WorksheetsFine Arts - quiz 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did James Whistler start using as his signature in the 1860s instead of his name? (40)
a)
A) a snail drawing on a rubber stamp
b)
B) his fingerprint
c)
C) a butterfly sketch
d)
D) He didn’t sign his work, but instead incorporated his initials into the piece.
e)
E) He simply quit signing his work completely.
2.
Although her paintings show pain and suffering, what else can the viewer see in Frida Kahlo’s paintings? (77)
a)
A) a slight smile
b)
B) children that she wished to have
c)
C) trains and beautiful flowers
d)
D) a strong and determined woman
e)
E) anatomically accurate animals of the rainforest
3.
What got Hokusai thrown out of training at the studio of Shunsho? (32)
a)
A) drawing Kabuki actors
b)
B) being too traditional
c)
C) only painting Mount Fuji
d)
D) too demanding
e)
E) experimenting with different subjects
4.
What is depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling? (13)
a)
A) New Testament stories
b)
B) Old Testament stories
c)
C) only the Book of Revelations
d)
D) The Last Judgment
e)
E) the current and former popes
5.
More impressive than his perfection with portraits, what is Diego Velázquez known to be a master of? (25)
a)
A) use of color
b)
B) use of light
c)
C) clear and concise lines
d)
D) incredible skill at textures
e)
E) playing many instruments in addition to painting skills
6.
What term did Duchamp use to describe his readymade art? (68)
a)
A) realistic art
b)
B) useful art
c)
C) anti-art
d)
D) practical art
e)
E) purposeful art
7.
How did Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh’s friendship end? (53)
a)
A) in death
b)
B) in rage
c)
C) as brothers-in-law
d)
D) in court over copyright laws
e)
E) lost contact because of distance
8.
What type of artists desire to capture moments in time and atmosphere of a scene rather than its precise details? (42)
a)
A) abstract artists
b)
B) expressionists
c)
C) impressionists
d)
D) modern artists
e)
E) dadaists
9.
Which artist chose models from the streets, including beggars with dirty fingernails and criminals, to pose as Christian religious figures? (20)
a)
A) Caravaggio
b)
B) Bruegel
c)
C) Vermeer
d)
D) Friedrich
e)
E) Whistler
10.
What artist had the medical condition of synaesthesia, which allowed him to see music and hear paintings? (64)
a)
A) Dali
b)
B) Whistler
c)
C) Kandinsky
d)
D) Picasso
e)
E) Rosseau
11.
What was the main focus of Bruegel’s paintings? (14)
a)
A) portraits of royalty
b)
B) landscape
c)
C) abstract images to create feelings in the viewer
d)
D) his desires for his future life
e)
E) tell the story of everyday life, ordinary people at work and play
12.
At what age did Diego Velázquez begin training as an artist? (24)
a)
A) 2 and a half years old
b)
B) 10 years old
c)
C) 18 years old
d)
D) 24 years old
e)
E) The text does not mention this fact.
13.
What did Michelangelo use to reach the heights of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling? (12)
a)
A) a simple A-frame ladder
b)
B) a rope-rig
c)
C) beams balanced across the room, sitting on the window frames
d)
D) self-designed scaffolding of wood and ropes
e)
E) He painted canvases on the floor, which were later applied to the ceiling.
14.
Who was the first artist to experiment with pointillism? (48)
a)
A) Monet
b)
B) Van Gogh
c)
C) Picasso
d)
D) Rousseau
e)
E) Seurat
15.
What did Salvador Dalí call his pictures? (72)
a)
A) hand-painted dream photographs
b)
B) realistic life on canvas
c)
C) imagination in physical form
d)
D) a dream diary
e)
E) his heart on his sleeve
16.
Which artist was accused of “flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face” and took the art writer, John Ruskin to court for saying it? (41)
a)
A) Whistler
b)
B) Friedrich
c)
C) Kandinsky
d)
D) Pollock
e)
E) Caravaggio
17.
What lie did Rousseau tell about his paintings? (56)
a)
A) that they were worth more money
b)
B) that they were commissioned by King of France
c)
C) that they were based on the rainforests of Mexico
d)
D) that there were gold flakes in his paints
e)
E) that he didn’t sketch before painting
18.
What did Andy Warhol believe was ‘a special kind of art’? (89)
a)
A) being good at business
b)
B) having celebrities participate in his art
c)
C) making money
d)
D) Both (B) and (C)
e)
E) Both (A) and (C)
19.
What ship is the subject of Friedrich’s The Sea of Ice painted in 1823-1824? (37)
a)
A) HMS Fury
b)
B) SS Minnow
c)
C) The Queen Mary
d)
D) RMS Titanic
e)
E) SS Andrea Doria
20.
Which artist painted dramatic and realistic paintings with a striking use of light and shade in the Baroque style? (18)
a)
A) Rousseau
b)
B) Caravaggio
c)
C) Velazquez
d)
D) Vermeer
e)
E) Friedrich
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