Quiz  /  Sculptors and Sculpture Quiz

  • 1. 
    In sculpture, what is the cire-perdue method used for?

  • carving
  • modeling
  • moulding
  • casting

  • 2. 
    Which of these women was not a member of the group of female sculptors working in Rome in the mid-1800s?

  • Edmonia Lewis
  • Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
  • Charlotte Saunders Cushman
  • Emma Stebbins

  • 3. 
    What ancient Iron Age culture from the Benue Plateau of what is now Nigeria produced the first large sculpture there?

  • Ipiutak culture
  • Jōmon culture
  • Mogollon culture
  • Nok culture

  • 4. 
    Who was the first American artist to make welded metal sculpture?

  • Charles Sheeler
  • David Smith
  • Joseph Cornell
  • Lee Bontecou

  • 5. 
    What pioneer of modern abstract sculpture is best known for his ovoid heads and birds in flight?

  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Henry Moore
  • Jean Arp
  • Constantin Brancusi

  • 6. 
    What material was used to build the Statue of Liberty?

  • limestone
  • marble
  • copper
  • gold

  • 7. 
    Who sculpted the Pietà at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome?

  • Michelangelo
  • Raphael
  • Auguste Rodin
  • Leonardo da Vinci

  • 8. 
    What was Auguste Rodin’s first original work?

  • Le Vaincu (The Vanquished)
  • Le Penseur (The Thinker)
  • Les Bourgeois de Calais (The Burghers of Calais)
  • Le Baiser (The Kiss)

  • 9. 
    Who is the creator of a sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike discovered in 1875?

  • Agesander
  • Paeonius
  • Polyclitus
  • Phidias

  • 10. 
    What was the statue of Athena Parthenos, housed in the Parthenon, made of?

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

  • 11. 
    For what is English sculptor Henry Moore well known?

  • tensile structures
  • bronze and stone sculptures
  • lithography
  • Expressionist painting
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