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1-1 EXPLORING THE PAST QUIZ

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 30secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pieter Bruegel lived most of his life in....

a)

ITALY

b)

GERMANY

c)

NETHERLANDS

d)

BELGIUM

2.

The painting was painted in...

a)

1455

b)

1565

c)

1610

d)

1670

3.

Where did painters from Northern Europe finish their artistic training?

a)

IN SPAIN

b)

IN ITALY

c)

IN THE NETHERLANDS

d)

IN GERMANY

4.

Name one of the Renaissance techniques Bruegel learned in Italy.

(a)  

5.

The 16th Century was known as the Age of....?

a)

PHILOSOPHY

b)

ART

c)

ADVENTURE

d)

DISCOVERY

6.

Life in the 16th Century was....

a)

BORING

b)

A PIECE OF CAKE

c)

ORDERED

d)

UNEQUAL

7.

Bruegel was inspired by another artist called....

a)

Jan Gossaert

b)

Jan van Eyck

c)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst

d)

Hieronymus Bosch

8.

Which one of these are NOT characteristic of Bruegel's paintings?

a)

vivid colors

b)

empty landscapes

c)

humor

d)

morality

e)

common people

9.

Bruegel changed the main focus of the painting from the heroes to....

a)

the heroes clothes

b)

biblical characters

c)

the world around the heroes

d)

Greek and Roman myths

10.

The painting that you explored today was called....

a)

The Snowy Land

b)

Winter is Coming

c)

Hunters in the Snow

d)

The North Remembers

11.

10. Today's painting was a commission...this means....

a)

Bruegel paid for the painting

b)

Bruegel's family painted it

c)

someone paid Bruegel to paint it

d)

Bruegel painted it for free

12.

The painting is a series of paintings about...

a)

Northern sports

b)

Italian landscapes

c)

the different seasons of the year

d)

The Northern painting techniques

13.

The Little Ice Age lasted in Europe for around....

a)

50 YEARS

b)

100 YEARS

c)

500 YEARS

d)

1000 YEARS

14.

Bruegel was one of the first artists to paint...

a)

portraits

b)

wealthy families

c)

monsters and devils

d)

every day people

15.

Bruegel was a pioneer...this means....

a)

he painted the same as everyone else

b)

he spent most of his life traveling in America

c)

he loved good quality speaker equipment

d)

he was the first to do something new

16.

Complete this sentence from today's lecture.....PAINTINGS ARE...

a)

WALLS

b)

DOORS

c)

LANDSCAPES

d)

WINDOWS