197 Arts Trivia Questions with Answers
197 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which ancient Greek sculptor created the Discobolus?
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Myron
Which German Renaissance painter is known for his self-portrait at age 28?
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Albrecht Dürer
Which artist created the readymade sculpture 'Fountain'?
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Marcel Duchamp
Which American Pop artist is famous for his Campbell's Soup Cans?
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Andy Warhol
Which French painter is known for his series of water lilies?
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Claude Monet
What is the Japanese art of ink wash painting called?
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Sumi-e
Which French painter created 'The Raft of the Medusa'?
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Théodore Géricault
What is the technique of applying paint thickly to canvas?
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Impasto
Which American painter is known for his 'Flag' paintings?
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Jasper Johns
Which Russian artist founded the Suprematism movement?
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Kazimir Malevich
Which artist is known for his mobiles?
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Alexander Calder
What is the term for a painting of inanimate objects?
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Still life
Which French impressionist painted 'Impression, Sunrise'?
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Claude Monet
Which Renaissance artist painted the 'School of Athens'?
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Raphael
Which Dutch painter is known for his use of light in interior scenes?
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Johannes Vermeer
Which Italian Renaissance artist sculpted the statue of David?
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Michelangelo
What is the art of paper folding called?
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Origami
Which pre-Columbian civilization created the Nazca Lines?
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Nazca culture
Which artist is known for his cut-out paper collages called 'gouaches découpés'?
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Henri Matisse
Which architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York City?
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Frank Lloyd Wright
What printing technique uses a stone or metal plate with a greasy substance?
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Lithography
Which Italian Renaissance artist painted 'The Birth of Venus'?
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Sandro Botticelli
Which French post-impressionist painted 'The Card Players'?
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Paul Cézanne
What art movement did Jackson Pollock pioneer?
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Abstract Expressionism
Which American painter is famous for 'American Gothic'?
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Grant Wood
What is a painting done on wet plaster called?
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Fresco
Who created the woodblock print 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'?
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Katsushika Hokusai
What painting technique uses small dots of pure color?
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Pointillism
Which Paris museum houses the Mona Lisa?
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Louvre
Who sculpted 'The Thinker'?
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Auguste Rodin
What type of paint uses egg yolk as a binder?
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Tempera
Which Dutch artist painted 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'?
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Johannes Vermeer
Young Edgar Degas made over 700 copies of what?
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Older Works Of Art
With which fellow painter did Salvador Dali become friends while in Paris?
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Pablo Picasso
Why did Georgia O'Keeffe say flowers were better than models?
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They Didn't Move
Who was the American Pop Artist, who lived from 1928-1987?
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Andy Warhol
Who painted the Sistine Chapel's ceiling?
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Michelangelo