Questions on Art

Master Chain Question 11: Birmingham Art Gallery contains many works by Pre-Raphaelite artists.  Who painted the picture “The Blind Girl” which can be seen there?  

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Ten more questions on art arranged roughly in chronological order.

 

1. Which Florentine painter of the late 13th and early 14th centuries, a pupil of Cimabue, is sometimes called “The Father of Modern Painting”?

2. Which 14th/15th century German painter is famous for “The Isenheim Altarpiece”?

3.For which Pope did Michelangelo decorate the ceiling of the Cistine Chapel?

4. Which 16th century Flemish painter was nicknamed “Peasant”?

5. Which Dutch painter was married to Saskia van Ulenburgh?

6. What was the name of the art style of the 18th century whose most famous exponents included Watteau and Fragonard?

7. Which English group was formed in 1848 by artists including Gabriel Rossetti, Holman Hunt and Millais?

8. Whose painting “Impression, Sunrise” gave the Impressionist painters their name?

9. Which French painter is regarded as the founder of Cubism alongside Pablo Picasso?

10. Which American pop-artist whose famous works include “Whaam!” was particularly inspired by comic strips?

 

Answers

1. Giotto

2. Matthias Grunewald

3. Pope Julius II

4. Pieter Brueghel the Elder

5. Rembrandt van Rijn

6. Rococo

7. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

8. Claude Monet

9. Georges Braque

10. Roy Lichtenstein