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
