Culture & Arts
Art
Learn the works, artists, techniques and movements of Japanese and Western art.
Knowing how to look at a painting or a sculpture makes visiting a museum far more rewarding. Once you understand the period and the style behind a work, a single canvas starts to tell you any number of stories.
Take the art quizThe pleasure of knowing art
Art records the mood of its time and the mind of its maker in color and form. Follow the movements — the Renaissance, Impressionism and the rest — and you begin to see why a work was made the way it was. Setting Japanese and Western art side by side also brings out the difference in what each considers beautiful.
What you will learn here
In multiple-choice form, you will learn the major works and artists, their techniques, and what characterizes each movement. It gives you a grounding in the famous paintings and sculptures, which opens up museum visits and conversation alike, and it helps with schoolwork and general knowledge.
How to approach it
Start with works you already recognize and widen out from there. Learning the artist, the work and the style as a set makes them stick. Keep it light, treat it as a quiz, and it is easy to keep up.
Pick a set and start
2 sets · 20 questionsYour results are saved on this device. Start with a single set.