name that artist game

Jess Hendin

Art

Matching famous works of art with their makers by answering some known questions

Name

That

Artist!

Directions• Look at each work of art and the fact on the next slide

that it goes with• Converse with your group and come up with a name of

who you think the artist is• When your group has chosen a name, raise your hand

quickly• Whoever is first will get first chance to answer

VS.VS.

Let’s

Play!

Facts About Artist

• It took this artist 4 years to complete this painting

• Was called the greatest artist of his time

Michelangelo

• This artist was one of the more famous painters that emerged from Norway

• This piece, as well as others in the series, was focused on Sigmund Freud’s concept of the human psyche

Facts About Artist

Edvard Munch

• This artist helped the create movement of Impressionism

• When he was growing up, he spent most of his time drawing caricatures of his teachers

• Mostly like to paint nature, boats, and bodies of water

Facts About Artist

Claude Monet

• This artist famously said “He who thinks little, errs much”

• This artist wasn't just an incredible artist, he was an inventor, scientist, mathematician, engineer, writer, musician and much more

Facts About Artist

Leonardo Da Vinci

• This artist was best known for his surrealism and creating artworks that roughly translated a dream world

• He was also terrified of grasshoppers

Facts About Artist

Salvador Dali

• This artist’s nickname was ‘The Little Barrel’

• He worked in the early Renaissance-era

Facts About Artist

Sandro Botticelli

• Not only is this artist known for his skilled paintings, he is also known for the fact that he cut off a portion of his own ear lobe

Fact About Artist

Vincent Van Gogh

• This artist originally began painting on porcelain plates

• This artist’s trademark was using a feathery brushstroke technique

Facts About Artist

Auguste Renoir

• This artist’s full name actually consists of 23 words

• Finished his first academic masterpiece at the age of 15

• Co-founded the art movement of Cubism

Facts About Artist

Pablo PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr

Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso

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Credits• All images were provided by Google Images and Google hosted by Life• Facts were give from the following websites (in order):

– http://www.michelangelo-gallery.com/fun-facts.aspx– http://paintingcoursereviews.net/Artist-Edvard-Munch.html– http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/famous_artists/monet.htm– http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/leonardodavinci.html– http://www.briansewell.com/artist/d-artist/salvador-dali/facts-on-salvador-dali.html– http://www.biography.com/people/sandro-botticelli-9220903– http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/biography.html– http://www.biography.com/people/pierre-auguste-renoir-20693609?page=2– http://www.pablopicasso.org/picasso-facts.jsp