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SQ - ART - Part 5

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what city did Joan Miro train as an artist?

a)

London, England

b)

Paris, France

c)

Lisbon, Portugal

d)

Barcelona, Spain

2.

Which artist most influenced Joan Miro's artwork after his move to Paris in 1920?

a)

Pablo Picassso

b)

Claude Monet

c)

Marc Chagall

d)

Salvador Dali

e)

George Braque

3.

What styles of art most influenced Joan Miro's artwork?

a)

Cubism

b)

Impressionism

c)

Expressionism

d)

Realism

e)

Surrealism

4.

Who purchased Joan Miro's painting The Farm as a birthday present for his wife?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Ernest Hemmingway

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

George Braque

e)

James Cameron

5.

Who described Joan Miro's artwork as the "most surrealist of all"?

a)

Andre Breton

b)

Ernest Hemingway

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Diego Rivera

6.

Which art movement is best described as an attempt to release the creativity of the subconscious mind and depict the images of the subconscious in art?

a)

Cubism

b)

Realism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Naturism

e)

Impressionism

7.

Which famous painting of Joan Miro is said to be "an excellent example" due to its familiar objects portrayed with a dreamlike effect?

a)

Figure and Birds

b)

Shooting Star

c)

The Farm

d)

Untitled

e)

Fantomas

8.

What technique did Jose Pasco use to stimulate Joan Miro's senses and improve his ability to draw?

a)

He had him use a palette knife to apply thicker layers of paint

b)

He had him draw objects only from touch - not from sight

c)

He had him draw the same subject over and over again

d)

He had him draw without lifting his pencil in a continuous line drawing

9.

What color palette does Joan Miro use in his lithograph Figure and Birds?

a)

Primary colors and black

b)

Warm shades of red, rose, and brown

c)

Cool shades of blue and black

d)

Secondary colors and white

10.

How did Jose Pasco, Miro's mentor, influence Miro's style?

a)

He taught him to draw by touch, not by sight

b)

He taught him the cubist style and perspective

c)

He taught him the art of impasto, using thick layers of paint

d)

He taught him the art of collage

11.

Who was Jose Pasco?

a)

Diego Rivera's mentor - he taught the cubist technique

b)

Picasso's best friend who died leading to his Blue Period

c)

Miro's teacher at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts

d)

Miro's writer friend who bought the picture The Farm

e)

Turner's colleague at the Royal Academy of Art

12.

Miro believed that the goal of surrealism was to demonstrate...

a)

the power of creative expression to change the world

b)

the power of imagination to transform reality

c)

the ability of the artist to enrich the lives of all people

d)

the way to peace and prosperity

e)

the truth of beauty and its transformative power

13.

Miro believed the the purpose of surrealism was to release the creative power of the subconscious mind by making images in which,,,

a)

The familiar meets the fantastic

b)

The surreal meets the real

c)

The dream meets reality

d)

The heart meets the mind

e)

The mind meets the body

14.

Miro never officially joined the surrealists - however his painting followed a surreal style

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Who was the founder of surrealism?

a)

Alexander Calder

b)

Joan Miro

c)

Jackson Pollock

d)

Andre Breton

e)

Diego Rivera

16.

Miro, when talking about The Farm said, "It represents all that is closest to me, even the...

a)

footprints on the path

b)

eucalyptus tree

c)

farmhouse

d)

woman washing clothes

e)

the little baby

17.

Which of the following is NOT depicted in Miro's "The Farm"?

a)

A lizard

b)

A donkey

c)

A horse

d)

a dog

e)

a cat with kittens

18.

Which of the following is NOT depicted in Miro's "The Farm"?

a)

A family of rabbits

b)

A pig

c)

A pigeon standing on a goat

d)

a snail

e)

a butterfly

19.

Someone said about this artist that he was "the only painter who had been able to combine in one picture all that you felt about Spain..."

a)

Picasso

b)

Miro

c)

Rivera

d)

Bearden

e)

Gris

20.

This famous painting hung in Ernest Hemingway's home in both Key West Florida and Havana, Cuba

a)

Shooting Star

b)

Figure and Birds

c)

The Farm

d)

Untitled 1923

e)

Still Life

21.

This famous writer was friends with Miro

a)

Robert Louis Stevenson

b)

Ernest Hemmingway

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

e)

Mark Twain

22.

How long did it take Miro to complete The Farm?

a)

1 month

b)

6 months

c)

9 months

d)

1 year

e)

18 months

23.

Miro was deeply attached to this European area...

a)

Barcelona

b)

Catalonia

c)

Paris

d)

Vienna

e)

Venice

24.

This artist was known as the "Catalan Painter"

a)

Picasso

b)

Rivera

c)

Bearden

d)

Miro

e)

Gris

25.

Miro met up with this great artist who inspired him with his cubist style

a)

Picasso

b)

Rivera

c)

Bearden

d)

Braque

e)

Gris

26.

Born in Barcelona, Miro was seeking a more cosmopolitan environment, and so he moved to...

a)

Paris

b)

London

c)

Venice

d)

Milan

e)

Vienna

27.

When was Miro born?

a)

1883

b)

1893

c)

1903

d)

1923

28.

Where was Miro born?

a)

Milan, Italy

b)

Barcelona, Spain

c)

Paris, France

d)

London, England

e)

Vienna, Austria