An Art Terms 'Q'uickie! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Quadratura

Quadratura was practiced by ancient Roman painters and was revived by Renaissance painters such as Masaccio and Mantegna, in their early experiments with new scientific techniques involving perspective. The greatest of the quadraturisti, as the specialists with this technique were called, was the Italian Baroque artist Andrea Pozzo, who mostly worked ceilings.

Answer: Unicorn

The Qilin (pronounced chee-lean) is essentially half-horse, half-lion, and is normally depicted in Chinese art with one or two horns. The Qilin also appears in Chinese literature, and one is fabled to have appeared at the birth of the great Chinese sage Confucius.

Answer: True

Strange as it may seem, the 15th century is the 'Quattrocento' of Italian art. But is it strange when we consider that the 15th century includes the years 1401-1500? Of course not. Great Quattrocento art included the works of Masaccio, Donatello, Ghiberti, Verrocchio and many other Renaissance masters...in my opinion, the most important century of art until the twentieth.

Answer: Queen Anne

A house built in the Queen Anne style would include an amalgam of different architectural elements, including large chimneys, high-gabled roofs, balconies/verandas and many other eclectic elements. The Queen Anne style is characterized as 'organic' and was necessarily assymetric in form. Queen Anne style was first employed by English architect Norman Shaw and quickly became popular in America.

It was named for Queen Anne of England, who ruled during the early 18th century. The Queen Anne style is meant to resemble architecture built during the period of her reign.

Answer: Queen Mother of the West

Xi Wang Mu literally translates as 'Queen Mother of the West'. Under her guard was the sacred peach trees grown in the Western Paradise, the fruit of which bestowed immortality...which simply can't be offered to just anybody! The Xi Wang Mu has appeared regularly in Chinese painting and sculpture since Han times (2,000 years ago, approximately). No telling when the next batch of fruit will ripen! Thank you for trying this short quiz, I hope you enjoyed yourself and learned something fun. Please give my other art terms quizzes a try if you so wish!