY WITH THE INDIANS" WAS THE SUBJECT OF A FAMOUS PAINTING BY BENJAMIN WEST | WILLIAM PENN |
LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF THIS CLERGYMAN, WHOM HE PAINTED IN A 1533 PORTRAIT | MARTIN LUTHER |
HE CALLED HIS ABSTRACT STYLE IN PAINTINGS LIKE "COMPOSITION WITH RED, YELLOW, AND BLUE", NEOPLASTICISM | MONDRIAN |
A REDDISH-BROWN COLOR IS NAMED FOR THIS VENETIAN ARTIST WHO USED THE COLOR FREQUENTLY | TITIAN |
CORREGGIO GOT AN ALMOST RELIGIOUS ECSTASY INTO HIS MYTHOLOGICAL PAINTINGS, SUCH AS THIS ROMAN GOD AND IO | JUPITER |
THIS GROUP OF BRITISH PAINTERS EXHIBITED ANONYMOUSLY, SIGNING THEIR PAINTINGS PRB | PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD |
"BROOKLYN BRIDGE" WAS ONE OF THE LAST OF HER NYC PAINTINGS BEFORE SHE MOVED PERMANENTLY TO NEW MEXICO | GEORGIA O'KEEFE |
IN 1987 HIS "IRISES" SOLD FOR $53.9 MILLION, THEN A RECORD PRICE FOR A WORK OF ART | VAN GOGH |
PAINTED AROUND 1876, HIS "AU MOULIN DE LA GELETTE" WAS PURCHASED IN 1990 FOR $78 MILLION | RENOIR |
SELLING FOR $60 MILLION IN 1999, "RIDEAU, CROUCHON, ET COMPOTIER" BY THIS POST-IMPRESSIONEST | CEZANNE |
HIS "GARCON A LA PIPE" SOLD FOR A RECORD $104 MILLION IN 2004 | PICASSO |
IN 2004, AN UNIDENTIFIED BUYER PURCHASED THIS ARTIST'S "RACES AT THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE" FOR $26 MILLION | MANET |
LIKE SO MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS, HIS "SON OF MAN" FEATURES AT MAN IN A BOWLER HAT | MAGRITTE |
PAINTER JOHN F. KENSETT HELPED FOUND IT IN THE 1870S AND HIS WORKS LAUNCHED ITS AMERICAN PAINTINGS COLLECTION | METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART |
HE DID A WELL-KNOWN SERIES OF PAINTINGS OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND HARRIET TUBMAN | JACOB LAWRENCE |
A PAINTING AT VERSAILLES SHOWS THIS LEADER AT RATISBONNE IN 1809, AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN THE FOOT | NAPOLEON |
LAURITS TUXEN'S PAINTING OF THIS PAIR'S 1894 ROYAL WEDDING IS, WHERE ELSE, BUT AT THE HERMITAGE | NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA |
THIS IMPRESSIONIST'S CHRIST PAINTINGS OF 1864 & 1865 WERE CRUCIFIED FOR BEING UNIDEALIZED | MANET |
DURING HIS CAREER HE PRODUCED ABOUT 240 PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS OF THE SAME WOMAN...HELGA TESTORF | ANDREW WYETH |
NO, YOUR SIX-YEAR-OLD COULD NOT MAKE PAINTINGS JUST LIKE THIS MAN'S 1952 "CONVERGENCE" | JACKSON POLLOCK |
PAINTINGS IN HERCULANEUM PORTRAY THIS GROUP OF 9 MYTHIC FEMALE INSPIRERS SHOWING OFF THEIR ATTRIBUTES | MUSES |
THIS FIRST LADY SAVED ONE OF THE WHITE HOUSE'S PAINTINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON DURING THE WAR OF 1812 | DOLLEY MADISON |
UNABLE TO SELL HIS PAINTINGS IN PARIS, THIS SURREALIST RETURNED TO PHOTOGRAPHY | MAN RAY |
IN REMBRANDT'S "THE ABDUCTION OF ..." HER, THIS MYTHOLOGICAL WOMAN IS CARRIED OFF ON A WHITE BULL | EUROPA |
AN IMAGE IN DALI'S "PERSISTANCE OF MEMORY" WAS APPARENTLY BASED ON ONE IN THIS MAN'S "GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS" | HIERONYMOUS BOSCH |
THIS ITALIAN TERM MEANING THE BALANCE OF LIGHT AND SHADE IS OFTEN USED OF REMBRANDT'S PAINTINGS | CHIAROSCURO |
AROUND 1814 PIERRE-HENRI DE VALENCIENNES PAINTED THIS CATASTROPHIC 79A.D. EVENT | ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS |
USING NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF THE EVENT, MANET PAINTED THE "EXECUTION OF..." THIS EMPEROR IN MEXICO | MAXIMILIAN |
JACOB LAWRENCE'S TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE SERIES IS A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY'S SLAVE REBELLION | HAITI |
17TH-C ARTIST BORN IN DELFT KNOWN FOR HIS PAINTINGS THAT HAVE A COOL, SILVERY LIGHT | VERMEER |
JOSEPH STELLA IS KNOWN FOR A SERIES OF PAINTINGS OF THIS AMUSEMENT PARK AT THE SOUTHERN END OF LONG ISLAND | CONEY ISLAND |
DONE IN MONOCHROME, "WHITE FLAG" FROM 1955 IS THE LARGEST OF HIS FLAG PAINTINGS | JASPER JOHNS |
IN 1961, AT AGE 79, HE MARRIED 33-YEAR-OLD JACQUELINE ROQUE, THE MODEL IN SEVERAL OF HIS PAINTINGS | PICASSO |
GAZE UPON PAINTINGS BY THE AMERICAN SCHOOL KNOWN AS "THE 8" AND REMEMBER THIS, THEIR OTHER NAME | ASHCAN SCHOOL |
THE OVERWEIGHT MARIE DE MEDICI HIRED THIS ARTIST TO DO A CYCLE OF PAINTINGS OF HER | PETER PAUL REUBENS |
DIERIC BOUTS, TINTORETTO, AND DA VINCI CREATED PAINTINGS NAMED THIS THAT FEATURED JESUS AND HIS 12 DISCIPLES | THE LAST SUPPER |
"THE AGE OF INNOCENCE" IS ONE OF MANY CHARMING PAINTINGS BY THIS GREAT 18TH-C. PORTRAIT ARTIST | JOSHUA REYNOLDS |
DA VINCI CALLED IT "THE NOBLEST SENSE", HENCE HIS LOVE FOR HARMONIOUS PROPORTIONS IN PAINTINGS | SIGHT |
IT'S THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF DA VINCI'S MASTERPIECE "L'ULTIMA CENA" | THE LAST SUPPER |
THIS RENAISSANCE PAINTER'S "BIRTH OF VENUS" IS OVER 9 FEET LONG AND NEARLY 6 FEET HIGH | BOTTICELLI |
HER "DIEGO AND I" IS A PORTRAIT OF HERSELF WITH A SMALLER ONE OF DIEGO RIVERA ON HER FOREHEAD | FRIDA KAHLO |
IN 1873 RENOIR PAINTED THIS FELLOW FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST "PAINTING IN HIS GARDEN" | MONET |
HE PAINTED "MONET PAINTING IN HIS GARDEN" IN 1873 | RENOIR |
HE CONVEYED THE LONELINESS OF LIFE IN THE BIG CITY IN PAINTINGS LIKE "CHOP SUEY" AND "NIGHTHAWKS" | EDWARD HOPPER |
THIS AMERICAN WOMAN SCOFFED AT CHARGES THAT HER CLOSE-UP PAINTINGS OF FLOWERS HAD SEXUAL IMAGERY | GEORGIA O'KEEFE |
ROBERT DELAUNAY IS KNOWN FOR HIS COLORFUL SERIES OF CUBIST PAINTINGS OF THIS FRENCH TOWER | EIFFEL TOWER |
HIERONYMOUS BOSCH'S "GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS" IS ONE OF THE DELIGHTFUL PAINTINGS AT THIS SPANISH MUSEUM | PRADO |
FAMOUS FOR HIS PAINTINGS OF CANALS, THIS VENETIAN ARTIST'S REAL NAME WAS GIOVANNI CANAL | CANALETTO |
HIS "ROSE PERIOD" LASTED FROM ABOUT 1904 TO 1907 AND INCLUDED PAINTINGS OF ACROBATS AND CIRCUS PERFORMERS | PICASSO |
YOU CAN SEE THIS BIBLICAL COUPLE IN MASACCIO'S "THE EXPULSION FROM PARADISE" | ADAM & EVE |
AS ITS NAME INDICATES, THE "GHENT ALTARPIECE" WAS PAINTED FOR THE INSIDE OF ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS | CHURCH |
TURNER'S "THE SHIPWRECK" IS A SEASCAPE; RUISDAEL'S "WHEATFIELDS" IS THIS EARTHY EQUIVALENT | LANDSCAPE |
YOU'RE ON A ROLL IF YOU KNOW IN JAPAN MAKEMONO ARE HORIZONTAL PAINTINGS DONE ON THESE AND KAKEMONO ARE VERTICAL ONES | SCROLLS |
HE'S RETURNING IN REMBRANDT'S ILLUSTRATION OF A BIBLICAL PARABLE | PRODIGAL SON |
IN GRANT WOOD'S "AMERICAN GOTHIC", A FARMER IS HOLDING THIS IMPLEMENT IN HIS RIGHT HAND | PITCHFORK |
THIS PORTRAITIST PRODUCED 104 LIKENESSES OF THIS MAN | GEORGE WASHINGTON |
IN THE EARLY 19TH-C., THIS SPANIARD CREATED A SENSATION WITH HIS "MAJAS" PAINTINGS, ONE CLOTHED AND ONE NUDE | GOYA |
17TH-C. CREATOR OF "THE JEWISH BRIDE" | REMBRANDT |
THIS FRENCH FAUVIST'S "JOIE DE VIVRE" FEATURES NAKED WOMEN FROLICKING AND LOUNGING IN A FIELD | MATISSE |
2 PAINTINGS REFERRED TO IN THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER'S "YOU'RE THE TOP" | MONA LISA & WHISTLER'S MOTHER |
IN THE 1740S THIS "BLUE BOY" PAINTER WORKED AS A RESTORER OF PAINTINGS FOR ART DEALERS | GAINESBOROUGH |
HE WON ACCLAIM AND ABUSE WITH HIS 1979 PAINTINGS THAT FEATURED DISHES, BROKEN IN PIECES | JULIAN SCHNABEL |
IN 1895 THIS IMPRESSIONIST FINISHED HIS FAMOUS SERIES OF PAINTINGS OF ROUEN CATHEDRAL | MONET |
THIS SPANISH MUSEUM'S PAINTINGS ARE DISPLAYED IN 2 BUILDINGS: THE VILLANUEVA BUILDING AND THE CASON DEL BUEN RETIRO | PRADO |
ONE OF THE LARGEST PAINTINGS AT THE GETTY MUSEUM IS ENSOR'S 1888 "ENTRY OF CHRIST INTO..." THIS BELGIAN CAPITAL | BRUSSELS |
ACCORDING TO TRADITION AND SEVERAL PAINTINGS, PETER WAS CRUCIFIED IN THIS UNUSUAL MANNER | UPSIDE DOWN |
MONET WAS A LEADER OF THIS ART MOVEMENT WHOSE NAME WAS DERIVED FROM ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS | IMPRESSIONISM |
THIS "THIRD OF MAY" ARTIST COVERED THE WALLS OF HIS COUNTRY HOUSE IN GROTESQUE PAINTINGS | GOYA |
VAN DYCK DID PAINTINGS OF THIS STUART KING "ON HORSEBACK" AND WITH HENRIETTA MARIA AND THEIR CHILDREN | CHARLES I |
HE COMPLETED HIS PAINTINGS OF "MORNINGS ON THE SEINE" BEFORE BEGINNING HIS "WATER LILIES" | MONET |
IN THE 1940S SHE COMPLETED HER "PELVIS SERIES" PAINTINGS WHICH FEATURE BLUE SKY SEEN THROUGH BOVINE BONES | GEORGIA O'KEEFE |
"THE OXBOW" IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PAINTINGS PRODUCED BY THIS LANDSCAPE "SCHOOL" NAMED FOR A RIVER | HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL |
THIS FAMOUS SERIES OF PAINTINGS BY EDWARD HICKS DEPICTS ANIMALS LIVING TOGETHER IN PEACE & HARMONY | PEACEABLE KINGDOM |
BEDS & COUCHES ARE COMMON PROPS IN THE PAINTINGS OF THIS PSYCHOANALYST'S GRANDSON LUCIAN | SIGMUND FREUD |
THIS FRENCHMAN FINISHED HIS PAINTINGS OF "POPLARS" BEFORE HE BEGAN HIS "WATER LILY" MURALS | MONET |
LIKE HIS PAINTINGS, THIS BELGIAN SURREALIST'S PHOTOS HAVE INCLUDED MEN IN BOWLER HATS | MAGRITTE |
GIOVVANI ANTONIO CANAL WAS THE REAL NAME OF THIS ARTIST KNOWN FOR HIS PAINTINGS OF VENICE | CANALETTO |
THIS "MONA LISA" ARTIST IS NOTED FOR THE SFUMATO, OR SMOKY, QUALITY OF HIS PAINTINGS | DA VINCI |
THE TITLE OF A GUAGUIN PAINTING FEATURING THE BIRD OF THE DEVIL, OR A QUOTE FROM A POE RAVEN | NEVERMORE |
IN BOTTICELLIT'S "PRIMAVERA", THIS BLINDFOLDED CHERUB IS READY TO SHOOT AN ARROW AT THE 3 GRACES | CUPID |
HIS 2ND AND 3RD MOST FAMOUS WOMEN'S PORTRAITS ARE "CECILIA GALLERANI" AND "GINEVRA DE'BENCI" | DA VINCI |
VENUS, JUNO, & MINERVA ARE THE FULL-BODIED WOMEN IN THIS FLEMISH MASTER'S 1638 "JUDGMENT OF PARIS" | REUBENS |
VICTORINE MEUREND, HIS "CHANTEUSE DES RUES", IS THE NUDE IN HIS "LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE" | MANET |
FROM 1899-1904 CLAUDE MONET CREATED A SERIES OF PAINTINGS OF THIS ENGLISH RIVER | THAMES |
"THE MADONNA OF THE MAGNIFICENT" IS ONE OF MANY PAINTINGS OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD BY THIS "BIRTH OF VENUS" ARTIST | BOTTICELLI |
IN 1930 SHE CREATED A SERIES OF PAINTINGS OF A JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT | GEORGIA O'KEEFE |
IN 1993 THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM PRESENTED AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY THIS GRANDSON OF SIGMUND FREUD | LUCIAN FREUD |
MAURICE UTRILLO WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS PAINTINGS OF THIS CITY, ESPECIALLY OF MONTMARTRE | PARIS |
SOME OF HIS PAINTINGS LIKE "THE SLEEPING GYPSY", STRONGLY INFLUENCED THE SURREALIST MOVEMENT | ROUSSEAU |
GOYA'S WALL PAINTINGS DECORATE THE CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO DE LA FLORIDA IN THIS CAPITAL CITY | MADRID |
THIS ARTIST HAS MADE A BRONZE SCULPTURE OF TWO BEER CANS AS WELL AS PAINTINGS OF THE U.S. FLAG | JASPER JOHNS |
HIS PAINTINGS OF FLAGS AND TARGETS AT A ONE-MAN SHOW IN 1958 UNLEASHED A STORM OF CONTROVERSY | JASPER JOHNS |
AMONG HIS OTHER PAINTINGS IN THE LOUVRE ARE "ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST" AND THE "VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS" | DA VINCI |
PICASSO PAINTED LOTS OF GLOOMY PAINTINGS FROM 1901-04, MOSTLY IN SHADES OF THIS COLOR | BLUE |
IT WAS ORIGINALLY PAINTED AS THE CENTERPIECE FOR THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT PAVILLION AT THE 1937 PARIS WORLD'S FAIR | GUERNICA |
IN 1909 HE EXHIBITED A GROUP OF PAINTINGS ENTITLED "NYMPHEAS: SERIES DE PAYSAGES D'EAU" | MONET |
AFTER 40 YEARS IN A DRAWER, THIS SPORTS ARTIST'S SKETCHBOOK OF 2 MUHAMMAD ALI FIGHTS WAS PUBLISHED IN 2004 | LEROY NEIMAN |
BORN INTO A POOR JEWISH FAMILY, THIS RUSSIAN-FRENCH ARTIST PAINTED THE DREAMY, "LOVERS IN THE MOONLIGHT" | MARC CHAGALL |
AS A DIPLOMAT IN THE 1620S, THIS ARTIST HELPED NEGOTIATE A TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND & SPAIN | PETER PAUL REUBENS |
ON DEC. 13, 1961 FATHER TIME CAUGHT UP WITH THIS 101-YEAR-OLD ARTIST | GRANDMA MOSES |
WHEN THIS PRESIDENT SAW HIS OFFICIAL PORTRAIT IN 1966, HE TOLD ARTIST PETER HURD, "THAT'S THE UGLIEST THING I EVER SAW" | LBJ |
PICASSO'S 1907 WORK "LES DEMOISELLES D'AVIGNON" WAS INSPIRED BY THIS ARTIST'S SERIES OF NUDES CALLED "BATHERS" | CEZANNE |
THIS FATHER OF ANDREW WYETH ONCE ILLUSTRATED MAPS FOR THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | N.C. WYETH |
IN "THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES", THIS MACABRE AMERICAN ARTIST KNOCKED OFF 26 KIDS IN PICTURESQUE WAYS | EDWARD GOREY |
BORN 1932: A LEFT-FOOTED IRISH ARTIST AND AUTHOR | CHRISTY BROWN |
THE FIRST CIVIC SCULPTURE FINANCED BY FEDERAL AND PRIVATE FUNDS WAS BY THIS ARTIST (NOTICE IT'S NOT HANGING" | ALEXANDER CALDER |
THE NAZARENES OF 19TH-C. GERMANY WORE BIBLICAL CLOTHES AND HAIRSTYLES AND AIMED TO REVIVE THIS WALL PAINTING METHOD | FRESCO |
IN THE LANGUAGE OF ITS CREATOR, THIS SCULPTURE IS "LE PENSEUR" | THE THINKER |
IN A 2006 FILM STELLAN SKARSGARD PLAYED THIS SPANISH PAINTER, WITH RANDY QUAID AS KING CARLOS IV | GOYA |
"MADONNA OF THE LONG NECK" WAS PAINTED IN 1534 BUT COULD HAVE BEEN THE TITLE FOR THIS ITALIAN'S WORKS OF 1910-1919 | MODIGLIANI |
JOSEPH SMITH, BRITISH CONSUL IN VENICE, WAS A PATRON OF THIS MID-17TH-C. VIEW PAINTER | CANALETTO |
THIS ARTIST PAINTED "TAHITIAN LANDSCAPE" | GAUGUIN |
TO SHOW DISTANCE, THE ARTIST CREATES A PLACE ON THE HORIZON WHERE 2 PARALLEL LINES SEEM TO CONVERGE, REFERRED TO BY THIS 2-WORD TERM | VANISHING POINT |
THIS EARLY RENAISSANCE GREAT DIDN'T GO TO THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS, HE STUDIED IN ITALY | RAPHAEL |
FRENCHMAN KNOWN AS THE "FATHER OF MODERN ART" | CEZANNE |
FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAITS OF WOMEN | RENOIR |
THIS ARTIST PUT HIMSELF IN "LAS MENINAS", PAINTING A LARGE CANVAS. | VELAZQUEZ |
THIS "BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGERE" ARTIST PAINTED SEVERAL PORTRAITS OF IMPRESSIONIST BERTHE MORISOT, HIS SISTER-IN-LAW | MANET |
HIS 1911 PAINTING, "I AND THE VILLAGE", USES THE SIMPLE SHAPES OF RUSSIAN FOLK ART | CHAGALL |
AS A CHILD, THIS FLORENTINE FRESCO PAINTER WAS PLACED IN THE CARE OF A MONASTERY; HE TOOK HIS VOWS IN 1421 | FRA FILIPPO LIPPI |
CAPTURING THE FROTHY ESSENCE OF THE ROCOCO STYLE, "THE SWING" IS BY THIS PAINTER | FRAGONARD |
WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO HOBOKEN FROM HOLLAND, THIS ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST, WHO DIED AT 93, PAINTED HOUSES | WILLEM DE KOONING |
GAUGUIN PAINTED IN THIS STYLE | POST-IMPRESSIONIST |
THIS -ISM USED FOR THE WORK OF MID-16TH-C. ARTISTS LIKE PONTORMO & TINTORETTO WAS ORIGINALLY DEROGATORY | MANNERISM |
THIS -ISM REDUCES ART TO ITS ESSENTIALS | MINIMALISM |
FRENCH FOR "FEAT OF STRENGTH", THIS BALLET TERM NOW REFERS TO A DISPLAY OF TECHNICAL SKILL BY ANY ARTIST | TOUR DE FORCE |
HE PAINTED PORTRAITS OF THE FIRST 6 U.S. PRESIDENTS, BUT THOSE OF WASHINGTON ARE HIS BEST KNOWN | GILBERT STUART |
WORKS BY THIS "PAINTER OF LIGHT" INCLUDE, "VALLEY OF PEACE" AND "STREAMS OF LIVING WATER" | THOMAS KINKADE |
FLEMISH ARTIST ANTHONY VAN DYCK WAS COURT PAINTER TO THIS DOOMED ENGLISH KING AND WAS KNIGHTED BY HIM | CHARLES I |
THE PLAY "SUENO" WAS INSPIRED BY THIS SPANISH ARTIST'S 19TH-C. ETCHINGS OF RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL ABUSE | GOYA |
BAYEAUX TAPESTRY: THE NORMAN ARMY HAS ARCHERS, GIVING IT THE ADVANTAGE IN THIS BATTLE THAT SPANNED 8 HOURS ON OCT.14, 1066; THE ARTISTS CONVEYED THE GATHERING MOMENTUM OF THE BATTLE | BATTLE OF HASTINGS |
HE PAINTED "THE NIGHT WATCH" | REMBRANDT |
HE TOOK OVER 300 PHOTOGRAPH PORTRAITS OF HIS WIFE, GEORGIA O'KEEFE | ALFRED STIEGLITZ |
A VISIT TO THE ALHAMBRA LED THIS 20TH-C. DUTCH ARTIST TO OPTICAL ODDITIES LIKE WATER THAT FLOWS UP AS WELL AS DOWN | M.C. ESCHER |
DOMENICO FONTANA WAS AN ENGINEER WHO HELPED CARRY OUT THIS ARTIST'S PLANS FOR THE DOME OF ST. PETER'S | MICHELANGELO |
TO HONOR PEACE, JEAN VERAME PAINTED SOME 4 MILES OF SINAI DESERT BOULDERS BLUE; THIS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DONATED THE PAINT | UNITED NATIONS |
DAMIEN HIRST DECORATED A CAST OF A SKULL WIH 8,601 OF THESE GEMS AND SOLD THE DARN THING FOR $100 MILLION | DIAMONDS |
PIETRO TORRIGIANO IS REMEMBERED NOT SO MUCH FOR HIS ART AS FOR BREAKING THIS FELLOW FLORENTINE SCULPTOR'S NOSE | MICHELANGELO |
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE WAS SO MOVED BY THIS ARTIST'S MOBILES THAT HE CALLED THEM "THE PERCEPTIBLE SYMBOL OF NATURE" | ALEXANDER CALDER |
LAST NAME OF THE ARTISTIC AMERICAN SIBLINGS REMBRANDT & RAPHAEL; IT HAS A NICE "RING" TO IT | PEALE |
IN 1838 DELACROIX PAINTED SEPARATE PORTRAITS OF CHOPIN AND THIS WOMAN, CHOPIN'S LOVER | GEORGE SAND |
FROM 1948 TO 1951, THIS FAUVIST DESIGNED & DECORATED THE CHAPEL OF THE ROSARY IN VENCE, FRANCE | MATISSE |
HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS READYMADES SUCH AS "L.H.O.O.Q.", A COPY OF THE "MONA LISA" WITH A PENCILED-IN MUSTACHE & BEARD | DUCHAMP |
THE BOOK "IOWANS OF IMPACT", CALLS HIM "ANAMOSA'S FAMOUS ARTIST" | GRANT WOOD |
THIS ADJECTIVE FOR PEARLS OF IRREGULAR SHAPE ALSO DESCRIBES ARTISTS SUCH AS HYACINTHE RIGUAD | BAROQUE |
THIS LEONARDO FRESCO PAINTED IN A MILAN CONVENT DINING HALL BEGAN CRUMBLING AND FADING DURING THE ARTIST'S LIFETIME | THE LAST SUPPER |
THE FIRST STONE FOR THIS ROMAN BASILICA WAS LAID IN 1506, FOLLOWING THE PLAN OF ITALIAN ARCHITECT DONATO BRAMANTE | ST. PETER'S |
ANDREA D'AGNOLO DI FRANCESCO IS BETTER KNOWN BY THIS NAME FOUND IN THE TITLE OF ROBERT BROWNING'S POEM ABOUT HIM | ANDREA DEL SARTO |
LORENZO GHIBERTI IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE MAGNIFICENT BRONZE DOORS HE CREATED FOR THE BAPTISTERY IN THIS CITY | FLORENCE |
THE APTLY NAMED TERRY FROST CREATED A PAINTING CALLED THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR "1956, YORKSHIRE" | WINTER |
JOHN HOPPNER, A FAVORITE ROYAL PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE LATE 1700S, WAS RUMORED TO BE AN ILLEGITIMATE SON OF THIS KING | GEORGE III |
YOU CAN BARELY MAKE OUT THE ELEPHANTS IN J.M.W. TURNER'S PAINTING OF THIS MAN, "CROSSING THE ALPS" | HANNIBAL |
A 1790S ENGRAVING BY ROBERT DODD SHOWS THIS "BOUNTIFUL" CAPTAIN AND SOME OF HIS OFFICERS BEING SET ADRIFT | CAPTAIN BLIGH |
ROGER FRY OF THE MET COINED THIS TERM FOR THE WORKS OF ARTISTS LIKE CEZANNE AND GAUGUIN | POST-IMPRESSIONIST |
IN THE '50S, HE BECAME FRIENDS WITH ANOTHER INNOVATIVE ALLITERATIVE ARTIST, ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG | JASPER JOHNS |
"LOBSTER TRAP AND FISH TAIL" IS ONE OF THIS ARTIST'S BEST-KNOWN MOBILES | ALEXANDER CALDER |
PAINTED IN 1895, "NORTHEASTER" IS A WELL-KNOWN SEASCAPE BY THIS AMERICAN ARTIST | WINSLOW HOMER |
"DYING CENTAUR" ARTIST ANTOINE BOUDELLE SPENT YEARS AS THE CHIEF ASSISTANT TO THIS MORE FAMOUS FRENCH SCULPTOR | RODIN |
AMONG HIS MANY SCULPTURES ARE "THE COWBOY" AND "COMING THROUGH THE RYE" | REMINGTON |
THE FEMINIST ARTIST JUDY COHEN GOES BY THIS LAST NAME, THE CITY OF HER BIRTH | JUDY CHICAGO |
THIS CELEBRATED AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER EXHIBITED AT THE FIRST SURREALIST EXHIBITION OF 1925 | MAN RAY |
PEOPLE OF THIS NATION AKA NIPPON, WROTE WITH A BRUSH, SO PAINTING BECAME THE PREFERRED FORM OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION | JAPAN |
NO SLOUCH AS AN ARTIST HIMSELF, JULIAN SCHNABEL DIRECTED THE 1996 FILM ABOUT THIS HAITIAN-AMERICAN GRAFFITI ARTIST | BASQUIAT |
THIS DAUGHTER OF AN ARTIST HAS HAD HER JEWELRY COLLECTIONS AT TIFFANY SINCE 1980 | PALOMA PICASSO |
THIS ARTIST COULDN'T FINISH HIS PORTRAIT OF FRANCESCO DEL GIOCONDO'S WIFE | DA VINCI |
THIS VERB FOR AN ARTISTIC PROCESS APPLYING ACID TO METAL COMES FROM THE DUTCH, AND MANY DUTCH MASTERS WERE GOOD AT IT | ETCHING |
A ROOMFUL OF SILVER BALLOONS THAT MOVE WITH THE AIR CURRENTS IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THIS POP ARTIST'S PITTSBURGH MUSEUM | ANDY WARHOL |
THIS "WRAP" ARTIST AND HIS WIFE JEANNE-CLAUDE USED MORE THAN 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF FABRIC TO WRAP THE REICHSTAG | CHRISTO |
THIS NEW MEXICO ARTIST COLONY TOWN'S PUEBLO WAS CHOSEN AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN 1992 | TAOS |
THIS TERM FOR AN ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY MOURNING OVER THE DEAD CHRIST IS FROM THE ITALIAN | PIETA |
THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN HAS DESIGNATED SWORDSMITHS AND SWORD POLISHERS LIVING NATIONAL THESE, AN HONOR INTRODUCED IN 1955 | TREASURES |
THE ARTIST BRASSAI IS FAMOUS FOR PHOTOS OF THIS EUROPEAN "CITY OF LIGHT" AT NIGHT | PARIS |
ROBERT DELAUNAY INTRODUCED VIVID COLORS TO THIS "GEOMETRIC" MOVEMENT, BEGINNING A TREND CALLED ORPHISM | CUBISM |
HIS "LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS" CAUSED A MAJOR SCANDAL AT THE SALON DES REFUSES | MANET |
IN THE 1500S, ISAAC OLIVER FOUND FAME PAINTING THIS KIND OF PORTRAIT NAMED FOR ITS TINY SIZE | MINIATURE |
DUTCH PAINTER DIRK HALS WAS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF THIS MAN WHO PAINTED "THE WITCH OF HAARLEM" | FRANS HALS |
THIS SPANIARD'S 1650 PAINTING OF POPE INNOCENT X MAY BE HIS GREATEST SINGLE PORTRAIT | VELAZQUEZ |
WHILE LIVING ABROAD IN CHELSEA, WHISTLER PAINTED A SERIES OF SCENES SET ALONG THIS RIVER | THAMES |
HENRIETTE, ELDEST CHILD OF THIS ILLUSTRATOR, WAS A PORTRAIT ARTIST WHEN BROTHER ANDREW WAS JUST BEGINNING TO DRAW | N.C. WYETH |
THIS AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST WAS BELOVED FOR HER AFFECTIONATE MATERNAL PAINTINGS | MARY CASSATT |
SOME OF HIS PEN-AND-INK DRAWINGS OF HIS FAMOUS "GIRL" WERE MODELED ON HIS WIFE, A SISTER OF LADY ASTOR | CHARLES DANA GIBSON |
SAUCY PERFORMANCE ARTIST KAREN FINLEY SUED THIS GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN THE 1990S OVER RESTRICTIVE FUNDING | NEA (NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS) |
HE WAS A TEENAGE CABIN BOY IN THE 1790S, BUT SOON REALIZED THAT "BIRD ARTIST" HAD MORE PRESTIGE THAN "CABIN BOY" | AUDUBON |
ARTIST CHRISTY BROWN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY ABOUT OVERCOMING CEREBRAL PALSY TO PAINT | MY LEFT FOOT |
IN THE 18TH-C., THIS ARTISTIC TECHNIQUE WAS KNOWN AS JAPANNING FROM ITS PRESUMED ORIGINS | DECOUPAGE |
HIS SCULPTURE OF VICTOR HUGO GOT A "MISERABLE" REACTION; LATER IT WAS PLACED ON THE AVENUE NAMED FOR HUGO | RODIN |
MONET AND THIS FELLOW IMPRESSIONIST OFTEN PAINTED THE SAME SCENE, LIKE MONET'S WIFE AND SON IN 1874 | RENOIR |
MAURICE UTRILLO OFTEN PAINTED SCENES OF THIS AREA OF PARIS AND ITS BEST-KNOWN LANDMARK, SACRE COUER | MONTMARTRE |
THIS DADAIST EXHIBITED READY-MADES LIKE "FOUNTAIN", A URINAL THAT HE SIGNED R.MUTT | DUCHAMP |
IN 1940 THIS DUTCH ABSTRACT ARTIST MOVED TO NYC, WHICH INFLUENCED HIS MASTERPIECE, "BROADWAY BOOGIE WOOGIE" | MONDRIAN |
ONE FAMOUS WORK BY THE 16TH-C. ARTIST PAOLO VERNONESE WAS OF THE MARRIAGE AT THIS TOWN, SITE OF JESUS' FIRST MIRACLE | CANA |
UTRILLO USUALLY SIGNED HIS WORKS, "MAURICE UTRILLO, V."; THE "V" STOOD FOR SUZANNE VALADON, THIS RELATIVE OF HIS | MOTHER |
PETER BRUEGEL THE YOUNGER'S SCENES OF THE NETHERWORLD GAVE HIS THIS NICKNAME, A SYNONYM FOR HADES | HELL |
THIS VERY SHORT ARTIST WAS KNOWN BY A SHORTENED VERSION OF HIS LONG LAST NAME, WHICH ACTUALLY ENDED WITH -MONFA | TOULOUSE-LAUTREC |
JEROME VAN AKEN OF "GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS" FAME TOOK THIS NAME IN HONOR OF HIS HOMETOWN, 'S-HERTOGENGOSCH | HIERONYMOUS BOSCH |
IT FOLLOWS "CECILIA" IN THE NAME OF A NOTED FEMALE ARTIST AND PRECEDES "ARTS" IN THE FRENCH PHRASE FOR FINE ARTS | BEAUX |
LAURENT GREVILL PLAYED WRITER PAUL CLAUDEL AND ISABELLE ADJANI STARRED AS THIS ARTIST SISTER | CAMILLE CLAUDEL |
PAINTED 1947'S "WATERY PATHS" | JACKSON POLLOCK |
FROM 1508 TO 1511 HE CREATED THE FRESCO WALLS IN THE STANZA DELLA SEGNATURA, INCLUDING "DISPUTA" | RAPHAEL |
MISSOURI-BORN MURAL ARTIST; HIS 1931 MURAL "AMERICA TODAY" GRACED THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH'S WALLS FOR DECADES | THOMAS HART BENTON |
DEAFENED BY ILLNESS IN 1792; CREATED 2 MASTERPIECES REGARDING MAY 1808 | GOYA |
TOUR THIS CITY, BIRTHPLACE OF SPANISH ARTIST BAROLOME MURILLO, AND LOOK FOR A GOOD BARBER | SEVILLE |
HELEN FRANKENTHALER'S "SOAK AND STAIN" TECHNIQUE WAS INSPIRED BY THIS ARTIST'S DRIP PAINTINGS | JACKSON POLLOCK |
PICASSO PAINTED THIS WORK AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE BOMBING OF A TOWN IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR | GUERNICA |
A SCULPTURE BY AMMANATI SHOWS HER COZYING UP TO HER SWAN | LEDA |
IN BOTTICELLI'S "THE BIRTH OF VENUS", YOU CAN SEE THAT VENUS IS BEING BLOWN ASHORE BY THIS WEST WIND | ZEPHYR |
IN A PAINTING BY LUCA GIORDANO, PERSEUS TURNS AN ANGRY MOB TO STONE BY HOLDING UP THIS | MEDUSA'S HEAD |
GIORGIONE NEVER FINISHED HIS PAINTING OF THIS ROMAN LOVE GODDESS SLEEPING, SO TITIAN DID IT FOR HIM | VENUS |
NEAR NUDITY IS ON DISPLAY IN CRANACH THE ELDER'S PAINTING OF THIS BEAUTY CONTEST | THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS |
A MARBLE STATUE OF DIRCE BEING TIED TO A WILD ONE OF THESE ONCE STOOD IN THE FARNESE PALACE | A BULL |
A STATUE OF THIS ROMAN SEA GOD IS A PERFECT CHOICE FOR A FOUNTAIN; THERE'S ONE AT PETERHOF IN RUSSIA | NEPTUNE |
THIS CITY'S STATUE OF GEFION, WITH HER SONS WHOM SHE TURNED INTO OXEN, IS A BIT LESS FAMOUS THAN THE LITTLE MERMAID | COPENHAGEN |
PRAXITELES SCULPTED THIS GREEK EQUIVALENT OF MERCURY "CARRYING THE INFANT DIONYSIUS" | HERMES |
A SARCOPHAGUS AT HEARST CASTLE DEPICTS THIS GROUP OF 9, INCLUDING ERATO, WHO INSPIRES LOVE POEMS | MUSES |
TITIAN MUST HAVE LOVED THIS ROMAN GODDESS; HE PAINTED HER WITH A LUTE PLAYER AND WITH ADONIS | VENUS |
A FOUNTAIN AS HEARST CASTLE BOASTS SEVERAL SCULPTURES OF SEKHMET, A LION-HEADED GODDESS OF THIS CIVILIZATION | EGYPT |
IF YOU TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PAINTING "PRIMAVERA", YOU'LL SEE THE TRIO OF ELEGANT GODDESSES KNOWN BY THIS COLLECTIVE NAME | THE GRACES |
IN FRAGONARD'S "THE MEETING", SHE STEPS OUT OF ROMAN MYTHOLOGY TO LOOK DOWN ON THE YOUNG LOVERS | VENUS |
THE SMITHSONIAN HAS A SEMI-NUDE STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON BASED ON A STATUE OF THIS GREATEST GREEK GOD | ZEUS |
THE FARNESE STATUE OF THIS MYTHIC HERO LEANING ON HIS CLUB WAS FOUND IN THE BATHS OF CARACALLA | HERCULES |
PAINTED WITH HIS BRUSH STRAPPED TO HIS HAND IN HIS LATER YEARS | RENOIR |
BURIED INSIDE THE CITY OF VENICE DESPITE DYING OF THE PLAGUE | TITIAN |
DREW A CIRCLE FOR THE POPE TO SHOW HIS SKILL | GIOTTO |
KNOWN FOR PAINTINGS OF HORSES | GEORGE STUBBS |
KNIGHTED BY BRITAIN AND SPAIN | RUBENS |
HIS ONLY EXHIBITION WAS CLOSED AS OBSCENE | MODIGLIANI |
HE IS CREDITED WITH DISCOVERING PERSPECTIVE | BRUNELLESCHI |
THIS COURT PAINTER OF CHARLES I WAS THE CHIEF ASSISSANT TO RUBENS | VAN DYCK |
HE HAD HIMSELF TIED TO A SHIP'S MAST TO PAINT A STORM | TURNER |
AMERICAN PAINTER OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS | CHARLES WILSON PEALE |
HIS NAME MEANS "LITTLE BARREL" | BOTTICELLI |
COURT PAINTER TO CHARLES V OF SPAIN | TITIAN |
COURT PAINTER TO CHARLES IV OF SPAIN | GOYA |
NAME THE NATIVE CITY OF ITALIAN ARTIST CANALETTO PORTRAYED IN MANY OF HIS WORKS | VENICE |
WHAT IS THE SUBJECT OF RENOIR'S PAINTING "LES PARAPLLUIES" | UMBRELLAS |