Art History Quiz

Art History Quiz

 This quiz created by Brandon Garrison (c) 2008.

 

1. The Venus of Willendorf is special because:
A. It's the largest prehistoric sculpture found.
B. It helped us decipher ancient languages.
C. It was the first metal fertility idol found.
D. It's the oldest sculpture ever found.

 

 

2. Strangely enough, this Prehistoric Art wasn't discoverd until:
A. World War I soldiers found them.
B. Two young boys found them in the 1940's.
C. Condominiums were almost built there in 1970's
D. A 1956 flood opened the entrance to the cave.

 

3. Most of Jackson Pollock's artwork is considered to be:
 

A. Naturalistic. B. Realistic.
C. Abstract. D. Non-Objective.

 

 4. Red and Black-Figure vases were a characteristic of what civilization?
  
 
A. Greek B. Roman
C. African D. Polynesian

 
5. Which of these is NOT considered a technique of Impressionism?
A. Loose brushstrokes
B. Everyday subject matter
C. Dramatic Scenes
D. Soft, Pastel Colors

 

6. Where was Vincent van Gogh born at?
A. Groot-Zundert, a village close to Breda in the Province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.
B. Paris
C. Province of Drenthe in the north of the Netherlands
D. Borinage, to the village of Cuesmes

 

7. What is Vincent van Gogh's highest selling painting?
A. Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
B. The Red Vineyard
C. The Starry Night
D. Portrait of Dr. Gachet

8. Vincent van Gogh's brother was an manager in what store?
A. Rue des
B. Goupil's gallery, in Paris
C. Goupil & Cie
D. University of Leiden

 

9. What did Leonardo Da Vinci create?
A. Campbell's Soup Can
B. The Starry Night
C. Mona Lisa
D. Le Bal au Moulin de la Galette

 

10. What was Leonardo Da Vinci well known for?
A. Scientist
B. Mathematician
C. Inventor
D. Painter
E. All of Above

 
11. Where Was Leonardo da Vinci born at?
A. Milan
B. Vinci in the region of Florence
C. France
D. Province of Drenthe in the north of the Netherlands

 

12. Where was michelangelo's birth place?
A. Rome
B. Arezzo, in Caprese, Tuscany
C. St. Peter's Basilic
D. Florence

 
 

13. What is Michelangelo's last name?
A. Buonarroti
B. Baonarroti
C. Buronarroti
D. Buonerroti

 

  

 

14. . Michelangelo went on to study sculpture?
A. Rome
B. Medici 
C. Bologna

D. Medici gardens


 
15. Where was Pablo Picasso born at?
A. Barcelona, France
B. Malaga, Spain
C. Poland
D. Mougins, France

  

16. Which art of Pablo Picasso's painting was created in 1921?
A. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 
B. Three Musicians
C. Nude Woman with a Necklace
D. Guernica

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17. What did Henry Matisse study to become?
A. Clerk
B. Writer
C. Painter
D. Scientist

18. What did the hospital make Henri do?
A. Become a writer
B. Stay at the hospital 
C. Become a French Symbolist painter
D. Take up painting as a way to occupy his convalescing time
 

19. When and where was Andy Warhol born?
A. September 28, 1930, in Forest City, Pennsylvania
B. September 30, 1930,  in Philadelphia
C. September 2, 1930, in New York city
D. September 28, 1931, in Oak Land

 

 20. What did Andy Warhol first start off with?
A. Magazines
B. Painting
C. Only sculptured
D. Design painting