Art History Trivia Questions
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Which American artist began painting in her 70s after initially creating embroidered pictures on canvas?
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grandma moses
Which city is prominently featured in the paintings of Maurice Utrillo, especially Montmartre?
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paris
In which country did artists Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueiros lead a mural Renaissance?
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mexico
What art style was popular in France just before art deco and is known as 'new' art?
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art nouveau
Where were many of the finest prehistoric paintings discovered, as a spelunker could tell you?
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cave
Which country was ruled by Hui Tsung, a Sung Dynasty emperor who was also a master of bird and flower paintings?
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china
What color characterizes Picasso's period from 1901 to 1904 before he switched to rose in 1905?
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blue
In which country did the painting style Fauvism, known for its bold colors, thrive around the year 1900?
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france
What term, originating from the title of Claude Monet's 1872 painting 'Impression: Sunrise,' describes a movement characterized by a focus on light and color?
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impressionism
Which artist created the 1632 work 'Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp', an official portrait of the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons?
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rembrandt
Which famous painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and wasn't recovered for 2 years?
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mona lisa
Which meal did Andrea del Sarto paint that is less famous than Leonardo da Vinci's depiction?
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last supper
Which artist has a museum in Rutland, Vermont that displays many of his illustrations, including covers of The Saturday Evening Post?
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norman rockwell
In which state did Thomas Hart Benton work as a cartoonist for the Joplin American?
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missouri
In which capital city did Eugene Delacroix' apartment become a museum after his death?
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paris
Which artist returned to the Sistine Chapel two decades after completing the ceiling to work on 'The Last Judgment'?
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michelangelo
Which artist created 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,' located in the Art Institute of Chicago?
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georges seurat
In 1855, Camille Pissarro moved to which city to study under Corot?
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paris
Which artist included a self-portrait in his fresco 'The Last Judgment' in the Sistine Chapel?
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michelangelo
Which Spanish artist designed the 'Monstrous Cubist' costumes for the Cocteau/Satie ballet 'Parade'?
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pablo picasso
What portrait is said to have been at Leonardo da Vinci's bedside when he was dying?
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mona lisa
Which Spanish Cubist artist, in 1928, pioneered welded sculptures with Julio Gonzalez?
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pablo picasso
What famous da Vinci work did Marcel Duchamp alter by painting a moustache on its reproduction?
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mona lisa
Who is the artist behind 'The Thinker', which was originally intended to crown his 'Gates of Hell' monument?
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auguste rodin
Who is the artist known for his painting 'Night Watch', where the most prominent figures were the highest paying patrons?
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rembrandt
Which country's king awarded Salvador Dal� the noble title Marqu�s de Dal� de P�bol?
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spain
What type of heavenly being was painted by Leonardo in parts of the landscape in Verrocchio's 'Baptism of Christ'?
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angel
Where in the Sistine Chapel did Michelangelo paint Adam's fall?
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ceiling
Which artist, known for creating the 'Pieta,' painted the only surviving panel painting titled 'The Holy Family'?
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michelangelo
To which famous lady's print did Marcel Duchamp add a beard and mustache?
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mona lisa
Which artist created the famous 1872 painting of the Cotton Exchange in New Orleans, known for depicting scenes other than ballet dancers?
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edgar degas
What primary color could old masters create by grinding up hematite or cinnabar?
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red
What painting form involves creating artwork on wet plaster and was mastered by Giotto di Bondone?
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fresco
Hiroshige is one of the most renowned Ukiyo-e painters from which country?
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japan
Which artist's works, including 'Blue Boy', were influenced by Van Dyck?
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thomas gainsborough
In what color, often appearing in a cobalt shade, was antique majolica pottery commonly decorated?
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blue
In 1504, Leonardo da Vinci was on the commission that decided the location for whose sculpture called 'David'?
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michelangelo
Claude Monet was a leading figure in which art movement?
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impressionism
In the Palazzo Labia in Venice, whose frescoes are depicted alongside Antony in Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's artwork?
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cleopatra
Which artist's Pieta was exhibited at the 1964 New York World's Fair, marking the only time it left Italy since being sculpted in 1499?
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michelangelo
Who painted 'Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer'?
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rembrandt
Which artist painted 'Nude Combing Her Hair' in 1906, during his Rose Period?
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pablo picasso
Which art movement was founded by artists Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro?
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impressionism
Which Dutch artist created the 1660s painting 'The Jewish Bride' that is housed in the Rijksmuseum?
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rembrandt
Which Mexican artist had his mural at Rockefeller Center replaced by one created by Jose Maria Sert?
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diego rivera
Which art form, whose name is French for 'gluing,' was used by Surrealists to create odd juxtapositions?
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collage
David Siqueiros was a leader of the mural renaissance in which country, alongside Rivera and Orozco?
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mexico
Who is the sculptor of 'The Thinker' and 'The Kiss', for whom museums in Paris and Philadelphia are named?
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auguste rodin
Which Spanish artist was expelled by the Surrealist movement in the late 1930s after he began painting in a more academic style?
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salvador dalí
Which Florentine artist created his earliest surviving sculpture, a relief, at around the age of 16?
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michelangelo
Which artist's tomb was the original intended location for a pieta now housed in the cathedral of Florence?
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michelangelo
Which artist is known for painting over 200 versions of water lilies?
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claude monet
Which leading regionalist artist, known for creating 'American Gothic,' hailed from Iowa?
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grant wood
In which chapel were some of Perugino's murals destroyed by Michelangelo's work 'The Last Judgment'?
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sistine chapel
What is the term for the unfinished statue by Michelangelo depicting Christ and the Virgin Mary that he left at his death?
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pietà
What type of painting on plaster was a specialty of 15th-century artist Piero della Francesca?
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fresco
Which artist painted 'Pancho Villa, Dead and Alive' out of Motherwell, Fatherwell, or Sisterwell?
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robert motherwell
Who painted the Tahitian work titled 'Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?'
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paul gauguin
Which muralist returned to Mexico in 1921 after 10 years of self-imposed exile?
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diego rivera
What artistic style did Germans call Jugendstil, inspired by the art magazine Jugend, which means 'youth'?
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art nouveau
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