ARTIST: VINCENT  VAN  GOGH
TITLE: ãPORTRAIT OF DR. GACHETä
DATES: b.   1853  -   d.   1890
INFO: Post-Impressionist  Artist
COUNTRY: Dutch (Holland)

MON - POST-IMPRESSIONISM:
 Art movement/style that came after the
 impressionism, more personal style
 with stronger colors

TUE -  TUBE PAINTS:
 By this time Artists were able to buy paint in small portable tubes

WED - IMPASTO:
 Paint built up in heavy, rough layers of
 texture on the surface of the canvas

THUR -  PATRON:
 (Someone who buys an Artists work)
 Dr. Gachet collected Van Goghâs Art

FRI - TECHNIQUE:
 The personal or unique way an artists use the art materials (Van Gogh creates
 energetic, swirling lines with his paint)

ARTIST: GARY  YOYOKIE
TITLE: ãMUDHEAD  KACHINAä
DATES: Living  Artist
INFO: Hopi  Silversmith
COUNTRY: U.S.A.  (Arizona)

MON - KACHINA:
 Masked performer who represents spirits in the Hopi religion (also dolls for children)

TUE -  PAHKO:
 Cottonwood tree root used in the carving of Kachina dolls to instruct children

WED - KIVA:
 Round underground chamber used for
 religious activities

THUR -  MESA:
 (Flat topped mountain) The Hopis live on the1st, 2nd and 3rd Mesas in northern Arizona

FRI - HOPI:
 The word means peace, the Hopi believe
 they emerged, long ago, from the 3rd world into this, the 4th world

ARTIST: R.  BUCKMINSTER  FULLER
TITLE: ãGEODESIC  DOMEä 
DATES: b.   1895  -  d.   1983 
INFO: INVENTOR
COUNTRY: U.S.A. 

MON - GEODESIC  LINE:
 The shortest distance between two points on a curved surface

TUE -  GEODESIC  DOME:
 DOME =Section of a sphere
 GEODESIC = Divided into triangles
 along geodesic lines

WED - REGULAR  POLYGON:
 Geometric ãshapeä in which all sides are the   same, Example: square 

THUR -  REGULAR  POLYHEDRA:
 Geometric ãformä (3-D) in which all surfaces are the same, Example: cube
 (only 5 are possible)

FRI - ICOSAHEDRON:
 20 sided regular polyhedra in which each   surface is an equilateral triangle.
 

ARTIST: DIEGO  RIVERA
TITLE: ãZAPATA  LEADING 
    THE  AGARIAN  REVOLTä 
DATES: b.   1886  -  d.   1957 
INFO: Painter and Muralist
COUNTRY: Mexico 

MON - MURAL:
 Large painting, directly on the surface 
  of a wall. 

TUE -  FRESCO:
 Special type of Mural, painted directly on
 a damp plaster wall. (In Italian, Fresco
 means ãfreshä)

WED - MEXICANIDAD:
 (Art for the people) Art that is loyal to true
 Mexican culture and its common people 

THUR -  POLITICAL  ART:
 Art that is intended to make a social or   political statement

FRI - MEXICAN  REVOLUTION:
 In 1910, a peasant revolt brought social and political reform like fair distribution of land

ARTIST: KATHE  KOLLWITZ
TITLE: ãTHE  SURVIVORSä 
DATES: b.   1867  -  d.   1945 
INFO: EXPRESSIONIST
COUNTRY: GERMANY 

MON - PRINTMAKER:
 An artist who creates multiple images
 from a printing plate of their own creation. 

TUE -  LITHOGRAPHY:
 Image is drawn on a flat stone, 
 then the stone is treated so the image
 will hold ink & other areas will repell ink.

WED - LINE  QUALITY:
 To vary the type of line used to find to
 find the line that is ãgoodä for that image. 

THUR -  PLAGLARIZE:
 To steal and use the images or ideas of
 another as oneâs own.

FRI - REPRODUCTION:
 Photographic copy of work of art (poster) often wrongly called a print

ARTIST: GEORGIA  OâKEEFFE
TITLE: ãSUMMER  DAYSä 
DATES: b.   1887  -  d.   1986
INFO: Modernist  Painter
COUNTRY: U.S.A.   (New Mexico) 

MON - SYMBOLISM:
 Meaning to represent something besides
 the literal (actual objects) like death or
 isolation or the desert 

TUE -  LITERAL:
 What you see is what it is, just bones

WED - VALUE:
 To vary the amount of lightness or 
 darkness in the subject 

THUR -  SCULPTURAL:
 Bones tend to look like abstract sculptures created by an artist

FRI - SENSE  OF  PLACE:
 By painting landscape elements with the
 bones they take on a larger meaning

ARTIST: ROMARE  BEARDEN
TITLE: ãPITTSBURG  MEMORIESä (1984)
DATES: b.   1914  -  d.   1988
INFO: COLLAGE  ARTIST
COUNTRY: U.S.A.   (Afro-American) 

MON - CITYSCAPE:
 Art that has the city or major
 elements of the city as its subject

TUE -  COLLAGE:
 Art that is created by glueing
 down pieces of paper, fabric, etc.

WED - ART  HISTORIAN:
 Someone who studies the art 
 and artists of the past 

THUR -  X-RAY  VIEW:
 Part of the picture is cut away
 to show an interior view

FRI -  HERITAGE:
 ãGiftsä from the past handed down to you to respect, cherish and pass on
 to future generations

ARTIST: JOHN  MARIN
TITLE: ãSINGER  BUILDINGä 
DATES: b.   1870  -  d.   1953
INFO: WATERCOLOR  ARTIST
COUNTRY: U.S.A. 

MON - WATERCOLOR:
 A transparent water soluble paint often
  used in a very loose and sketchy manner

TUE -  TRANSPARENT:
 Anything you can see through

WED - OPAQUE:
 Something that you cannot see through
  is considered opaque 

THUR -  ACCIDENTS:
 Part of the beauty of watercolor is taking advantage of the ãhappyä accidents 

FRI -  WET-N-WET:
 Refers to the technique of painting into an   already wet area to fuzz the edges of color

ARTIST: ROBERT  ARNESON
TITLE: ãGEORGE  AND  MONAä 
DATES: b.   1930  -  d.   1992
INFO: Contemporary  Sculptor
COUNTRY: U.S.A.    

MON - GROG:
 Small ground up bits of fired clay added to moist clay to make the clay resist shrinkage and temperature change

TUE -  SLIP: Mixture of clay and water that helps bond two pieces of clay together
 
WED - GREENWARE:
 Items made from clay that have been 
 air dried, but not fired (very fragile) 

THUR -  BISQUE:
 Clay items that have been fired once,
 to ãvitrifyä or harden the clay (no glaze)
 
FRI -  GLAZE:
 Mixture of clay, water & chemicals which when fired to a high temperature form a colorful glass like surface on clay

ARTIST: ANDREâ  DERAIN
TITLE: ãTHE  RIVER  SEINEä 
DATES: b.   1880  -  d.   1954
INFO: Expressive  Painter
COUNTRY: FRANCE

MON - LOCAL  COLOR:
 Refers to the actual color of things,
 blue sky, green trees, yellow sun, etc.

TUE -  EXPRESSIVE  COLOR: 
 Colors chosen by the artist to expressive moods and feelings
 
WED - PAINTERLY  TECHNIQUE:
 Letting the brush strokes show
 rather than painting with flat colors 

THUR -  NEGATIVE  SPACE:
 Empty spaces around and inside a drawing (interesting use of negative space is important)
 
FRI -  POSITIVE  SPACE:
 The space in a drawing which is occupied by the subject
 

ARTIST: ALICE  NEAL
TITLE: ãNANCYä 
DATES: b.   1900  -  d.   1983
INFO: Modern  Painter
COUNTRY: U.S.A.

MON - REALISTIC:
 When and artist attempts to create 
 an image that looks like the subject.

TUE -  ABSTRACT: 
 When an artist attempts to to express
 moods and feelings more than reality.
 
WED - PAINTINGS  OF  PEOPLE:
 Neal did not call these portraits because,
 portraits should be flatterering and she
 did not want to lie. 

THUR -  DISTORTIONS:
 Bending and twisting reality to create
 a certain desired effect.
 
FRI -  PAINT:
 All paint is made of three parts
 PIGMENT: the colored stuff
 BINDER: holds pigment together
 VEHICLE: to make paint flow

ARTIST: ROY  LICHTENSTEIN
TITLE: ãWHAAM !ä 
DATES: b.   1923  -  d.   1997
INFO: Pop  Artist
COUNTRY: U.S.A.

MON - POP  ART:
 Art that uses images from popular culture as its subject, like: soup cans, tooth paste and comic strips, etc.

TUE -  COMMERCIAL  ART: 
 Art created for the purpose of selling
 a product.
 
WED - TEXT  BALOONS:
 Where they put the words a character
 in a comic strip says.

THUR -  BENDAY  DOTS:
 Small dots that are used in commerical    printing to fill in an area of color.

 
FRI -  ONOMATOPOEIA:
 A word created to make the sound it
 represents, like: buzz, pop, bang, etc.

ARTIST: KATHE  KOLLWITZ
TITLE: ãTHE  VOLUNTEERSä 
DATES: b.   1867  -  d.   1945 
INFO: PRINTMAKER
COUNTRY: GERMANY  

MON - WOODCUT:
 Printing process where a wooden board is carved to create the printing surface 

TUE -  RELIEF  PRINT:
  Any print made from a plate where the  area that prints is ãhigherä than the uninked areas

WED - GOUGE:
 Curved blades in handels for carving the
 white areas away from the printing plate 

THUR - WOOD  GRAIN:
 The natural grain in wood effects the way you carve and how the print will look

FRI - PULL  A  PRINT:
 The process of pulling the printed image
 from the printing plate