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Selfies and the History of Self Portraiture

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“Selfie” has been declared by Oxford Dictionaries as:

a)

something like art.

b)

a smartphone produced version of a self-portrait.

c)

their 2013 word of the year.

d)

a changing genre of self portrait.

e)

a new threat to self-image.

2.

How many self-portraits did Vincent van Gogh paint between 1886 and 1889?

a)

30

b)

over 30

c)

60

d)

over 60

e)

80

3.

What was ALBRECHT DURER nationality?

a)

French

b)

Albanian

c)

Greek

d)

German

e)

English

4.

 How many self-portraits did REMBRANDT VAN RIJN create?

a)

exactly 150 self-portraits

b)

 approximately 50 self-portraits

c)

Nearly a hundred self portraits

d)

55 self-portraits

5.

Who is Cindy Sherman?

a)

An American art photographer

b)

A British novelist

c)

A French painter

d)

A German sculptor

e)

An Italian filmmaker

6.

Egon Schiele is a leading figure of

a)

 American futurism

b)

Austrian cubism

c)

American surrealism

d)

Austrian expressionism

e)

English expressionism

7.

When Van Gogh looks at himself in the mirror he has a specific feeling. What was this specific feeling?

a)

Critically 

b)

Angrily

c)

Happily

d)

Sadly

e)

Curiously

8.

How did self-portraiture change in the 20th century?

a)

A) It became more heroic and idealized

b)

It became less concerned with the individual

c)

It became more neurotic and self-conscious

d)

It became a form of personal salvation and self-scrutiny

9.

When did the artists start putting their selfies on the paints?

a)

a) 16th century

b)

20th century

c)

15th century

d)

21st century

e)

None of them.

10.

Which one of the following paintings was painted by REMBRANDT?

a)

The night watch

b)

Mona Lisa

c)

Guernica

d)

The kiss

e)

Self-portrait in Oriental Dress

11.

What is Frida Kahlo's nationality?

a)

American

b)

Mexican

c)

Brazilian

d)

French

e)

Russian

12.

Which one of these is not a self-portrait of Frida?

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

13.

What type of art does Jean-Michel Basquiat do?

a)

brutal self-portrait

b)

art of animals

c)

literature

d)

photography

e)

pervasive self-portraits

14.

Which art movement is Andy Warhol most associated with?

a)

 Surrealism

b)

Pop Art

c)

Abstract

d)

Expressionism

e)

Dadaism

15.

What year did ALBRECHT DURER take this portrait?

a)

1984

b)

2018

c)

1498

d)

2024

e)

1756

16.

Schiele's self-portraits helped to re-establish

a)

the vitality to the genre

b)

Austrian cuisine

c)

the students' relationship with the school

d)

the social harmony

e)

rise of visual arts

17.

With fierce expressiveness Basquiat created self portraits with...

a)

calm and tranquility

b)

anger and compulsiveness

c)

love and hope

d)

intensity and immediacy

e)

contempt and skepticism

18.

Frida's self portraits showed a bit of what

 she felt. What were these feelings and why?

a)

Sadness, because of the death of his mother.

b)

Happiness, because of her marriage to Diego Rivera.

c)

Her physical and psychological suffering due to an accident and his turbulent relationship with the artist Diego Rivera.

d)

Sadness because she felt herself old

19.

What is the main theme of CINDY SHERMAN's photos?

a)

Famous models

b)

Old-fashioned paintings

c)

Herself

d)

Photos of the forests

e)

Pictures of objects

20.

What kind of artist was Basquiat?

a)

abstract artist 

b)

self-taught artist

c)

realistic artist

d)

figurative artist

e)

photorealistic artist 

21.

When did ANDY WARHOL's photo-booth style self portraits give way to other explorations?

a)

60’s and 70’s

b)

50’s and 70’s

c)

70’s and 80’s

d)

80’s and 90’s

e)

50’s and 60’s