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Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, by Édouard Manet
Contributed by: Clarkson
  • 1. Who painted 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe'?
A) Claude Monet
B) Édouard Manet
C) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
D) Paul Cézanne
  • 2. In what year was 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' completed?
A) 1855
B) 1870
C) 1863
D) 1880
  • 3. What was the original French title of the painting?
A) Le Pique-nique
B) Le Jardin
C) Les Baigneuses
D) Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
  • 4. Where is 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' currently housed?
A) Musée d'Orsay, Paris
B) Metropolitan Museum, New York
C) National Gallery, London
D) Louvre Museum, Paris
  • 5. Which artistic movement is Manet associated with?
A) Baroque
B) Cubism
C) Impressionism
D) Surrealism
  • 6. What was controversial about the painting when first exhibited?
A) The clothing styles shown
B) Nude woman with clothed men
C) The landscape background
D) The picnic food depicted
  • 7. Who was the model for the nude woman in the foreground?
A) Suzanne Manet
B) Victorine Meurent
C) Camille Doncieux
D) Berthe Morisot
  • 8. What is the English translation of the title?
A) Breakfast in the Garden
B) Dinner in the Meadow
C) Luncheon on the Grass
D) Picnic in the Park
  • 9. How did critics initially react to the painting?
A) With shock and outrage
B) With indifference
C) With confusion
D) With great admiration
  • 10. Which emperor established the Salon des Refusés?
A) Napoleon III
B) Louis XIV
C) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Louis Philippe
  • 11. Which other Manet painting caused similar controversy?
A) A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
B) Olympia
C) The Balcony
D) The Fifer
  • 12. What is the overall lighting effect in the painting?
A) Harsh and direct
B) Candlelit
C) Soft and diffused
D) Moonlit
  • 13. Which writer defended Manet's work?
A) Gustave Flaubert
B) Charles Baudelaire
C) Victor Hugo
D) Émile Zola
  • 14. What modern quality did the painting introduce?
A) Abstract forms
B) Contemporary realism
C) Religious symbolism
D) Mythological themes
  • 15. Where was 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' first publicly shown after being rejected by the official Salon?
A) The Paris Opera
B) The Louvre
C) The Salon des Refusés
D) The Musée d'Orsay
  • 16. What is notable about the perspective in the painting?
A) It uses perfect linear perspective
B) The figures appear disconnected from the background
C) It has multiple vanishing points
D) It creates an optical illusion
  • 17. Which later artist created a modern version of this composition?
A) Andy Warhol
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Salvador Dalí
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