1.

True

2. The clogs and outdoor sandals which the couple have removed might be typical wedding presents, or represent
the taking of shoes in a sacred precincts.

3.BlueHorsesbyFranzMarc1911 Yes, he died on the front lines in WWl before the request from the Government to
withdraw him from combat (because he was a talented artist) did not get to him in time.
No, he was not part of the N.Y. School. That started in NY during WWll in the 1940's.
Yes, he was the founding member of the Der Blaue Reiter Group along with Kandinsky.
Yes, he was a German Expressionist from Munich, Germany
No, he died in WWl, 40 years before Warhol and Pop Art movement.

4. Answer: Vincent Van Gogh was a Preacher before becoming a painter.His dream was to be a preacher and his
father agreed to let him follow his religious calling and sent him to Amsterdam to study for the entrance
examinations to the University Theology course which, after 15 months of study, he failed, finding the work too arid,
preferring to contemplate the countryside and the possibility of drawing. He later set off for Borinage, near Mons, in
Belgium, to live among the miners and, being refused a teaching job at the school, settled in the village of Paturages
where he taught the Bible and cared for the miners at his own expense. With his father's help he was eventually
appointed lay preacher in Wasmes. His great charity at this time, his life often being compared to that of St Francis
of Assisi, with such actions as giving up his bed to a poor person and sleeping on the floor, soon brought him into
conflict with the established Church, which was outraged by his conduct and he was forced to resign!
(Source "Vincent Van Gogh - Art Life and Letters", Bernard Zurcher, Thunder Bay Press, 1985)

5. The style is Rococo and the painting is "The Swing" by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
A style of design, painting, and architecture dominating the 18th century, often considered the last stage of the
Baroque. Developing in the Paris townhouses of the French aristocracy at the turn of the 18th century, Rococo was
elegant and ornately decorative, its mood lighthearted and witry. Louis XV furniture, richly decorated with organic
forms, is a typical product. Leading exponents of the Rococo style included the French painter Antoine Watteau
(1684-1721) and Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), and the German architect Johann Balthasar Neumann (1687-
1753). Rococo gave way to Neo-classicism. (Source Web Gallery of Art, Europe)

6. Answer: The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault 1818-19.

Completed when the artist was just 27, the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. It depicts a moment
from the aftermath of the wreck of the French naval frigate Méduse, which ran aground off the coast of today's
Mauritania on July 5, 1816. At least 147 people were set adrift on a hurriedly constructed raft; all but 15 died in the
13 days before their rescue, and those who survived endured starvation, dehydration, cannibalism and madness.
(source "Géricault and His Work" by Berger, Klaus.)

7. B, C, D, A

8. Correct answer: Edouard Manet - Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (English, "The Luncheon on the Grass") 1863. Nude
women were always seen in art history as a Venus or Grande Odalisque, in this case, she is with two men in common
day clothing and the illusion is lost and immediately awkward. This caused a lot of controversy and was the start of
the Modern art movement. Look for more questions on this painting coming up in the game!

9. The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eryck

10. Giotto. These works done in just 1305 were two hundred years before England's Golden Age/ Renaissance. The
Renaissance, span 1305 -1570s - the longest art movement in modern history.

11. Answer: True. Mark Rothko began working on this Chapel but didn't see its completion because
he committed suicide in 1970. He sliced his arms with a razor and overdosed on anti-depressants.
The Rothko Chapel is located in Houston, Texas and for Rothko, the Chapel was to be a destination,
a place of pilgrimage far from the center of art in New York where seekers of Rothko’s newly
"religious" artwork could journey. Initially, the Chapel, now non-denominational, was to be
specifically Roman Catholic, and during the first three years of the project (1964–67) Rothko
believed it would remain so although Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz was of the Jewish faith.
Thus Rothko’s design of the building and the religious implications of the paintings were inspired
by Roman Catholic art and architecture. Its octagonal shape is based on the Byzantine church of St.
Maria Assunta, and the format of the triptychs is based on paintings of the Crucifixion.
Today, devoted followers of Rothko still visit the chapel daily, and in some cases, still cry in front
of his paintngs!
12. Answer: Neoclassical The "Oath of the Horatii" by Jacques-Louis David in1785. A style in European art and
architecture from the mid 18th century until the end of the 19th century. Based as it was on the use of ancient Greek
and Roman models and motifs, its development was greatly influenced by the excavations at Pompeii and
Herculaneum, and by the theories of the German art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768).
Intellectually and politically it was closely linked to the Enlightenment's rejection of the aristocratic frivolity of
Rococo, the style of the Ancien Régime. Among Neoclassicism's leading figures were the French painter Jacques-
Louis David (1744-1825), the German painter Anton Raffael Mengs (1728-1729), and the Italian sculptor Antonio
Canova (1757-1822).
(Source, Web Gallery of Art by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx)

13. Correct Answer: Diego Velazquez. Perhaps the preeminent Spanish artist of the seventeenth century, Velázquez
was, from 1623 on, court painter to Philip IV in Madrid. In 1650 Velázquez was sent to Italy to buy paintings for one
of his monarch's palaces; while in Rome the artist was commissioned to portray the Pope. The final version (now in
the Galleria Doria, Rome) was preceded by several small sketches. Velázquez was given the unenviable task of
depicting the most powerful and, according to contemporaries, the ugliest man in Rome. The artist was successful,
for when the Pontiff saw the portrait he is said to have remarked, "troppo vero" (all too true!).

14. Answer: Artemisia Gentileschi 1612-13

Yes she was the first master painter of the Baroque period
Yes she was gang raped by her instructors and she won in a court trail
No, her father (not mother) Orazio Gentileschi was a famous painter
Yes, she was a famous Baroque painter working from 1610-1650's
No, she was not Spanish or a court painter there. She was Italian and for period, a court painter to Charles I of
England.

15. False: The title of this painting is "The Treachery of Images" by René Magritte 1928-1929
On the painting, in French, it says "This is not a pipe"

16. True: The Dead of the Virgin by Caravaggio 1501-1606

The depiction of the Death of the Virgin caused a contemporary stir, and was rejected as unfit by the parish who
commissioned it. Caravaggio didn’t make a representation of death, but a real death. The painting offends the
sensibility not only of its own time, but of all times, because it is believed that the Virgin Mary didn't "die" but rather
"ascended into heaven".
To make matter even worse: Contemporaries accused Caravaggio of modeling the Virgin Mary after a corpse of a
dead prostitute well known in the community.
Even more strange: Caravaggio was also a convicted murderer!
This painting was rejected but Caravaggio is still regarded as one of the most important Baroque painters of all time.

17. Answer: Bird in Space by Constantin Brâncuşi in 1912. Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his
career in France and considered the pioneer of modernism - he was often called the Patriarch of Modern Sculpture.
Also note, he seems incredible inspired by Cycladic art which flourished in the islands of the Aegean Sea from 3300 –
200BC.

18. True: He killed a man in a pub brawl and was banished from Rome. Later when he cut a deal with the Pope to
return to Rome, he died of malaria in the swamps walking back from Naples.
More on the painting:
Caravagio had a way of bringing religion and peagan gods down to earth in a real world way. In this is a painting of
the conversion of Saul from the bible, the drama is internalized within the mind of Saul. He lies on the ground
stunned, his eyes closed as if dazzled by the brightness of God's light that streams down the white part of the
skewbald horse, but that the light is heavenly is clear only to the believer, for Saul has no halo. In the spirit of Luke,
who was at the time considered the author of Acts, Caravaggio makes religious experience look natural.

19. Answer: Franz Kline, Chief 1950

He was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement and the N.Y. School
centered around New York in the 1940s and 1950s.
While generally his paintings are dynamic, there seems to also be references to Japanese calligraphy, although he
always denied that connection. Bridges, tunnels, buildings, engines, railroads and other architectural and industrial
icons are often suggested as imagery informing Kline's work. He grew up near a railroad and wanted to convey the
shear velocity of the train in his painting.

20. Answer: Mystery and Melancholy of a Street by Giorgio de Chirico 1914

De Chirico was a pre-Surrealist painter who started a movement called Metaphysical art
His dream-like paintings of squares typical of idealized Italian cities, as well as apparently casual juxtapositions of
objects, represented a visionary world which engaged most immediately with the unconscious mind, beyond
physical reality, hence the name. The metaphysical movement provided significant impetus for the development of
Dada and Surrealism.

21. Answer:
The Gift by Man Ray 1921
American Gothic by Grant Wood 1930
Diego Rivera Detroit Industry 1933
Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange 1836

22. Giotto. These works done in just 1305 were two hundred years before England's Golden Age/ Renaissance. The
Renaissance, span 1305 -1570s - the longest art movement in modern history.

23. TRUE: This is on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and painted by Michelangelo. It is the image of the Prophet
Isaiah turning his head to listen to an angel speaking in his ear.

24. Vicente Van Gogh

25. Leonardo Da Vinci

26. Impressionis

27. Surrealism

28. Rhythm

29. Emphasis

30. Variety

31. Unit

32. Balance