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Middle Grades Academic Bowl Art History

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who painted this?

a)

Vincent Van Gogh

b)

Claude Monet

c)

Keith Haring

d)

Grant Wood

2.

What impressionist painter painted this?

a)

Grant Wood

b)

Claude Monet

c)

Tyree Guyton

d)

Jacob Lawrence

3.

What inventor of Cubism painted this?

a)

Norman Rockwell

b)

Grant Wood

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Jacob Lawrence

4.

Which artist painted The Last Supper?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Raphael

d)

Spongebob

5.

What style of art is Claude Monet known for?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Pop Art

c)

Realism

d)

Abstract Art

6.

What style of art is Andy Warhol known for?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Pop Art

c)

Realism

d)

Abstract Art

7.

What style of art is Pablo Picasso known for?

a)

Impressionism

b)

Pop Art

c)

Cubism

d)

Expressionism

8.

Who painted 100 soup cans and also ate a hamburger during an art film he created?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Andy Warhol

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Michelangelo

9.

Which period in art history had mostly RELIGION as the subject?

a)

Ancient Greek

b)

Gothic

c)

Renaissance

d)

Impressionism

10.

Which period in art history was a REBIRTH of ideas like math and science, and a more REALISTIC approach to artwork?

a)

Gothic

b)

Renaissance

c)

Impressionism

d)

Cubism

11.

In which period in art history did artists start painting outdoors to capture the changing effects of light? (*hint: this was a response to the invention of photography).

a)

Pop Art

b)

Cubism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Renaissance

12.

Which period in art history was known for its architecture using columns as seen in this image?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Ancient Greek

c)

Gothic

d)

Renaissance

13.

Which of the following images is most likely from the POP ART movement in the 1960s?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

Which art history movement is this image most likely from with its abstract, chopped up depiction of a portrait?

a)

Gothic

b)

Renaissance

c)

Cubism

d)

Pop Art

15.

Where was the Renaissance art history movement mostly taking place?

a)

America

b)

France

c)

Greece

d)

Italy

16.

What type of colours are used in the scream?

a)

Warm

b)

Cool

17.

Which art movement is this piece from?

a)

pop art

b)

impressionism

c)

cubism

d)

surrealism

18.

Which art movement is this piece from?

a)

pop art

b)

impressionism

c)

cubism

d)

surrealism

19.

Where did Impressionism begin?

a)

America

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Spain

20.

Who was the Impressionist who created Pointillism?

a)

Degas

b)

Van Gogh

c)

Seurat

d)

Munch

21.

Who is the artist?

a)

Sandro Botticelli

b)

Claud Monet

c)

Gustav Klimt

d)

Andy Warhol

22.

Who is the artist?

a)

Sandro Botticelli

b)

Vincent Van Gogh

c)

Wassily Kandinsky

d)

Andy Warhol

23.

What artist created the painting "Girl With a Pearl Earring"

a)

Vincent Van Gogh

b)

Edvard Munch

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Johannes Vermeer

e)

Andy Warhol

24.

What artist created the painting "Mona Lisa"

a)

Vincent Van Gogh

b)

Edvard Munch

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Johannes Vermeer

e)

Leonardo da Vinci

25.

What artist created the painting "The Scream"

a)

Vincent Van Gogh

b)

Edvard Munch

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Johannes Vermeer

e)

Leonardo da Vinci

26.

This artist created a marble statue of biblical David, standing contrapposto with his slingshot over his shoulder. Who was he?

a)

Botticelli

b)

Michaelangelo

c)

Caravaggio

d)

Donatello

27.

Where would you find the paintings that include The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgement?

a)

the tomb of Pope Julius II

b)

the Sistine Chapel

c)

St. Peter's Basillica

28.

This work is a 1942 oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper that portrays four people in a downtown diner late at night as viewed through the diner's large glass window. The light coming from the diner illuminates a darkened and deserted urban streetscape. What is it called?

a)

Automat

b)

Hotel Lobby

c)

Office at Night

d)

The Nighthawks

29.

This artist was an abstract expressionist that was famous for splattering paint on canvas. Nicknamed "Jack the Dripper," who was he?

a)

Jackson Pollock

b)

Andy Warhol

c)

Roy Lichtenstein

d)

Andy Warhol

30.

The painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, is the most famous example of an art style that involves using tiny dots of color to create an image. What is the term for that technique?

a)

chiaroscuro

b)

Benday dotting

c)

pointillism

d)

impressionism

31.

This artist was best know for Surrealism

a)

Jan Vermeer

b)

Salvador Dali

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Picasso

32.

Frida Kahlo was a (a)   female modern artist.

33.
In which century did Rembrandt live?
a)
15th
b)
16th
c)
17th
d)
18th
34.
What was Rembrandt's nationality?
a)
German
b)
Dutch (Netherlands)
c)
English
d)
French