History Quiz / ID world artists/sculptors III (L-Q)

15^th-16^th century Italian painter;
Mona Lisa, a portrait of a woman with an enigmatic smile;
The Last Supper, painted on a church wall in Milan;
Virgin of the Rocks, or Madonna of the Rocks.

20^th-century Spanish-born painter;
Co-originator of Cubism;
2 of his painting periods are called
the 'Blue Period' and the 'Red Period';
Guernica;
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon;
The Old Guitarist;
The Three Musicians.

19^th-20^thcentury French fauvist leader;
Style of powerful color and exuberant brushstrokes;
The Green Line;
The Blue Nude;
Drawings, paper cutouts, and sculptures.

18^th-century English portrait painter;
Pinkie;
Portraits of Mrs. Siddons and Benjamin West.

19^th-century French realist painter;
Usually considered an impressionist;
Known for his 1863 painting Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe;
or Luncheon on the Grass, which
greatly influenced the younger impressionists;
1865 painting Olympia, which scandalized the Salon;
A Bar at the Folies Bergères.

15^th-16^th century Italian sculptor and painter;
Spent over 4 years painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel;
The Last Judgement;
Pietá;
Large marble statue of the biblical David;
Designed St. Peter's Church and its famous dome.

20^th-century Spanish abstract and surrealist painter;
The Hunter (Catalan Landscape);
Dog Barking at the Moon;
His surname literally means, 'he looked.'

19^th-20^thcentury Dutch painter;
Developed a geometric style called neoplasticsm;
Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue;
Broadway Boogie Woogie;
A cofounder of the De Still group, who favored abstract elements, rectangular forms, and the use of primary colors.

4^th-century B.C. Athenian sculptor;
Famous for capturing the lifelike qualities of his subjects;
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus;
Aphrodite of Cnidus.

19^th-century French artist;
Manet's sister-in-law;
The only female painter included in the first impressionist exhibition in 1874;
Often painted women with their children;
La Toilette;
Cradle.

19^th-20^thcentury French painter;
A critic referred to an 1874 show with Impression: Sunrise, as Impressionist, thus giving the movement its name;
Water Lilies series and other series featuring grainstacks, poplars, and Rouen Cathedral.

4^th-century B.C. Greek sculptor;
Work reflected the realism of the Hellenistic style with the figure's body elongated and the size of its head reduced.

19^th-20^thcentury deeply pessimistic
Norwegian painter and graphic artist;
The Cry Anxiety;
Melancholy;
The Scream.

17^th-century Spanish painter;
The Holy Family;
Women at the Window
The Immaculate Conception.

5^th-century B.C. Greek sculptor;
Discobolus, or Discus Thrower.

Greatest of the ancient Greek sculptors;
Under his direction many artistic works on the Acropolis were created during the time of Pericles, including
the colossal statue of Athena Parthenos.

19^th-century French artist;
The Angelus;
The Gleaners.

17^th-century, great French artist,;
Founder of his coutry's classical school;
The Abduction of the Sabine Women;
The Funeral of Phocion;
The Holy Family on the Steps.

20^th-century British abstract sculptor;
Known as the 'Father of the Hole' because he used holes in his work to emphasize its 3-dimensional quality.

19^th-century English painter;
A founder of the Pre-Raphaelite movement;
Ophelia;
Christ in the House of His Parents.

20^th-century French painter;
Featured the machine in works such as The City.

20^th-century Belgian surrealist;
Depicted fantasies built around common situations;
Time Transfixed.

20^th-century Italian artist;
Paintings usually feature a single figure with
an elongated body, long neck, and oval head;
Gypsy Woman with Baby.

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