The Art History Game: Masters Level Round 1

This painting titled “Portrait of Pope Innocent X" was painted by...

True or False: this Baroque painter named Caravaggio was a convicted murderer:       +Media True Correct Answer +Media False Correct Answer   Do not include this question in random selection. - Feedback/Explanation + MediaTrue: He killed a man in a pub brawl and was banished from Rome. Later when he cut a deal with the Pope to return to Rome, he died of malaria in the swamps walking back from Naples. More on the painting: Caravagio had a way of bringing religion and peagan gods down to earth in a real world way. In this is a painting of the conversion of Saul from the bible, the drama is internalized within the mind of Saul. He lies on the ground stunned, his eyes closed as if dazzled by the brightness of God's light that streams down the white part of the skewbald horse, but that the light is heavenly is clear only to the believer, for Saul has no halo. In the spirit of Luke, who was at the time considered the author of Acts, Caravaggio makes religious experience look natural. SaveCancelSaving, please wait... 2. True or False: Caravagio, the Baroque painter, was a convicted murderer:   enableTitle_point(); 4 Points Edit Delete True / False       SaveCancelSaving, please wait... 3. This depiction of "Judith Slaying Holofernes" was a popular subject matter painted by several artists in the 16th and 17th centuries... who painted this one?   enableTitle_point(); 4 Points Edit Delete Multiple Choice       SaveCancelSaving, please wait... 4. This frescoe from the Arena Chapel (or Scrovegni Chapel) in Padua features what is to be considered the first Renaissance art work in Italy. Name the artist..   enableTitle_point(); 4 Points Edit Delete Multiple Choice       SaveCancelSaving, please wait... 5. True or False: This frescoe is painted by Michelangelo   enableTitle_point(); 4 Points Edit Delete True / False       SaveCancelSaving, please wait... 6. This painting was extremely controversial and by many accounts, started the Modern art movement. Name the artist:   enableTitle_point(); 4 Points Edit

This depiction of "Judith Slaying Holofernes" was a popular subject matter painted by several artists in the 16th and 17th centuries...  who painted this one?  

True or False: This frescoe is painted by Michelangelo

Name the Artist:

Mark Rothko, in response to the immense reaction to his work (people would often cry in front of his paintings), began the design for The Rothko Chapel so people could go there to view his paintings in a church setting. 

True or False: When the title, "LHOOQ",  is pronounced in French, the translation sounds like "She Has a Hot Ass"  

Check all that apply:

This is a detail from which artist and painting?

Identify the order in which they were painted: A B C D

Identify the order in which they were painted:  A B C   D                                                                                                                      

True or False: This painting by the Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio was rejected by the Catholic Church, whom commisioned it, based on the fact it showed a dead Virgin Mary in an unflattering way.   +Media True Correct Answer +Media False Correct Answer   Do not include this question in random selection. - Feedback/Explanation + MediaTrue: The Dead of the Virgin by Caravaggio 1501-1606 was rejected by the Church. The depiction of the Death of the Virgin caused a contemporary stir, and was rejected as unfit by the parish who commissioned it. Caravaggio didn’t make a representation of death, but a real death. The painting offends the sensibility not only of its own time, but of all times, because it is believed that the Virgin Mary didn't "die" but rather "ascended into heaven". To make matter even worse: Contemporaries accused Caravaggio of modeling the Virgin Mary after a corpse of a dead prostitute well known in the community. Even more strange: Caravaggio was also a convicted murderer! This painting was rejected but Caravaggio is still regarded as one of the most important Baroque painters of all time. SaveCancelSaving, please wait... 22. True or False: This painting was rejected by the church based on the fact it showed a dead Virgin Mary modeled after a corpse of a dead locally known prostitute.   enableTitle_point(); 4 Points Edit Delete True / False       SaveCancelSaving, please wait... 23. True or False: The name of this painting is "This is not a Pipe" by René Magritte   enableTitle_point(); 4 Points Edit Delete True / False       SaveCancelSaving, please wait... 24. What style of art t would you consider this to be?   enableTitle_point(); 4 Points Edit Delete Checkboxes       SaveCancelSaving, please wait... 25. The following artist was preacher before taking up painting: Vincent Van Gogh Henri Matisse Salvador Dali Paul Gauguin   enableTitle_point(); 4 Points Edit

True or False: The name of this painting is "This is not a Pipe" by René Magritte

What style of art would you consider this to be?

The following artist wanted to be a Preacher but after failing at it, became an artist. Vincent Van Gogh Henri Matisse Salvador Dali Paul Gauguin