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DAC TRIVIA

Who is the artist?
1.Picasso
2.Rembrandt
3.Caravaggio
4.Sir Tenebris’m

Bonus, title?
1.Muster
2.The 13th of November
3.The Night Watch
4.The Kings Men

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DAC FAST FACT
Today we celebrate “The Concept.”
Often artists offer an artistic interpretation or response to a concept or notion.
John Wallis (3/12/1616–28/10/1703), English mathematician introduced a symbol many artists have responded to….
The symbol for infinity. ∞

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Answer: Pointillism

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Today we celebrate the life and work Georges Seurat, (2/12/1859 - 28/3/1891), painter, founder of the 19th-century French school of Neo-Impressionism.

What technique is being used in this work?

1.Tri-matrix
2.Pointillism
3.Mannerism
4.Tenebrism

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DAC FAST FACT
Today we celebrate “Concept”

Artists often offer an artistic interpretation/response to a concept/notion.
John Wallis (3-12-1616–28-10-1703), English mathematician introduced a symbol many artists have responded to.

The symbol for infinity ∞

Your response?

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Today we celebrate the life & work of Étienne Maurice Falconet.
1/12/1716 - 1/24/1791
A French baroque, rococo and neoclassical sculptor, best-known for his equestrian statue of Peter the Great, the Bronze Horseman, in St. Petersburg, Russia, & patronized by Madame de Pompadour.

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Today we celebrate the life and work of @CSLewis (29 Nov 1898 - 22 Nov 1963), held academic positions in English literature at Oxford & Cambridge Universities. Known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy.

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A virtual tour of the Alphonse Mucha (Art Nouveau) show in Rio de Janeiro.

https://t.co/wxg0ftFgwm

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Which technique did Vincent Van Gogh use to paint “Sunflowers”?

1.Quattro Ovalitity
2.Surcumversility
3.Impasto
4.Negative Illumination

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DAC FUN FACT
Today we celebrate the life and work of Luca Cambiaso
Nov 18, 1527 - Sep 6, 1585.
https://t.co/dpnBWubsyu via @googleartsh

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Answer: All except option 4.

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What is “Vanitas” genre art premise?

1.Transience of life.
https://t.co/szBpgxJNGa is fleeting.
3.Nothing is permanent.
4.The recipe is on the 3rd shelf.

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#localart
#clarksvilleart

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Today we celebrate the life and work of Chinua Achebe (Nov 16, 1930 - Mar 21, 2013, Nigerian novelist.
https://t.co/DZpc0dhJxZ # via @britannica

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We celebrate the life & work of _____; 11-15-1887 to 3-6-1986.

Known for paintings of enlarged flowers, NY skyscrapers, & Southwest landscapes. Also, considered the "Mother of American modernism".

1.Georgia O’Keeffe
2.Madame Curie
3.Frida Kahlo
4.Sally Mann

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Today the DAC celebrates the life and work of Claude Monet, 14 Nov 1840 – 5 Dec 1926.
Monet was a French painter and most well known for his roll as a pioneer of impressionist painting aka impressionism.

https://t.co/aj58aUxnN8

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What is Impasto?

A) Strong pigmented watercolor.
B) 6” specialty paint brush.
C) When the sides of a painting are painted.
D) Very thick layers of paint.

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@Doc91b got it right with no eyebrows!

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What is unusual about Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting, “The Mona Lisa”?

Hint: She is missing something.

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@Doc91b Excellent! Correct!

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DAC FUN FACT

Today we celebrate the children's program “Sesame Street” which debuted in 1969 and has run for 52 consecutive seasons (years).
This program took the art-form of puppet making and made education fun and entertaining.