Quiz  /  Everything in Art and Design (Part Four) Quiz

  • 1. 
    Who is known for his realistic portraits of the court of King Henry VIII of England?

  • Johannes Vermeer
  • Joshua Reynolds
  • Hans Holbein the Younger
  • Nicholas Hilliard

  • 2. 
    During which period of Korean history did Korean artistic styles begin to influence Japanese art?

  • Early Iron Age
  • Three Kingdoms period
  • Middle Ages
  • Bronze Age

  • 3. 
    Where did black-figure pottery originate?

  • England
  • Japan
  • Greece
  • India

  • 4. 
    In sculpture, what is the cire-perdue method used for?

  • carving
  • modeling
  • moulding
  • casting

  • 5. 
    What was commonly used to decorate palaces and homes of the wealthy around the Aegean Sea during the Late Bronze Age?

  • tiles
  • ducks
  • frescos
  • mosaics

  • 6. 
    Which of the following was the world’s tallest human-made structure from 1899 to 1930?

  • Eiffel Tower
  • Empire State Building
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Chrysler Building

  • 7. 
    With what style is the Spanish artist El Greco usually associated?

  • Mannerism
  • Impressionism
  • Realism
  • Romanticism

  • 8. 
    What medieval embroidery depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066?

  • Bayeux Tapestry
  • Mazarin Tapestry
  • the Unicorn tapestries
  • the Annunciation

  • 9. 
    What is the term for the gateway marking the entrance to the sacred precincts of a Shintō shrine in Japan?

  • torana
  • komainu
  • kami
  • torii

  • 10. 
    What American-born artist is noted for his paintings of nocturnal London?

  • James McNeill Whistler
  • John Constable
  • Thomas Eakins
  • J.M.W. Turner

  • 11. 
    Which German painter became the leading portraitist in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries?

  • Albrecht Dürer
  • Lucian Freud
  • Hans Holbein the Younger
  • Sir Godfrey Kneller

  • 12. 
    Who raised the art of miniature portraiture to its highest development?

  • Sir Godfrey Kneller
  • Nicholas Hilliard
  • Hans Holbein the Elder
  • Sir Peter Lely

  • 13. 
    Which British photographer is sometimes credited with the invention of cinematography?

  • William Friese-Greene
  • Julia Margaret Cameron
  • Thomas Alva Edison
  • Auguste Lumière

  • 14. 
    Which one of the following is a Greek vessel made of metal or pottery?

  • chorion
  • ding
  • cottabus
  • krater

  • 15. 
    What was the statue of Athena Parthenos housed in the Parthenon made of?

  • silver and gold
  • marble and sandstone
  • gold and ivory
  • granite and red stone

  • 16. 
    For which one of the following styles is Roy Lichtenstein best known?

  • Pop art
  • Impressionism
  • Abstract Expressionism
  • Surrealism

  • 17. 
    Which architectural monument commemorates the Great Fire of London?

  • Big Ben
  • Westminster Abbey
  • London Bridge
  • The Monument

  • 18. 
    In which type of architecture is the shoji (paper screen serving as a wall, partition, or sliding door) used?

  • Japanese
  • Egyptian
  • Chinese
  • Indonesian
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