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  • 1. In which country was the artist Titian born?
A) Germany
B) Spain
C) Italy
D) France
  • 2. What was Titian's full name?
A) Tiziano Vecellio
B) Raphael Sanzio
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Michelangelo Buonarroti
  • 3. Titian was known for his mastery in which style of art?
A) Cubism
B) Baroque
C) Modern
D) Renaissance
  • 4. What city did Titian primarily work in for most of his career?
A) Rome
B) Paris
C) Florence
D) Venice
  • 5. What year did Titian pass away?
A) 1576
B) 1700
C) 1500
D) 1600
  • 6. What was the name of Titian's daughter who became a painter in her own right?
A) Sophia
B) Isabella
C) Lavinia
D) Artemisia
  • 7. Which famous mythological figure did Titian often depict in his paintings?
A) Athena
B) Venus
C) Atlas
D) Hercules
  • 8. Which famous literary figure did Titian's portrait 'Ariosto' depict?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Dante Alighieri
C) Ludovico Ariosto
D) John Milton
  • 9. Titian's use of color and brushwork had a significant influence on which art movement?
A) Surrealism
B) Baroque
C) Minimalism
D) Impressionism
  • 10. What was the name of the technique Titian used to create soft, blended transitions between colors?
A) Sfumato
B) Chiaroscuro
C) Impasto
D) Grisaille
  • 11. What was Tiziano Vecellio's Latinized name?
A) Ticiano
B) Bellinianus
C) Vecellius
D) Titianus
  • 12. Who was considered alongside Giorgione as a founder of the Venetian school of Italian Renaissance painting?
A) Raphael
B) Titian
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Michelangelo
  • 13. What was Titian's most important masterpiece completed in 1516 for the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari?
A) The School of Athens
B) The Birth of Venus
C) The Last Supper
D) The Assumption of the Virgin
  • 14. Which artist described Titian as 'the sun amidst small stars'?
A) Raphael
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo
D) Michelangelo
  • 15. What was the subject of Titian's painting 'The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr'?
A) The Crucifixion
B) The Resurrection
C) The Last Judgement
D) Saint Peter Martyr being assassinated
  • 16. What was the name of Titian's villa located on Manza Hill?
A) Titian's mill at Collontola
B) Villa Vecellio
C) Castello Roganzuolo
D) Palazzo Bellini
  • 17. Which painting by Titian depicts Bacchus falling in love with Ariadne?
A) Venus and Adonis
B) Diana and Actaeon
C) Bacchus and Ariadne
D) The Birth of Venus
  • 18. In which year did Titian complete the 'Equestrian Portrait of Charles V'?
A) 1565
B) 1550
C) 1533
D) 1548
  • 19. What was the profession of Titian's father, Gregorio Vecellio?
A) Painter
B) Notary
C) Soldier
D) Timber merchant and mine manager
  • 20. Which painting by Titian was commissioned for the Camerino d'Alabastro in the Ducal Palace, Ferrara?
A) The Birth of Venus
B) The School of Athens
C) The Bacchanal of the Andrians
D) The Last Supper
  • 21. Who was Titian's first master according to Ludovico Dolce?
A) Gentile Bellini
B) Sebastiano Zuccato
C) Giovanni Bellini
D) Giorgione
  • 22. What was the subject of Titian's painting 'The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin'?
A) Annunciation to Mary
B) Nativity
C) Birth of Jesus
D) Presentation of Mary at the Temple
  • 23. Which city did Titian visit in 1545-1546 and was honored with the freedom of the city?
A) Rome
B) Florence
C) Milan
D) Venice
  • 24. What was Titian's annual pension from Charles V in 1548?
A) 100 scudi
B) 200 scudi
C) 300 ducats
D) 50 ducats
  • 25. Which painting by Titian is known as 'The Venus of Urbino'?
A) Venus and Mars
B) Diana and Actaeon
C) The Birth of Venus
D) A reclining nude portrait of a woman
  • 26. Which artist's work did Titian study for his composition of 'The Assumption of the Virgin'?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Raphael
C) Andrea Mantegna
D) Michelangelo
  • 27. What was the theme of Titian's painting 'The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr'?
A) A peaceful pastoral landscape
B) A proto-Baroque depiction with extreme violence and a dramatic landscape
C) A serene religious scene
D) A mythological battle
  • 28. Which mythological text inspired most of Titian's 'Poesie' series?
A) Virgil's Aeneid
B) Dante's Divine Comedy
C) Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
D) Ovid's mythological narrative texts
  • 29. Which imperial court did Titian visit that influenced the new dimensions in his production?
A) Rome
B) Madrid
C) Venice
D) Augsburg
  • 30. What does 'Titian hair' refer to?
A) Black hair
B) Brown hair
C) Blonde hair
D) Red hair, almost always on women
  • 31. What was Titian's relationship with Sebastiano del Piombo concerning the office of piombotore?
A) He never knew about the offer
B) He accepted it once and then resigned
C) He held the position until his death
D) He declined the position offered three times
  • 32. Who was Titian's first wife?
A) Cecilia, a barber's daughter from Pieve di Cadore
B) A noblewoman from Venice
C) An artist from Florence
D) A merchant's daughter
  • 33. Which artist was employed by Titian in his last years according to Giulio Clovio?
A) Tintoretto
B) Bonifazio Veronese
C) El Greco (or Dominikos Theotokopoulos)
D) Paris Bordone
  • 34. Who acquired the Pietà around 1581?
A) Palma il Giovane
B) Cornelio Sarcinelli
C) Augusto Gentili
D) Pomponio
  • 35. What was the total number of surviving Titian works as per Humfrey's list?
A) Three hundred ten
B) Two hundred eighty
C) Three hundred twenty
D) Two hundred fifty
  • 36. Who created the monument to honor Titian at his original burial site?
A) Francesco Vecellio
B) Orazio Vecellio
C) Pietro Aretino
D) Luigi Zandomeneghi
  • 37. Who was the influential figure that became a close friend of Titian in Venice?
A) Pietro Aretino
B) Emperor Charles V
C) Federico II Gonzaga
D) Jacopo Sansovino
  • 38. Who succeeded Emperor Ferdinand I in commissioning the monument to Titian?
A) Pietro Aretino
B) Luigi Zandomeneghi
C) Franz Joseph
D) Charles V
  • 39. Which painting by Titian is known as 'The Farnese Danaë'?
A) Diana and Actaeon
B) The Birth of Venus
C) A depiction of Danaë with a golden shower
D) Venus and Mars
  • 40. How many children did Lavinia bear whose names are known?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Four
D) Six
  • 41. Who was Lavinia married to?
A) Cornelio Sarcinelli
B) Pomponio
C) Palma il Giovane
D) Augusto Gentili
  • 42. How many lost works are recorded in paintings or print according to Joanna Woods-Marsden?
A) Fifteen
B) Twenty
C) Ten
D) Thirty
  • 43. Who authored 'Titian: His Life'?
A) Charles Hope
B) Cecil Gould
C) Bruce Cole
D) Sheila Hale
  • 44. In which period did Titian design woodcuts including one of The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea?
A) 1525–1530
B) 1500–1505
C) 1540–1545
D) 1515–1520
  • 45. Who did Titian introduce to his patrons to ensure his legacy?
A) Orazio
B) Pomponio
C) Cornelio Sarcinelli
D) Palma il Giovane
  • 46. Who followed Cornelis Cort from about 1558 to 1568 in producing engravings based on Titian's works?
A) Martino Rota
B) Domenico Campagnola
C) Bruce Cole
D) Carlo Ridolfi
  • 47. What could have been the total number of paintings if all works from Titian's workshop were included?
A) Two hundred eighty
B) Six hundred
C) Three hundred sixty
D) Four hundred fifty
  • 48. In which year did the National Gallery and National Galleries of Scotland jointly buy 'Diana and Callisto'?
A) 2015
B) 2012
C) 2010
D) 2009
  • 49. What was the subject of Titian's painting 'Allegory of Marriage'?
A) A religious event
B) A landscape
C) A mythological scene
D) A depiction involving Alfonso d'Avalos, his wife, and son
  • 50. Which artist engraved Titian's drawings based on his paintings much later in the artist's career?
A) Martino Rota
B) Cornelis Cort
C) Domenico Campagnola
D) Charles Hope
  • 51. What was the dowry provided by Cornelio for Lavinia's marriage?
A) 1,000 ducats
B) 1,200 ducats
C) 1,600 ducats
D) 1,400 ducats
  • 52. Who collaborated with Titian to produce additional prints based on his paintings and drawings?
A) Martino Rota
B) Domenico Campagnola
C) Cornelis Cort
D) Carlo Ridolfi
  • 53. When was the deadline originally set for purchasing 'Diana and Actaeon'?
A) 31 December 2008
B) 30 November 2008
C) 31 January 2009
D) 28 February 2009
  • 54. Who deemed The Flaying of Marsyas a work by Titian's hand in 1909?
A) Nygran
B) Robertson
C) Augusto Gentili
D) Frimmel
  • 55. What was the name of Titian's last painting installed in 1575?
A) The Presentation at the Temple
B) The Pietà
C) The Crucifixion
D) The Assumption of the Virgin
  • 56. What was the dowry provided by Cornelio for their daughter Helena?
A) 1,400 ducats
B) 1,200 ducats
C) 1,000 ducats
D) 1,600 ducats
  • 57. What was the size of the Pietà painting?
A) 300 centimetres x 320 centimetres
B) 400 centimetres x 360 centimetres
C) 378 centimetres x 348 centimetres
D) 350 centimetres x 340 centimetres
  • 58. Which painting by Titian was influenced by contact with ancient sculpture?
A) Diana and Actaeon
B) Venus-and-the-Organ-Player
C) The Last Supper
D) The Birth of Venus
  • 59. What was the purchase price of 'Diana and Actaeon'?
A) $40 million
B) $50 million
C) $60 million
D) $30 million
  • 60. Which artist was brought to Titian's studio by his father?
A) Bonifazio Veronese
B) Tintoretto
C) Paris Bordone
D) El Greco
  • 61. What did Titian's late style emphasize according to Tom Nichols?
A) Linear drawing techniques
B) Sculptural modeling
C) Monochromatic palettes
D) Coloring (colorito) over mere color (colore)
  • 62. In which year did Titian marry off his daughter Lavinia?
A) 1565
B) 1575
C) 1545
D) 1555
  • 63. How many pieces of canvas were stitched together to create the Pietà?
A) Five
B) Seven
C) Six
D) Eight
  • 64. What was a major controversy regarding the purchase of 'Diana and Actaeon'?
A) There were legal disputes over ownership.
B) Politicians argued that the money could have been spent more wisely during a recession.
C) It was bought at an inflated price.
D) The painting was not authenticated properly.
  • 65. What was the subject of Titian's painting 'Ecce Homo'?
A) Christ presented to the people by Pilate
B) The Crucifixion
C) The Resurrection
D) The Last Supper
  • 66. Who was part of the aesthetically refined audience in the 16th century that appreciated Titian's art?
A) Common citizens of Venice
B) Religious leaders
C) Foreign diplomats
D) Mainly fellow artists
  • 67. What is depicted on the coat-of-arms behind the votive tablet in the Pietà?
A) An eagle with a crown
B) The double-headed Habsburg eagle
C) A dragon
D) A lion rampant
  • 68. Which fund contributed $10 million for the purchase of 'Diana and Actaeon'?
A) The National Heritage Memorial Fund
B) The Tate Modern Endowment
C) The British Museum Trust
D) The Royal Collection Trust
  • 69. Which city did Titian cross the Alps to visit Charles V?
A) Italy
B) Spain
C) Germany
D) France
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