Art Trivia: 60+ Fun and Inspiring Questions For The True Art Buff

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Our vibrant art quiz is designed to delight and challenge art enthusiasts of all ages, featuring art trivia for kids, as well as more complex art questions for seasoned aficionados. Uncover fascinating facts as you explore the quiz questions, spanning various styles, periods, and artists.

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Easy Art Trivia

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1. Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

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2. What famous Dutch painter is known for his self-portraits and paintings like "The Night Watch"?

Answer: Rembrandt van Rijn

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3. Which art movement is characterized by the use of bright colors and simple shapes, and includes artists like Henri Matisse and André Derain?

Answer: Fauvism

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4. Who painted "The Persistence of Memory," featuring melting clocks?

Answer: Salvador Dalí

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5. In which Italian city can you find Michelangelo's sculpture of David?

Answer: Florence

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6. What famous artist is known for his series of paintings featuring water lilies?

Answer: Claude Monet

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7. Which 20th-century art movement sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, and included artists like Salvador Dalí and René Magritte?

Answer: Surrealism

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8. What iconic American artist is known for his paintings of Campbell's Soup Cans?

Answer: Andy Warhol

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9. Which Mexican painter is famous for her self-portraits and her unibrow?

Answer: Frida Kahlo

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10. Who painted "The Starry Night"?

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

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11. What technique, popular during the Renaissance, creates the illusion of depth and three-dimensionality in paintings through the use of converging parallel lines?

Answer: Linear perspective

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12. In what year was the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, first opened to the public?

Answer: 1793

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13. What is the term for a type of sculpture in which the figures are raised slightly from the background, but not fully detached?

Answer: Bas-relief (or low relief)

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14. Who is the famous Japanese artist known for his woodblock prints, including "The Great Wave off Kanagawa"?

Answer: Katsushika Hokusai

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15. Which art movement, characterized by the use of industrial materials and the depiction of ordinary, everyday objects, includes artists like Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray?

Answer: Dada

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Hard Art Trivia Questions

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16. What does the term menhir mean?

A. A type of megalithic structure

B. A type of prehistoric boat

C. A rock engraving technique

D. A type of prehistoric dwelling

Correct answer: A. A type of megalithic structure

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17. What are dolmens?

A. A group of rounded stones scattered on the ground

B. Blocks of stones arranged horizontally on top of each other

C. Structures consisting of two stone blocks embedded in the ground with a horizontal slab for cover

D. Monoliths carved with more or less anthropomorphic or animal shapes

Correct answer: C. Structures consisting of two stone blocks embedded in the ground with a horizontal slab for cover

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18. What is the correct term to indicate the famous Stonehenge complex (Great Britain)?

A. Nuraghi

B. Dolmen

C. Cromlech

D. Menhir

Correct answer: C. Cromlech

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19. Which of these artists has represented the Stonehenge site in his works several times?

A. William Turner

B. Thomas Gainsborough

C. Giambattista Tiepolo

D. William Hogarth

Correct answer: A. William Turner

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20. What characterizes the rock engravings of the Camonica Valley (Brescia)?

A. It was the first Italian site to be included in UNESCO's World Heritage List

B. It was the first European site to be included in UNESCO's World Heritage List

C. They only represent animal figures

D. They were only made in the Neolithic period

Correct answer: A. It was the first Italian site to be included in UNESCO's World Heritage List

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21. What characterizes the so-called prehistoric Venuses?

A. Great precision in facial details

B. Excessively highlighted female attributes

C. Large size

D. Always smiling facial expression

Correct answer: B. Excessively highlighted female attributes

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22. The artifact that could be the oldest representation of the human figure is the Venus of

A. Willendorf

B. Berekhat Ram

C. Laussel

D. Savignano

Correct answer: B. Berekhat Ram

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23. The so-called “Sorcerer” is a cave painting that would depict a human figure with deer features. It is located in the cave of

A. Trois-Frères (France)

B. Altamira (Spain)

C. Tito Bustillo (Spain)

D. Chauvet (France)

Correct answer: A. Trois-Frères (France)

24. The ziggurats were typical constructions of which of the following civilizations?

A. Egyptian

B. Assyrian

C. Sumerian

D. Babylonian

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Correct answer: C. Sumerian

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25. What material was used to create the statue of Gudea, the king of Lagash, also known as the Statue of the Overflowing Vase?

A. Granite

B. Limestone

C. Diorite

D. Terracotta

Correct answer: C. Diorite

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26. What do the fragments of the Stele of the Vultures, now preserved in the Louvre in Paris, depict?

A. War scenes

B. Birds represented in different perspectives

C. A mythological scene of love between a woman and a bird-like god

D. Esoteric symbols

Correct answer: A. War scenes

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27. What do the two main sides of the Standard of Ur represent?

A. War and peace scenes

B. Hunting scenes

C. A banquet of the gods

D. Images of everyday life

Correct answer: A. War and peace scenes

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28. Where has the external front of the Ishtar Gate (6th century BC) been reconstructed?

A. Istanbul Archaeology Museums

B. Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

C. The Iraq Museum in Baghdad

D. Pergamonmuseum in Berlin

Correct answer: D. Pergamonmuseum in Berlin

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29. The site of Ebla is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Where is it located?

A. In Syria

B. In Iraq

C. In Iran

D. In Egypt

Correct answer: A. In Syria

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30. How are the lamassu represented in Assyrian iconography?

A. Winged bulls or lions with human heads

B. Very large and muscular human figures

C. A sort of phoenix

D. Snakes with lion heads

Correct answer: A. Winged bulls or lions with human heads

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31. The so-called Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal is a famous relief of which art style?

A. Assyrian

B. Babylonian

C. Persian

D. Hittite

Correct answer: A. Assyrian

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32. Which of these statements about the Stele of Naram-Sin is false?

A. It is carved in bas-relief

B. It has a pyramidal shape

C. It is an expression of Babylonian art

D. It celebrates the victory of a king over enemies

Correct answer: C. It is an expression of Babylonian art

33. What was the real name of the painter Gherardo Delle Notti?

A. Gerrit van Honthorst

B. Arnold Houbraken

C. Carel Fabritius

D. Paulus Potter

Correct answer: A. Gerrit van Honthorst

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34. The Triumph of Death by Bruegel the Elder is kept at the

A. Prado Museum

B. Louvre

C. Hermitage Museum

D. British Museum

Correct answer: A. Prado Museum

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35. Jan Brueghel the Elder dedicated, together with Rubens, a cycle of works to

A. The five senses

B. The continents

C. Venetian noblewoman

D. Death

Correct answer: A. The five senses

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36. Hélène Fourment was the second wife of an artist much older than her, who painted her on several occasions. Who was her husband?

A. Pieter Paul Rubens

B. Rembrandt

C. Antoon van Dyck

D. Jacob Jordaens

Correct answer: A. Pieter Paul Rubens

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37. What was a frequent subject of Dutch painter Maria Moninckx (The Hague, 1673-76 - Amsterdam, 1757)?

A. Erotic themes

B. Saints

C. Botany

D. Children

Correct answer: C. Botany

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38. Who created, in the 16th century, a painting dedicated to children's games?

A. Pieter Bruegel the Elder

B. Pieter Bruegel the Younger

C. Hieronymus Bosch

D. Catharina van Hemessen

Correct answer: A. Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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39. One of the earliest examples of floral still life was created towards the end of the fifteenth century by

A. Hans Memling

B. Jan van Eyck

C. Hubert van Eyck

D. Quentin Metsys

Correct answer: A. Hans Memling

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Art Trivia Questions and Answers

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40. What was Hieronymus Bosch's real name?

A. Jeroen van Aken

B. Jakob Hertogenbosch

C. Jeroen Hertogenbosch

D. Jan van Bosch

Correct answer: A. Jeroen van Aken

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41. The Extraction of the Stone of Madness (1501-06) by Bosch is located at

A. The Prado Museum in Madrid

B. The National Gallery in London

C. The Louvre in Paris

D. The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam

Correct answer: A. The Prado Museum in Madrid

42. In 1888, Gustav Klimt painted the interior of a theater. Which one?

A. La Scala in Milan

B. La Fenice in Venice

C. Opéra Garnier in Paris

D. Burgtheater in Vienna

Correct answer: D. Burgtheater in Vienna

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43. What was the name of the magazine founded by Klimt in 1898?

A. "Nuova Secessione"

B. "Nouveau"

C. "Ver Sacrum"

D. "Olim"

Correct answer: C. "Ver Sacrum"

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44. Where does the term "liberty," which is usually used in Italy to refer to Art Nouveau, come from?

A. From a large department store in London

B. From prints with the image of the Statue of Liberty, recently made

C. From the title of a work by Galileo Chini

D. From an article by Alfons Mucha

Correct answer: A. From a large department store in London

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45. Belgian Victor Horta, considered one of the initiators of Art Nouveau, was primarily a/an

A. Architecture

B. Engraving

C. Painting

D. Sculpture

Correct answer: A. Architecture

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46. The Beethoven Frieze in the Vienna Secession building was created by

A. Klimt

B. Olbrich

C. Mucha

D. Klinger

Correct answer: A. Klimt

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47. Alfons (or Alphonse) Mucha is mainly known for

A. The design of the new theater in Prague in 1941

B. An essay, published in 1921, criticizing Expressionism, especially Die Brücke

C. Works of advertising poster art

D. A series of screen prints on the works of the Florentine Renaissance

Correct answer: C. Works of advertising poster art

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48. In a famous self-portrait from the 1920s, Tamara de Lempicka is seated at the wheel of a

A. Fiat Topolino

B. Bugatti

C. Renault

D. Mercedes Simplex

Correct answer: B. Bugatti

49. In the 1980s, the surrealist Dora Maar experimented with

A. Neocubist painting

B. Cinema

C. Photograms

D. Electronic music

Correct answer: C. Photograms

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50. One of the emblems of surrealist photography, Père Ubu (1936) by Dora Maar, represents

A. An armadillo fetus

B. A puppet

C. A child dressed as an old man

D. A spring-loaded doll

Correct answer: A. An armadillo fetus

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51. In what year did Breton sign the First Surrealist Manifesto?

A. 1919

B. 1921

C. 1923

D. 1924

Correct answer: D. 1924

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52. The phrase "Beautiful as the chance meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table" by the Count of Lautréamont was used to illustrate the surrealist aesthetic ideal by

A. André Breton

B. Max Ernst

C. Joan Miró

D. Salvador Dalí

Correct answer: A. André Breton

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53. The Dawn (1937) at the Peggy Guggenheim in Venice, depicting women with tree trunks instead of legs, was painted by

A. Max Ernst

B. Paul Delvaux

C. André Masson

D. René Magritte

Correct answer: B. Paul Delvaux

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54. Which surrealist technique involves rubbing a coloring material on a surface?

A. Decalcomania

B. Frottage

C. Grattage

D. Collage

Correct answer: B. Frottage

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55. Who baptized their alter ego as "Loplop, the superior being of birds"?

A. Max Ernst

B. Yves Tanguy

C. Salvador Dalí

D. Joan Miró

Correct answer: A. Max Ernst

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56. In 1950, Magritte reinterpreted a work by Manet, replacing the characters of the Impressionist painting with wooden sarcophagi. Which work did he draw inspiration from?

A. The balcony

B. The bar at the Folies-Bergère

C. Luncheon on the Grass

D. Argenteuil

Correct answer: C. Luncheon on the Grass

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57. The magical world of the Maya (El mundo mágico de los mayas) is a work created in the 1960s by

A. Leonora Carrington

B. Remedios Varo

C. María Izquierdo

D. Saturnino Herrán

Correct answer: B. Remedios Varo

58. Where did Andy Warhol's parents come from?

A. Russia

B. Serbia

C. Poland

D. Slovakia

Correct answer: D. Slovakia

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59. What role did Valerie Solanas play in Andy Warhol's life?

A. She was his wife

B. She shot him

C. She accused him of sexual assault in 1961

D. She was an art dealer who first exhibited the screenprint of Marilyn Monroe

Correct answer: B. She shot him

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60. What did Andy Warhol rename his studio?

A. Factory

B. Farm

C. Tomato soup, in honor of a work that made him famous

D. Box

Correct answer: A. Factory

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61. What is the title of the 1964 film directed by Warhol starring poet and performer John Giorno?

A. Poor Little Rich Girl

B. Velvet Underground

C. Sleep

D. Vinyl

Correct answer: C. Sleep

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62. A distinctive feature of Roy Lichtenstein's production was the use of a technique called

A. Ben-day

B. Jack-day

C. Tim-day

D. Tom-day

Correct answer: A. Ben-day

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63. Engagement Ring by Roy Lichtenstein was inspired by

A. A comic from the 1960s

B. The artist's recent engagement

C. A quote from Andy Warhol

D. None of these

Correct answer: A. A comic from the 1960s

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64. A Bigger Splash (1967) by David Hockney is located at

A. The Tate Gallery in London

B. The British Museum in London

C. The MoMA in New York

D. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Correct answer: A. The Tate Gallery in London

65. The critic André Salmon called "Cubist Mona Lisa" the work L'heure du thé (The tea time) by

A. Gris

B. Braque

C. Metzinger

D. Delaunay

Correct answer: C. Metzinger

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66. Picasso painted La première communion (The First Communion) at the age of

A. Five years

B. Six years

C. Eight years

D. Fourteen years

Correct answer: D. Fourteen years

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67. In Science et charité (Science and Charity), Picasso depicted

A. His parents

B. A doctor and a nun

C. A doctor and a monk

D. A doctor giving charity

Correct answer: C. A doctor and a monk

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68. In what year did Brâncuși create the first edition of Le baiser (The Kiss)?

A. 1900

B. 1905

C. 1908

D. 1921

Correct answer: C. 1908

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69. Which of these women did not have a relationship with Pablo Picasso?

A. Dora Maar

B. Olga Khokhlova

C. Marie-Thérèse Walter

D. Mary Cassatt

Correct answer: D. Mary Cassatt

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70. At birth, Picasso was given many names in honor of various saints. Among them is an Italian saint. Who is it?

A. St. Francis of Assisi

B. St. Francis of Paola

C. St. Charles Borromeo

D. St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Correct answer: B. St. Francis of Paola

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71. Picasso's so-called Blue Period occurred during

A. 1899-1903

B. 1901-1903

C. 1901-1904

D. 1904-1906

Correct answer: C. 1901-1904

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72. Pauvres au bord de la mer (The Poor by the Seashore) belongs to which artistic phase of Picasso?

A. Early period

B. Blue Period

C. Rose Period

D. Cubism

Correct answer: B. Blue Period

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73. Les demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) depicts

A. Five prostitutes

B. Five dancers

C. Six young bourgeois women

D. Six peasant women

Correct answer: A. Five prostitutes

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74. Baya Mahieddine (1931-1988) was a painter of _______ origins.

A. Algerian

B. French

C. Tunisian

D. Turkish

Correct answer: A. Algerian

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75. Nature morte à la chaise cannée (Still Life with Chair Caning) by Picasso is a:

A. Oil on canvas

B. Painting from the Rose Period

C. Collage

D. Oil on panel

Correct answer: C. Collage

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This brings us to the end of this art trivia quiz. Whether you're an aspiring Picasso or simply curious about the art world, our art trivia collection is here to ignite your creativity and expand your artistic horizons.

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