Beata Beatrix, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
  • 1. Who painted 'Beata Beatrix'?
A) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
B) Edward Burne-Jones
C) William Holman Hunt
D) John Everett Millais
  • 2. What artistic movement is Rossetti associated with?
A) Romanticism
B) Baroque
C) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
D) Impressionism
  • 3. What literary figure inspired 'Beata Beatrix'?
A) Dante Alighieri
B) Geoffrey Chaucer
C) William Shakespeare
D) John Milton
  • 4. Which of Dante's works features Beatrice?
A) The Canterbury Tales
B) Inferno
C) Paradise Lost
D) The Divine Comedy
  • 5. What is Beatrice portrayed as in the painting?
A) A mythological goddess
B) A peasant woman
C) A spiritual figure in ecstasy
D) A warrior queen
  • 6. What year was 'Beata Beatrix' completed?
A) 1850
B) 1880
C) 1860
D) 1870
  • 7. What does the poppy flower symbolize?
A) Death and eternal sleep
B) Wealth and prosperity
C) Love and passion
D) Wisdom and knowledge
  • 8. What city appears in the background?
A) London
B) Venice
C) Florence
D) Rome
  • 9. What two figures appear in the background?
A) Rossetti and his wife
B) Dante and Love
C) Kings and queens
D) Angels
  • 10. Where is the original painting housed?
A) Uffizi Gallery, Florence
B) Louvre, Paris
C) Tate Britain, London
D) Metropolitan Museum, New York
  • 11. How did Elizabeth Siddal die?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Old age
C) Childbirth complications
D) Laudanum overdose
  • 12. Beata Beatrix primarily depicts which historical figure?
A) Beatrice Portinari
B) Eleanor of Aquitaine
C) Simonetta Vespucci
D) Laura de Noves
  • 13. What time of day is depicted in the painting?
A) Sunset
B) Midday
C) Sunrise
D) Midnight
  • 14. How does Rossetti connect the painting to his personal life?
A) It memorializes his deceased wife
B) It portrays his parents
C) It shows his artistic studio
D) It depicts his childhood home
  • 15. How does the painting treat the subject of death?
A) As a beautiful transformation
B) As something to be feared
C) As a punishment
D) As a natural end
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