The Western Art Quiz: Trivia Facts!
What do you know about western art? Do you suppose you can make the grade with this quiz? Western painting, in particular, found audiences in the aristocracy and the middle class. Renaissance painters typically worked for the church and a wealthy upper class. Gradually, art gravitated toward Barque era artists who took a private commission. Take this quiz and see how abundant your knowledge is about western art.
- 1.The Mannerism period happened during which time period?
- A.
1520-1580
- B.
1401-1495
- C.
1490s
- D.
1520-1580
- 2.Which countries were involved in the Early Renaissance?
- A.
England, Poland, Great Britain
- B.
Spain, Italy, Rome, America
- C.
France, Germany, England, Spain
- D.
England, France, Germany, Norway
- 3.The High Renaissance happened during which time period?
- A.
1520-1580
- B.
1490s
- C.
1600-1750
- D.
1401-1495
- 4.The Baroque happened during which time period?
- A.
1600-1750
- B.
1490s
- C.
1401-1495
- D.
1520-1580
- 5.The Mannerism period involved which countries?
- A.
Norway, England, France
- B.
America, Hungary, Rome
- C.
Italy, Netherlands, Rome
- D.
England, France, Norway
- 6.Which countries were involved in the Baroque period?
- A.
Spain, France, Netherlands, and Italy
- B.
Italy, France, Norway, England
- C.
England, America, France, Spain
- D.
England, Switzerland, Poland, Ireland
- 7.Renaissance is defined as:
- A.
French, "rebirth." The term used to describe the his-tory, culture, and art of 14th- through 16th-century western Europe during which artists consciously revived the classical style.
- B.
Greek, the "writing of images." The term refers both to the content, or subject, of an artwork and to the study of content in art. It also includes the study of the symbolic, often religious, mean-ing of objects, persons, or events depicted in works of art.
- C.
Option 3
- D.
Option 4
- 8.The Early Renaissance happened during which time period?
- A.
1490s
- B.
1401-1495
- C.
1520-1580
- D.
1600-1750
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