4-Artists and Artisans Flashcards
(36 cards)
focus on creating aesthetically pleasing works
transfer their visions to canvases or other
medium
illustrators might work for a publishing or
animation company, or create original comic
books
work with paint, watercolor, pen, and
ink, or illustrations
artists
one of the world’s greatest thinkers, artists, and philosophers.
Seeking after perfection, he created rare masterpieces of art such as ‘The
Mona Lisa’ and The Last Supper.’
In _____, he went to the court of Ludovico Sforza in Milan, where he stayed for 16 years. During this period, he painted the famous artworks “Madonna on the Rocks” and also “The Last Supper.
Leonardo da Vinci
1482
Mona Lisa, Last supper, vitruvian man, lady with an ermine, annunciation 1472, st john the baptist 1513, the virgin and child with st anne
leonardo da vinci
year the “ANNUNCIATION” painting was made
1472
year the “ST JOHN THE BAPTIST” painting was made
1513
an artist of exceptional talent.
Influenced by impressionist painters of the period, he developed his own instinctive, spontaneous style.
Vincent Willem Van Gogh
became one of the most
celebrated artists of the twentieth
century and played a key role in
the development of modern art.
Vincent Willem Van Gogh
straw harvest, cafe terrace at night, starry night 1889, the potato eaters 1885, irises 1889,
Vincent Willem Van Gogh
year the “STARRY NIGHT” painting was made
1889
year the “THE POTATO EATERS” painting was made
1885
year the “IRISES” painting was made
1889
an italian renaissance sculptor, painter, poet and architect.
one of the most influential western artists of all time
fresco painting
famous for his statue of david, the pieta, and the great paintings of the sistine chapel, the vatican
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
(1475-1564)
creation of adam, statue of david, the pieta, and the great paintings of the sistine chapel, the vatican, madonna of bruges, angel,
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
the primary inspiration for the new art movement of impressionism.
he captured the light of nature on canvas in a unique, spontaneous and vivacious style.
painted a wide range of subjects ranging from urban scenes to his own beloved formal garden.
OSCAR-CLAUDE MONET
(1840-1926)
haystacks, willows, the artist’s garden at giverny, the water lily pod, the poppy field
OSCAR-CLAUDE MONET
(1840-1926)
born in Malaga, Spain in 1881 to a conventional artistic family. From an early age, he displayed a talent for painting and began displaying his work from the age of 14.
“CUBISM”
PABLO RUIZ PICASSO
(1881-1973)
la reve (1932), the old guitarist (1904), the weeping woman (1937), guernica (1937)
PABLO RUIZ PICASSO
(1881-1973)
year the “LA REVE” painting was made
1932
year the “THE OLD GUITARIST” painting was made
1904
year the “THE WEEPING WOMAN” painting was made
1937
year the “GUERNICA” painting was made
1937
Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century
EDVARD MUNCH
the scream (1893), anxiety (1894), separation
EDVARD MUNCH
year the “THE SCREAM” painting was made
1893
