- 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) Salvador Dalí
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 2. Which artist is known for creating the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
A) Michelangelo
B) Rembrandt
C) Claude Monet
D) Jackson Pollock
- 3. Who is the famous Dutch painter who cut off a part of his own ear?
A) Raphael
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Henri Matisse
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 4. Which Spanish surrealist artist is known for his melting clocks painting?
A) Piet Mondrian
B) Joan Miró
C) Henri Rousseau
D) Salvador Dalí
- 5. Which artist's real name is Michelangelo Merisi?
A) Gustav Klimt
B) Henri Matisse
C) Caravaggio
D) Edgar Degas
- 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) Henri Matisse
B) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
C) Édouard Manet
D) Sandro Botticelli
- 8. Which artist is known for his geometric abstraction style?
A) Piet Mondrian
B) Salvador Dalí
C) Marc Chagall
D) Claude Monet
- 9. Who painted The Garden of Earthly Delights?
A) Hieronymus Bosch
B) Francisco Goya
C) Henri Rousseau
D) Kazimir Malevich
- 10. Which artist is associated with the art movement called Impressionism?
A) Claude Monet
B) Edgar Degas
C) Francisco Goya
D) Henri Matisse
- 11. Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?
A) Édouard Manet
B) Paul Gauguin
C) Johannes Vermeer
D) Gustav Klimt
- 12. Which artist is known for painting The Kiss?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Claude Monet
C) Gustav Klimt
D) Henri Matisse
- 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) 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) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
B) Camille Pissarro
C) Paul Gauguin
D) Édouard Manet
- 17. Who created the famous statue Venus de Milo, depicting the Greek goddess of love and beauty?
A) Praxiteles
B) Polykleitos
C) Alexandros of Antioch
D) Phidias
- 18. Who created the artwork Guernica, depicting the horrors of war?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Edvard Munch
C) René Magritte
D) Henri Rousseau
- 19. Who is the Russian artist famous for his abstract painting Black Square on a White Field?
A) Georges Seurat
B) Kazimir Malevich
C) Paul Klee
D) René Magritte
- 20. Who is known for his sculpture The Thinker?
A) Auguste Rodin
B) Antonio Canova
C) Michelangelo
D) Donatello
- 21. Which artist is famous for his colored paper cut-outs?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Paul Cézanne
C) Henri Matisse
D) Édouard Manet
- 22. Who is known for his large-scale, colorful murals depicting Mexican culture?
A) Henri Rousseau
B) Paul Cézanne
C) Jean-Michel Basquiat
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) Eugène Delacroix
B) Auguste Rodin
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Sandro Botticelli
- 25. Which artist is famous for portraits of Henry VIII and The Ambassadors?
A) Rembrandt
B) Hans Holbein the Younger
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Caravaggio
- 26. Who painted The Night Watch, a famous group portrait of civic guards?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Rembrandt
D) Claude Monet
- 27. Which artist is known for his depiction of ballet dancers and racehorses?
A) Jackson Pollock
B) Edgar Degas
C) Diego Rivera
D) Joan Miró
- 28. Who painted The Scream, depicting a figure with a distorted face?
A) Henri Matisse
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Georgia O'Keeffe
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) Pablo Picasso
D) Rembrandt
- 30. 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) Francisco Goya
C) Georges Seurat
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) Jackson Pollock
C) Mark Rothko
D) Willem de Kooning
- 32. Who created the painting The Gleaners, depicting three peasant women gathering grain from a field?
A) Gustave Courbet
B) Camille Pissarro
C) Édouard Manet
D) Jean-François Millet
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