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Uncommon card · History
History of painting, an Uncommon card
The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts and artwork created by pre-historic artists, and spans all cultures.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 96
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 50,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
History of painting quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of painting card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It represents a ______, though periodically disrupted, tradition from Antiquity.
Answer
continuous. It represents a continuous, though periodically disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. From the History of painting article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of painting. History of painting 96 · Bob Carr 85 · Alfred Deakin 82 · Abbasid revolution 79 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It represents a continuous, though periodically disrupted, tradition from Antiquity.
- Across cultures, continents, and millennia, the history of painting consists of an ongoing river of creativity that continues into the 21st century.
- Until the early 20th century it relied primarily on representational, religious and classical motifs, after which time more purely abstract and conceptual approaches gained favor.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of painting article was read about 50,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 96 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get History of painting
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below History of painting in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Bob CarrUncommon · History · ATK 85 DEF 91
- Bjarke IngelsUncommon · History · ATK 79 DEF 97
- Henry Ossawa TannerUncommon · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 99
- Jacques AnquetilUncommon · Society · ATK 88 DEF 88
- Blood donationUncommon · Science · ATK 85 DEF 91
- Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of RussiaUncommon · History · ATK 82 DEF 94
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of painting (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : @ photo Luc-Henri Fage, www.fage.fr ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
