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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat
Contributed by: Warner
  • 1. Who painted 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'?
A) Georges Seurat
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Claude Monet
D) Paul Cézanne
  • 2. What year was 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' completed?
A) 1906
B) 1896
C) 1876
D) 1886
  • 3. What artistic technique did Seurat pioneer in this painting?
A) Impressionism
B) Cubism
C) Fauvism
D) Pointillism
  • 4. Where is the island of La Grande Jatte located?
A) In the Seine River near Paris
B) In the Mediterranean Sea
C) In the Rhône River
D) In the English Channel
  • 5. Where is the painting currently housed?
A) Art Institute of Chicago
B) Metropolitan Museum of Art
C) Musée d'Orsay
D) Louvre Museum
  • 6. How long did it take Seurat to complete this painting?
A) Two years
B) One year
C) Six months
D) Five years
  • 7. What art movement is this painting associated with?
A) Renaissance
B) Baroque
C) Romanticism
D) Neo-Impressionism
  • 8. What is the French title of the painting?
A) La nuit étoilée
B) Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte
C) Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
D) Les nymphéas
  • 9. What scientific theory influenced Seurat's technique?
A) Color theory
B) Evolutionary theory
C) Theory of relativity
D) Quantum mechanics
  • 10. Which famous musical was inspired by this painting?
A) The Phantom of the Opera
B) West Side Story
C) Sunday in the Park with George
D) Les Misérables
  • 11. How did Seurat create the illusion of form and light?
A) Using gold leaf
B) Using heavy brushstrokes
C) Using chiaroscuro
D) Using small dots of pure color
  • 12. What was unusual about Seurat's artistic process for this work?
A) He made numerous preparatory studies
B) He used only three colors
C) He painted it in one sitting
D) He painted it outdoors only at night
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