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