The Art History Game: Masters Level Round 1
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Welcome to the Art Histor Game, Masters Level Round 1 The Art History Game was designed to test your knowledge on the artists, movements and styles of over 900 years of art history. Many of you haven't been in an art history class since college, and this is a great way to brush up on your favorite periods and artists, while learning something new each time.
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This painting titled “Portrait of Pope Innocent X" was painted by...- A.
Pablo Picasso
- B.
Diego Velazquez
- C.
Rembrandt
- D.
El Greco
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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.
+ 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- Feedback/Explanation - A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.
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- A.
Peter Paul Rubens 1675
- B.
Caravaggio 1635
- C.
Artemisia Gentileschi 1612-13
- D.
Francisco de Zurbarán 1614
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This frescoe from the Arena Chapel (also called the Scrovegni Chapel) in Padua Italy features what is to be considered the first Renaissance, or "Proto Renaissance" art work in Italy. Name the artist.- A.
Giotto di Bondone
- B.
Duccio
- C.
Leonardo Da Vinci
- D.
Piero della Francesca
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- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.
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- A.
Pablo Picasso
- B.
Edouard Manet
- C.
Edgar Degas
- D.
Claude Monet
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- A.
Motherwell
- B.
Jackson Pollock
- C.
Franz Kline
- D.
Mark Rothko
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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.- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.
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- A.
The Cry by Isamu Noguchi
- B.
Stealth by Mark Toby
- C.
Goddess Traped in Nature by Alberto Giacometti
- D.
Bird in Space by Constantin Brâncuşi
- 10.
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What movement of art would you consider this to be?- A.
Neoclassical
- B.
Baroque
- C.
Renaissance
- D.
Rococo
- E.
Mannerism
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- A.
Frederic Edwin Church
- B.
Théodore Géricault
- C.
Eugène Delacroix
- D.
Antoine Étex
- 12.
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Name the artist:- A.
Giorgio de Chirico
- B.
Umberto Boccioni
- C.
Max Ernst
- D.
Salvador Dalí
- E.
Edward Hopper
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- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.
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- A.
The artist was the first master female painter
- B.
The artist was raped by her instructure
- C.
Her mother was also a famous painter
- D.
This artist was a popular Baroque painter
- E.
The artist was Spanish and painter for Philip IV
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- A.
This artist died on the front lines in First World War
- B.
This was a leading artsit in the N.Y. School
- C.
The artist was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) Group
- D.
The artist was a German Expressionist
- E.
The artist was a close friend with Warhol
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This is a detail from which artist and painting?- A.
The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer
- B.
Frans Hals. Gypsy Girl.
- C.
The Wedding Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- D.
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck.
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- A.
The Artist's Family by Jan Steen
- B.
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck.
- C.
Flower Still-Life by Nicolaes van Veerendael
- D.
A girl with a Pearl Ering by Johannes Vermeer
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Name the title and artist of this painting:- A.
The Night Watch by Rembrandt
- B.
The Beanfest by Jan Steen
- C.
The Matchmaker by Gerard Van Honthorst
- D.
Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals
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- A.
B, C, D, A
- B.
C, B, S, A
- C.
D, C, B, D
- D.
B, C, A, D
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- A.
D, C, A, B
- B.
B, C, A, D
- C.
C, B, D,A,
- D.
D, B, A, C
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- A.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso 1907
- B.
The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali 1931
- C.
The Urinal (or Fountain) by Marcel Duchamp 1917
- D.
L.H.O.O.Q. by Marcel Duchamp 1919
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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.
+ 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- Feedback/Explanation - A.
True
- B.
False
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True or False: The name of this painting is "This is not a Pipe" by René Magritte- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.
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What style of art would you consider this to be?- A.
Rococo
- B.
Romanticism
- C.
Neoclassical
- D.
Baroque
- 25.
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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- A.
Vincent Van Gogh
- B.
Henri Matisse
- C.
Salvador Dali
- D.
Paul Gauguin
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