The 1648 Codex · study package

Painters & Visual Artists + Named Works of Visual Art

24 terms drawn from across the corpus, in study-list order. Art and cross-links point back to the home category cards.

#578 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Thomas Nast

Thomas Nast
bdi Napoleon Sarony /span /a · Public domain

Political cartoonist · late 19th century · United States

Thomas Nast was a Harper's Weekly cartoonist whose satirical drawings exposed Boss Tweed and created the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey symbols.

The kit

  • Achievements — Thomas Nast invented the modern images of Santa Claus, the Republican elephant, and the Democratic donkey for American political iconography.
  • Conflicts — Thomas Nast depicted Tammany Hall as a tiger killing democracy and drew corrupt politicians with bulging pockets in works like Who Stole the People's Money?
  • Legacy — Thomas Nast was called 'our best recruiting sergeant' by Abraham Lincoln for his Civil War illustrations and the Father of the American Cartoon.
  • Death & succession — Thomas Nast died of yellow fever in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where he served as consul under Theodore Roosevelt after accepting the position for money.

Runs with

Tammany Hall
depicted as a tiger and crocodile-infested river open card →
William Marcy Tweed
frequent target whose downfall Nast's cartoons helped cause open card →
New York CityConsul

The ladder · 9 clues

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That criminal was this man’s frequent target, Tammany Hall’s Boss Tweed. name this man noted for his satirical cartoons, which saw the first usages of the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey.

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One of this man’s works shows children about to be attacked by Catholic bishops who resemble crocodiles.

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While on a trip to England, this man was convinced by a letter from Josh Billings to join James Redpath’s Lyceum Bureau, where he would give “chalk talks.” It’s not Mark Twain, but this man’s time in the Player’s Club introduced him to his biographer Albert Paine.

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One work by this political cartoonist depicts members of the Tammany Hall political machine dropping children into a river infested with crocodiles resembling Catholic bishops. :Name this man employed by Harper's Weekly whose works led to the fall of Boss Tweed.

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Politician cartoonist who frequently satirized the Tammany Hall machine and created the GOP’s elephant symbol.

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Harper's Weekly cartoonist who depicted it as a tiger killing democracy.

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Lincoln called his work the best recruiting tool of the Civil War, and this man’s depiction of the Americus Fire Company as a rapacious tiger helped to bring down Boss Tweed. name this Harper’s illustrator who invented the party symbolism of the elephant and donkey.

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Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall’s corruption was exposed in the New York Times by this “Father of the American Cartoon.”

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This cartoonist for Harper’s Weekly was famous for his depictions of Tweed, in addition to drawing the modern depiction of Santa Claus, the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant.

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In a self-caricature, this man depicted himself sharpening a giant pencil like a spear. :Name this late-19th century cartoonist credited with mobilizing public opposition to Tammany Hall and its leader, William “Boss” Tweed.

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This artist of The American River Ganges and Who Stole the People’s Money? produced a work in which obese vultures hide near a bone marked “City Treasury.” That work by this artist, Let Us Prey, was notably published in Harper’s Weekly.

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This man’s depiction of the Rock Springs massacre features a sarcastic Chinese diplomat looking on the execution of Chinese workers, in a scene that is similar to Goya’s Third of May, 1808.

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Grant attributed his presidential victory to “the sword of Sheridan and the pencil” of this man. :Name this editorial cartoonist whose drawings and caricatures led to the downfall of Tammany Hall.

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His early days were spent popularizing Garibaldi’s mission to unify Italy and he later lived in Ecuador as consul under Teddy Roosevelt.

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Desperate for money, this man accepted an offer from John Hay for a position as a consul in Guayaquil , where he died of yellow fever.

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This man’s work for George William Curtis indirectly resulted in the extradition of one of his political rivals from Vigo, Spain.

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Another shows a circle of men with bulging pockets pointing to the person on their right to answer the title question.

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He collaborated with Petroleum Nasby on a series of writings that satirized the South.

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Abraham Lincoln called this man “our best recruiting sergeant.” This man compared the Catholic Church to the “American River Ganges” and Tammany Hall to a Tiger in a medium influenced by John Tenniel’s work for Punch.

Watch out: Confused with Mark Twain (both associated with Albert Paine as biographer)
#579 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Michelangelo

Michelangelo
bdi Attributed to Daniele da Volterra /span /a · Public domain

Renaissance artist · 1475–1564 · Italy

Michelangelo was a Renaissance master who sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling for Pope Julius II.

The kit

  • Achievements — Michelangelo sculpted a marble David standing contrapposto with a slingshot on his shoulder.
  • Achievements — Michelangelo painted The Creation of Adam on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, showing God and Adam's fingertips touching.
  • Achievements — Michelangelo designed a tomb for Julius II featuring a horned Moses due to mistranslation of the word 'halo.'
  • Legacy — Michelangelo's Pietà was vandalized in 1972 by geologist Laszlo Toth during Pentecost.

Runs with

Pope Julius II
commissioned Sistine Chapel ceiling and tomb with Moses sculpture open card →
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
painted Creation of Adam and Last Judgment with self-portrait open card →
San Lorenzo
Sandro Botticelli
fellow Renaissance painter active in Florence open card →

The ladder · 9 clues

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A horned Moses is featured as part of a tomb this man designed for “the Warrior Pope”, Julius II.

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God touches fingertips with the first man in The Creation of Adam by this Italian artist who was commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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According to legend, one of this artist’s works was damaged when he hit it with a hammer and commanded it to speak; that sculpture was created for the tomb of Pope Julius II.

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Portraits of this artist often feature a broken nose, reflecting an incident in which Pietro Torrigiano [[tohr-EE-jee-AH-noh]] punched him in the face.

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Another of this artist’s works contains a self-portrait as St. Bartholomew holding his flayed skin during the Last Judgment.

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That pope was also the patron of this man’s ceiling paintings depicting The Creation of Adam. name this Renaissance painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

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Due to a mistranslation of the word “halo,” this artist once created a sculpture of Moses with two horns for the tomb of Pope Julius II.

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This man depicted Adam reaching out his arm toward God in a work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and depicted a marble version of the slayer of Goliath. name this Italian Renaissance sculptor perhaps best known for his statue of David.

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A work by this artist is signed on the sash of a woman cradling her dead son, and another sculpture by this man stands contrapposto with a slingshot on his shoulder. Name this Italian Renaissance sculptor of Pietà and a marble David.

4 more clues from the record
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This artist sculpted the facade of a memorial for Julius II, including a seated sculpture of Moses with small horns.

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During Pentecost in 1972, a disturbed geologist named Laszlo Toth vandalized this artist's Pietà.

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This artist maintained a Platonic and literary relationship with Vittoria Colonna.

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One of this artist's paintings was the subject of the "fig leaf" campaign.

Watch out: Sandro Botticelli also worked in Renaissance Florence and painted religious frescoes
#580 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David
bdi Jacques-Louis David /span /a · Public domain

French Neoclassical painter · late 18th–early 19th century · France

Jacques-Louis David was a French Neoclassical painter who depicted Revolutionary and Napoleonic subjects in dramatic historical scenes.

The kit

  • Revolutionary works — Jacques-Louis David painted The Death of Marat, showing the fatally stabbed Revolutionary slumped in his bathtub holding a pen.
  • Roman themes — Jacques-Louis David depicted three brothers saluting swords held by their father in The Oath of the Horatii, based on Roman legend.
  • Napoleonic commissions — Jacques-Louis David painted Napoleon with hand tucked in his clothes in his study at the Tuileries and crossing the Alps.
  • Imprisonment — Jacques-Louis David was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror despite painting many works during the French Revolution.

Runs with

Napoleon Bonaparte
painted him crossing the Alps and in his study at Tuileries open card →
Paris
worked during the French Revolution open card →
Equestrian Statue
depicted Napoleon on a charger in Napoleon Crossing the Alps open card →
Marie Antoinette

The ladder · 9 clues

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In a painting by this man, a French Revolutionary who was fatally stabbed by Charlotte Corday lies holding a pen in his bathtub. name this French Neoclassical artist of The Oath of the Horatii and The Death of Marat.

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This Neoclassicist painter later depicted Napoleon with a hand tucked in his clothes in his study at the Tuileries [too-leh-ree], and on a rearing horse crossing the Alps.

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In a painting by this man inspired by Livy, three brothers salute swords held by their father while swearing to fight three brothers from Alba Longa.

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This artist showed three women crying as three brothers raise their arms toward swords in one work based on Roman legend.

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This artist's The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons was painted to symbolize the ideas of sacrificing for the greater good and equality before the law.

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The subject of one of this artist’s works lies slumped over a desk in his bathtub after being stabbed by Charlotte Corday. identify the French painter of The Oath of the Horatii and The Death of Marat.

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This painter included the names of Charlemagne and Hannibal in a work showing a finger being pointed upward by Napoleon as he crosses the Alps.

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Napoleon was falsely depicted on a charger in Napoleon Crossing the Alps, which was painted by this French neoclassicist, who also painted the Oath of the Horatii.

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Imprisoned during the Reign of Terror, name this painter of many works during the French Revolution.

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This man intended to paint a sequel to a Roman-themed Poussin work with one that focused on the Intervention of the Sabine Women.

Watch out: Charlotte Corday was the assassin of Marat, not the artist
#581 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli
bdi Sandro Botticelli /span /a · Public domain

Italian Renaissance painter · 15th–16th century · Florence

Sandro Botticelli was an Italian Renaissance painter whose only signed work is The Mystical Nativity.

The kit

  • Achievements — Sandro Botticelli painted The Birth of Venus, set off Cyprus's coast, showing the goddess standing in a clamshell while putti cover her.
  • Achievements — Sandro Botticelli created La Primavera, set in an orange grove where the Three Graces dance and Zephyrus rapes Cloris.
  • Achievements — Sandro Botticelli depicted Apollo holding a flute contrasting with a sword held by Mars in one of his paintings.

The ladder · 3 clues

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This artist, whose only signed painting is The Mystical Nativity, depicts Zephyrus’ rape of Cloris along the right edge and is set in an orange grove where the Three Graces do a circular dance.

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In one painting by this artist, Apollo holds a flute, contrasting with a sword held by Mars.

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This artist’s most famous painting is set off the coast of Cyprus and depicts putti rushing to cover the title goddess, who stands in a clamshell. name this Italian renaissance artist of La Primavera and The Birth of Venus.

#582 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso
b Argentina /b . Revista i b Vea y Lea /b · Public domain

Spanish Cubist painter · 1881–1973 · Spain, France

Pablo Picasso co-founded Cubism and created Guernica, a black-and-white response to Nazi bombing during the Spanish Civil War.

The kit

  • Rise — Pablo Picasso created The Old Guitarist and other melancholic works during his Blue Period in the early 1900s.
  • Achievements — Pablo Picasso co-founded Cubism and painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon as a revolutionary modernist work.
  • Conflicts — Pablo Picasso depicted a lightbulb with an eye-shaped halo above a writhing horse in Guernica, shown at the 1937 Paris International Exposition.
  • Legacy — Pablo Picasso served as the primary financial backer of the French Communist Party in the late 1940s.

Runs with

Guernica
depicted Nazi bombing with screaming woman and wounded horse open card →
Spanish Civil War
painted Guernica responding to Basque village bombing open card →
Horse
showed writhing horse in agony in Guernica open card →
Paris
displayed Guernica at 1937 International Exposition open card →

The ladder · 9 clues

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One painting by this artist was first shown at the 1937 Paris International Exposition where it was displayed with The Reaper and Mercury Fountain.

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A painting of a woman with her chin in her hand looking quizzically at a blue bottle on a table, and a painting of an elderly man hunched around a string instrument were both made during this artist’s Blue Period.

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This artistcreated a workinspired by Goya’s3rd of May, 1808 showing pregnantwomenwith children in front of a futuristic firing squad; that work was a response to U.S. involvement in the Korean War.

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This artist depicted an obese man in all red standing with a little girl in a pink dress and four other colorful characters in the middle of a desert.

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An earlier political painting by him shows a lightbulb, a horse, and a screaming woman in memory of a Basque village bombed by the Nazis. name this creator of Guernica.

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That black and white painting by this artist depicts a lightbulb's halo in the shape of an eye above a writhing horse and a screaming woman.

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A black-and-white work by this artist shows a wounded horse in agony and was painted as a response to a bombing in Basque country during his country’s 20th century civil war.

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The Nazi bombing of Guernica was depicted by this Spanish artist and Cubist who created The Old Guitarist during his Blue Period.

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Cubism was co-founded by this Spanish painter of Guernica, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon [lay day-mwah-ZELLS da-veen-YON], and The Old Guitarist.

4 more clues from the record
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In the late 1940s, this wealthy artist was the primary financial backer of the French Communist Party.

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This man’s painting of his mistress, Dora Maar, with a cat sold at auction for $95 million in 2006.

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Another work by this artist includes a flower growing from a sword held in a severed arm.

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This artist depicted Nazi concentration camp victims in The Charnel House.

Watch out: Georges Braque also co-founded Cubism
#583 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Mathew Brady

Mathew Brady
ul li Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress · Public domain

Civil War photographer · 1822–1896 · United States

Mathew Brady was a pioneering American photographer who documented the Civil War through thousands of battlefield images, many taken by his assistants.

The kit

  • Rise — Mathew Brady studied daguerreotype under Samuel F.B. Morse and created the Gallery of Illustrious Americans featuring prominent figures.
  • Achievements — Mathew Brady shocked audiences with realistic corpse depictions in The Dead of Antietam, photographed two days after battle.
  • Conflicts — Mathew Brady employed assistants Alexander Gardner and Timothy O'Sullivan to photograph battlefields and was nearly killed at Petersburg.
  • Legacy — Mathew Brady died penniless in a New York hospital after Levin Handy took over his business and archives.

Runs with

American Civil War
documented battlefields including Bloody Lane and Antietam open card →
Andrew Jackson
photographed elderly Jackson at the Hermitage estate open card →
York
died penniless at a New York hospital open card →
John Quincy Adams
included in Gallery of Illustrious Americans open card →

The ladder · 9 clues

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Levin Handy took over the business of this man, who died penniless at a New York hospital.

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Most of this man’s work was done by assistants like Alex Gardner and Timothy Sullivan, this man was almost killed in the line of fire at Petersburg.

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Special end tables were named for this man's "Stands," which featured cast iron bases and an extendible pipe leg.

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This man’s namesake stand was a cast iron base used to keep his subject still.

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William Page trained this man, who created the Gallery of Illustrious Americans.

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This man shocked contemporary audiences with his realistic depiction of corpses in works like The Dead at Antietam. name this photographer of the Civil War.

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This man, who depicted an elderly Andrew Jackson at his estate and created portraits of Edgar Allan Poe, used the albumen print technique after originally working with daguerreotypes.

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Alexander Gardner and Timothy O'Sullivan worked as assistants for this man, who produced works like The Dead of Antietam. name this Civil War photographer.

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This man was able to capture photos of the carnage at Bloody Lane, and the face-side of the penny coin was lifted from a portrait this man took of Abraham Lincoln. name this eminent American photographer of the Civil War.

10 more clues from the record
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This student of Samuel F.B. Morse ran ads in the New York Tribune saying he could take ​ ​ cartes de visite photos before husbands and sons went off to war.

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One of this man’s works shows Ambrose Burnside lamenting a defeat, whilst another depicts bodies strewn across the Bloody Lane.

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When Morse opened a studio and offered classes on a new imaging process he had learned in France, this man was one of his first students.

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Timothy O’Sullivan, who created the “Harvest of Death,” was among those hired by this man to carry out his most famous art project.

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A portrait taken at the Hermitage of an old Andrew Jackson was among the entries in this man’s Gallery of Illustrious Americans.

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This man used that technique to capture the only daguerreotype of the aging FirRst Lady, Dolley Madison.

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This man's apprentice, ​ Alexander Gardner, took controversial photos of the hanging of the Lincoln conspirators.

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This man studied painting with William Page who introduced him to Samuel F.B. Morse.

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John C. Taylor bought this man's work as part of the Ordway-Rand collection.

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Photographer who documented “The Dead of Antietam” two days after the battle.

Watch out: Alexander Gardner, his assistant who independently photographed the Lincoln conspirators' hanging
#584 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Gutzon Borglum

Gutzon Borglum
Unidentified photographer · Public domain

American sculptor · early 20th century · United States

Gutzon Borglum was an American sculptor who created Mount Rushmore and sought to memorialize American achievement through monumental art.

The kit

  • Rise — Gutzon Borglum sculpted figures for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and created The Aviator statue at the University of Virginia.
  • Achievements — Gutzon Borglum carved Mount Rushmore on a site called "Six Grandfathers" by local Native Americans, patronized by Senator Peter Norbeck.
  • Conflicts — Gutzon Borglum was dismissed from the Stone Mountain project after completing the head of Robert E. Lee.
  • Legacy — Gutzon Borglum's failure to respond to Standing Bear's letter led Standing Bear to approach Ziolkowski about the Crazy Horse Memorial.

Runs with

Mount Rushmore
carved four presidential faces at this South Dakota monument open card →
Stone Mountain
dismissed after completing Robert E. Lee's head for this project open card →
Crazy Horse Memorial
Robert E. Lee
completed this general's head before Stone Mountain dismissal open card →

The ladder · 8 clues

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This man, who sculpted figures for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, sought to create art that was “American, drawn from American sources, memorializing American achievement.” After completing the head of Robert E. Lee, this man was dismissed from the Stone Mountain project.

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This artist resigned from the Armory Show, because it favored painting over sculpture.

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On a site previously owned by the Venable Brothers, this man also sculpted the largest bas relief in the world, which depicts Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis.

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Standing Bear approached Ziolkowski after this man, the creator of Mount Rushmore, did not respond to Standing Bear’s letter proposing the Memorial.

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This man's most famous design was patronized by Senator Peter Norbeck and violated the terms of the Treaty of Fort Laramie.

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This man's statue The Aviator stands on the campus of the University of Virginia.

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Stone Mountain was a work by this Danish sculptor who carved four other faces in his signature work, Mount Rushmore.

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This man’s greatest project was a monument carved in what local Native Americans called “Six Grandfathers.” what sculptor designed the Mount Rushmore Memorial?

Watch out: Danish sculptor (he was American, though of Danish descent)
#585 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn
bdi Rembrandt /span /a · Public domain

Dutch Golden Age painter · 1606–1669 · Leiden and Amsterdam

Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age master renowned for dramatic group portraits and innovative use of light.

The kit

  • Major works — Rembrandt van Rijn painted The Night Watch, depicting the Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq with a boy carrying gunpowder.
  • Achievements — Rembrandt van Rijn created ingeniously arranged group portraits including The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp and Syndics of the Drapers' Guild.
  • Biblical & historical scenes — Rembrandt van Rijn depicted Belshazzar's Feast with Hebrew writing and The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis showing the Batavian Rebellion.
  • Legacy — Rembrandt van Rijn's Storm on the Sea of Galilee was stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 and remains missing.

Runs with

Boston
his Storm on the Sea of Galilee was stolen from Boston's Gardner Museum open card →
Claudius
painted The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis depicting the Batavian Rebellion open card →
Alexander the Great
Gunpowder
The Night Watch shows a boy carrying a horn of gunpowder open card →

The ladder · 9 clues

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One work by this artist depicts a one-eyed leader taking a word-oath during the Batavian Rebellion and is titled The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis.

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This Leiden native was popular for his ingeniously arranged group portraits, such as his painting of the Syndics of the Drapers Guild and his huge canvas of the Militia Company of District Two under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq.

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This subject of one of this artist’s paintings wears a medallion given to him by Alexander the Great while resting his hand on a bust of an ancient poet.

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A 1990 burglary at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum targeted this man's painting Storm on the Sea of Galilee, which remains missing.

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A turbaned king is horrified by a disembodied hand writing Hebrew on the wall in one work by this artist, Belshazzar’s Feast.

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A woman holds a chicken in his depiction of the Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq. name this Dutch artist of The Anatomy Lesson and The Night Watch.

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One of this painter’s works depicts Aristotle, in Baroque dress, contemplating a bust of the Greek poet Homer. what Dutch artist painted The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholaes Tulp and The Night Watch?

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In 1632, this Dutch painter depicted a medical school class conducted by Nicholas Tulp. name this painter of Return of the Prodigal Son and The Night Watch.

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Another work by this painter is held in the Rijkmuseum and depicts the militia company of Franz Banning Cocq. name this Dutch painter of The Night Watch.

6 more clues from the record
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This artist’s painting of six cloth inspectors is known either as The Sampling Officials or as Syndics of the Drapers” Guild.

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This artist depicted himself holding a beer with his wife Saskia on his lap in The Return of the Prodigal Son in the Tavern.

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In another of his paintings, seven men observe as Aris Kindt’s corpse is being examined by the title doctor.

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This painter provided a visual record of the dress of the Schlachta (pr. shlak-TAH) class in his A Polish Nobleman.

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This artist’s numerous self-portraits include one etching with his wife, Saskia.

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A boy carrying a horn of gunpowder appears on the left side of a painting by this artist.

Watch out: The Anatomy Lesson depicts Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, not Dr. Tulip
#586 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Benjamin West

Benjamin West
bdi After Benjamin West /span /a · CC0

American painter · 18th–early 19th century · Britain and America

Benjamin West was an American-born painter who became the first American-born president of the Royal Academy after succeeding Joshua Reynolds.

The kit

  • Rise — Benjamin West became the first American-born president of the Royal Academy after succeeding Joshua Reynolds in that position.
  • Achievements — Benjamin West painted *The Death of General Wolfe*, controversially showing Simon Fraser and onlookers in contemporary dress at the Plains of Abraham.
  • Achievements — Benjamin West depicted a meeting at Shackamaxon with the Lenape tribe resting under an elm tree in *Penn's Treaty with the Indians*.
  • Legacy — Benjamin West's painting *The Graces Unveiling Nature* is displayed at the center of the Royal Academy today.

Runs with

Benjamin Franklin
painted Franklin drawing electricity from sky with kite open card →
Lenape people
depicted Lenape at Shackamaxon in Penn's Treaty open card →
Canada
painted Death of General Wolfe at Quebec open card →
Pennsylvania
depicted treaty meeting at Shackamaxon open card →

The ladder · 9 clues

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Another of this artist’s works is set in the village of Shackamaxon and features the Lenape tribe resting under an elm tree.

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This man depicted three babies pulling on a kite string attached to a key in his painting Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky.

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A white robed Roman widow bears the ashes of her assassinated husband Germanicus in this artist’s Agrippina Landing at Brundisium.

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This artist depicted a man in a green top kneeling next to a man holding a ream of cloth in a painting set at Shackamaxon.

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This man was the second president of the Royal Academy, and his The Graces Unveiling Nature is displayed at the center of the Academy today.

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This artist painted an Anglo-Dutch naval victory in the Nine Years’ War in “The Battle of La Hogue”.

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His painting of the Treaty of Paris remained unfinished when the British delegation refused to pose.

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He controversially depicted Simon Fraser and other onlookers wearing contemporary dress in a painting which shows the aftermath of a battle on the Plains of Abraham. name this painter of The Death of General Wolfe.

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This painter of Penn’s Treaty with the Indians depicted a muscular Native American resting his chin on his fist on the left side of a work set on a battlefield outside of Quebec City. what American artist painted The Death of General Wolfe?

3 more clues from the record
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He became the first American-born president of the Royal Academy after succeeding Joshua Reynolds.

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British-American painter who created a famous scene of that death?

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One of this man’s paintings depicts a meeting in Shackamaxon.

#587 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Raphael

Raphael
bdi Raphael /span /a · Public domain

Renaissance painter · 1483–1520 · Italy

Raphael was a Renaissance painter who created The School of Athens for Julius II's library and designed tapestries for the Sistine Chapel.

The kit

  • Achievements — Raphael painted The School of Athens for the library of Pope Julius II in the Vatican.
  • Achievements — Raphael designed tapestries for the Sistine Chapel, which are now lost.
  • Achievements — Raphael depicted Mount Parnassus with Sappho holding a scroll, Dante, Boccaccio, and the nine muses.

Runs with

Alabama
no connection evident in clues open card →
church
painted frescoes for the Vatican library open card →
Pope
worked for Pope Julius II open card →
Michelangelo

The ladder · 3 clues

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This other artist designed now lost tapestries for the Sistine Chapel, in addition to painting The School of Athens for the library of Julius II.

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This artist included a depiction of Sappho holding a scroll with her name on it, as well as Dante, Boccacio, and the nine muses in a depiction of Mount Parnassus.

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The coiner of the term ‘genocide’, Raphael Lemkin, believed that one event in this country merited the term, as does the historian Timothy Snyder.

Watch out: Raphael Lemkin (genocide scholar, 20th century)
#588 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Claude Monet

Claude Monet
bdi Nadar /span /a · Public domain

French Impressionist painter · 1840–1926 · France

Claude Monet was a French painter whose 1872 work Impression, Sunrise gave the Impressionist movement its name.

The kit

  • Rise — Claude Monet was mentored by Eugène Boudin, who taught him the en plein air technique of painting outdoors.
  • Achievements — Claude Monet painted the Rouen Cathedral under different light conditions, switching canvases throughout the day as the light changed.
  • Giverny estate — Claude Monet built a garden-filled estate in Giverny featuring Japanese-style bridges and water lilies that became his painting subjects.
  • Legacy — Claude Monet created series of paintings depicting haystacks and water lilies, with later gigantic canvases painted as his eyesight declined.

Runs with

Water
painted water lilies at Giverny open card →
London
painted Charing Cross Bridge open card →
Paris
faced rejection from Salon de Paris open card →
Japan
painted Japanese-style bridges at Giverny open card →

The ladder · 9 clues

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RA caricaturist as a young man, this artist was mentored by Eugène Boudin who taught him the "en plein air" technique for which this man became known.

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In 1865, this man created a large, clothed version of Manet's Le déjeuner sur l'herbe [[luh deh-zhuh-NEH soor LEHRB]] but spent many years facing rejection from the Salon de Paris.

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This artist, who observed and painted the Rouen Cathedral under several different light conditions, built a garden-filled estate in Giverny [zhi-vair-nee] that is now a museum dedicated to him.

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This man often worked on several paintings of the same subject, such as his Rouen [[roo-ANH]] Cathedral Series, throughout the day, switching canvases as the light changed.

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After serving for a year with the Light Cavalry in Algeria, this man contracted typhoid fever, left the military, and became a student of Charles Gleyre.

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Japanese-style bridges and water lilies were popular subjects of paintings by this French painter whose painting of a sunrise gave its name to the Impressionist movement.

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Later in life, with his eyesight declining, this Frenchman painted gigantic canvases of aquatic flowers near his home in Giverny [[zhi-vehr-NEE]]. name this French Impressionist who painted several series of haystacks and water lilies.

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In 1874, this man and his fellow rejected painters began the Salon des Refusés [[reh-fyoo- SEH]]. name this painter of Impression, Sunrise?

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This man depicted a Japanese footbridge at his garden house in Giverny [zhi-vair-nee], which is now a public museum. name this French painter of haystacks and water lillies whose painting of a sunrise coined the term for the Impressionist movement, which he led.

4 more clues from the record
H

This creator of The Cliffs at Etretat [[eht-reh-TAH]] loved to paint “en plein air” [[anh plen-EHR]], or outdoors.

H

One of this man's several dozen depictions of London's Charing Cross Bridge was stolen and probably burned in 2012.

H

As a boy in Le Havre [[luh HAHV]], this man studied with Jacques-François Ochard [[oh-SHARD]].

H

John Singer Sargent created a portrait of this man “painting by the edge of a wood” with his wife Alice.

Watch out: Édouard Manet (similar name; Monet painted a clothed version of Manet's Le déjeuner sur l'herbe)
#589 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 1

Grant Wood

Grant Wood
bdi Grant Wood /span /a · Public domain

American regionalist painter · 20th century · Iowa

Grant Wood was an Iowa regionalist painter best known for American Gothic, depicting a farmer with pitchfork beside a woman before a Carpenter Gothic house.

The kit

  • Signature work — Grant Wood painted American Gothic, showing a farmer holding a pitchfork next to a woman (posed by his sister Nan) in front of a white Carpenter Gothic house.
  • Historical subjects — Grant Wood used a bird's-eye view of moonlit Massachusetts streets in The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and depicted a red truck colliding with a black car in Death on the Ridge Road.
  • Satirical portraiture — Grant Wood created Daughters of the Revolution, showing three old women before Washington Crossing the Delaware, accused of satirically depicting Founding Fathers as cross-dressers.
  • Educational commission — Grant Wood painted children outside a white schoolhouse in a work commissioned by the Cedar Rapids School Board for a teacher who conducted annual tree plantings.

Runs with

Massachusetts
depicted Lexington streets in Midnight Ride of Paul Revere open card →
Delaware
showed Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware in Daughters of Revolution background open card →
Paul Revere
painted The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere with aerial view open card →
George Washington
included Washington Crossing the Delaware painting in satirical Daughters of Revolution open card →

The ladder · 9 clues

H

Three members of the Daughters of the Revolution stand in front of a painting of Washington crossing the Delaware in a painting by this man.

H

This man opted to use a high altitude view of the well-lit streets of Lexington, Massachusetts in his interpretation of the The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.

H

This man depicted Leutze’s (LOYT-zuh’s) Washington Crossing the Delaware in the background of a satirical portrait of three old women intended to be crossdressed depictions of the Founding Fathers.

H

This artist painted children outside a white schoolhouse in a work commissioned by the Cedar Rapids School Board to memorialize a teacher who conducted an annual tree plantin g.

H

This artist used a birds-eye view to show a road winding through a Massachusetts town in bright moonlight in his depiction of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.

H

This artist is frequently accused of portraying members of a local historical society as cross- dressers in his satirical Daughters of Revolution.

H

This man painted a red truck about to smash into a black car in his Death on the Ridge Road.

M

This man’s sister, Nan, posed in one of his paintings that shows her next to an old farmer holding a pitchfork. name this artist of American Gothic.

E

This Iowa man’s best known work features a white house in the Carpenter Gothic style with a farmer and his wife in the foreground. name this painter of American Gothic.

Watch out: Daughters of the Revolution features Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware painting in background, not Wood's own version
#590 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart
bdi Gilbert Stuart /span /a · Public domain

American portrait painter · 1755–1828 · America and England

Gilbert Stuart was an American portrait painter best known for his iconic images of George Washington.

The kit

  • Career — Gilbert Stuart left America at the Revolutionary War's onset to return to England and avoid career disruptions.
  • Absence — Gilbert Stuart did not return to America for 18 years after his departure to England.
  • Achievements — Gilbert Stuart created the presidential portraits of George Washington, including the copy Dolley Madison rescued from the White House.

Runs with

John
painted portraits of early American figures open card →
James
painted portraits of early American figures open card →
House of Stuart
shares surname with British royal house open card →
Mary
painted portraits of early American figures open card →

The ladder · 3 clues

H

This man left America at the onset of the Revolutionary War to return to England in order to avoid disruptions to his career.

H

He did not return for 18 years.

M

The presidential portraits of George Washington, including the copy rescued by Dolley Madison, were created by what American painter?

Watch out: Name similarity to the House of Stuart royal dynasty
#591 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

El Greco

El Greco
bdi El Greco /span /a · Public domain

Spanish Mannerist painter · 16th-17th century · Spain (Toledo)

El Greco was a Greek-born Spanish Mannerist painter known for dramatic religious works and his View of Toledo.

The kit

  • Early career — El Greco worked in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome but was dismissed for opposing Michelangelo's teachings.
  • Religious works — El Greco painted The Disrobing of Christ, showing the three Marys watching as Jesus's red cloak is removed.
  • Masterpieces — El Greco created the Burial of the Count of Orgaz, depicting clouds parting to receive Don Gonzalo Ruiz.
  • Spanish period — El Greco painted View of Toledo, contrasting a dark and stormy sky with green hills and a cathedral spire.

Runs with

Crete
Greek-born artist from Crete open card →
Rome
worked in Palazzo Farnese in Rome open card →
Jesus
painted The Disrobing of Christ open card →
Michelangelo
dismissed for opposing his teachings open card →

The ladder · 6 clues

H

This artist used gold and tempera to create a Dormition of the Virgin in the Byzantine style, and painted an Allegory of a Christian Knight in his Modena Triptych.

H

Giulio Clovio landed this artist a job in Rome in the Palazzo Farnese, but he was later dismissed for being against the teachings of Michelangelo.

M

In a painting by this artist, the three Marys watch in sorrow as a man in green attempts to pull off the red cloak of Jesus.

M

His works were judged to not completely follow the rules of the Counter-Reformation, preventing him from working for Philip II.

E

One of his works contrasts a dark and stormy sky with green hills and a cathedral spire, and in another, the clouds part to receive Don Gonzalo Ruiz. name this Mannerist artist of Burial of the Count of Orgaz and View of Toledo, a Spanish artist from Crete.

E

This painter of The Disrobing of Christ painted the Castle of San Servando in a depiction of his adopted hometown, his View of Toledo. name this Greek-born Spanish Mannerist painter.

Watch out: Not to be confused with other Mannerist painters who worked in Spain during the Counter-Reformation period
#592 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

William Hogarth

William Hogarth
Public domain

English painter and satirist · 18th century · London

William Hogarth was an English painter who created satirical series depicting moral decline in Georgian society.

The kit

  • Social commentary — William Hogarth created the political cartoon Gin Lane, showing a scene of depravity in London streets due to easily accessible spirits.
  • Marriage satire — William Hogarth created six paintings in Marriage A-la-Mode about an ill-conceived betrothal where her lover kills her husband.
  • Moral decline — William Hogarth featured a rich merchant's son in the eight-part series A Rake's Progress, wasting his money on vices and ending up in a sanatorium.

Runs with

London
depicted London street scenes in Gin Lane open card →
Molotov Cocktail
Gregorian calendar
no connection evident in clues open card →
Glorious Revolution

The ladder · 3 clues

H

This artist created the political cartoon Gin Lane, showing a scene of depravity in London street due to easily accessible spirits.

M

This artist created six painting series about an ill-conceived betrothal where her lover kills her husband in Marriage A-la-Mode.

E

This artist featured a rich merchant’s son in an 8 part series wasting his money on vices and ending up in a Sanitorium. name this English painter A of Rake’s Progress.

#593 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 1

John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent
bdi James E. Purdy /span /a · Public domain

American portrait painter · 1856–1925 · Europe and United States

John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate painter renowned as the leading portrait artist of the Gilded Age and Edwardian era.

The kit

  • Scandal — John Singer Sargent caused controversy at the 1884 Salon de Paris with his Portrait of Madame X depicting Virginie Gautreau in a revealing black dress.
  • Achievements — John Singer Sargent painted the official presidential portrait of Theodore Roosevelt showing him resting his hand on a White House bannister.
  • War art — John Singer Sargent created Gassed, depicting a line of chemically-blinded soldiers clutching one another as they stumble toward a dressing station.
  • Genre works — John Singer Sargent painted El Jaleo, showing a gypsy dancer performing in a room with two guitars hanging on the wall.

Runs with

World War I
served as war artist, painting Gassed showing wounded soldiers open card →
Theodore Roosevelt
painted his official presidential portrait at the White House open card →
Paris
caused scandal at the 1884 Salon with Madame X open card →
White House
painted Theodore Roosevelt's portrait there with stair railing open card →

The ladder · 9 clues

H

This artist depicted a line of men clutching one another as they stumble forward after a chemical attack in Gassed!.

H

Earlier, this artist included two guitars hanging on the wall of a room in which a gypsy dances El Jaleo [hah-LAY-oh].

H

He is also known for intimate portraits, such as one of two girls hanging paper lanterns.

H

When commissioned as a war artist, this man painted wounded soldiers walking to a dressing station.

H

He painted an American president resting his hand on a stair railing in his Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.

M

This artist created an image of a subject resting his hand on a bannister in the White House, the official presidential portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.

E

This painter of El Jaleo [ha-lay-oh] caused controversy with his depiction of Virginie Gautreau wearing a revealing black dress. name this American painter of the Portrait of Madame X.

E

This American artist caused a scandal at the 1884 Salon de Paris with his Portrait of Madame X.

E

who is this man, considered the leading portrait painter of his era?

#594 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige
thesandiegomuseumofartcollection · Public domain

Japanese woodblock print artist · 19th century · Japan

Utagawa Hiroshige was a Japanese master of ukiyo-e woodblock printing alongside Hokusai.

The kit

  • Art form — Utagawa Hiroshige practiced ukiyo-e, a Japanese woodblock printing style translating to "pictures of the floating world."
  • Technique — Utagawa Hiroshige created works using wood-based art form that employed traditional Japanese woodblock printing methods.
  • European influence — Utagawa Hiroshige's art form was introduced to van Gogh and European artists after Dutch trade opened at Dejima.
  • Contemporary — Utagawa Hiroshige worked alongside Hokusai, who painted Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji in the same style.

Runs with

Tokyo
worked in Japan's major city open card →
Japan
practiced Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printing open card →
printing
mastered woodblock printing techniques open card →
roads

The ladder · 3 clues

H

For ten F points, name this art form, practiced by Hiroshige and Hokusai and notably used for The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a Japanese form of woodblock printing.

M

A wood-based art form from this country was introduced to van Gogh and other European artists after trade with the Dutch was opened on the artificial island of Dejima. name this home country of the artists Hiroshige and Hokusai, who painted Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji.

M

Hiroshige and Hokusai were masters in this style of woodblock print art native to Japan that translates to "pictures of the floating world".

Watch out: Hokusai, another ukiyo-e master who created Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
#595 · Painters and Visual Artists · Level 2

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer
bdi Napoleon Sarony /span /a · Public domain

American painter · 1836–1910 · United States

Winslow Homer was an American painter who depicted Civil War scenes and later became renowned for dramatic seascapes.

The kit

  • Civil War art — Winslow Homer served as a Harper's Weekly correspondent during the Civil War, creating drawings and engravings of battle scenes.
  • Achievements — Winslow Homer painted Prisoners from the Front, showing Union General Francis Barlow receiving surrendering Confederate officers at Petersburg.
  • Reconstruction themes — Winslow Homer depicted a formerly enslaved family's tense encounter in A Visit from the Old Mistress during Reconstruction.
  • Seascapes — Winslow Homer painted dramatic ocean scenes like The Gulf Stream, showing a black man in a damaged boat surrounded by sharks.

Runs with

American Civil War
served as Harper's Weekly correspondent, painted Prisoners from the Front open card →
American Railway Union
Maine
moved there and began painting more seascapes open card →
Enslaved People
painted A Visit from the Old Mistress showing formerly enslaved family open card →

The ladder · 6 clues

H

This artist’s painting of Francis Barlow and the title people at the Siege of Petersburg was based off drawings and engravings completed while serving as a correspondent for Harper’s Weekly.

H

During Reconstruction, this artist painted a former family of enslaved people giving a chilly greeting to a former plantation resident in A Visit from the Old Mistress.

M

This artist, who showed four Confederate soldiers in Prisoners From the Front, began painting more seascapes when he moved to Maine.

M

artist inspired by Cape Cod to paint the seascape Breezing Up?

E

A line of young boys play the title game in front of a red building in this artist’s Snap the Whip. name this American painter who showed a black man in a damaged boat surrounded by sharks in The Gulf Stream.

E

This painter depicted General Francis Barlow in a scene including surrendering Confederate officers, Prisoners from the Front.

#1301 · East Asian Arts and Literary Traditions · Level 3

Bayeux Tapestry

Bayeux Tapestry
Public domain

embroidered cloth · c. 1070s · Normandy, France

Bayeux Tapestry is a 225-foot embroidered cloth depicting the Norman Conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings.

The kit

  • Commissioners — Bayeux Tapestry was commissioned by either Matilda of Flanders or Bishop Odo, who appears as the largest figure in it.
  • Depicted events — Bayeux Tapestry shows Harold Godwinson being killed by an arrow in the eye and William's troops being rallied at Hastings.
  • Notable details — Bayeux Tapestry includes an early depiction of Halley's Comet and features Latin captions called tituli with abbreviation marks.
  • Modern history — Bayeux Tapestry was seized during the French Revolution to cover military wagons and brought to Paris by Napoleon in 1803.

Runs with

Battle of Hastings
depicts this battle including William's troops being rallied open card →
William the Conqueror
depicts his triumph at Hastings and Norman Conquest open card →
Harold Godwinson
shows him taking an arrow in the eye open card →
Bishop
Bishop Odo probably commissioned it and appears rallying troops open card →

The ladder · 6 clues

H

Charles Dickens criticized this work as the product of “very feeble amateurs.” Captions in this work are called its namesake tituli, which often feature tildas to indicate abbreviations.

H

A poem by the Bishop of Dol made one of the earliest references to this work, which was commissioned by either Matilda of Flanders or Bishop Odo.

M

One scene in this work shows the troops of William the Conqueror being rallied at the Battle of Hastings. name this long piece of cloth that depicts the Norman Conquest of England.

M

This work depicts a king being killed by an arrow into his eye. name this embroidered cloth that records the Battle of Hastings.

E

The final caption of this work, which says that one group “is fleeing,” is thought to be false.

E

Harold Godwinson is shown taking an arrow in the eye in this medieval "Tapestry" depicting the Battle of Hastings.

10 more clues from the record
H

Halley’s Comet appears in this embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest.

H

In one part of this work, its probable commissioner is shown saying grace as chicken is being skewered over an open fire; another portion of this work shows two men being dragged out of quicksand.

H

In January 2018, Emmanuel Macron announced that this object will leave France for the first time in 950 years, going on public display at the British Museum in London.

H

Bernard de Montfaucon [[mont-foh-KOHN]] brought this artwork to the attention of of Europe when he hired Antoine Benoit [[beh-NWAH]] to copy it in its entirety.

H

This artwork, which includes an early depiction of Halley's Comet, depicts Count Guy of Ponthieu [[pohn- TOO]] holding an English king captive for ransom.

H

This piece of art was originally housed in a namesake cathedral whose bishop Odo was depicted rallying troops in it.

H

During the early days of the French Revolution, this artwork was seized by the Directory to be used to cover the tops of military wagons.

H

This work, whose surviving portion is 225 feet long and 1.5 feet high, is technically an embroidery.

H

It was brought to Paris by Napoleon I in preparation for an 1803 invasion. 41 griffins appear in this work, as does the caption "ET FUGA VERTERUNT ANGLI." The largest person in this work, Odo, probably commissioned it.

H

Two bellmen appear on this work, a 70-meter-long record of William the Conqueror’s triumph at the Battle of Hastings now kept at a museum in Normandy.

Watch out: technically an embroidery, not a tapestry
#1302 · East Asian Arts and Literary Traditions · Level 3

Guernica

Guernica
Papamanila · CC BY-SA 3.0

Basque town and painting · 1937 · northern Spain

Guernica was a Basque town bombed by the German Condor Legion in 1937, inspiring Pablo Picasso's famous anti-war painting.

The kit

  • The bombing — Guernica was attacked on a Monday market day by the Condor Legion and Aviazione Legionaria under Hugo Sperrle, increasing casualties.
  • The painting — Guernica depicts a screaming horse at center, a bull over a woman holding her dead child, and a detached hand holding a sword with a flower.
  • Creation & display — Guernica was begun May 1, 1937 at Juan Larrea's urging, with strangers allowed into Picasso's Paris studio to watch for publicity.
  • Political legacy — Guernica remained at MoMA until democracy was re-established in Spain, then transferred to the Queen Sofia Museum in 1992.

Runs with

Spanish Civil War
bombing occurred during this conflict open card →
Francisco Franco
disclaimed culpability for the attack open card →
Pablo Picasso
created the painting as antifascist response open card →
Spain
painting returned after republic restored open card →

The ladder · 6 clues

H

Tony Shafrazi spray-painted the words “KILL LIES ALL” onto this painting to protest the My Lai massacre.

H

In 2003, a copy of this painting was covered by a blue curtain while Colin Powell addressed the United Nations.

M

A 1937 attack by Nazi warplanes inspired this Pablo Picasso painting that depicts the aftermath of a bombing in the Spanish Civil War.

M

Operation Rugen targeted this Basque city whose bombing by the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War inspired a massive Pablo Picasso painting.

E

A screaming horse appears in the center of this painting that was created as a reaction to the bombing of a Basque village.

E

Smoke rises from the tail of a bull in this painting that was created in memory of an event carried out by the German Condor Legion in 1937. name this black-and-white Pablo Picasso painting depicting a bombing during the Spanish Civil War.

10 more clues from the record
H

Franco disclaimed any culpability and blamed red revolutionaries when the Condor Legion bombed this Basque town in 1937.

H

This painting’s artist insisted that it never be returned to its home country until a republic was re-established; in 1992, it was transferred to a museum known as “the Sofia.” A flower grows on a sword being held by a detached hand in this painting.

H

The boquerone creator of this painting allowed strangers into a Paris studio to watch its creation, believing the publicity would help the antifascist cause.

H

The artist of this painting loaned it to the Museum of Modern Art on the condition that it would be shipped to Spain once democracy had been re-established.

H

Work on this painting began, at the urging of the poet Juan Larrea, on May 1, 1937, just days after the event it depicts.

H

In 2017, this painting was used as the centerpiece of the “Pity and Terror” exhibition at the Queen Sofia Museum, a celebration of its 80th anniversary.

H

George Steer wrote a report about the destruction of this city, which was carried out by Hugo Sperrle’s Aviazione Legionaria.

H

One event in this city took place on a Monday, its traditional market day, which increased casualty counts.

H

Nelson Rockefeller commissioned a tapestry version of this painting after its artist refused to sell him the original.

H

On the left side of this painting, a bull stands over a woman who is holding her dead child.

Watch out: Franco blamed red revolutionaries for the bombing rather than acknowledging German involvement
#1402 · Named Works of Visual Art · Level 3

Third of May 1808

Third of May 1808
ul li El_Tres_de_Mayo,_by_Francisco_de_Goya,_from_Prado_in_G · Public domain

painting by Goya · depicts 1808 events · Madrid

Third of May 1808 is a painting by Francisco Goya depicting a Napoleonic firing squad executing Spanish citizens in Madrid.

The kit

  • Central figure — Third of May 1808 shows a man in white shirt and yellow pants with arms raised in imitation of Christ.
  • Composition — Third of May 1808 features a cubic lantern illuminating a pile of bodies below the group on the left.
  • Surrounding figures — Third of May 1808 includes a friar hunched over with hands clenched and a man covering his face near the central figure.
  • Companion work — Third of May 1808 is a companion to The Charge of the Mamelukes.

The ladder · 5 clues

H

This painting’s most prominent figure is flanked by a friar hunched over with his hands clenched and a man covering his face with his hands.

H

This painting is a companion to The Charge of the Mamelukes.

M

In this work, a monk huddles near a man in white and yellow, who stands with his arms stretched upwards in surrender. name this painting in which a shadowy Napoleonic firing squad takes aim at Spanish citizens in Madrid, a painting by Francisco Goya.

M

It includes a cubic lantern that illuminates the pile of bodies below the group on the left.

E

A man standing in a white shirt and yellow pants is illuminated in this painting’s center by a square of light; that figure lifts his arms in imitation of Christ. name this painting depicting the execution of Spaniards by French troops by Francisco Goya.

#1403 · Named Works of Visual Art · Level 3

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Antoine Taveneaux · CC BY-SA 3.0

Vatican fresco cycle · early 16th century · Vatican City

Sistine Chapel Ceiling is Michelangelo's massive Vatican fresco featuring nine Genesis scenes including the Creation of Adam.

The kit

  • Genesis scenes — Sistine Chapel Ceiling includes nine scenes from the Book of Genesis arranged across the central section.
  • Creation of Adam — Sistine Chapel Ceiling's central section shows God preparing to touch Adam's finger in the famous Creation of Adam.
  • Noah — Sistine Chapel Ceiling's final Genesis scene depicts a drunk and disgraced Noah after the flood.
  • Anatomical detail — Sistine Chapel Ceiling appears to show a human brain as figures surround God in the Creation of Adam.

Runs with

Pope
commissioned by the Pope open card →
Michelangelo
painted by Michelangelo open card →
Renaissance
major Renaissance artwork open card →
Alexander

The ladder · 3 clues

H

This work includes nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, the final of which shows a drunk and disgraced Noah.

M

The central section of this work appears to show a human brain as figures surround God who is preparing to touch the title figure’s finger.

E

The Creation of Adam is part of this massive artwork by Michelangelo for a religious building in the Vatican.

#1404 · Named Works of Visual Art · Level 3

Equestrian Statue

Equestrian Statue
Daderot · Public domain

statue of rider on horse · ancient Greece to present · worldwide

Equestrian Statues are sculptures depicting a rider mounted on a horse, created from ancient times to the present day.

The kit

  • Ancient examples — Equestrian Statue examples from ancient Greece include the Rampin Rider, an early work in this sculptural tradition.
  • American West — Equestrian Statue works include Frederic Remington's Bronco Buster, which depicts a cowboy of the Old West.
  • Largest bronze — Equestrian Statue's largest bronze example depicts Governor Juan de Oñate, the controversial conquistador who massacred the Acoma Pueblo.
  • Brandenburg Gate — Equestrian Statue tradition influenced the Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate, a sculpture depicting a vehicle driven by the Goddess of Victory.

The ladder · 4 clues

H

The largest bronze example of this type of artwork depicts the controversial conquistador who committed a massacre of the Acoma Pueblo, Governor Juan de Oñate [[oh-NYAH-teh]].

H

One sculpture of this type known as the "Quadriga," depicting a vehicle driven by the Goddess of Victory, tops the Brandenburg Gate.

H

Frederic Remington's Bronco Buster, a sculpture of this type, depicts a cowboy of the Old West.

M

Ancient Greece's Rampin Rider is an early example of this type of statue.

#1405 · Named Works of Visual Art · Level 3

Pelican Portrait

Pelican Portrait
bdi Attributed to Nicholas Hilliard /span /a · Public domain

Portrait of Elizabeth I · Elizabethan era · England

Pelican Portrait is a portrait of Elizabeth I by Nicholas Hilliard featuring a pelican pendant symbolizing self-sacrificing rule.

The kit

  • Symbolism — Pelican Portrait shows Elizabeth I wearing a pendant of a pelican cutting open its own chest to feed its young.
  • Artist — Pelican Portrait was created by Nicholas Hilliard, who depicted the pendant as a metaphor for Elizabeth's rule.
  • Meaning — Pelican Portrait uses the pelican pendant as a heavy-handed metaphor for Elizabeth's self-sacrificing rule over England.

Runs with

George Washington
A Washington portrait was saved during Battle of Bladensburg open card →
White House
A Washington portrait was saved when White House burned open card →
Johnwomen

The ladder · 3 clues

H

A portrait of Elizabeth I by Nicholas Hilliard carries this name, since the subject wears a pendant of a certain animal cutting open its own chest to provide food for its young, a rather heavy-handed metaphor for Elizabeth’s self-sacrificing rule.

M

This slave of the Madison family saved the Landsdowne portrait during the burning of Washington.

E

A portrait of George Washington was saved during the Battle of Bladensburg in this war, which saw the burning of the White House.

Watch out: Confused with portraits of George Washington saved during War of 1812