JV - Fine Arts Flashcards
Name the German composer known for his operas “Ring of the Nibelung,” “The Flying Dutchman,” and “Lohengrin.”
(Richard) Wagner (pronounced Vahgner)
Identify the artist of the Italian Renaissance who made the oldest uniforms in the world for the Swiss Guard and created works such as “Pieta”, “David”, and “The Creation of Adam.”
Michelangelo
Name the classical Austrian composer who wrote works such as “The Magic Flute,” “Don Giovanni,” “The Marriage of Figaro.”
(Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart
Name the Italian Renaissance painter, who was also interested in anatomy, architecture, and engineering, who created works such as “The Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa.”
(Leonardo) Da Vinci
Name the American composer known for works such as “Appalachian Spring,” “Billy the Kid,” and “Rodeo.”
(Aaron) Copland
Which Spanish painter invented cubism and collage, was famous for his blue and rose periods, and created the monochromatic painting “Guernica.”
(Pablo) Picasso
Name the late-romantic Russian composer known for works such as “The Nutcracker,” Swan Lake,” and “1812 Overture.”
(Pyotr Ilyich) Tchaikovsky
Which Dutch painter was famous for his watercolor and oil paintings such as “Potato Eaters” and “Starry Night”
(Vincent) Van Gogh
Name the Italian composer known for works such as “La Boheme,” “La Tosca,” and Madame Butterfly.”
(Giacamo) Puccini
Identify the student of both Michaelangelo and Da Vinci who created works such as “The School of Athens” and Madonna.”
Raphael
Name the Romantic-era Polish virtuoso pianist who died of Tuberculosis and who composed “Minute Waltz.”
(Frederic) Chopin
Identify the painter who started painting at age 78, made works depicting rural life in New England landscapes, and made works such as “Sugaring Off” and “The Old Checkered House”
Grandma Moses (Mary Anne Robertson)
Name the Italian Baroque-era virtuoso violinist best known for his work entitled “The Four Seasons.”
(Antonio) Vivaldi
Identify the American pop artist whose studio was known as “The Factory” and made a series of paintings of Campbell’s Soup Cans.
(Andy) Warhol
Name the Italian operatic composer who wrote works such as “Aida,” “La Traviata,” and “Rigoletto.”
(Giuseppe) Verdi
Identify the French Impressionist painter known for depicting dancers in works such as “Dancer Lacing Her Shoes” and “Ballet Rehearsal.”
(Edgar) Degas
Name the composer known as the “Father of the Baroque Era,” known for pioneering the musical techniques of counterpoint and fugue (pronounced fyoog).
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
Identify the Renaissance painter who worked under the patronage of the Medici’s and created works such as “Primavera” and “The Birth of Venus.”
(Sandro) Botticelli
Name the German composer and pianist who was deaf for much of his adult life and composed works such as “Fidelio” and “Fur Elise.”
(Ludwig van) Beethoven
Identify the American artist of Western scenes who created works such as “The Cowboy” and “The Bronco Buster.”
(Frederick) Remington
Name the famous Paris-born virtuoso cellist who attended both Harvard and Julliard?
Yo-yo Ma
Identify the artist known as “The Daughter of the Prairie” who painted the American south, flowers, cow skulls, and Hawaiian fish hooks.
(Georgia) O’Keefe
Name the famous ragtime composer known for works such as “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The Entertainer.”
(Scott) Joplin
Identify the American lithography duo that depicted many Christmas scenes.
(Nathaniel) Currier and (James Merritt) Ives
Name the American composer best known for writing “The “Pink Panther” theme.
(Henry) Mancini
Identify the Dutch artist who is famous for inventing tessellations.
M.C. Escher
What painting technique is done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries?
Fresco
What American architect designed the first split-level, prairie-style home in 1904 and the spiraling Guggenheim Museum in New York?
(Frank Lloyd) Wright
For Halloween of 1938, Orson Welles wrote and narrated a famous radio dramatization of which H.G. Wells’ story of an invasion of East by Mars?
The War of the Worlds
What is the part of the stage that, in early Elizabethan days, was located below the level of the stage and now houses the theater musicians?
(The) Pit
What percussion instrument, originally called “the wooden clatter,” was developed in Europe in 1511 and consists of wooden bars mounted over tubular resonators and played with mallets?
xylophone
What color results when mixing two complementary colors on the color wheel?
Gray (also accept “neutral”)
What is added to clay to give it a terra cotta, or red, appearance?
Iron
The English horn originated in France. In which country did the French horn originate?
Germany
What chart was developed by Isaac Newton as a result of his interest in prisms and light?
The color wheel
With what style of music are Eubie (YEW-bee) Blake, Jelly Roll Morton, and Scott Joplin associated?
Rag (also accept ragtime)
What is the term for embedding pieces of wood into a surface for decorative effect?
Inlay
Name the German composer well known for his “Hungarian Dances” and “Lullaby.”
(Johannes) Brahms
What is the name of a small, 4-stringed guitar imported from Portugal developed in Hawaii?
Ukulele
Name a woodwind instrument which does not use a vibrating reed to produce its sound.
Flute, piccolo, or recorder
Give the architectural term for a series of galleries with niches forming an underground burial place.
Catacombs
Give the title of the first patriotic song to achieve national popularity that was written to make fun of the poorly dressed colonial troops.
“Yankee Doodle Dandy”
Name the speaker contained in most high fidelity loudspeakers that reproduces low frequency or bass sounds.
Woofer
What is the name of the knee-length, woolen skirt worn by men in the Scotland?
Kilt
What three insturments comprise a piano trio?
Piano, Violin, and Cello
In photography, what mechanical feature determines the amount of light that will reach the film?
Shutter, DO NOT accept shutter speed
Name the term for placing wood into a surface to create an artful design or decoration.
Inlay
What name is given to the last movement of a work of several movements?
Finale
What name is given to songs or song-like poems that became popular during the Middle Ages because of their simplicity, rhythm, and rhyme?
Ballads
What term indicates an edition of a print which is restricted in quantity to increase the value of each copy?
Limited (edition)
While marching on a football field, how many steps should equal five yards?
Eight (steps)
In artwork, what term is applied to the effect of a dark color seeping though a lighter color?
Bleeding
For what musical instrument did Chopin (SHOW pan) write most of his works?
Piano
What term is used in movie making for moving the camera from side to side?
Pan (also accept panning)
When playing a snare drum, what do the initials R.S. stand for?
rim shot
Name the British composer who collaborated with Tim Rice in creating the Broadway success
“Cats.”
(Andrew Lloyd) WEBBER
What is the term for a technique used by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci where pigment is mixed with water and applied to a freshly plastered area of the wall?
Fresco
What major key has 1 flat?
F Major
Name the French mime who introduced the character named “Bip.”
(Marcel) Marceau
Name the form of textile embellishment, traditionally practiced by Native Americans, whose name comes from a porcupine product that is used as a decorative element.
Quillwork
What Johann Strauss II opera’s title is translated as, “The Bat”?
Die Fledermaus
Flowers, household items, and other inanimate objects are often the subjects of what type of painting?
Still life
Invented by Ben Franklin, what instrument is known as a mouth organ?
Harmonica
What was the world’s first successful photographic process?
Daguerrotype (dag-er-o-type)
What English composer mingled English folk songs and Tudor church music in his works, which include “Concerto for the Bass Tuba” as well as music for the Queen Elizabeth II coronation in 1953?
(Ralph Vaughan) Williams
Which group of unknown individuals shaped the high standard for quilting techniques through their use of color and simple lines in American quilting?
The Amish (or Mennonites)
What is the curtain called that is used for special effects and, depending on the lighting, is either transparent or opaque?
scrim
What publishing organization did Stan Lee and Jack Kirby create to market comics such as the Fantastic Four, the X-men, and the Incredible Hulk?
Marvel Comics
In music, what are the four woodwinds and one brass instrument that make up the ensemble known as a woodwind quintet?
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn
Whose work, commissioned by the Russian czars and consisting of 15 jeweled Imperial Easter Eggs, was viewed by 352,000 people visiting the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art?
(Peter Carl) Fabergé
How many strings are on a mandolin?
8
What is the name of the famous sculpture depicting Dante at the gates of Hell created by Auguste Rodin?
The Thinker
