Scholar Bowl Art Study

Greek sculpture

“ The Discus Thrower” – one of the earliest preserved pieces of Greek sculpture.

Greek Sculpture

“The Colossus of Rhodes” was an enormous statue, considered one of the SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD which guarded the entrance of the Harbor of Rhodes, in Greece. It was nearly the size of the Statue of Liberty. It was destroyed by an earthquake around 200 BC.

Venus de Milo

“The Venus de Milo” is an ancient Greek sculpture depicting Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. The arms were lost long ago, but the statue is still treasured for its beauty. Venus is the Roman name for the goddess.

“Nike” – The Winged Victory

Yes, the NIKE company took its name from this Greek goddess of victory. This sculpture represents her - wings for speed, and pose depicting victory in battle or a contest. The head was lost before the statue was discovered.

Hieroglyphics - Egyptian

Hieroglyphics are ‘Picture Writing’ used by the early Egyptians. Each symbol had a meaning. They are one of the earliest forms of writing.

Bas Relief (bah – relief)

‘Bas relief’ is a raised design on a flat surface; it can be low, such as in a coin, or high, as on pillars and walls. It is art meant to be seen from one direction.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci was a famous Italian INVENTOR, ARTIST , and SCULPTOR during the Renaissance. Renaissance means “REBIRTH” and it was the era of rebirth of art. Da Vinci tried to invent a flying machine for man - a lot earlier than the Wright Brothers!!

Leonardo Da Vinci

Da Vinci’s most famous FRESCO, “The Last Supper,” is located in Milan, Italy. FRESCO means the painting is painted INTO a wall, with the paint mixed right into the plaster. (This fresco is the subject of a controversial book , The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown.)

Leonardo Da Vinci

The MONA LISA is Leonardo Da Vinci’s most famous painting. The Italian title is “La Giaconda,” as her name was Mrs. Giaconda. The painting is displayed at the LOUVRE MUSEUM, in Paris, France.

Michelangelo Buorronati

Michelangelo had a last name! He was also a famous painter and sculptor of the Renaissance. His most famous paintings are the frescos on the ceiling of the SistineChapel of the Vatican in Rome, Italy. Whenever a new Pope is elected, the meeting to elect him is held in the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo Buorronati

Michelangelo was PRIMARILY a SCULPTOR in marble. This is the famous PIETA, aStatue depicting Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding his body after the crucifixion.It is in St. Paul’s Cathedral, in the Vatican, Rome, Italy.

Michelangelo Buorronati

Michelangelo’s most famous statue; “DAVID” depicts David as he goes out to meet Goliath.

The Birth of Venus

Mythology was a favorite subject for art in the Renaissance. This is by the Italian artist, BOTTICELLI, depicting the Roman goddess Venus emerging from the ocean. It is often known as “Venus on the Half-Shell.”

Rembrandt van Rijn

REMBRANDT was his FIRST name. He was a Dutch artist who specialized in PORTRAITS – paintings of people. Rembrandt appears to have been conceited; he painted over a dozenportraits of HIMSELF – ‘self-portraits.’

Jan Vermeer

Vermeer was a Dutch artist who never achieved much fame in his life. He is now recognized for his unusual use of color and color mixing. This is one of his most famous paintings, “Girl With a Pearl Earring.”

Mural – A large scale painting

A MURAL is a large painting often done outside, but can be inside as well. There are many murals in our State Capitol Building. The murals here are fairy tale murals in Germany – “Little Red Riding Hood” on this house- in a town which is famous for them.

Claude Monet

Claude Monet was a French painter and painted in the IMPRESSIONIST style. These painters didn’t paint exactly what they saw, but an ‘impression.’ This is one of his “WATER LILIES” paintings.

Claude Monet

A LANDSCAPE is an outdoor scene. If is set in the country, it is ‘pastoral’; in the city, it’s called a ‘cityscape.’ Impressionist painters like Monet painted many pastoral landscapes.

Impressionist – Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Renoir painted near the end of the Impressionist era – his “Girl With a Watering Can” is a very famous Impressionist painting.

Impressionist – Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch Impressionist painter whose career lasted only ten years. He is well-known for once cutting off his own ear. He suffered from depression and at last, committed suicide.

Impressionist – Vincent Van Gogh

“Starry Night” is probably Van Gogh’s most famous painting. Notice the heavy brushstrokes and bright colors. His work is easy to recognize by these.

Still Life – Paul Cezanne

A ‘still life’ painting is one in which a group or arrangement of objects are painted. The name comes from the fact that they do not move – it is the arrangement and the objects themselves that make the painting. Cezanne was famous for his ‘still life’ work.

The Blue Boy - Gainsborough

“The Blue Boy,” a famous PORTRAIT by Thomas Gainsborough – probably his most famous work for all the detail in the costume.

Pointillism – George Seurat

“A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” is Seurat’s most famous painting. The entire LARGE painting is painted in tiny POINTS of paint, like pixels today. Seurat said that the points made the colors brighter than brush strokes.

Arrangement in Grey and Black

This is American artist James Whistler’s most famous painting. The title IS “Arrangement in Grey and Black” but it is most commonly known as “Whistler’s Mother.” It is, in fact, a portrait of his mother.

Eduoarde Degas - Ballerinas

Degas was another Impressionist painter who was fascinated by ballet…or maybe just the ballerinas! Whenever you hear ‘painter or sculptor of ballet/ballerinas,’ SAY DEGAS!! It is actually pronounced ‘DAY – GAH.’

Surrealism – Salvador Dali

Known as the ‘guy with the melting clocks,’ Salvador Dali was the first painter to become famous for painting surreal (real items in imagined settings) pictures. His famous clocks are actually titled “Persistence of Memory.”

Winslow Homer – American scenes

American artist Winslow Homer is known for American scenes – He painted many pastorals with figures, such as ‘Snap the Whip’ on the left, and many sweeping oil paintings of the sea and fishermen, as on the right.

American Gothic – Grant Wood

Probably America’s first ‘folk’ artist, Grant Wood’s most famous picture is a portrait of anIowa farm couple titled “AMERICAN GOTHIC”. The title does not come from the figures – itis because the upper window in the farmhouse is a gothic arch – an arch pointed at the top.Look this picture over carefully – it is a Scholar Bowl answer (or THREE) EVERY YEAR.

Frederick Remington – the West

Frederic Remington was an American artist who captured images of the American West. He is well-known for his bronze sculptures (above right) and sketches (above left) as well assweeping scenes of buffalo herds, Native American tribes, and wild horses. Think of the Remington rifle that “won the West,” and you’ll remember his name!

Norman Rockwell – American scenes

Norman Rockwell, an American artist, is known for his humorous scenes of everyday life. He did many pictures to support the Boy Scouts, homefront efforts during WWII, and is best known for his many paintings done for covers of The Saturday Evening Post magazine.

The Scream – Edvard Munch

Munch was a Norwegian painter who was known as an Expressionist as his work consistently showed facial expressions, often of grief or suffering. This is his most famous painting – THE SCREAM.

The Thinker – Auguste Rodin

Rodin was a French sculptor; his most famous work, “The Thinker” is a man in deep meditation, cast in bronze. The statue is located in Paris, France.

Christina’s World – Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth, an American painter of REALISM – paintings which almost look like photos – painted this scene of a handicapped woman in the Depression era. It’s called “CHRISTINA’S WORLD,”which would be a very limited world in that time.

Pablo PICASSO

PICASSO, a Spanish painter, began the CUBISM form of painting. The painter breaks the subject into shapes, and puts them together in a different way. On the left, THE THREE MUSICIANS, is probably his most famous CUBIST painting.

PICASSO

PICASSO was constantly changing his style; he did not think an artist should be known for only one kind of art. He had several ‘periods’ of art, such as his BLUE PERIOD, his CUBISM PERIOD, ROSE PERIOD, and LITHOGRAH PERIOD – this is a simplistic lithograph, which is a print, rather than a painting.

Georgia O’Keefe – American Modern Art

Georgia O’Keefe, a modern American artist, is famous for her huge close-ups of flowers and her vivid scenes of New Mexico and the West. Two very different subjects – same famous artist!!

Pop Art – Andy Warhol

Pop Art – Using well-known images and including them or re-doing them in an unusual way. Andy Warhol was an American artist who loved to paint Campbell’s soup cans – he did more than 30 paintings of them…and recognize “Venus”??? He modernized her, as well!

Jackson Pollock – Abstract Expressionist

A well-known American painter in the abstract expressionist style, Pollack was famous for his “drip” style of painting and is sometimes referred to as “Jack the Dripper.”