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Jean-Antoine Watteau Trivia Quiz

The artist Jean-Antoine Watteau. Note: This quiz was made mostly for the Academic Decathletes who have been saying they can't find anything about this year's art curriculum on FunTrivia. Watteau is the first of our nineteen focus artists.

A multiple-choice quiz by SuperRo. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
SuperRo

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,874

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
394

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Where was Watteau born? Hint

Saint-Germain-des-Pres

Marseilles

Paris

Valenciennes

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was Watteau's first art teacher? Hint

Jacques-Albert Gerin

Claude Gillot

Claude Audran III

Gerald Dou

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who introduced Watteau to an Italian style called commedia dell'arte? Hint

Claude Audran III

Claude Gillot

Jacques-Albert Gerin

Theodore Gericault

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who was the interior designer that Watteau worked for? Hint

Claude Audran III

Claude Gillot

Pierre Crozat

Jacques-Albert Gerin

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Question 5 of 15

5. What type of scenes was Watteau most famous for painting? Hint

Still Life

Fetes galantes

Cityscapes

Painted enigma

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Question 6 of 15

6. What happened the first time Watteau tried for the Prix de Rome? Hint

He took second place

He won

His painting was rejected for controversial subject manner

He was invited to join the French Academy

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Question 7 of 15

7. What happened the second time Watteau entered the Prix de Rome? Hint

He was invited to join the French Academy

His painting was rejected because of controversial subject matter

He took second place

He won

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Question 8 of 15

8. What was Watteau's reception piece for the Academy, often called his masterpiece? Hint

Gersaint's Shop Sign

Gathering in a Park

The Old Savoyard

Pilgrimage to Cythera

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which of these was Watteau NOT influenced by? Hint

Eugene Delacroix

Titian

Rembrandt Van Rijn

Peter Paul Rubens

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which of these was Watteau MOST influenced by? Hint

del Sarto

Veronese

Giotto

Cimabue

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which of these paintings portrays a character from the commedia dell'arte? Hint

The Old Savoyard

Pilgrimage to Cythera

Mezzetin

A Gathering in the Park

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Question 12 of 15

12. Whose home did Watteau move into after he was accepted by the Academy? Hint

Pierre Crozat

Claude Audran III

Theodore Gericault

Claude Gillot

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who said of Watteau that 'only his palette was rosy'? Hint

Theodore Gericault

Pierre Crozat

Eugene Delacroix

Theophile Gautier

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Question 14 of 15

14. What style of art did Watteau's art anticipate (hint: he is considered to have originated this style)? Hint

neoclassicism

baroque

rococo

realism

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Question 15 of 15

15. (Choose the BEST answer) Which artist was NOT influenced by Jean-Antoine Watteau? Hint

Jean-Baptiste Pater

Francois Boucher

Berthe Morisot

Eugene Delacroix

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was Watteau born?

Answer: Valenciennes

Saint-Germain-des-Pr�s was a small colony of Flemish artists in Paris, where many starving artists tried to make a living. Watteau was born in Valenciennes, which was actually Flemish, but was annexed by the French shortly before Watteau was born.

2. Who was Watteau's first art teacher?

Answer: Jacques-Albert Gerin

3. Who introduced Watteau to an Italian style called commedia dell'arte?

Answer: Claude Gillot

4. Who was the interior designer that Watteau worked for?

Answer: Claude Audran III

5. What type of scenes was Watteau most famous for painting?

Answer: Fetes galantes

6. What happened the first time Watteau tried for the Prix de Rome?

Answer: He took second place

7. What happened the second time Watteau entered the Prix de Rome?

Answer: He was invited to join the French Academy

The Academy now realized that Watteau was too good to be sent to Rome, so they offered him a greater prize: membership in the Academy, and the invitation to paint a reception piece.

8. What was Watteau's reception piece for the Academy, often called his masterpiece?

Answer: Pilgrimage to Cythera

Pilgrimage to Cythera is also considered the epitome of a fetes galantes.

9. Which of these was Watteau NOT influenced by?

Answer: Eugene Delacroix

Delacroix was much later

10. Which of these was Watteau MOST influenced by?

Answer: Veronese

11. Which of these paintings portrays a character from the commedia dell'arte?

Answer: Mezzetin

12. Whose home did Watteau move into after he was accepted by the Academy?

Answer: Pierre Crozat

Crozat was an art patron who had a massive collection of drawings by master artists, including over 300 Rembrandt drawings.

13. Who said of Watteau that 'only his palette was rosy'?

Answer: Theophile Gautier

14. What style of art did Watteau's art anticipate (hint: he is considered to have originated this style)?

Answer: rococo

15. (Choose the BEST answer) Which artist was NOT influenced by Jean-Antoine Watteau?

Answer: Berthe Morisot

Boucher, like Watteau, painted in the rococo style, Pater was Watteau's student, and Delacroix was influenced by Watteau's color and style, although he painted in the Romantic style he cited Watteau as an influence. Morisot was an Impressionist, and although she may have been influenced by Watteau, I have not seen any record of that.

Her main influences were her Impressionist contemporaries and, to a lesser extent, Veronese, Rubens, and Titian.

Source: Author SuperRo

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