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Directions: Meet famous artists and learn key terms and art concepts
on this tour of fascinating art Web sites for kids. As you fill
in the crossword, learn about the Mona Lisa, Salvador Dali’s
unusual paintings, and more. First, print out the crossword puzzle
so you can write down your answers. (Click on the puzzle for a printable
version.) Then click on the links below to look for the answers
to the questions. These links will take you away from the Scholastic
site. Please read the warning page and click “Go On” to
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Painter and sculptor Pablo _______________ was the most celebrated
artist of the 20th century.
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Paintings that do not show people, places, or things, but instead
use color and shape are called ______________ art.
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Who painted the picture Mona Lisa
with the famous smile?
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A painting of an outside scene, such as a city skyline, the seashore,
or a mountain range is called a __________________.
Hint: The answer starts with the letter L
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The earliest recorded art are prehistoric
__________ paintings from 40,000 BC to 3000 BC.
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The primary colors are blue, red, and ____________. Artists mix
these colors to make other colors.
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Surrealist paintings often present
everyday objects in new ways. Salvador Dali’s The Persistence
of Memory shows clocks that are _________________.
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What do we call a picture of a person?
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Vincent van Gogh painted Starry
Night in 1889. In this painting the sky is colored _________ ,
and swirls with light and stars.
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Cubism is used to describe paintings that look like they are made
up of broken ________, geometrical shapes. Picasso and Braque are
the two artists most associated with Cubism.
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Artwork that is three-dimensional
is called ___________________. It can be made of clay, marble, metal,
and any many other things.
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Georgia O’Keefe was an American
artist known for her use of bright colors and her large paintings
of natural subjects, especially ______________.
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In Pop Art, the subjects of the painting
are everyday popular things, like soup cans or comic books. One of
the best known pop artists was Andy _______________.
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When an artist draws or paints a picture
of herself or himself, it is called a ____________________–portrait.
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In pointillism, the artist uses small
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Jackson Pollock painted by dripping,
pouring, and dribbling on large canvases on the floor. He called this
____________ painting.
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The overall feeling or emotion of
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