An Art History Hodgepodge Quiz | Art

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1. Which Dutch city, famous for its blue painted pottery, was home to Johannes Vermeer?

Answer: Delft

Vermeer was somewhat well known in his region of Delft and The Hague during his life, but sank into obscurity after his death in 1675. He was rediscovered in the mid 19th century, and now is considered one of the great painters of the Dutch Golden Age.

2. Dante Gabriel Rosetti, William Hunt and John Everett Millais, among others, made up this group of painters whose name sounds like they should have painted several centuries before the mid 19th century when they were active. What was the name of this "Brotherhood"?

Answer: Pre-Raphaelite

The Pre-Raphaelites were active in the mid 19th century, though their name would suggest that they were active before Raphael who lived in the late 15th, early 16th century. The Pre-Raphaelites were interested in medieval art, realism, and producing "thoroughly good pictures and statues", as William Michael Rossetti put it.

3. Are Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney, and Max Weber all considered 20th century artists?

Answer: Yes

Hepworth (1903 - 1975) was primarily a sculptor known for her rounded, pierced, stone sculpture like "Figure For Landscape", now at the Hirshhorn museum, and "Sphere With Inner Form" on exhibit in the Netherlands.
David Hockney (b 1937) is a painter and author of more than 20 books. His "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" was the highest priced painting by a living artist when it was sold at auction in 2018 for $90 million.
Max Weber (1881 - 1961) was an American Cubist painter of the early part of the 20th century. His famous works include "Chinese Restaurant", "Russian Ballet", "The Cellist", and "Sabbath".

4. What seafaring Italian city was ruled by the Doges, and was home to Titian, Bellini, Veronese, and Carpaccio and many others during their careers?

Answer: Venice

Venice was home to many important Italian Renaissance painters. The Venetian school of painters were early adopters of oil paint and were well known for their use of color and light in their paintings. Examples include Canaletto's "The Entrance to the Grand Canal", Titian's "Reclining Venus of Urbino", and Pietro Longhi's "Clara the Rhinoceros".

5. Painter, sculptor, inventor and archetypical Renaissance man, who painted the "Madonna of the Rocks" in two different versions, one of which is in the Louvre, the other in London's National Gallery?

Answer: Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci painted the two versions of the "Virgin of the Rocks" or "Madonna of the Rocks" in the last half of the 15th century, a decade or so before he painted the "Mona Lisa". The version of the painting which is in the Louvre is believed to be the older of the two, and to have been painted by Leonardo alone, while the later painting is thought to have been painted with the assistance of his students.

6. One of the earliest examples of art which survives is the "Venus of Willendorf", which was unearthed in 1908 in which country?

Answer: Austria

The 4 inch tall sculpture of a woman was found during an excavation of a Paleolithic site in Austria. The statue is believed to be over 20,000 years old. The rock from which it was carved does not originate in the area where it was found, but is thought to come from either northern Italy, across the Alps, or sites closer to modern Russia.

7. A school of painting from the mid-19th century in France that depicted peasants working in rustic settings was known as which of these?

Answer: Barbizon School

The Barbizon school is named after the village of Barbizon, near the Fontainebleu Forest, where the main members of the group lived. Jean-Francois Millet and Camille Corot are probably the best known of the Barbizon painters. Millet's "The Gleaners" can be seen at the Musee d'Orsay, while Corot's "Ville-d'Avray" is in the National Gallery, Washington DC.

8. Hokusai was a Japanese artist who was active between the mid-18th century and the early 19th century. What mountain did he immortalize in his series of woodblock prints called "36 Views of ------"?

Answer: Mt. Fuji

Hokusai's "36 Views of Mt. Fuji" includes what is probably his best known work, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa". Hokusai's work was an influence on the French Impressionists, many of whom owned his woodcuts.

9. What was the name of the art movement which was popular in the 1960s, and which featured works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg, among many others?

Answer: Pop Art

Pop Art came into the public eye in the late 1950s and 1960s. Pop Artists followed the Surrealists' and Dadaists' lead in posing questions about the nature of art and its relationship to culture. For example, Warhol's "Campbell's Soup" prints and Lichtenstein's "Drowning Girl" both transfer items from daily life - soup cans and newspaper comics - into art.

10. Frida Kahlo was an artist active in the first half of the twentieth century. She was a native of which country?

Answer: Mexico

Kahlo was known for her paintings, including many self portraits. Self taught, she incorporated the bright colors and folk motifs of Mexico into her paintings. Kahlo died in 1954, aged 47.

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