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The Gulf Stream, by Winslow Homer
Contributed by: Forster
  • 1. What medium did Winslow Homer primarily use for 'The Gulf Stream'?
A) Oil painting
B) Watercolor
C) Sculpture
D) Charcoal drawing
  • 2. In what year was 'The Gulf Stream' completed?
A) 1885
B) 1872
C) 1905
D) 1899
  • 3. Where is 'The Gulf Stream' currently housed?
A) Louvre Museum
B) Metropolitan Museum of Art
C) National Gallery
D) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • 4. What body of water does the Gulf Stream refer to in the painting?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Caribbean Sea
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Gulf of Mexico
  • 5. What marine creatures surround the boat in the painting?
A) Sea turtles
B) Whales
C) Sharks
D) Dolphins
  • 6. What artistic movement is Homer associated with?
A) American Realism
B) Cubism
C) Impressionism
D) Surrealism
  • 7. What is the dominant color palette of the painting?
A) Grays and blacks
B) Reds and oranges
C) Browns and yellows
D) Blues and greens
  • 8. How does the painting convey a sense of danger?
A) Lightning striking nearby
B) Sharks circling the boat
C) Volcanic eruption
D) Pirates attacking
  • 9. Where did Homer create many of his marine paintings?
A) Prouts Neck, Maine
B) Cape Cod, Massachusetts
C) Key West, Florida
D) Newport, Rhode Island
  • 10. How is the horizon line positioned in the composition?
A) Diagonal horizon
B) No visible horizon
C) High horizon emphasizing sea
D) Low horizon emphasizing sky
  • 11. What does the distant ship symbolize?
A) Commercial trade
B) Unreachable rescue
C) Imminent salvation
D) Military threat
  • 12. What was Homer's primary profession before painting?
A) Illustrator
B) Fisherman
C) Sailor
D) Architect
  • 13. How many versions of 'The Gulf Stream' did Homer paint?
A) Five
B) Three
C) One
D) Seven
  • 14. What historical context influenced this painting?
A) Post-Civil War America
B) World War I
C) Great Depression
D) Industrial Revolution
  • 15. What symbolic meaning is often attributed to the sharks?
A) Impending doom
B) Marine biodiversity
C) Economic opportunity
D) Religious symbols
  • 16. How does the painting address race?
A) Black man as universal human subject
B) Celebrates colonialism
C) Promotes stereotypes
D) Avoids racial themes
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