Trivia Quiz on Art History Part 3

1. What's the largest museum in the world

A) The Hermitage Museum

B) The National Museum of China

C) The Metropolitan Museum of Art

D) The louvre

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2. In Korea, the deer is a symbol of long life, and is often portrayed in the company of __________

A) Dragons

B) Monks

C) Gods

D) Immortals

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3. What famous artist could write with both his left and right hand at the same time?

A) Leonardo da Vinci

B) Michelangelo

C) Vincent van Gogh

D) Pablo Picasso

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4. Which famous Tapestry Commemorates The Conquering Of England?

A) The Unicorn Tapestries

B) Bayeux Tapestry

C) Tree of Jesse Tapestry

D) Battle of Hastings Tapestry

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5. Roman statues were made with detachable whats, so that one what could be removed and replaced by another?

A) Noses

B) Hands

C) Heads

D) Feet

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6. The Mask In The Film Scream Became A Popular Costume What Famous Painting By Edward Munich Was It Based On

A) The Starry Night

B) The Mona Lisa

C) Girl with a Pearl Earring

D) The Scream

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7. Which great Renaissance figure had the surname Buonarroti?

A) Leonardo da Vinci

B) Donatello

C) Raphael

D) Michelangelo

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8. In 1979 which English art historian was exposed as a one-time Soviet spy and stripped of his knighthood?

A) Kim Philby

B) Donald Maclean

C) Guy Burgess

D) Anthony Blunt

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9. Which Famous Artist Painted The Most Paintings

A) Vincent van Gogh

B) Claude Monet

C) Leonardo da Vinci

D) Piccaso

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10. Who is the American artist who uses Campbell's Soup cans in his pop art?

A) Roy Lichtenstein

B) Andy Warhol

C) Claes Oldenburg

D) Jeff Koons

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11. A realistic style of painting in which everyday life forms the subject matter, as distinguished from religious or historical painting.

A) Impressionism

B) Abstract art

C) Romanticism

D) Genre painting

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12. A band of painted or sculpted decoration, often at the top of a wall.

A) Cornice

B) Frieze

C) Relief

D) Mural

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13. Three main types of Greek columns are Doric, Ionic, and __________.

A) Composite

B) Aeolic

C) Corinthian

D) Tuscan

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14. A method of watercolor painting, but prepared with a more gluey base, producing a less transparent effect.

A) Tempera

B) Gouache

C) Acrylic

D) Casein

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15. Which Sculptor Produced A Lobster Telephone

A) Auguste Rodin

B) Henry Moore

C) Salvador Dali

D) Alexander Calder

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16. In Which Century Did Artists First Start Painting On Canvas

A) 13th Century

B) 14th Century

C) 15th Century

D) 16th Century

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17. Who painted the Mona Lisa

A) Michelangelo

B) Leonardo da vinci

C) Raphael

D) Vincent van Gogh

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18. An etching tecnique in which a solution of asphalt or resin is used on the plate. It produces prints with rich, gray tones.

A) Aquatint

B) Mezzotint

C) Drypoint

D) Soft-ground etching

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19. Where Was El Grecho Born

A) Athens

B) Paris

C) Toledo

D) Crete

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20. Where is the Louvre located

A) London

B) Paris

C) Rome

D) Madrid

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21. In sculpture, the projection of an image or form from its background. Sculpture formed in this manner is described as high relief or low relief (bas-relief), depending on the degree of projection. In painting or drawing, the apparent projection of parts conveying the illusion of three dimensions.

A) Bas-relief

B) Perspective

C) Trompe-l'oeil

D) Relief

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22. A painting technique using pigments mixed with egg yolk and water. It produces clear, pure colors.

A) Tempera

B) Fresco

C) Oil painting

D) Gouache

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23. What Is The Earliest Known Drawing Medium

A) Charcoal

B) Ochre

C) Graphite

D) Ink

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24. Meaning 'fool the eye' in french. In painting, the fine, detailed rendering of objects to convey the illusion that the painted forms are real and three-dimensional.

A) Chiaroscuro

B) Trompe l'oeil

C) Sfumato

D) Anamorphosis

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25. In what field of study would you find "flying buttresses"

A) Engineering

B) Architecture

C) Archaeology

D) Literature

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26. What is the art of tracing designs and making impressions of them called?

A) Engraving

B) Etching

C) Relief printing

D) Lithography

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27. How Many Holes Are There On A Traditional Artists Pallette?

A) Two

B) Three

C) One

D) Four

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28. Which Colour Followed Picasso's Blue Period

A) Yellow

B) Green

C) Pink

D) Purple

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29. A soft, subdued color; a drawing stick made of ground pigments, chalk, and gum water.

A) Charcoal

B) Crayon

C) Pastel

D) Ink

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30. What are arranged in the Japanese art of Ikebana?

A) Leaves

B) Branches

C) Flowers

D) Vases

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31. A composition made of cut and pasted pieces of materials, sometimes with images added by the artist.

A) Mosaic

B) Montage

C) Collage

D) Assemblage

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32. What was Picasso's first name?

A) Paul

B) Pablo

C) Diego

D) Paco

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33. By What Name Is The Great Italian Sculptor & Artist Buonarroti Better Known

A) Michelangelo

B) Donatello

C) Leonardo da Vinci

D) Raphael

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34. Meaning 'fresh' in italian. The technique of painting on moist lime plaster with colors ground in water.

A) Tempera

B) Sfumato

C) Fresco

D) Mosaico

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35. What Is The Nationality Of Picasso

A) Spanish

B) French

C) Italian

D) Portuguese

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36. A movement in European painting in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, characterized by violent movement, strong emotion, and dramatic lighting and coloring.

A) Mannerism

B) Baroque

C) Rococo

D) Romanticism

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37. Where Is The Prado Gallery

A) Barcelona

B) Lisbon

C) Madrid

D) Seville

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38. Where Might You Find The Museum Of Modern Art

A) Paris

B) New York

C) Tokyo

D) London

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39. Principally , Of What Nationality Were The Impressionist Painters

A) Italian

B) Spanish

C) French

D) Dutch

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40. Reducing or distorting in order to represent three-dimensional space as perceived by the eye, according to the rules of perspective.

A) Isometric projection

B) Foreshortening

C) Linear perspective

D) Aerial perspective

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41. Which Movement Spanned The Period From The 17th Century To The Early 18th

A) Baroque

B) Rococo

C) Romanticism

D) Neoclassicism

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42. Who Painted The Creation Of Adam

A) Leonardo da Vinci

B) Michelangelo

C) Raphael

D) Sandro Botticelli

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43. What Is The Name Given To The Painting Medium Involving Egg Yolks

A) Fresco

B) Gouache

C) Oil

D) Tempera

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44. Which Woman Had More Portarits Painted Of Her Thaan Anyone Else

A) Queen Elizabeth II

B) Marie Antoinette

C) Cleopatra

D) Catherine the Great

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45. A large painting or decoration done on a wall.

A) Fresco

B) Mural

C) Mosaic

D) Graffiti

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46. A style, c. 1520-1600, that arose in reaction to the harmony and proportion of the High Renaissance. It featured elongated, contorted poses, crowded canvases, and harsh lighting and coloring.

A) Baroque

B) Gothic

C) Romanticism

D) Mannerism

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47. Who Painted The Mona Lisa

A) Vincent van Gogh

B) Leonardo Da Vinci

C) Pablo Picasso

D) Michelangelo Buonarroti

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48. The technique of producing printed designs through various methods of incising on wood or metal blocks, which are then inked and printed.

A) Engraving

B) Woodcut

C) Etching

D) Lithography

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49. In sculpture, the building up of form using a soft medium such as clay or wax, as distinguished from carving. In painting and drawing, using color and lighting variations to produce a three-dimensional effect.

A) Modeling

B) Carving

C) Casting

D) Chiaroscuro

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50. Group of American artists from 1908 to 1918. Their work featured scenes of urban realism.

A) Ash Can School

B) Harlem Renaissance

C) Regionalism

D) Abstract Expressionism

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