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paint vocab
a list of painting terms and important painters from history
Question | Answer |
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a new your school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of american painting to develop independently of european styles | abstract expressionism |
the creation of beautiful or signifigant things | art |
a heavy, closely woven fabric spread out across a frame | canvas |
french impressionist painter (1840-1926) the "founder of impressionism" | claude monet |
an artistic movement in france beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes | cubism |
a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster | fresco |
a school of late 19th century french painters who pictured apperances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflecting light | impressionism |
english landscape painter | john constable |
an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view | landscape |
italian painter, sculpter, engineer, scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the italian renaissance (1452-1519) | leonardo da vinci |
florentine sculptor, painter and architect; one of the most outstanding figures of the renaissance (1475-1564) | michelangelo |
prolific and influential spanish artist who lived in france (1881-1973) | pablo picasso |
creating a picture with paints | painting |
french impressionist painter (1841-1919) | pierre auguste renoir |
any likeness of a person, in any medium | portrait |
influential dutch artist (1606-1669) | rembrandt |
spanish surrealist painter and sculptor | salvidor dali |
dutch post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890) | vincent van gogh |
english landscape painter (1776-1837) | john constable |
united states artist famous for painting with a drip technique; leader of abstract expressionism in america (1912-1956) | jackson pollock |