Masterpieces of Painting

Arts and Music · 10 questions

Famous canvases, their creators and the stories behind them.

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1. Which technique of soft, smoky transitions between tones is Leonardo da Vinci famous for?

   1. Chiaroscuro
   2. Impasto
   3. Pointillism
   4. Sfumato
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   D) Sfumato

2. Which Dutch painter created 'The Starry Night'?

   1. Rembrandt
   2. Johannes Vermeer
   3. Vincent van Gogh
   4. Piet Mondrian
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   C) Vincent van Gogh

3. Which Spanish artist painted 'Guernica'?

   1. Pablo Picasso
   2. Salvador Dalí
   3. Joan Miró
   4. Diego Velázquez
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   A) Pablo Picasso

4. Which movement is Claude Monet associated with?

   1. Cubism
   2. Impressionism
   3. Surrealism
   4. Baroque
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   B) Impressionism

5. Which painting by Edvard Munch shows a figure on a bridge with hands on their face?

   1. The Kiss
   2. The Scream
   3. The Persistence of Memory
   4. American Gothic
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   B) The Scream

6. Which Dutch master painted 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'?

   1. Johannes Vermeer
   2. Rembrandt
   3. Frans Hals
   4. Jan Steen
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   A) Johannes Vermeer

7. Which Surrealist painted melting clocks in 'The Persistence of Memory'?

   1. René Magritte
   2. Max Ernst
   3. Marc Chagall
   4. Salvador Dalí
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   D) Salvador Dalí

8. In which museum does the Mona Lisa hang?

   1. The Prado
   2. The Uffizi
   3. The Louvre
   4. The Rijksmuseum
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   C) The Louvre

9. Vincent van Gogh sold hundreds of paintings during his lifetime.

   1. True
   2. False
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   B) False

10. Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

    1. True
    2. False
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    A) True