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Famous Paintings I

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One of Spain's greatest artist of the Baroque period , whose main concentration was portraiture.

a)

Hieronymus Bosch

b)

Diego Velazquez

c)

Sandro Botticelli

d)

Jan van Eyck

2.

A Dutch painter with incredible imagination; presents a world of weird images and puzzling symbols.

a)

Hieronymus Bosch

b)

Diego Velazquez

c)

Jan van Eyck

d)

Sandro Botticelli

3.

In the last third of the fifteenth century, few Renaissance artist were still living. He used poetic and unreal subject matter of allegories and myths to show appreciation of nature and the human body.

a)

Hieronymus Bosch

b)

Diego Velazquez

c)

Jan van Eyck

d)

Sandro Botticelli

4.

Match the following artist to their famous painting

Sandro Botticelli

Garden of Delights

Jan van Eyck

Arnolfini Wedding

Diego Velazquez

Las Meninas

Hieronymus Bosch

Birth of Venus

5.

The artist aims to show

a)

the movement of light and the countless ways it can be reflected

b)

the formality of a royal group with landscape

c)

the usage of heavy lines that show strong color and form

d)

emphasizes linear perspective

6.

This painting shows

a)

Christian ideas in the form of a mythological scene

b)

The artist was a master of stylize work noted in the Venus figure

c)

The artist used bronze to heighten the hair and robes to add refinement

d)

The figure on the right is Winter ready to toss a robe around Venus

7.

This painting shows

a)

A Diptych

b)

A pessimistic look at humanity

c)

Lacks symbolism and detail of a 3 part story

d)

A chance at salvation

8.

This painting shows

a)

All of the objects in the room have a direct, non-symbolic meaning

b)

Portraits of a couple in unrealistic light with few details but a love of animals

c)

The artist witnessed the ceremony and signed his name above the mirror

d)

The raised right hand and the little dog shows holy ground and fertility

9.

Contemporaries were his technical skills and ability to render detail, he was called the "King of Painters". He painted the "Ghent Altarpiece"with his brother.

a)

Hieronymus Bosch

b)

Diego Velazques

c)

Sandro Botticelli

d)

Jan van Eyck

10.

This artist had a great reputation in Florence that Pope Sixtus IV asked him to be the superintendent of the new chapel (Sistine). "Primavera" is a famous painting by this artist.

a)

Hieronymus Bosch

b)

Jan van Eyck

c)

Diego Velazquez

d)

Sandro Botticelli