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WorksheetsSelfies and the History of Self Portraiture
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
“Selfie” has been declared by Oxford Dictionaries as:
something like art.
a smartphone produced version of a self-portrait.
their 2013 word of the year.
a changing genre of self portrait.
a new threat to self-image.
How many self-portraits did Vincent van Gogh paint between 1886 and 1889?
30
over 30
60
over 60
80
What was ALBRECHT DURER nationality?
French
Albanian
Greek
German
English
How many self-portraits did REMBRANDT VAN RIJN create?
exactly 150 self-portraits
approximately 50 self-portraits
Nearly a hundred self portraits
55 self-portraits
Who is Cindy Sherman?
An American art photographer
A British novelist
A French painter
A German sculptor
An Italian filmmaker
Egon Schiele is a leading figure of
American futurism
Austrian cubism
American surrealism
Austrian expressionism
English expressionism
When Van Gogh looks at himself in the mirror he has a specific feeling. What was this specific feeling?
Critically
Angrily
Happily
Sadly
Curiously
How did self-portraiture change in the 20th century?
A) It became more heroic and idealized
It became less concerned with the individual
It became more neurotic and self-conscious
It became a form of personal salvation and self-scrutiny
When did the artists start putting their selfies on the paints?
a) 16th century
20th century
15th century
21st century
None of them.
Which one of the following paintings was painted by REMBRANDT?
The night watch
Mona Lisa
Guernica
The kiss
Self-portrait in Oriental Dress
What is Frida Kahlo's nationality?
American
Mexican
Brazilian
French
Russian
Which one of these is not a self-portrait of Frida?
What type of art does Jean-Michel Basquiat do?
brutal self-portrait
art of animals
literature
photography
pervasive self-portraits
Which art movement is Andy Warhol most associated with?
Surrealism
Pop Art
Abstract
Expressionism
Dadaism
What year did ALBRECHT DURER take this portrait?
1984
2018
1498
2024
1756
Schiele's self-portraits helped to re-establish
the vitality to the genre
Austrian cuisine
the students' relationship with the school
the social harmony
rise of visual arts
With fierce expressiveness Basquiat created self portraits with...
calm and tranquility
anger and compulsiveness
love and hope
intensity and immediacy
contempt and skepticism
Frida's self portraits showed a bit of what
she felt. What were these feelings and why?
Sadness, because of the death of his mother.
Happiness, because of her marriage to Diego Rivera.
Her physical and psychological suffering due to an accident and his turbulent relationship with the artist Diego Rivera.
Sadness because she felt herself old
What is the main theme of CINDY SHERMAN's photos?
Famous models
Old-fashioned paintings
Herself
Photos of the forests
Pictures of objects
What kind of artist was Basquiat?
abstract artist
self-taught artist
realistic artist
figurative artist
photorealistic artist
When did ANDY WARHOL's photo-booth style self portraits give way to other explorations?
60’s and 70’s
50’s and 70’s
70’s and 80’s
80’s and 90’s
50’s and 60’s
