- 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) Vincent van Gogh
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Salvador Dalí
D) Pablo Picasso
- 2. Which artist is known for creating the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
A) Jackson Pollock
B) Claude Monet
C) Michelangelo
D) Rembrandt
- 3. Who is the famous Dutch painter who cut off a part of his own ear?
A) Henri Matisse
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Raphael
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 4. Which Spanish surrealist artist is known for his melting clocks painting?
A) Henri Rousseau
B) Salvador Dalí
C) Joan Miró
D) Piet Mondrian
- 5. Which artist's real name is Michelangelo Merisi?
A) Gustav Klimt
B) Henri Matisse
C) Edgar Degas
D) Caravaggio
- 6. Which artist is known for his portrait of King Philip IV of Spain?
A) Henri Rousseau
B) Diego Velázquez
C) Édouard Manet
D) Jacques-Louis David
- 7. Who created the famous painting The Birth of Venus?
A) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
B) Sandro Botticelli
C) Henri Matisse
D) Édouard Manet
- 8. Which artist is known for his geometric abstraction style?
A) Piet Mondrian
B) Marc Chagall
C) Claude Monet
D) Salvador Dalí
- 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) Henri Matisse
B) Francisco Goya
C) Edgar Degas
D) Claude Monet
- 11. Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?
A) Johannes Vermeer
B) Gustav Klimt
C) Paul Gauguin
D) Édouard Manet
- 12. Which artist is known for painting The Kiss?
A) Henri Matisse
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Claude Monet
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) Katsushika Hokusai
C) Sesshū Tōyō
D) Utamaro
- 14. Who is considered one of the most famous sculptors of the Baroque period and created sculptures like Apollo and Daphne?
A) Donatello
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
C) Michelangelo
D) Antoine Coysevox
- 15. Which artist is known for his use of pointillism in works like A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte?
A) Piet Mondrian
B) Georges Seurat
C) Hieronymus Bosch
D) Hans Holbein the Younger
- 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) Phidias
B) Alexandros of Antioch
C) Praxiteles
D) Polykleitos
- 18. Who created the artwork Guernica, depicting the horrors of war?
A) Henri Rousseau
B) Edvard Munch
C) René Magritte
D) Pablo Picasso
- 19. Who is the Russian artist famous for his abstract painting Black Square on a White Field?
A) René Magritte
B) Georges Seurat
C) Kazimir Malevich
D) Paul Klee
- 20. Who is known for his sculpture The Thinker?
A) Antonio Canova
B) Auguste Rodin
C) Michelangelo
D) Donatello
- 21. Which artist is famous for his colored paper cut-outs?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Henri Matisse
C) Paul Cézanne
D) Édouard Manet
- 22. Who is known for his large-scale, colorful murals depicting Mexican culture?
A) Paul Cézanne
B) Jean-Michel Basquiat
C) Henri Rousseau
D) Diego Rivera
- 23. Which artist is associated with the term 'readymade' in art?
A) Marcel Duchamp
B) Caravaggio
C) Francisco Goya
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) Pablo Picasso
B) Hans Holbein the Younger
C) Caravaggio
D) Rembrandt
- 26. Who painted The Night Watch, a famous group portrait of civic guards?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Claude Monet
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Rembrandt
- 27. Which artist is known for his depiction of ballet dancers and racehorses?
A) Jackson Pollock
B) Diego Rivera
C) Edgar Degas
D) Joan Miró
- 28. Who painted The Scream, depicting a figure with a distorted face?
A) Georgia O'Keeffe
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Henri Matisse
D) Edvard Munch
- 29. Who is famous for the painting The Arnolfini Portrait, a masterpiece of Northern Renaissance art?
A) Jan van Eyck
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Rembrandt
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) Georges Seurat
C) Thomas Gainsborough
D) William Hogarth
- 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) Camille Pissarro
C) Jean-François Millet
D) Gustave Courbet
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