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Quiz about Famous Art Works Their Artists

Famous Art Works & Their Artists Quiz

This is a fairly straightforward quiz: I will give you the work, and you tell me who the artist is. For anyone with a strong background in art history, this should be pretty easy.

A multiple-choice quiz by Nadroj9. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Nadroj9

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
91,556

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

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4086

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. Who painted "Las Meninas"? Hint

Velasquez

Goya

El Greco

Monet

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Question 2 of 25

2. Who painted "Le Dejeuner sur L'herbe"? Hint

Pissarro

Monet

Manet

Seurat

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who painted "Death of Marat"? Hint

Corot

Signac

Monet

David

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who was the artist of "Fountain"? Hint

Arp

Man Ray

Duchamp

Picabia

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which Dada artist created the piece "Fur Breakfast"? Hint

Man Ray

Picabia

Oppenheim

Duchamp

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who painted "La Grande Odalisque"? Hint

Ingres

David

Delacroix

Courbet

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Question 7 of 25

7. Who is credited with painting both the Louvre and the National Gallery versions of "Virgin of the Rocks" (along with the assistance of some studio apprentices)? Hint

Raphael

Leonardo da Vinci

Perugino

Andrea del Verrocchio

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Question 8 of 25

8. Who was the sculptor of "Quattro Santi Coronati," which was made for one of the niches in Or San Michele in Florence? Hint

Donatello

Michelangelo Buonarrotti

Andrea del Verrocchio

Nanni di Banco

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Question 9 of 25

9. Who painted the "Venus of Urbino"? Hint

Raphael

Perugino

Titian

Tiepolo

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who sculpted "The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa"? Hint

Michelangelo

Bernini

Bertoldo

Donatello

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Question 11 of 25

11. Who is the artist of a series of sculptures known as "Birds in Flight"? Hint

Chihuly

Arp

Brancusi

Boccioni

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Question 12 of 25

12. Who painted "The Garden of Earthly Delights"? Hint

van der Weyden

Bosch

van Eyck

Campin

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which Surrealist painted "The Persistence of Memory"? Hint

de Chirico

Dali

Ernst

Magritte

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Question 14 of 25

14. Who painted "The Raft of the Medusa"? Hint

Delacroix

Courbet

Gericault

Turner

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Question 15 of 25

15. Who painted the interior of the Arena Chapel in Padua? Hint

Ghirlandaio

Duccio

Giotto

Cimabue

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which Spanish artist painted "The Third of May"? Hint

Velasquez

Goya

El Greco

Picasso

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Question 17 of 25

17. Who was the artist who created the PAINTING "The Kiss"? Hint

Brancusi

Rodin

Klee

Klimt

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who was the painter behind the shockingly simplistic "Black Square"? Hint

Tatlin

De Kooning

Rothko

Malevich

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Question 19 of 25

19. Who painted the haunting scene "Interior (Le Viol, or The Rape)"? Hint

Monet

Degas

Cassatt

Manet

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Question 20 of 25

20. Who painted "Henry Ford Hospital"? Hint

Homer

Whistler

Eakins

Kahlo

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who painted "The Old King"? Hint

Rouault

Mondrian

Modigliani

Kandinsky

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who painted "Blue Horse I" among other colorful depictions of animals? Hint

Kandinsky

Matisse

Klee

Marc

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Question 23 of 25

23. Which Fauvist painted "Luxe, calme et volupte"? Hint

Derain

Matisse

Vlamick

Redon

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Question 24 of 25

24. Who helped Masolino to paint the walls of the Brancacci Chapel in Florence? Hint

della Francesca

Michelangelo

Masaccio

Ghilandaio

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Question 25 of 25

25. Which Dutch artist painted "Girl With a Pearl Earring"? Hint

Ruisdael

van Dyck

Vermeer

Rembrant

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who painted "Las Meninas"?

Answer: Velasquez

This painting is regularly voted among the ten best paintings ever.

2. Who painted "Le Dejeuner sur L'herbe"?

Answer: Manet

This was a highly controversial painting because the nude woman at the center of the composition looks directly at the spectator. Another of Manet's paintings, "Olympia," was controversial for many of the same reasons.

3. Who painted "Death of Marat"?

Answer: David

David painted his poet friend in the moment after he had been killed.

4. Who was the artist of "Fountain"?

Answer: Duchamp

Although the "fountain" (actually a urinal) was signed by one R. Mutt, the artist was really Marcel Duchamp.

5. Which Dada artist created the piece "Fur Breakfast"?

Answer: Oppenheim

Not exactly the breakfast set I'd like to use.

6. Who painted "La Grande Odalisque"?

Answer: Ingres

He also painted a monochromatic version, "Odalisque en Gris (Odalisque in Gray)."

7. Who is credited with painting both the Louvre and the National Gallery versions of "Virgin of the Rocks" (along with the assistance of some studio apprentices)?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael, who was believed to be taught by Perugino, is well known for his many portrayals of the virgin in landscapes. Verrocchio was Leonardo's teacher.

8. Who was the sculptor of "Quattro Santi Coronati," which was made for one of the niches in Or San Michele in Florence?

Answer: Nanni di Banco

Other famous Or San Michele niche sculptures include "St. George" and "St. Mark" by Donatello.

9. Who painted the "Venus of Urbino"?

Answer: Titian

This beautiful work by the Venetian affectionately referred to as "Tiziano" by Italians now resides in the Uffizi gallery in Florence.

10. Who sculpted "The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa"?

Answer: Bernini

Bernini is also responsible for the beautiful altar in St. Paul's Cathedral in Rome.

11. Who is the artist of a series of sculptures known as "Birds in Flight"?

Answer: Brancusi

There is a nice selection of some of these works in the "Brancusi Chapel" in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

12. Who painted "The Garden of Earthly Delights"?

Answer: Bosch

If you'd like to examine the somewhat disturbing details of the painting, you can see it in the Prado in Madrid.

13. Which Surrealist painted "The Persistence of Memory"?

Answer: Dali

Random bizarre Dali fact: Dali believed he could receive messages from space through his moustache.

14. Who painted "The Raft of the Medusa"?

Answer: Gericault

For those of you who took the 1999 Art History AP exam, you may remember that this was the very first slide.

15. Who painted the interior of the Arena Chapel in Padua?

Answer: Giotto

Giotto's work is considered by many to be one of the highlights of the Early Italian Renaissance.

16. Which Spanish artist painted "The Third of May"?

Answer: Goya

Although El Greco's name is Spanish, it was given to him when he became active in Spain. It means, "The Greek."

17. Who was the artist who created the PAINTING "The Kiss"?

Answer: Klimt

Munch also had a painting called "Kiss," and Brancusi and Rodin executed sculptures called "The Kiss."

18. Who was the painter behind the shockingly simplistic "Black Square"?

Answer: Malevich

The simplicity and straightforwardness of this painting was characteristic of many of the Constructivist artists' work.

19. Who painted the haunting scene "Interior (Le Viol, or The Rape)"?

Answer: Degas

"Le Viol" means "the rape." We don't actually see a rape, but the scene suggests a lot.

20. Who painted "Henry Ford Hospital"?

Answer: Kahlo

Frida Kahlo is well known for the biographical subject matter of many of her paintings.

21. Who painted "The Old King"?

Answer: Rouault

"The Old King" is one of the more valuable paintings owned by the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh. The heavy use of paint makes it resemble stained glass.

22. Who painted "Blue Horse I" among other colorful depictions of animals?

Answer: Marc

Marc also painted a beautiful scene of deer in the woods.

23. Which Fauvist painted "Luxe, calme et volupte"?

Answer: Matisse

Matisse's technique in this painting somewhat resembles pointilism or divisionism.

24. Who helped Masolino to paint the walls of the Brancacci Chapel in Florence?

Answer: Masaccio

His most famous contribution to the chapel is probably the panel showing Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (though it is not nearly as well known as Masaccio's depiction of their expulsion).

25. Which Dutch artist painted "Girl With a Pearl Earring"?

Answer: Vermeer

A work of fiction came out recently revolving around this painting.

Source: Author Nadroj9

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