In Friedrich's 'Wanderer above the Sea of Fog', what is the figure standing on?
Answer
a rocky precipice
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What shipwreck inspired Géricault's 'The Raft of the Medusa'?
Answer
the Méduse
Which French Romantic artist painted 'The Death of Sardanapalus'?
Answer
Eugène Delacroix
Which British Romantic painter was also a poet and illustrated his own books?
Answer
William Blake
What is the name of the surrealist object created by Dalí in 1936 featuring a telephone?
Answer
Lobster Telephone
For which 1945 Alfred Hitchcock film did Dalí design the dream sequence?
Answer
Spellbound
What is the title of Salvador Dalí's 1951 mystical manifesto?
Answer
Mystical Manifesto
What is the title of Dalí's 1936 painting depicting the Spanish Civil War?
Answer
Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)
What is the title of Dalí's 1937 double-image painting of swans?
Answer
Swans Reflecting Elephants
Which fashion designer collaborated with Dalí to create a shoe hat?
Answer
Elsa Schiaparelli
What is the title of Dalí's 1954 painting of a hypercube crucifixion?
Answer
Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)
What is the name of the optical illusion technique Dalí developed?
Answer
Paranoiac-critical method
What was the name of Salvador Dalí's pet ocelot?
Answer
Babou
What is the title of Dalí's painting depicting a crucified Christ viewed from above?
Answer
Christ of Saint John of the Cross
Who expelled Dalí from the Surrealist movement?
Answer
André Breton
What novel did Salvador Dalí write?
Answer
Hidden Faces
Which iconic candy logo was designed by Dalí?
Answer
Chupa Chups
Which Impressionist painter painted 'La Japonaise'?
Answer
Claude Monet
What was the name of the café where Impressionists regularly met in Paris?
Answer
Café Guerbois
Which Impressionist painter was born in the Caribbean island of St. Thomas?
Answer
Camille Pissarro
Which painting by Gustave Caillebotte features a man and woman under umbrellas on a rainy Paris street?
Answer
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Which Impressionist painted 'The Dance Class'?
Answer
Edgar Degas
What critic coined the term 'Impressionism' after seeing Monet's painting?
Answer
Louis Leroy
Who painted 'The Floor Scrapers' (Les Raboteurs de parquet)?
Answer
Gustave Caillebotte
Who was the first African American to win a Tony Award?
Answer
Juanita Hall
Who was the first woman to win a Tony for Best Direction of a Musical?
Answer
Julie Taymor
Which doctor treated Van Gogh after he severed his ear in Arles?
Answer
Félix Rey
Which French critic wrote the first positive review of Van Gogh's work in 1890?
Answer
Albert Aurier
Which artist was Van Gogh's cousin and first painting instructor?
Answer
Anton Mauve
Who donated the core collection of the Van Gogh Museum?
Answer
Vincent Willem van Gogh
Which Van Gogh painting depicts a night sky over the Rhône river?
Answer
Starry Night Over the Rhône
Which Japanese art form greatly influenced Van Gogh?
Answer
Ukiyo-e
Which London museum holds Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'?
Answer
National Gallery
Who was the physician who treated Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise?
Answer
Paul Gachet