- 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) Pablo Picasso
B) Salvador Dalí
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 2. Which artist is known for creating the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
A) Jackson Pollock
B) Rembrandt
C) Claude Monet
D) Michelangelo
- 3. Who is the famous Dutch painter who cut off a part of his own ear?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Raphael
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Henri Matisse
- 4. Which Spanish surrealist artist is known for his melting clocks painting?
A) Joan Miró
B) Piet Mondrian
C) Salvador Dalí
D) Henri Rousseau
- 5. Which artist's real name is Michelangelo Merisi?
A) Caravaggio
B) Edgar Degas
C) Gustav Klimt
D) Henri Matisse
- 6. Which artist is known for his portrait of King Philip IV of Spain?
A) Henri Rousseau
B) Jacques-Louis David
C) Édouard Manet
D) Diego Velázquez
- 7. Who created the famous painting The Birth of Venus?
A) Henri Matisse
B) Édouard Manet
C) Sandro Botticelli
D) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- 8. Which artist is known for his geometric abstraction style?
A) Claude Monet
B) Marc Chagall
C) Piet Mondrian
D) Salvador Dalí
- 9. Who painted The Garden of Earthly Delights?
A) Kazimir Malevich
B) Hieronymus Bosch
C) Henri Rousseau
D) Francisco Goya
- 10. Which artist is associated with the art movement called Impressionism?
A) Edgar Degas
B) Claude Monet
C) Francisco Goya
D) Henri Matisse
- 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) Claude Monet
B) Henri Matisse
C) Gustav Klimt
D) Pablo Picasso
- 13. Who created the artwork Guernica, depicting the horrors of war?
A) Edvard Munch
B) René Magritte
C) Henri Rousseau
D) Pablo Picasso
- 14. Which artist is famous for his colored paper cut-outs?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Paul Cézanne
C) Henri Matisse
D) Édouard Manet
- 15. Who is known for his sculpture The Thinker?
A) Auguste Rodin
B) Donatello
C) Michelangelo
D) Antonio Canova
- 16. Who is the Russian artist famous for his abstract painting Black Square on a White Field?
A) Georges Seurat
B) Kazimir Malevich
C) René Magritte
D) Paul Klee
- 17. Which artist is known for his depiction of ballet dancers and racehorses?
A) Diego Rivera
B) Joan Miró
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Edgar Degas
- 18. Who is famous for the painting The Arnolfini Portrait, a masterpiece of Northern Renaissance art?
A) Rembrandt
B) Jan van Eyck
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 19. 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
- 20. Which artist is associated with the term 'readymade' in art?
A) Francisco Goya
B) Caravaggio
C) Marcel Duchamp
D) Kazimir Malevich
- 21. 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
- 22. Which artist is famous for portraits of Henry VIII and The Ambassadors?
A) Rembrandt
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Caravaggio
D) Hans Holbein the Younger
- 23. Who painted Liberty Leading the People, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Sandro Botticelli
C) Auguste Rodin
D) Eugène Delacroix
- 24. 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) Piet Mondrian
C) Hieronymus Bosch
D) Georges Seurat
- 25. Who painted The Night Watch, a famous group portrait of civic guards?
A) Rembrandt
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Claude Monet
- 26. 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) Donatello
D) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- 27. Who created the famous statue Venus de Milo, depicting the Greek goddess of love and beauty?
A) Phidias
B) Polykleitos
C) Alexandros of Antioch
D) Praxiteles
- 28. Which artist is known for his depictions of everyday life in Impressionist style, including Luncheon of the Boating Party?
A) Édouard Manet
B) Paul Gauguin
C) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
D) Camille Pissarro
- 29. Which artist is known for painting The Third of May 1808, a powerful depiction of Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies?
A) Thomas Gainsborough
B) William Hogarth
C) Georges Seurat
D) Francisco Goya
- 30. Who painted The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a famous woodblock print from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji?
A) Katsushika Hokusai
B) Hiroshige
C) Utamaro
D) Sesshū Tōyō
- 31. Which artist is known for his emotive, large-scale paintings such as Blue Poles and Lavender Mist?
A) Mark Rothko
B) Cy Twombly
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Willem de Kooning
- 32. Who created the painting The Gleaners, depicting three peasant women gathering grain from a field?
A) Gustave Courbet
B) Édouard Manet
C) Camille Pissarro
D) Jean-François Millet
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