Francisco Goya and His Art Quiz

In which year did Francisco Goya withdraw from public life and move into a farmhouse in the countryside?

• 1855

• 1833

• 1819

• 1799

What was the name of the series of aquatint prints produced by Goya that has been recognized as one of the supreme monuments of European arts?

• Los Caprichos

• The Disasters of War

• The Black Paintings

• The Royal Portraits

What technique did Goya use to create tonal effects in his aquatint prints?

• Engraving

• Watercolor

• Intaglio

• Oil Painting

What did Goya's series of etchings and aquatints, 'Los Caprichos', critique?

• All of the above

• Superstitious beliefs

• The Catholic Church

• The ruling classes

What event inspired Goya's painting '3rd of May 1808'?

• The reinstatement of Ferdinand VII

• The Napoleonic Invasion

• The Spanish Rebellion against the French

• The French Revolution

What did Goya's painting 'The Sleep of Reason produces monsters' symbolize?

• The enlightenment

• The horrors of war

• The struggle between reason and imagination

• The rise of monstrous forces

What did Goya's series of aquatint prints, 'The Disasters of War', depict?

• The brutality of the Spanish Rebels

• The horrors of the French occupation

• All of the above

• The violent subjugation of the Spanish citizens

What did Goya's painting 'Yard with Lunatics' depict?

• A religious procession

• A scene of violence in an open courtyard of an insane asylum

• A peaceful scene in the countryside

• A royal court gathering

What did Goya's etchings and aquatints, 'Los Caprichos', critique?

• The ruling classes

• The Catholic Church

• Superstitious beliefs

• All of the above

What did Goya's painting 'The 3rd of May 1808' feature in the shadows?

• The Spanish citizens

• The ruling classes

• The firing squad of the French army

• The Spanish Rebels