Art History Trivia Questions
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Who painted 'Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer'?
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rembrandt
Which artist painted 'Nude Combing Her Hair' in 1906, during his Rose Period?
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pablo picasso
Which art movement was founded by artists Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro?
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impressionism
Which Dutch artist created the 1660s painting 'The Jewish Bride' that is housed in the Rijksmuseum?
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rembrandt
Which Mexican artist had his mural at Rockefeller Center replaced by one created by Jose Maria Sert?
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diego rivera
Which art form, whose name is French for 'gluing,' was used by Surrealists to create odd juxtapositions?
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collage
David Siqueiros was a leader of the mural renaissance in which country, alongside Rivera and Orozco?
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mexico
Who is the sculptor of 'The Thinker' and 'The Kiss', for whom museums in Paris and Philadelphia are named?
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auguste rodin
Which Spanish artist was expelled by the Surrealist movement in the late 1930s after he began painting in a more academic style?
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salvador dalí
Which Florentine artist created his earliest surviving sculpture, a relief, at around the age of 16?
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michelangelo
Which artist's tomb was the original intended location for a pieta now housed in the cathedral of Florence?
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michelangelo
Which artist is known for painting over 200 versions of water lilies?
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claude monet
Which leading regionalist artist, known for creating 'American Gothic,' hailed from Iowa?
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grant wood
In which chapel were some of Perugino's murals destroyed by Michelangelo's work 'The Last Judgment'?
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sistine chapel
What is the term for the unfinished statue by Michelangelo depicting Christ and the Virgin Mary that he left at his death?
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pietà
What type of painting on plaster was a specialty of 15th-century artist Piero della Francesca?
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fresco
Which artist painted 'Pancho Villa, Dead and Alive' out of Motherwell, Fatherwell, or Sisterwell?
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robert motherwell
Who painted the Tahitian work titled 'Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?'
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paul gauguin
Which muralist returned to Mexico in 1921 after 10 years of self-imposed exile?
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diego rivera
What artistic style did Germans call Jugendstil, inspired by the art magazine Jugend, which means 'youth'?
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art nouveau
Which Mexican artist's murals can be found at the Detroit Institute of Arts, which was founded in 1885?
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diego rivera
Which artist's sculpture of Balzac was refused by the society that commissioned it because they didn't think it looked like Balzac?
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auguste rodin
Which wildly eccentric Spanish artist, born in 1904, was greatly influenced by metaphysical art?
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salvador dalí
To which native country did both W. Kandinsky and Marc Chagall return when World War I began?
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russia
Which artist's 'Blue Boy' painting was found to have a hidden small dog using an X-ray?
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thomas gainsborough
Which artist was known for their perceptive analysis of movement?
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edgar degas
In what art movement were Monet and Caillebotte exhibits featured in 1995?
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impressionism
Which museum did Vincenzo Peruggia steal the Mona Lisa from in 1911?
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louvre
What artistic rebirth did 16th century Polish poet Jan Kochanowski help bring to Poland after studying in Italy?
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renaissance
Which famous painting did Vincenzo Peruggia steal from the Louvre in 1911 and keep for 2 years?
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mona lisa
Who is the artist famed for his portraits of George Washington and whose most famous work was never completed?
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gilbert stuart
Which late artist is described in Ultra Violet's memoir 'Famous for 15 Minutes'?
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andy warhol
What type of artwork did Picasso create for the first time with his piece 'Still Life with Chair Caning,' incorporating elements like paper and cloth?
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collage
In what medium did Jon Gnagy become one of the first to teach large numbers of people how to draw?
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television
Which Dutch artist is believed by some experts to have about half of the 711 works attributed to them actually done by others?
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rembrandt
Who is the artist of the 1770 painting 'The Blue Boy' that is displayed at the Huntington Art Gallery in San Marino, California?
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thomas gainsborough
Which powerful work, painted as a protest in 1937, is considered one of Picasso's masterpieces?
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guernica
Which artist's unfinished 'Rondanini Pieta' can be seen at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan?
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michelangelo
Which artist created the 1892 painting "Manao Tupapau" that features a young Tahitian girl and a frightening spirit?
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paul gauguin
Which artist's work was misnamed 'The Night Watch' due to grime darkening its daytime setting?
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rembrandt
Who is the artist known for 'The Blue Boy' whose wife Margaret was believed to be an illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Beaufort?
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thomas gainsborough
Which artist created several pietas in his final years, including a famous one for the Vatican?
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michelangelo
In Botticelli's 'Primavera', which blindfolded cherub is ready to shoot an arrow at the three graces?
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cupid
Which great artist, known for painting the Sistine Chapel, was taught by Bertoldo di Giovanni after his studies under Donatello?
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michelangelo
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