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Art Quiz: The Answer is Amarna Style

I had no idea on this “art quiz” question, but once I began researching the answer I found it quite … More

Akhenaten, Amenhotep IV, Aton, Bust of Nefertiti, Egyptian art

Art Quiz: The Answer is Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov

I’d never heard of Rayonism before… which is hardly surprising. I don’t have much background in art history, and what … More

Avant-Garde art, Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, Rayonism, Russian abstract art

The Zorn Palette

I first heard of the “Zorn” palette through one of our area art clubs. Our HFAA group recently put on … More

Anders Zorn, Limited palettes, Zorn Palette

Art Quiz: The Answer is Simultaneism

This turned out to be one of the most interesting questions in the quiz, in my opinion. I’d never heard … More

Guillame Apollinaire, Michel Chevreul, Orphism, Robert Delaunay, Simultaneism, Sonia Delaunay

A Classic in the Art of Insult

We’ve all figuratively met “Whistler’s Mother” — from a painting titled Arrangment in Gray and Black #1. But how many of … More

Art Libel, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, John Ruskin, The Falling Rocket

Art Quiz: The Answer is 12th Century

An earlier “art quiz” question and answer — Question 44 — focused on icons. The “Novgorod” school of art produced … More

Iconography, Novgorod, The Museum of Russian Art

Art Quiz: The Answer is Bohemian School

All the questions in the “Art Quiz” feature are taken from an online art quiz published by Encyclopedia Britannica. They … More

Art History, Art Quiz, Bohemian School of Painting, Master of the Trebon Altarpiece, Master of Wittingau

Art Quiz: The Answer is Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell. Who? Nope. Never heard of him. I had to go searching for information, and here’s what I found: … More

Art Quiz, Assemblage art, Joseph Cornell

Art Quiz: The Answer is Gisant

I don’t know that I’d ever been introduced to the term gisant before taking this art quiz. For that matter, other … More

Acrolith, Figurehead, Gisant, Kouros, Sculpture, Tomb of Cardinal Richelieu

Art Quiz: The Answer is Futurism

Art in early 20th century Italy was centered around the past. The atmosphere must have felt stifling and oppressive to … More

Declaration of Futurism, Fillipo Tommaso Marinetti, Futurism, Futurism Manifesto, Giacomo Bella, Gino Severini, Umberto Boccioni

Mother and Child

Today’s topic is “emergent art”, a concept I’ve been thinking more about since my recent post on “boxes”. If, as … More

100-Day Creative Project, Emergent Art, Impostor Syndrome, Intuitive art, Mary Cassatt, Mermaid Markers, Neurographic Art, Sharpie

Could This Be the Face of Leonardo da Vinci?

We each, I think, have an image in our head about Leonardo da Vinci, and for most of us, I … More

Andrea del Verricchio, Apprenticeship, Art Training, Guilds, Leonardo da Vinci

Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Recently I wrote about periwinkle – a favorite color. Today, I’m sharing another blue. It’s hyacinth, and like periwinkle flowers, the … More

Alice Hoffman, Art Novels, Book Reviews, Drema Drudge, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Susan Vreeland, The Girl in Hyacinth Blue, The Marriage of Opposites, Tracey Chevalier, Vermeer, Victorine

Art Quiz: The Answer is Charles Willson Peale

You knew this one, didn’t you! And if you’re an American, you’re probably quite familiar with this famous portrait of … More

1776, American Revolution, Charles Willson Peale, French and Indian War, George Washington, Philadelphia, Portraiture, Rembrandt Peale

“If I Weren’t the President…”

Presidential history has long been a hobby of mine. My fascination with our US Presidents began when I was a … More

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Presidential History, Thomas Stephens, US Presidents

Art Quiz: The Answer is Andrea del Verrocchio

Who? del Verrocchio? Who was that? Maybe you’ve heard of this Italian sculptor, painter, and goldsmith, but his name was … More

Andrea del Verrocchio, Apprentice, Art Quiz, Florence, Leonardo da Vinci, Master, Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni

Art Quiz: The Answer is 1913

I knew absolutely nothing about “Constructivism” when I first took this art quiz. As far as I can recall, I’d never … More

Art movements, Bolsheviks, Constructivism, Propaganda, Russian Revolution

A Sunday Afternoon On the Island of La Grande Jatte

While browsing around recently, I came across a fun YouTube channel. It’s called “Spencer’s Painting of the Week” and includes … More

Georges Seurat, Neo=Impressionism, Pointillism, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Art Quiz: The Answer is Auguste Rodin

Admittedly, I didn’t have much of an “arts education” while I was growing up, but one famous artwork I did … More

Auguste Rodin, Camille Claudel, Sculpture, The Kiss, The Thinker

Art Quiz: Question 39

This one I knew! I’m sure you know the answer, too. Who is the creator of the famous sculptures The … More

Art Quiz, Famous Sculptures, The Kiss, The Thinker

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