What is the name of Picasso's 1907 painting considered a seminal work of proto-Cubism?
Answer
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Who created the Rococo 'Fragonard Room' in the Frick Collection?
Answer
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
What is the subject of Tiepolo's ceiling fresco in the Kaisersaal of the Würzburg Residence?
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The Marriage of Frederick Barbarossa
The Hôtel de Soubise in Paris contains which famous example of a Rococo salon?
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Salon de la Princesse
Which Rococo painter was appointed First Painter to King Louis XV in 1765?
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François Boucher
Who was the influential mistress of Louis XV and a major patron of Rococo art?
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Madame de Pompadour
Which French painter pioneered the 'fête galante' genre in Rococo art?
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Antoine Watteau
What decorative shellwork motif gave the Rococo style its name?
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Rocaille
Which neoclassical building in Vienna houses the Austrian Parliament?
Answer
Austrian Parliament Building
Which neoclassical painter known for 'The Apotheosis of Homer' was a student of David?
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Which neoclassical painter served as director of the French Academy in Rome from 1835 to 1840?
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Which neoclassical building in Madrid was designed by Juan de Villanueva?
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Prado Museum
Which English poet wrote the neoclassical satire "Absalom and Achitophel"?
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John Dryden
Which Danish neoclassical sculptor created the statue of Jason with the Golden Fleece?
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
Which French architect designed the Petit Trianon at Versailles in a neoclassical style?
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Ange-Jacques Gabriel
Which Sergei Prokofiev symphony is deliberately composed in a neoclassical style reminiscent of Haydn?
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Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
Who designed the neoclassical building of the British Museum in London?
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Robert Smirke
Which female neoclassical painter was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts?
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Angelica Kauffman
Which Jacques-Louis David painting depicts Napoleon crowning himself?
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The Coronation of Napoleon
Which German architect designed the Neue Wache in Berlin?
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Which neoclassical sculptor created the 'Equestrian Statue of Peter the Great' in St. Petersburg?
Answer
Étienne Maurice Falconet
Which neoclassical building in London was originally the Royal Academy of Arts?
Answer
Somerset House
Which Jacques-Louis David painting shows the Sabine women stopping a battle?
Answer
The Intervention of the Sabine Women
Which British architect designed the Pulteney Bridge in Bath?
Answer
Robert Adam
Which U.S. President was an amateur neoclassical architect who designed Monticello?
Answer
Thomas Jefferson
Which architect designed the Altes Museum in Berlin?
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Canova's "Venus Italica" was created to replace which stolen ancient statue?
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Venus de' Medici
La Madeleine church in Paris was originally intended as what?
Answer
a temple to the glory of the army
Which architect designed the Bank of England in a neoclassical style?
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Sir John Soane
Which German archaeologist is considered the father of Neoclassicism?
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann
What 1834 event inspired J.M.W. Turner's painting 'The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons'?
Answer
The fire of the Houses of Parliament
Which American Romantic painter is known for large-scale landscapes of the Rocky Mountains?
Answer
Albert Bierstadt
Which German Romantic painter created the series 'The Times of Day'?
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Philipp Otto Runge
Which 1812 painting by Théodore Géricault depicts a cavalry officer on a rearing horse?
Answer
The Charging Chasseur
Which American Romantic painter created the series 'The Course of Empire'?
Answer
Thomas Cole
What is the title of Goya's painting of a giant eating his son?
Answer
Saturn Devouring His Son