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1. I was an Italian painter from the early Renaissance. During my lifetime I lived in Milan, Italy, where I painted my 'Last Supper', Florence, Italy, where my beautiful 'Mona Lisa' was created, and France, where she is now hung for millions of art lovers to enjoy. Besides being a painter, I was also a sculptor, an architect, an engineer and a scientist...a real 'Renaissance man'! My name is shared with one of those mutant, ninja turtles...can you guess what it is?
2. Another mutant, ninja turtle, I also happened to be the greatest Renaissance sculptor. The word 'Renaissance' means 'rebirth', and my philosophy was to help the figures I sculpted be 'reborn' from the large marble rocks I used to sculpt. One of my tallest sculptures is called 'David', a famous heroic figure from the Bible. My large, marble 'David' looks over his shoulder with confidence and strength. In addition to sculpting, I also painted. My most famous paintings can be found in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The only way to see them is to look straight up over your head, they are on the ceiling! What is my name?
3. I was another of the great Renaissance painters and some people call me the 'masters' master'. I was born in Urbino but moved to Florence so I could be around the other great Renaissance masters. I soon learned the Renaissance painting style and became one of the best painters of the High Renaissance. My greatest paintings can be found in the Palace in the Vatican, where Pope Julius II lived. The Pope himself asked me to paint frescos (painting with pigments on plaster) on the walls there. 'The School of Athens' was one of these frescos, and in that painting you can see my face! Which of these am I?
4. I am the greatest Spanish painter of the 17th century (1600s). One of my most famous paintings is called 'Las Meninas'. In this painting the little Spanish Princess Margarita is being attended to by her maids of honor. You can also see me in the background of this huge canvas, I am busy painting the King and Queen. This painting is 10 feet tall and 9 feet wide, very large wouldn't you say? What is my last name?
5. While the Renaissance was dying down in Italy, being replaced by a new style called Baroque, painting in Flanders and Holland, in northern Europe, was flourishing. I was a Flemish artist working in Flanders during this time and my style is considered to be Baroque. In my paintings, such as 'The Raising of the Cross' and 'The Garden of Love' you can see lots of movement and decoration. The large, fleshy people in my paintings seem to all be looking or reaching up for something! My first and middle names are those of Christian saints, Peter and Paul...but what is my last name?
6. I started painting in Holland during the early 17th century (1600s) and soon became one of the top painters of Europe. While my most famous paintings are 'The Night Watch' and 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp', perhaps my greatest achievement was the many self-portraits I painted. Over my lifetime I painted 60 self-portraits and you can really see my face change with age! Which famous Dutch painter am I?
7. I was probably the most famous painter in France during the time of the French Revolution. Not only did I actively support the revolution and paint during that time, but I also became the court painter of the Emperor Napoleon after he took over France in 1799. My most famous paintings are the 'Death of Marat', 'Coronation of Napoleon' and 'The Death of Socrates'. My name looks like a man's first name, which of these is it?
8. Some people consider me to be founder of the Impressionist movement in France. In this movement, my friends and I tried to capture a scene at a particular moment on our canvasses. Some people thought that our paintings looked sloppy because of this, but we pushed on with our style. Eventually it became the hip style that everyone loved! My painting 'Impression, Sunrise' is the one that gave the Impressionist movement its name. I'm also famous for painting 'Haystacks' and 'Water Lilies'. What is my famous last name?
9. I am another of the great French painters of the late 19th-early 20th centuries (1800s-1900s). My style is called 'Post-Impressionist' because I went beyond the purely real looking landscapes and portraits that the Impressionists would make. Some of my paintings begin to look almost abstract (forms that may not be recognizable, like large square blocks and blotches rather than mountains and houses). I painted a series of landscapes that include Mont Sainte-Victoire which was near my home in France, and was probably most famous for my still-lifes (arrangements of fruit, flowers and other non-living objects). Can you tell me what my name is?
10. I am the last but not least painter of this quiz, a modern Spanish painter with a variety of styles. In my early career I had my 'Blue Period' and my 'Rose Period'. You can tell my paintings from these periods because they look very blue or rose colored! One of my most famous paintings was called 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon', which I painted in 1907. In this painting, the women almost look like they are made of blocks...this was the first Cubist painting. With Cubism, George Braques and I took another step towards making purely abstract paintings. In 1937 I painted another famous work, called 'Guernica', which protested the killing of people during the Spanish Civil War. Some people think some of my portraits look funny because you can see people with two eyes on one side of their head, but this is part of my Cubist style and isn't meant to make you laugh, it's meant to make you think! Who am I?
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