Art History 101

Amputees

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.
Venus de Milo; Louvre
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.
Belvedere Torso
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.)
Rodin
I cut off my ear. You probably know me so name me, my country of origin, and the century in which I lived.
Van Gogh, Netherlands/Dutch, 19 th c.
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)
Rudolf Schwarzkogler

Controversy

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.
Robert Mapplethorpe
My photograph "Piss Christ" pissed a lot of people off. Name me and attach an image of "Piss Christ".
Andres Serrano
I used elephant dung to form my madonna's breast. Name me and the museum in which my work became controversial in 1999.
Chris Ofili, Brooklyn Museum of Art
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.
Impressionists
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.
David Hammons, Rock Fan, Yardbird Suite

For the Hometown Crowd

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

Grant Wood (WCMA)
Death on Ridge Road
Edward Hopper (WCMA)
Morning in a City
Edgar Degas (Clarkthe statue)
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
William Bouguereau (Clark)
Nymphs and Satyr
Joseph Beuys (Mass MoCA)
Lightning with Stag in its Glare

In the Movies

Scarlet Johansson plays a maid. Name the movie and the artist who is its subject.
Girl with a Pearl Earring, Vermeer
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.
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina
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.
Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden
This 1956 movie was about Vincent Van Gogh. Name it and give the actor who played van Gogh.
Lust for Life, Kirk Douglas
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.
Da Vinci Code, Da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks

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).

Grant Wood

American Gothic, the woman is his sister, the man his dentist
Rubens

The Little Fur (Hel en Fourment), his second wife
Edward Kirchner (only the front figure)

Self Portrait as a Soldier, himself
Pablo Picasso

Portrait of Vollard, his art dealer
Paul Gauguin

Portrait of Van Gogh painting Sunflowers, his friend later estranged

Name that Christ

For each Christ shown name the artist.

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

Pigments dissolved in water are applied to wet plaster.
Fresco
Printing technique that uses a stone and the antipathy of grease and water.
Lithography
Printing technique that uses a stylus.
Engraving
Intaglio printing technique that uses acid to indent the plate.
Etching
Pigments suspended in egg yolk.
Tempera
Printing technique in which the ink lies on the raised portions of the plates. Popularized by Durer.
Woodcut
Vasari (incorrectly) claimed that Jan van Eyck invented this medium.
Oil Paint
Printing technique that uses small particles of resin.
Aquatint
A process that allows an artist to create a metal version of a clay or plaster statue using wax.
Lost-wax casting (cire perdue)
Printing technique that uses a needle.
Drypoint