80 Sculpture Through History Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which colossal statue in Kyiv, completed in 1981, is a female warrior holding a sword and shield?
Answer
Motherland Monument
Which monumental steel sculpture by Antony Gormley stands near Gateshead in northeast England?
Answer
Angel of the North
Which Art Deco statue of Jesus overlooks Rio de Janeiro from the summit of Mount Corcovado?
Answer
Christ the Redeemer
Which monumental statue in New York Harbor was a gift from France and dedicated in 1886?
Answer
Statue of Liberty
Which neoclassical sculpture by Antonio Canova depicts Cupid reviving Psyche with a kiss?
Answer
Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss
Which ancient Egyptian monument is the colossal limestone statue with a lion’s body and a human head at Giza?
Answer
Great Sphinx of Giza
Which ancient Greek sculpture in the Louvre depicts Nike, the winged goddess of victory, standing on a ship’s prow?
Answer
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Which ancient Roman sculpture is the bronze equestrian statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius now displayed indoors in Rome?
Answer
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Which monumental sculpture by Henry Moore was installed beside the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in 1958?
Answer
UNESCO Reclining Figure
Which Egyptian sculpture in the Louvre depicts a seated official writing on a papyrus?
Answer
The Seated Scribe
Which 1967 public sculpture by Pablo Picasso stands outside Chicago’s Daley Plaza?
Answer
Chicago Picasso
Which ancient Greek sculpture in Delphi depicts a charioteer in a long, pleated robe?
Answer
Charioteer of Delphi
Which bronze sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini shows Perseus holding Medusa’s severed head?
Answer
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
What are the monumental stone heads created by the Olmec civilization in ancient Mesoamerica called?
Answer
Olmec colossal heads
Which ancient Roman marble statue shows Emperor Augustus in military dress addressing his troops?
Answer
Augustus of Prima Porta
Which ancient Roman equestrian statue portrays Emperor Marcus Aurelius on horseback and survives in Rome’s Capitoline Museums?
Answer
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Which 19th-century sculpture by Edgar Degas depicts a young ballet student in a real fabric tutu?
Answer
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
What is the name of the monumental seated Buddha carved into a cliff at Leshan in China?
Answer
Leshan Giant Buddha
Which sculptor designed the colossal heads of four U.S. presidents on Mount Rushmore?
Answer
Gutzon Borglum
Which monumental sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen is a giant typewriter eraser installed in Washington, D.C.?
Answer
Typewriter Eraser, Scale X
Which sculptor created The Veiled Christ, the marble statue completed in Naples in 1753?
Answer
Giuseppe Sanmartino