- 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) Salvador Dalí
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Leonardo da Vinci
- 2. Which artist is known for creating the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
A) Michelangelo
B) Claude Monet
C) Rembrandt
D) Jackson Pollock
- 3. Who is the famous Dutch painter who cut off a part of his own ear?
A) Raphael
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Henri Matisse
- 4. Which Spanish surrealist artist is known for his melting clocks painting?
A) Henri Rousseau
B) Piet Mondrian
C) Salvador Dalí
D) Joan Miró
- 5. Which artist's real name is Michelangelo Merisi?
A) Edgar Degas
B) Caravaggio
C) Henri Matisse
D) Gustav Klimt
- 6. Which artist is known for his portrait of King Philip IV of Spain?
A) Édouard Manet
B) Jacques-Louis David
C) Henri Rousseau
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) Marc Chagall
B) Claude Monet
C) Salvador Dalí
D) Piet Mondrian
- 9. Who painted The Garden of Earthly Delights?
A) Hieronymus Bosch
B) Francisco Goya
C) Kazimir Malevich
D) Henri Rousseau
- 10. Which artist is associated with the art movement called Impressionism?
A) Francisco Goya
B) Henri Matisse
C) Claude Monet
D) Edgar Degas
- 11. Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?
A) Paul Gauguin
B) Johannes Vermeer
C) Gustav Klimt
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) Sesshū Tōyō
B) Hiroshige
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) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
B) Antoine Coysevox
C) Donatello
D) Michelangelo
- 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) Hieronymus Bosch
C) Piet Mondrian
D) Georges Seurat
- 16. Which artist is known for his depictions of everyday life in Impressionist style, including Luncheon of the Boating Party?
A) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
B) Paul Gauguin
C) Édouard Manet
D) Camille Pissarro
- 17. Who created the famous statue Venus de Milo, depicting the Greek goddess of love and beauty?
A) Alexandros of Antioch
B) Praxiteles
C) Phidias
D) Polykleitos
- 18. Who created the artwork Guernica, depicting the horrors of war?
A) Edvard Munch
B) René Magritte
C) Henri Rousseau
D) Pablo Picasso
- 19. Who is the Russian artist famous for his abstract painting Black Square on a White Field?
A) Paul Klee
B) Georges Seurat
C) Kazimir Malevich
D) René Magritte
- 20. Who is known for his sculpture The Thinker?
A) Antonio Canova
B) Auguste Rodin
C) Donatello
D) Michelangelo
- 21. Which artist is famous for his colored paper cut-outs?
A) Édouard Manet
B) Paul Cézanne
C) Henri Matisse
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 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) Kazimir Malevich
B) Marcel Duchamp
C) Francisco Goya
D) Caravaggio
- 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) Caravaggio
B) Hans Holbein the Younger
C) Rembrandt
D) Pablo Picasso
- 26. Who painted The Night Watch, a famous group portrait of civic guards?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Claude Monet
C) Rembrandt
D) Pablo Picasso
- 27. Which artist is known for his depiction of ballet dancers and racehorses?
A) Joan Miró
B) Diego Rivera
C) Edgar Degas
D) Jackson Pollock
- 28. Who painted The Scream, depicting a figure with a distorted face?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Henri Matisse
C) Edvard Munch
D) Georgia O'Keeffe
- 29. Who is famous for the painting The Arnolfini Portrait, a masterpiece of Northern Renaissance art?
A) Rembrandt
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Jan van Eyck
- 30. Which artist is known for painting The Third of May 1808, a powerful depiction of Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies?
A) Georges Seurat
B) Thomas Gainsborough
C) William Hogarth
D) Francisco Goya
- 31. Which artist is known for his emotive, large-scale paintings such as Blue Poles and Lavender Mist?
A) Willem de Kooning
B) Cy Twombly
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Mark Rothko
- 32. Who created the painting The Gleaners, depicting three peasant women gathering grain from a field?
A) Jean-François Millet
B) Édouard Manet
C) Camille Pissarro
D) Gustave Courbet
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