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Each week The Worldwide Art Gallery runs an art quiz for those who would like to test their knowledge of topics relating to art. Many of the answers can be found in the Art Education and Did You Know sections of this site. Others can be found using our Art Directory or Search the Web facility.
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Q#00025 - Challenge Quiz

Q1: Ingres described the subject of this 1845 portrait, who was the grand-daughter of the novelist Mme de Staël, as "Our pretty little savage viscountess". What is the name of this painting?

Q2: Paul Cezanne seemed to be obsessed with a mountain that stands about 15 kms from Aix, France as he painted it over 60 times. What is the name of this mountain?

Q3:Who erected the cupola and choir of Santa Maria del Grazie in 1492?

Q4:Which Australian artist (1855 -1917) painted the celebrated triptych The Pioneers?

Q5:Which painting by German artist Franz Marc (1880 - 1916) is a metaphor of a great animal disaster and is often seen as a prophecy of the Great War, which was to lead to the 1917 Revolution in Russia?

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Please provide the Title, Date & Artist of this painting of which only a portion is shown.

Q7:Agnola Bronzino (1503 - 1572) painted a portrait of who in 1550? The sitter is accompanied by her son Giovanni and is dressed in extravagent attire shown, by Bronzino's precise technique, in sumptuous detail.

Q8:The Group of Seven were Canadian wilderness landscape painters inspired by the work of which Canadian artist (1877-1917) who was a descendent of Scottish pioneers?

Q9: Paintings, especially 16th century Italian, in which the lyrical composition and handling possess a quality akin to poetry are known as P _ _ _ _ a. (Please supply the missing letters)

Q10: The main room (cella) of the Parthenon (built between c. 450 - 438BC) was not built for a congregation but for a cult statue as was usual for Greek temples. In this case it was a twelve metre high gold and ivory statue of whom?

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