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Art History 101

Amputees

  1. A very famous statue, I'm missing both my arms, but you might not have noticed as my drapery has slipped to my waist. Name me and the major world museum I'm in.

  2. No arms? I'm also missing my legs and head, but I inspired famous artists such as Michelangelo and Rubens (who drew me.) (Hint: some people think I'm of Hercules). Name me.

  3. As a sculptor I was so enamoured with fragments that I made many of my finished statues figures missing limbs. Name me. (Hint: Like Christo and Jean-Claude I also worked on a massive gates project, but mine was never finished.)

  4. I cut off my ear. You probably know me so name me, my country of origin, and the century in which I lived.

  5. It was rumored (falsely) that I died from castrating myself during one of my groups filmed "actions." Name me. (Hint: my group is from Austria)

Controversy

  1. My "The Perfect Moment" exhibition became a defining moment in the "culture wars" of the early nineties when the museum exhibiting it was brought up on charges of "pandering obscenity". My subjects include flowers, celebrities, nudes, and S&M. Name me.

  2. My photograph "Piss Christ" pissed a lot of people off. Name me and attach an image of "Piss Christ".

  3. I used elephant dung to form my madonna's breast. Name me and the museum in which my work became controversial in 1999.

  4. Just over a century ago in France the Academy and much of the general public hated our work. Now we are shown in blockbuster exhibitions all over the US and Europe and our work is reproduced on tons of posters, calendars, coffee mugs, umbrellas, etc. Name us.

  5. In 1993 I was an artist in residence at Williams. I made one controversial work that was installed in front of Chapin and one less controversial work that was installed in WCMA. Name me and both works.

For the Hometown Crowd

Give the title of the major artwork by the following artists in the Berkshire institution listed

  1. Grant Wood (WCMA)

  2. Edward Hopper (WCMA)

  3. Edgar Degas (Clarkthe statue)

  4. William Bouguereau (Clark)

  5. Joseph Beuys (Mass MoCA)

In the Movies

  1. Scarlet Johansson plays a maid. Name the movie and the artist who is its subject.

  2. In the movie whose title bears my first name you learn about the effects of a car crash on my life and art. Name me, my husband (also an artist), and the actors who played us.

  3. In the movie whose title bears my last name you see how a car crash ends my life. Name me, my wife (also an artist), and the actors who played us.

  4. This 1956 movie was about Vincent Van Gogh. Name it and give the actor who played van Gogh.

  5. This book will soon be turned into a movie and Tom Hanks will play Robert Langdon. Name the book/movie and the piece of art hung opposite the Mona Lisa that plays a key role in the plot of the book.

Who's Your Daddy?

For each painting name the title and the relationship of the subject(s) to the artist. The name of the artist is given. (Example answer: "Portrait of a Little Girl" the girl shown is the artist's daughter).

  1. Grant Wood

  2. Rubens

  3. Edward Kirchner (only the front figure)

  4. Pablo Picasso

  5. Paul Gauguin

Name that Christ

For each Christ shown name the artist.

  2. (detail)

Saints and Sinners

Name the Saint

Name the Sinner

Arches and Gates

Identify each of these arches or gates and name the city where they're located

How'd They Do That?

Identify each medium

  1. Pigments dissolved in water are applied to wet plaster.

  2. Printing technique that uses a stone and the antipathy of grease and water.

  3. Printing technique that uses a stylus.

  4. Intaglio printing technique that uses acid to indent the plate.

  5. Pigments suspended in egg yolk.

  6. Printing technique in which the ink lies on the raised portions of the plates. Popularized by Durer.

  7. Vasari (incorrectly) claimed that Jan van Eyck invented this medium.

  8. Printing technique that uses small particles of resin.

  9. A process that allows an artist to create a metal version of a clay or plaster statue using wax.

  10. Printing technique that uses a needle.

Stolen!

Each object or group of objects has been stolen. State from where each was stolen and when (month and year).

  1. Benvenuto Cellini's Salt Cellar

  2. Renoir's Young Parisian and Conversation

  3. Munch's The Scream (one version) and Madonna

  4. 1 Vermeer, 3 Rembrandts, 1 Flinck, 1 Chinese Ku, 5 Degas, and 1 Manet

  5. Van Gogh's Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen and View of the Sea at Scheveningen

Who are you?

Identify the artist based on their dates and nationality.

  1. French 1780-1867

  2. Croatian 1883-1962

  3. Japanese 1760-1849

  4. American 1912-1988

  5. Italian 1485-90?-1576

Sold!

Match each item with the amount it sold for at auction.

  1. $251,200.00

  2. $72,424.13

  3. $131,200.00

  4. $20.400.00

  5. $3,000.00

  1. Vuillaume School A Violin, Paris c. 1870

  2. A Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware Large Jug c. 1750

  3. Tiffany "poppy" table lamp

  4. Francel Modernist Swivel chair

  5. Louis XIV Style Ormolu Twelve-Light Chandelier, 19th c.

All Hail the Queen!

Identify the monarch/authority figure depicted in each work. The artist is given.

  1. Rubens

  2. Titian

  3. Francis Bacon

  4. Roman artist

  5. Egyptian artist

Colors!

Abstraction is fun. Name the artist. (Hint: no artist is duplicated)

Hide and Seek Part I

Name the city or place depicted in each photograph. The artist is given.

  1. Andre Kertsz

  2. Alfred Stieglitz

  3. Brassai

  4. Thomas Struth

  5. Ansel Adams

Hide and Seek Part II

Identify each building and name the city in which it's located. The architect's name is given.

  1. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson

  2. Frank Gehry

  3. I.M. Pei

  4. Yoshio Taniguchi (addition)

  5. Le Corbusier

Miscellaneous

What are these things?

  1. Who painted this and what is the subject?

  2. Who sculpted this and who is the subject?

  3. Here is a version of a famous statue in chocolate. What is the name of this figure and in what material was it created originally?

  4. Who is the artist and what is the title of this work?

  5. Name the artist and title of this work. When and why was it commissioned?