If you'd like to gain some knowledge of art, literature, or music, you might want to learn and associate artist and period, title of painting and artist, literary work and author, or piece of music and composer.

If you wanted to remember that Marcel Duchamp was of the dadaist school of painting, you would associate a Substitute Word or phrase for Duchamp to a Substitute thought for dada. Seeing a toe chomping on a baby crying for its da da might do it for you. Or, you could use two champs or due champs to remind you of Duchamp.

Braque and Picasso were cubists. See yourself breaking (Braque; or breaking with a rock) a gigantic cube with a pickax (Picasso).

Monet and Renoir were impressionists. You might picture old money (Monet) being renewed (Renoir) to appear as an impressionist (one who does impersonations or impressions).

Of course, for each of the last two examples, you could associate one artist at a time to the school or period. You'd simply associate first Braque and then Picasso to cubism.

Rembrandt was a humanist. You might picture a ram branding a human.

Van Gogh and Cezanne were postimpressionists. One picture of a van going to press a post and sieze Ann would do it. Or, use two separate associations; a van goes to press a post, and a post that's pressing clothes (ironing) sees Ann.

Edvard Munch (pronounced Muhnk) was an expressionist. Picture this: You're trying to express yourself to a monk.

Dali is a surrealist. Picture a doll that's "sure real." Dali is often considered to be a superrealist, so you can see that doll being real and eating soup.

An example of a nonobjective painter is Kandinsky. You might form a silly association of candy skiing and throwing objects at a nun; or can did ski to nonobjective.

Jackson Pollock's work is considered abstract-expressionist, or action painting. Picture a gigantic pole locked in a room where it obstructs (abstract) all expression and action. Or, a pole with a lock on it is being very active (running) and obstructing express trains.

Rauschenberg is a pop artist; picture a roach on an iceberg drinking soda pop.

Rousseau was of the primitive school of painting. Associate a trousseau or Ruth sew to primitive (see Ruth sewing primitive clothes). One of Rousseau's wellknown paintings is "The Dream." Get something into your picture to represent dream, and you'll be reminded of that, too.

Mondrian was a constructivist; perhaps you'd like to remember that one of his paintings is titled "Broadway Boogie-Woogie." Picture a man dryin' a huge construction as he dances the boogie-woogie on Broadway.

-The Memory Book, Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas, page 167

HI Teo

Hahaha trying to remember all these keywords will be a lot of fun

Lets find some pictures to go along with the artists.

Here is Rembrandt, but I couldn't find a ram branding a human

Tobit and Anna

I found the Van, but I could not find Ann or the post , so nobody is getting pressed

Van Gogh

Encampment of Gypsies with Caravans

Thank you Teo.
Thank you for the interesting topic.This really makes me think. I might forget my keywords i will have to look for images when I have a bit more time.

Love
Vicky

Thanks Teo.

Michelangelo = Archangel Michael



Michelangelo

Thank you Teo.
I am not sure which is easier, trying to remember the real thing or the association?

Fun topic.

Gisele

Henri Rousseau
Portrait of a Woman

Ruth is not sewing at the moment, but the cat sure looks as if it finding some yarn for her to start.

An Afternoon in the Alps by Giovanni Segantini
Style Symbolism

Ants in the Alps haha Seg ANT ini

If you look well you can see the ANTS! hehe

Well, these memory tricks are interesting no doubt, dear Teo.

The afternoon has long since been transformed into the core of the night and Margherita absolutely needs to go to sleep ANT dream. What?? t h??

Good night, ladies ANT gentlemen

Love,
Margherita

VERMEER Very Merry

Jan or Johannes Vermeer van Delft, b. October 1632, d. December 1675, a Dutch genre painter who lived and worked in Delft, created some of the most exquisite paintings in Western art.

Toulouse Too-loose Low Tek (Think ow too loose ladies with low morals...hahaha) Low Tek

Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec was born on November 24, 1864. Henri died in 1901 at the age of 37 years old. He died of a stroke.

Interesting Facts:

Henri was an impressionistic painter. Henri came from an affluent family.

At 14 years old, Henri suffered fractures in each leg and because it never healed properly, this stunted his growth.

He was only 4 feet 6 inches tall, and used a walking stick.

His subjects that he painted were usually shop girls, countessed, washer ladies, actors, clowns, acrobats, dogs, and a favorite subject was horses.

Or Toulouse...To lose

This lady looks as if she lost something in the water

Gainsborough ... Gain and borrow

Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
Born: 1727
Died: 1788
Style: Rococo
Title: Queen Charlotte of England
Year: 1781
Medium: Oil on Canvas

Gain a kingdom and borrow a fan

Paul Cezanne, Paul says something to Anne

Paul Cezanne [French Post-Impressionist Painter, 1839-1906]

Madame Cezanne