- 1. Famous European artists have had a profound impact on the world of art throughout history. From the iconic works of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael during the Italian Renaissance to the avant-garde creations of Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí in the 20th century, European artists have continuously pushed the boundaries of artistic expression. Their contributions have shaped art movements, inspired future generations of artists, and left a lasting legacy that continues to influence the art world today.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Salvador Dalí
- 2. Which artist is known for creating the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
A) Claude Monet
B) Michelangelo
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Rembrandt
- 3. Who is the famous Dutch painter who cut off a part of his own ear?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Raphael
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Henri Matisse
- 4. Which Spanish surrealist artist is known for his melting clocks painting?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Henri Rousseau
C) Joan Miró
D) Piet Mondrian
- 5. Which artist's real name is Michelangelo Merisi?
A) Gustav Klimt
B) Caravaggio
C) Edgar Degas
D) Henri Matisse
- 6. Which artist is known for his portrait of King Philip IV of Spain?
A) Henri Rousseau
B) Édouard Manet
C) Jacques-Louis David
D) Diego Velázquez
- 7. Who created the famous painting The Birth of Venus?
A) Sandro Botticelli
B) Édouard Manet
C) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
D) Henri Matisse
- 8. Which artist is known for his geometric abstraction style?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Claude Monet
C) Marc Chagall
D) Piet Mondrian
- 9. Who painted The Garden of Earthly Delights?
A) Hieronymus Bosch
B) Kazimir Malevich
C) Francisco Goya
D) Henri Rousseau
- 10. Which artist is associated with the art movement called Impressionism?
A) Claude Monet
B) Henri Matisse
C) Edgar Degas
D) Francisco Goya
- 11. Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?
A) Gustav Klimt
B) Édouard Manet
C) Paul Gauguin
D) Johannes Vermeer
- 12. Which artist is known for painting The Kiss?
A) Henri Matisse
B) Claude Monet
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Gustav Klimt
- 13. Who painted The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a famous woodblock print from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji?
A) Hiroshige
B) Sesshū Tōyō
C) Katsushika Hokusai
D) Utamaro
- 14. Who is considered one of the most famous sculptors of the Baroque period and created sculptures like Apollo and Daphne?
A) Michelangelo
B) Antoine Coysevox
C) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
D) Donatello
- 15. Which artist is known for his use of pointillism in works like A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte?
A) Hans Holbein the Younger
B) Georges Seurat
C) Piet Mondrian
D) Hieronymus Bosch
- 16. Which artist is known for his depictions of everyday life in Impressionist style, including Luncheon of the Boating Party?
A) Paul Gauguin
B) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
C) Édouard Manet
D) Camille Pissarro
- 17. Who created the famous statue Venus de Milo, depicting the Greek goddess of love and beauty?
A) Polykleitos
B) Phidias
C) Alexandros of Antioch
D) Praxiteles
- 18. Who created the artwork Guernica, depicting the horrors of war?
A) Edvard Munch
B) René Magritte
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Henri Rousseau
- 19. Who is the Russian artist famous for his abstract painting Black Square on a White Field?
A) René Magritte
B) Kazimir Malevich
C) Paul Klee
D) Georges Seurat
- 20. Who is known for his sculpture The Thinker?
A) Donatello
B) Auguste Rodin
C) Michelangelo
D) Antonio Canova
- 21. Which artist is famous for his colored paper cut-outs?
A) Henri Matisse
B) Édouard Manet
C) Paul Cézanne
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 22. Who is known for his large-scale, colorful murals depicting Mexican culture?
A) Jean-Michel Basquiat
B) Henri Rousseau
C) Paul Cézanne
D) Diego Rivera
- 23. Which artist is associated with the term 'readymade' in art?
A) Francisco Goya
B) Caravaggio
C) Marcel Duchamp
D) Kazimir Malevich
- 24. Who painted Liberty Leading the People, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830?
A) Sandro Botticelli
B) Eugène Delacroix
C) Auguste Rodin
D) Leonardo da Vinci
- 25. Which artist is famous for portraits of Henry VIII and The Ambassadors?
A) Hans Holbein the Younger
B) Caravaggio
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Rembrandt
- 26. Who painted The Night Watch, a famous group portrait of civic guards?
A) Claude Monet
B) Rembrandt
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Pablo Picasso
- 27. Which artist is known for his depiction of ballet dancers and racehorses?
A) Jackson Pollock
B) Joan Miró
C) Edgar Degas
D) Diego Rivera
- 28. Who painted The Scream, depicting a figure with a distorted face?
A) Edvard Munch
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Georgia O'Keeffe
D) Henri Matisse
- 29. Who is famous for the painting The Arnolfini Portrait, a masterpiece of Northern Renaissance art?
A) Jan van Eyck
B) Rembrandt
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Pablo Picasso
- 30. Which artist is known for painting The Third of May 1808, a powerful depiction of Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies?
A) Francisco Goya
B) William Hogarth
C) Georges Seurat
D) Thomas Gainsborough
- 31. Which artist is known for his emotive, large-scale paintings such as Blue Poles and Lavender Mist?
A) Cy Twombly
B) Willem de Kooning
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Mark Rothko
- 32. Who created the painting The Gleaners, depicting three peasant women gathering grain from a field?
A) Édouard Manet
B) Gustave Courbet
C) Camille Pissarro
D) Jean-François Millet
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