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General Challenge Trivia Quiz

These are questions that cover the Renaissance to Contemporary art.

A multiple-choice quiz by mrwarhol. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
mrwarhol

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
27,567

Updated
Nov 05 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
11 / 25

Plays
1613

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Question 1 of 25

1. Who is the architect of S. Giorgio Maggiore in Venice? Hint

Giacomo Della Porta

Leone Battista Alberti

Filipo Brunelleschi

Andrea Palladio

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which artist is know for his 'zip paintings' such as 'Onement I' (1948) and 'Vir Heroicus Sublimis' (1950-1)? Hint

Frank Stella

Barnett Newman

Morris Louis

Yves Klein

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who painted the 'Portinari Altarpiece' of c. 1476? Hint

Rogier van der Weyden

Hans Memling

Jan van Eyke

Hugo van der Goes

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Question 4 of 25

4. Erich Heckel belonged to what art movement? Hint

De Stijl

Der Blaue Reiter

Die Brucke

Das Bauhaus

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Question 5 of 25

5. What wealthy, art-collecting family commissioned Mark Rothko to paint several paintings for a chapel at Rice University? Hint

Scull

De Menil

Schlumberger

Widener

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which Andy Warhol movie contains the famous 'Pope Ondine' scene where Ondine repeatedly slaps his female co-star to the point of tears? Hint

The Loves of Ondine

The Chelsea Girls

Blue Movie

Lonesome Cowboys

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which Dutch master is mostly known for landscape paintings with some buildings like 'The Jewish Cemetery' (1655-60)? Hint

Jacob van Ruisdale

Jan Steen

Jan van Goyen

Jan Vermeer

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Question 8 of 25

8. Who painted 'Parson Weems Fable' in which little George Washington is portrayed with the head of the adult George Washington as seen on the dollar bill? Hint

Thomas Hart Benton

Marsden Hartley

Ben Shahn

Grant Wood

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Question 9 of 25

9. The Arena Chapel in Padua includes frescos of many famous scenes like 'The Lamentation' and 'Christ Entering Jerusalem.' Who painted them? Hint

Giotto

Lorenzetti

Masaccio

Duccio

10. Which artist gained notoriety for himself by releasing cockroaches with glued-on bunny ears called 'Cockabunnies' into the P.S.1 Gallery when he wasn't invited to participate in one of it's shows? Hint

Damien Hirst

Robert Longo

David Wojnarowicz

Gilbert and George

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Question 11 of 25

11. Which artist had her mother hire a private detective to follow her and take pictures of her, documenting her every move? Hint

Sophie Calle

Jenny Holzer

Kikki Smith

Cindy Sherman

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Question 12 of 25

12. Richard Estes and Ralph Goings belonged to what group of post-modern artists? Hint

Neo-realism

Photo-realism

Ultra-realism

Docu-realism

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Question 13 of 25

13. An altarpiece that is made up of many panels joined together is called a(n)_______________.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 14 of 25

14. Parmigianino belonged to what period? Hint

High Renaissance

Rococo

Baroque

Mannerism

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Question 15 of 25

15. Who painted the ceiling of the Gallery in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome? Hint

Gentileschi

Carracci

Caravaggio

Zurbaran

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Question 16 of 25

16. Who was the architect of the Baltimore Cathedral (Basilica of the Assumption)? Hint

Benjamin Latrobe

Stanford White

James Renwick

William Morris Hunt

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Question 17 of 25

17. What art critic accused Whistler of 'flinging a pot of paint in the public's face' when he or she saw his 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket' leading to a libel lawsuit? Hint

Borden Burns

Hilton Cramer

John Ruskin

Rosalind Krauss

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who made the lithograph 'The Head Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Towards Infinity'? Hint

William Blake

Aubrey Beardsly

Odilon Redon

Max Ernst

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Question 19 of 25

19. What is the name of little boy-babies with wings in a lot of Renaissance and Baroque art?

Answer: (Not Cupids)

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Question 20 of 25

20. Which 20th century painter made several 'studies' of Velazquez' 'Portrait of Pope Innocent X'? Hint

Lucien Freud

Francis Bacon

Francesco Clemente

Susan Rothenberg

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Question 21 of 25

21. What collaborative effort painted 'Flying S*'? Hint

The Starn Twins

Jake and Dinos Chapman

Gilbert and George

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Question 22 of 25

22. Whose art was used in the opening sequence of the movie 'Your Friends and Neighbors'? Hint

Francesco Clemente

Alex Katz

Michelangelo

Rene Magritte

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Question 23 of 25

23. Who painted 'The Liver is the Cock's Comb'? Hint

Adolph Gotlieb

Hans Hofmann

Yves Tanguy

Arshile Gorky

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Question 24 of 25

24. What man's art collection caused a stir in the Brooklyn Museum of Art's show 'Sensation'? Hint

Charles Saatchi

David Geffen

David Bowie

Leo Castelli

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who shot Andy Warhol?

Answer: (Last name or both names are fine.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the architect of S. Giorgio Maggiore in Venice?

Answer: Andrea Palladio

Most famous for his villas, Palladio designed S. Giorgio Maggiore in 1565.

2. Which artist is know for his 'zip paintings' such as 'Onement I' (1948) and 'Vir Heroicus Sublimis' (1950-1)?

Answer: Barnett Newman

Newman's 'zip paintings' placed him firmly within the ranks of the New York School.

3. Who painted the 'Portinari Altarpiece' of c. 1476?

Answer: Hugo van der Goes

The 'Portinari Altarpiece' is now located in the Uffizi.

4. Erich Heckel belonged to what art movement?

Answer: Die Brucke

5. What wealthy, art-collecting family commissioned Mark Rothko to paint several paintings for a chapel at Rice University?

Answer: De Menil

6. Which Andy Warhol movie contains the famous 'Pope Ondine' scene where Ondine repeatedly slaps his female co-star to the point of tears?

Answer: The Chelsea Girls

Ondine was playing the role of 'Pope' and the female penitent displays gross disrespect for 'his holiness' and that called for the outburst.

7. Which Dutch master is mostly known for landscape paintings with some buildings like 'The Jewish Cemetery' (1655-60)?

Answer: Jacob van Ruisdale

8. Who painted 'Parson Weems Fable' in which little George Washington is portrayed with the head of the adult George Washington as seen on the dollar bill?

Answer: Grant Wood

9. The Arena Chapel in Padua includes frescos of many famous scenes like 'The Lamentation' and 'Christ Entering Jerusalem.' Who painted them?

Answer: Giotto

Answer: David Wojnarowicz

11. Which artist had her mother hire a private detective to follow her and take pictures of her, documenting her every move?

Answer: Sophie Calle

12. Richard Estes and Ralph Goings belonged to what group of post-modern artists?

Answer: Photo-realism

13. An altarpiece that is made up of many panels joined together is called a(n)_______________.

Answer: polyptych

14. Parmigianino belonged to what period?

Answer: Mannerism

15. Who painted the ceiling of the Gallery in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome?

Answer: Carracci

16. Who was the architect of the Baltimore Cathedral (Basilica of the Assumption)?

Answer: Benjamin Latrobe

17. What art critic accused Whistler of 'flinging a pot of paint in the public's face' when he or she saw his 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket' leading to a libel lawsuit?

Answer: John Ruskin

18. Who made the lithograph 'The Head Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Towards Infinity'?

Answer: Odilon Redon

19. What is the name of little boy-babies with wings in a lot of Renaissance and Baroque art?

Answer: Putti

20. Which 20th century painter made several 'studies' of Velazquez' 'Portrait of Pope Innocent X'?

Answer: Francis Bacon

One such painting earned the nickname 'The Screaming Pope' and another one included the pope between two large sides of beef.

21. What collaborative effort painted 'Flying S*'?

Answer: Gilbert and George

22. Whose art was used in the opening sequence of the movie 'Your Friends and Neighbors'?

Answer: Alex Katz

23. Who painted 'The Liver is the Cock's Comb'?

Answer: Arshile Gorky

24. What man's art collection caused a stir in the Brooklyn Museum of Art's show 'Sensation'?

Answer: Charles Saatchi

25. Who shot Andy Warhol?

Answer: Valerie Solanis

She was insane.

Source: Author mrwarhol

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