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British Art History

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which picture shows the "carpet page" of a Medieval religious book?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

What painting genre took on a dominant role during the English Renaissance?

a)

Landscape

b)

Portraiture

c)

Still-life

d)

Conversation piece

3.

Name the author of this portrait, the court painter to Henry VIII.

a)

George Gower

b)

Anthony van Dyck

c)

Peter Paul Rubens

d)

Hans Holbein the Younger

4.

What was the name of the first professional female British painter?

a)

Mary Beale

b)

Emily Mary Osborn

c)

Julia Margaret Cameron

d)

Barbara Hepworth

5.

What was the name of the British artist who lobbied for one of the first copyright protection laws in the world?

a)

Joseph Wright of Derby

b)

George Stubbs

c)

Thomas Gainsborough

d)

William Hogarth

6.

Name the author of this painting.

a)

Thomas Gainsborough

b)

George Stubbs

c)

John Constable

d)

Joseph Wright of Derby

7.

Choose Thomas Gainsborough's painting which is now in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

What British painter became known for his special use of lighting (chiaroscuro) for dramatic effect (see the painting)?

a)

John Constable

b)

Joseph Wright of Derby

c)

Joseph Mallord William Turner

d)

William Holman Hunt

9.

Name the author of this painting.

a)

John Constable

b)

Joseph Mallord William Turner

c)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

d)

William Blake

10.

What historic event is depicted in this painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner?

a)

The Great Fire of London

b)

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

c)

The Gunpowder Treason Plot

d)

The beginning of the English Revolution

11.

What is the name of the fictional character depicted in the painting by John Everett Millais?

a)

Miranda

b)

Lilith

c)

Juliet

d)

Ophelia

12.

What was the name of a woman who was one of the most important portrait photographers of the 19th century?

a)

Vanessa Bell

b)

Julia Margaret Cameron

c)

Emily Mary Osborn

d)

Barbara Hepworth

13.

What was the nickname of art school John Bratby (the author of the given painting) belonged to?

a)

The Bloomsbury Group

b)

the St Ives School

c)

the "Kitchen Sink School"

d)

the Independent Group

14.

Name one of the greatest artists of the late twentieth century, who was characterised by Margaret Thatcher as ‘That man who paints those dreadful pictures’.

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Lucian Freud

c)

John Bratby

d)

Richard Hamilton

15.

Name the author of "the worst-ever portrait of the Royals" (see the picture).

a)

Victor Burgin

b)

Damien Hirst

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

John Bratby