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Visual Art

Movements, artists and techniques

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3 chapters · 25 cards
  1. 01
    How images are made3 cards · ~1 min
  2. 02
    Paintings, artists and sculptures15 cards · ~3 min
  3. 03
    Movements, museums and built space7 cards · ~1 min

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Prompt: Painting on wet plaster
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Art history · RECALLPainting on wet plasterThink it. Then flip it.
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Prompt: Art made from many small pieces
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Art history · RECALLArt made from many small piecesThink it. Then flip it.
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Prompt: Renaissance depth technique using vanishing points
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Art history · RECALLRenaissance depth technique using vanishing pointsThink it. Then flip it.

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  1. 01Painting on wet plasterRECALL
    Fresco

    Pigment bonds as plaster dries

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  2. 02Art made from many small piecesRECALL
    Mosaic

    Pieces may be glass, stone or ceramic

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  3. 03Renaissance depth technique using vanishing pointsRECALL
    Linear perspective

    Parallel lines appear to converge

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  4. 04Movement associated with MonetRECALL
    Impressionism

    Named after Impression, Sunrise

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  5. 05Movement associated with Salvador DalíRECALL
    Surrealism

    Explored dreams and the unconscious

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  6. 06Painter of The Birth of VenusRECALL
    Sandro Botticelli

    An Italian Renaissance masterpiece

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  7. 07Painter of Girl with a Pearl EarringRECALL
    Johannes Vermeer

    A celebrated Dutch painting

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  8. 08Painter of The Persistence of MemoryRECALL
    Salvador Dalí

    Known for melting clocks

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  9. 09Artist of The Great Wave off KanagawaRECALL
    Katsushika Hokusai

    A Japanese woodblock print

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  10. 10Sculptor of The ThinkerRECALL
    Auguste Rodin

    Conceived for The Gates of Hell

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  11. 11Mexican painter of The Two Fridas, known for autobiographical self-portraitsRECALL
    Frida Kahlo

    Explored identity and pain

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  12. 12American painter of NighthawksRECALL
    Edward Hopper

    Shows a late-night diner

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  13. 13French artist famous for cut-outsRECALL
    Henri Matisse

    Called it painting with scissors

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  14. 14Pop artist of Campbell's Soup CansRECALL
    Andy Warhol

    A leading American Pop artist

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  15. 15Painter of Las MeninasRECALL
    Diego Velázquez

    Completed in 1656

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  16. 16Painter of American GothicRECALL
  17. 17Artist known for large water-lily paintingsRECALL
    Claude Monet

    Painted them across several decades

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  18. 18Sculptor of Bird in SpaceRECALL
    Constantin Brâncuși

    Explored simplified abstract form

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  19. 19Movement pioneered by Picasso and BraqueRECALL
    Cubism

    Shows multiple viewpoints

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  20. 20Dutch movement led by MondrianRECALL
    De Stijl

    Emphasized geometry and primary colours

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  21. 21Museum housing The Night WatchRECALL
    Rijksmuseum

    Located in Amsterdam

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  22. 22City home to the Prado MuseumRECALL
    Madrid

    A major European art collection

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  23. 23Architect who designed FallingwaterRECALL
    Frank Lloyd Wright

    Built over a waterfall

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  24. 24This broad architectural movement favoured function, new materials and reduced historical ornament in the twentieth century.RECALL
    Modernism

    Flourished in the 20th century

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  25. 25Art movement associated with Jackson PollockRECALL
    Abstract Expressionism

    Flourished after World War II

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