Selfies and the History of Self Portraiture

“Selfie” has been declared by Oxford Dictionaries as:

• something like art.

• a smartphone produced version of a self-portrait.

• their 2013 word of the year.

• a changing genre of self portrait.

• a new threat to self-image.

How many self-portraits did Vincent van Gogh paint between 1886 and 1889?

• 30

• over 30

• 60

• over 60

• 80

What was ALBRECHT DURER nationality?

• French

• Albanian

• Greek

• German

• English

 How many self-portraits did REMBRANDT VAN RIJN create?

• exactly 150 self-portraits

•  approximately 50 self-portraits

• Nearly a hundred self portraits

• 55 self-portraits

Who is Cindy Sherman?

• An American art photographer

• A British novelist

• A French painter

• A German sculptor

• An Italian filmmaker

Egon Schiele is a leading figure of

•  American futurism

• Austrian cubism

• American surrealism

• Austrian expressionism

• English expressionism

When Van Gogh looks at himself in the mirror he has a specific feeling. What was this specific feeling?

• Critically 

• Angrily

• Happily

• Sadly

• Curiously

How did self-portraiture change in the 20th century?

• A) It became more heroic and idealized

• It became less concerned with the individual

• It became more neurotic and self-conscious

• It became a form of personal salvation and self-scrutiny

When did the artists start putting their selfies on the paints?

• a) 16th century

• 20th century

• 15th century

• 21st century

• None of them.

Which one of the following paintings was painted by REMBRANDT?

• The night watch

• Mona Lisa

• Guernica

• The kiss

• Self-portrait in Oriental Dress