- 1. Famous European artists have had a profound impact on the world of art throughout history. From the iconic works of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael during the Italian Renaissance to the avant-garde creations of Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí in the 20th century, European artists have continuously pushed the boundaries of artistic expression. Their contributions have shaped art movements, inspired future generations of artists, and left a lasting legacy that continues to influence the art world today.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 2. Which artist is known for creating the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
A) Claude Monet
B) Michelangelo
C) Rembrandt
D) Jackson Pollock
- 3. Who is the famous Dutch painter who cut off a part of his own ear?
A) Henri Matisse
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Raphael
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 4. Which Spanish surrealist artist is known for his melting clocks painting?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Joan Miró
C) Piet Mondrian
D) Henri Rousseau
- 5. Which artist's real name is Michelangelo Merisi?
A) Gustav Klimt
B) Caravaggio
C) Henri Matisse
D) Edgar Degas
- 6. Which artist is known for his portrait of King Philip IV of Spain?
A) Édouard Manet
B) Jacques-Louis David
C) Diego Velázquez
D) Henri Rousseau
- 7. Who created the famous painting The Birth of Venus?
A) Henri Matisse
B) Édouard Manet
C) Sandro Botticelli
D) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- 8. Which artist is known for his geometric abstraction style?
A) Piet Mondrian
B) Salvador Dalí
C) Claude Monet
D) Marc Chagall
- 9. Who painted The Garden of Earthly Delights?
A) Francisco Goya
B) Kazimir Malevich
C) Hieronymus Bosch
D) Henri Rousseau
- 10. Which artist is associated with the art movement called Impressionism?
A) Edgar Degas
B) Henri Matisse
C) Francisco Goya
D) Claude Monet
- 11. Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?
A) Johannes Vermeer
B) Paul Gauguin
C) Édouard Manet
D) Gustav Klimt
- 12. Which artist is known for painting The Kiss?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Gustav Klimt
C) Claude Monet
D) Henri Matisse
- 13. Who created the artwork Guernica, depicting the horrors of war?
A) Edvard Munch
B) René Magritte
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Henri Rousseau
- 14. Which artist is famous for his colored paper cut-outs?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Édouard Manet
C) Henri Matisse
D) Paul Cézanne
- 15. Who is known for his sculpture The Thinker?
A) Michelangelo
B) Donatello
C) Auguste Rodin
D) Antonio Canova
- 16. Who is the Russian artist famous for his abstract painting Black Square on a White Field?
A) Kazimir Malevich
B) Georges Seurat
C) Paul Klee
D) René Magritte
- 17. Which artist is known for his depiction of ballet dancers and racehorses?
A) Diego Rivera
B) Edgar Degas
C) Joan Miró
D) Jackson Pollock
- 18. Who is famous for the painting The Arnolfini Portrait, a masterpiece of Northern Renaissance art?
A) Rembrandt
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Jan van Eyck
- 19. Who is known for his large-scale, colorful murals depicting Mexican culture?
A) Diego Rivera
B) Henri Rousseau
C) Paul Cézanne
D) Jean-Michel Basquiat
- 20. Which artist is associated with the term 'readymade' in art?
A) Caravaggio
B) Marcel Duchamp
C) Francisco Goya
D) Kazimir Malevich
- 21. Who painted The Scream, depicting a figure with a distorted face?
A) Edvard Munch
B) Georgia O'Keeffe
C) Henri Matisse
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 22. Which artist is famous for portraits of Henry VIII and The Ambassadors?
A) Rembrandt
B) Caravaggio
C) Hans Holbein the Younger
D) Pablo Picasso
- 23. Who painted Liberty Leading the People, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Auguste Rodin
C) Sandro Botticelli
D) Eugène Delacroix
- 24. Which artist is known for his use of pointillism in works like A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte?
A) Hieronymus Bosch
B) Hans Holbein the Younger
C) Piet Mondrian
D) Georges Seurat
- 25. Who painted The Night Watch, a famous group portrait of civic guards?
A) Claude Monet
B) Rembrandt
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Pablo Picasso
- 26. Who is considered one of the most famous sculptors of the Baroque period and created sculptures like Apollo and Daphne?
A) Donatello
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
C) Antoine Coysevox
D) Michelangelo
- 27. Who created the famous statue Venus de Milo, depicting the Greek goddess of love and beauty?
A) Praxiteles
B) Phidias
C) Alexandros of Antioch
D) Polykleitos
- 28. Which artist is known for his depictions of everyday life in Impressionist style, including Luncheon of the Boating Party?
A) Paul Gauguin
B) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
C) Édouard Manet
D) Camille Pissarro
- 29. Which artist is known for painting The Third of May 1808, a powerful depiction of Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies?
A) Francisco Goya
B) William Hogarth
C) Georges Seurat
D) Thomas Gainsborough
- 30. Who painted The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a famous woodblock print from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji?
A) Katsushika Hokusai
B) Hiroshige
C) Sesshū Tōyō
D) Utamaro
- 31. Which artist is known for his emotive, large-scale paintings such as Blue Poles and Lavender Mist?
A) Willem de Kooning
B) Cy Twombly
C) Jackson Pollock
D) Mark Rothko
- 32. Who created the painting The Gleaners, depicting three peasant women gathering grain from a field?
A) Camille Pissarro
B) Édouard Manet
C) Gustave Courbet
D) Jean-François Millet
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