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All About Portraits #2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This shape is used to start a portrait.

a)

square

b)

octagon

c)

oval

d)

cylinder

2.

This self-portrait is of the artist who painted "The Starry Night". He struggled with mental illness and at one point cut off part of his ear.

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Vincent van Gogh

c)

Paul Gauguin

d)

Gustave Courbet

3.

This self-portrait is of an artist known for art that fused text and image to displayed his experiences in the black community of his time.

a)

Gustave Courbet

b)

Claude Monet

c)

Paul Gauguin

d)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

4.

This self-portrait is of the artist that helped pioneer Cubism.

a)

Henri Matisse

b)

Paul Gauguin

c)

Georges Braque

d)

Pablo Picasso

5.

A Mexican painter known for her portraits and self-portraits inspired by nature and her culture.

a)

Frida Kahlo

b)

Mary Cassatt

c)

Dora Maar

d)

Louise Bourgeois

6.

Portraits and History

He was the first president of the United States and a former military general.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

James Monroe

d)

John Adams

7.

Portraits and History

He is recognized as the first African-American elected to public office in the United States.

a)

James Armistead

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

Wentworth Cheswell

8.

Portraits and History

He was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre (during the American Revolution).

a)

Wentworth Cheswell

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

James Armistead

9.

What is a Portrait?

a)

A painting of the ocean.

b)

Any type of Art with a person as the subject.

c)

A photo of a room interior.

d)

A drawing of a bowl of fruit.

10.

What is a self-portrait?

a)

A painting of a person.

b)

Any artwork the artist creates based on themselves.

c)

It has to be abstract.

d)

It has to be realistic.

11.

What artist created the painting "Marilyn Monroe" ?

a)

Vincent Van Gogh

b)

Edvard Munch

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Johannes Vermeer

e)

Andy Warhol

12.

What artist created the painting "Mona Lisa" ?

a)

Vincent Van Gogh

b)

Edvard Munch

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Johannes Vermeer

e)

Leonardo da Vinci

13.

Kehinde Wiley

His self-portrait displays his unique portrait style. Which President did he create a portrait of?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Jimmy Carter

14.

Vincent Van Gogh

Which painting below is his self-portrait?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

This expressive portrait photograph is of the famous German born physicist, who developed the theory of relativity (an explanation of gravity) and the equation E=MC2.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Frida Kahlo

c)

Mona Lisa

d)

Leonardo Da Vinci

16.

The shape of a face is considered_____________.

a)

symmetrical

b)

asymmetrical

17.

A line of symmetry divides an object into________.

a)

thirds

b)

half

c)

fourths

d)

quarters

18.

Andy Warhol

Which painting below is his self-portrait?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Portraits and History

He is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leader in many professions: scientist, inventor, writer, politician, and printer.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Benjamin Franklin

20.

Why do artists create portraits?

a)

They create portraits because they don't like doing landscapes.

b)

They want to communicate about a person and what they are like.

c)

They like doing drawings of nature.