Art Quiz

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Which 16th-century Italian artist famously painted "The Garden of Earthly Delights"?
- A. Hieronymus Bosch
- B. This is a trick question; he was Dutch.
- C. Jan van Eyck
- D. Pieter Bruegel the Elder
As part of his incredibly dark, private "Black Paintings," which Spanish master painted the horrifying, grotesque image of the Roman god Saturn tearing the head off his own child and aggressively devouring it?
- A. Diego Velzquez
- B. Bartolom Esteban Murillo
- C. Francisco Goya
- D. El Greco
Which iconic 1948 painting by Andrew Wyeth depicts a paralyzed young woman dragging herself across a barren, incredibly desolate field toward a farmhouse on the distant horizon?
- A. American Gothic
- B. Christina's World
- C. The Helga Pictures
- D. Winter 1946
Painted in 1821, which incredibly famous, highly nostalgic English landscape painting by John Constable depicts a horse-drawn wooden cart standing in the shallow waters of the River Stour?
- A. The White Horse
- B. Dedham Vale
- C. The Fighting Temeraire
- D. The Hay Wain
As part of his incredibly dark, private "Black Paintings," which Spanish master painted the horrifying, grotesque image of the Roman god Saturn devouring his own child?
- A. Diego Velzquez
- B. Francisco Goya
- C. El Greco
- D. Bartolom Esteban Murillo
Which massive 1819 Romantic masterpiece by Thodore Gricault horrifyingly depicts the desperate, starving survivors of a shipwreck clinging to a makeshift wooden raft in the churning ocean?
- A. The Slave Ship
- B. The Fighting Temeraire
- C. The Raft of the Medusa
- D. The Gulf Stream
Which Spanish surrealist artist painted the haunting 1937 work "Swans Reflecting Elephants," heavily utilizing the paranoiac-critical method to create a massive double image optical illusion on a lake?
- A. Joan Mir
- B. Pablo Picasso
- C. Remedios Varo
- D. Salvador Dal
Which iconic, highly controversial 1953 painting by Francis Bacon depicts a screaming, heavily distorted Pope Innocent X trapped inside a transparent, three-dimensional geometric cage?
- A. Study after Velzquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X
- B. Portrait of Pope Julius II
- C. The Screaming Pope
- D. The Caged Pope
Which highly iconic 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich depicts a man in a dark overcoat holding a walking stick, standing on a rocky precipice looking out over a foggy landscape?
- A. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
- B. The Raft of the Medusa
- C. The Third of May 1808
- D. Liberty Leading the People
Which Belgian surrealist artist painted "The Son of Man," a famous 1964 self-portrait featuring a hovering green apple obscuring his face?
- A. Salvador Dal
- B. Joan Mir
- C. Max Ernst
- D. Ren Magritte
Which incredibly iconic 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich portrays a solitary man in a dark green overcoat holding a walking stick, standing with his back to the viewer on a rocky precipice overlooking a sublime, foggy landscape?
- A. The Sea of Ice
- B. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
- C. Monk by the Sea
- D. The Abbey in the Oakwood
Which highly controversial 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp completely outraged the American public at the Armory Show by heavily fusing Cubist fragmentation with Futurist mechanical motion?
- A. Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
- B. The Dance
- C. The Persistence of Memory
- D. Guernica
Which High Renaissance masterpiece is a massive Vatican fresco depicting a grand gathering of ancient Greek philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists, centrally featuring Plato and Aristotle?
- A. The School of Athens
- B. The Last Supper
- C. The Assumption of the Virgin
- D. The Sistine Madonna
The dramatic artistic technique of "chiaroscuro," which uses strong contrasts between light and dark, was famously mastered by which Italian Renaissance painter?
- A. Sandro Botticelli
- B. Raphael
- C. Caravaggio
- D. Titian
Which iconic 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich depicts a solitary man in a dark green overcoat holding a walking stick, standing on a rocky precipice looking out over a sublime, foggy landscape?
- A. The Raft of the Medusa
- B. The Third of May 1808
- C. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
- D. Liberty Leading the People
Which incredibly famous, massive 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn depicts the civic militia guard of Captain Frans Banning Cocq moving out in a dynamic, chaotic flurry of motion?
- A. The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
- B. The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
- C. Belshazzar's Feast
- D. The Night Watch
Appropriating the visual style of commercial comic books, which Pop Art icon painted the famous 1963 diptych "Whaam!"?
- A. Roy Lichtenstein
- B. Andy Warhol
- C. Keith Haring
- D. Jasper Johns
In 1915, Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich painted "Black Square," a completely abstract work consisting entirely of a solid black square on a white canvas. This work founded what highly philosophical art movement?
- A. Constructivism
- B. De Stijl
- C. Suprematism
- D. Minimalism
Which incredibly complex 1656 painting by Diego Velzquez depicts the young Infanta Margaret Theresa surrounded by her entourage, while the artist conspicuously paints himself in the background?
- A. The Third of May 1808
- B. The Anatomy Lesson
- C. The Night Watch
- D. Las Meninas
Which scandalous 1863 painting by douard Manet completely shocked the Paris Salon by unapologetically depicting a starkly naked prostitute confidently staring directly at the viewer?
- A. Olympia
- B. The Birth of Venus
- C. The Grande Odalisque
- D. The Naked Maja

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Which 16th-century Italian artist famously painted "The Garden of Earthly Delights"?

As part of his incredibly dark, private "Black Paintings," which Spanish master painted the horrifying, grotesque image of the Roman god Saturn tearing the head off his own child and aggressively devouring it?

Which iconic 1948 painting by Andrew Wyeth depicts a paralyzed young woman dragging herself across a barren, incredibly desolate field toward a farmhouse on the distant horizon?

Painted in 1821, which incredibly famous, highly nostalgic English landscape painting by John Constable depicts a horse-drawn wooden cart standing in the shallow waters of the River Stour?

As part of his incredibly dark, private "Black Paintings," which Spanish master painted the horrifying, grotesque image of the Roman god Saturn devouring his own child?

Which massive 1819 Romantic masterpiece by Thodore Gricault horrifyingly depicts the desperate, starving survivors of a shipwreck clinging to a makeshift wooden raft in the churning ocean?

Which Spanish surrealist artist painted the haunting 1937 work "Swans Reflecting Elephants," heavily utilizing the paranoiac-critical method to create a massive double image optical illusion on a lake?

Which iconic, highly controversial 1953 painting by Francis Bacon depicts a screaming, heavily distorted Pope Innocent X trapped inside a transparent, three-dimensional geometric cage?

Which highly iconic 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich depicts a man in a dark overcoat holding a walking stick, standing on a rocky precipice looking out over a foggy landscape?

Which Belgian surrealist artist painted "The Son of Man," a famous 1964 self-portrait featuring a hovering green apple obscuring his face?

Which incredibly iconic 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich portrays a solitary man in a dark green overcoat holding a walking stick, standing with his back to the viewer on a rocky precipice overlooking a sublime, foggy landscape?

Which highly controversial 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp completely outraged the American public at the Armory Show by heavily fusing Cubist fragmentation with Futurist mechanical motion?

Which High Renaissance masterpiece is a massive Vatican fresco depicting a grand gathering of ancient Greek philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists, centrally featuring Plato and Aristotle?

The dramatic artistic technique of "chiaroscuro," which uses strong contrasts between light and dark, was famously mastered by which Italian Renaissance painter?

Which iconic 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich depicts a solitary man in a dark green overcoat holding a walking stick, standing on a rocky precipice looking out over a sublime, foggy landscape?

Which incredibly famous, massive 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn depicts the civic militia guard of Captain Frans Banning Cocq moving out in a dynamic, chaotic flurry of motion?

Appropriating the visual style of commercial comic books, which Pop Art icon painted the famous 1963 diptych "Whaam!"?

In 1915, Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich painted "Black Square," a completely abstract work consisting entirely of a solid black square on a white canvas. This work founded what highly philosophical art movement?

Which incredibly complex 1656 painting by Diego Velzquez depicts the young Infanta Margaret Theresa surrounded by her entourage, while the artist conspicuously paints himself in the background?

Which scandalous 1863 painting by douard Manet completely shocked the Paris Salon by unapologetically depicting a starkly naked prostitute confidently staring directly at the viewer?