200+ Art Trivia Questions and Answers

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How well do you know famous paintings and the artists behind them? Explore 200+ art trivia questions, reveal the answer options and check which answer is correct.

Art Trivia Questions and Answers

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  1. The famous sculpture The Thinker was made by:
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    • Francisco de Goya
    • Auguste Rodin
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  2. The famous work of Marcel Duchamp titled “Fountain” (1917), depicting a standard urinal, pertained to one of these art movements. Which one?
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    • Dadaism
    • Pop Art
    • Abstract Expressionism
    • Post Modernism
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  3. The famous work of the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt "The Kiss" belongs to the:
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    • Modernism
    • Romanticism
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  4. The first Guggenheim Museum in history opened in Bilbao, Spain: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  5. The headless skeleton of which of these philosophers is displayed in University College of London?
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    • Jeremy Bentham
    • C. S. Lewis
    • John Locke
    • Francis Bacon
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  6. ‘The Issos Battle’, a splendid mosaic work found originally in Pompeii, depicting one of Alexander the Great’s combats, is in the Archaeological Museum of Naples: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  7. The Lady with the Ermine is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, that work belongs to the painter Johannes Vermeer.
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  8. The Leaning Tower is located in Sicily: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it's in Tuscany.
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  9. "The Madonna of the Carnation" was another of the works of the well-known Leonardo Da Vinci: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False.
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  10. The Mauritshuis in The Hague is the museum where Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ is in display: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  11. The Myron Discobolus is made of white marble: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it's made of bronze.
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  12. The naked Maja, Saturn Devouring Her Son, The Third of May in Madrid.
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    • Joaquin Sorolla.
    • Francisco de Goya.
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  13. The painting “The Burial of the Count of Orgaz” was executed in 1586 by which artist in Spain?
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    • Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
    • Alonso Sánchez Coello
    • El Greco
    • Diego Velázquez
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  14. The Parthenon, considered the peak of ancient Greece architecture, was originally dedicated to what deity?
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    • Artemis
    • Athena
    • Demeter
    • Aphrodite
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  15. The Pergamon Altar, a monumental construction built by King Eumenes in Asia Minor is exhibited today in the British Museum: Yes or no?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  16. The Persistence of Memory, The Face of War, The metamorphosis of Narcissus.
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    • Joan Miro.
    • Salvador Dali.
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  17. The Rodin Museum is located in:
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    • Lyon
    • Florence
    • Paris
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  18. The School of Athens, The Transfiguration, Sistine Madonna.
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    • Rafael Sanzio.
    • Miguel Angel.
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  19. The sculpture The Kiss is of:
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    • Auguste Rodin
    • Gustav Klimt
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  20. The Starry Night, Cafe Terrace at Night, The Yellow House.
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    • Gustav Klimt.
    • Vincent van Gogh.
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  21. The statue called The Colossus of Rhodes was a representation of what Greek god?
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    • Selene
    • Helios
    • Ares
    • Apollo
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  22. The statue of Winged Victory of Samothrace has:
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    • A sword and a shield
    • Wings
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  23. The Temple of Dendur, a small ancient religious Egyptian construction, was entirely removed from location. Where is exhibited now?
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    • Metropolitan Museum, New York
    • Louvre Museum, Paris
    • Egyptian Museum, Cairo
    • Neues Museum, Berlin
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  24. The term Impressionism derives from the title of Claude Monet's' work "Impression": True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  25. The Three Graces is a painting by the baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens. Where is it on display?
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    • The Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
    • Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.
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  26. The Three Graces sculpture was created by:
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    • Sandro Botticelli
    • Antonio Canova
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  27. The Treachery of Images, The Son of Man, The Lovers.
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    • Grant Wood.
    • René Magritte.
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  28. The Veiled Christ is a marble sculpture made by:
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    • Giuseppe Sanmartino
    • Antonio Corradini
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  29. The Venus de Milo was dug up by a peasant and sold to France at a rather high price: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, the price set by the peasant was too low.
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  30. The Venus de Milo was sculpted by:
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    • Mirón
    • Alexander of Antioch
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  31. The work "Children eating grapes and melon" was painted by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, it belonged to Francisco de Goya.
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  32. The work "The Three Graces" is the antithesis of Raphael Sanzio's previous work "Las Gracias": True or false?
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    • True.
    • False.
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  33. There was a central figure in his life: his younger brother. What was his name?
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    • Cor
    • Theo
    • Lion
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  34. This one is for museum geeks… The famous painting by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, “Madonna Benois”, is part of what museum collection?
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    • Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
    • Uffizi Gallery, Florence
    • Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden
    • Louvre Museum, Paris
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  35. This philosopher is known for his profound dislike towards humanity:
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    • Immanuel Kant
    • Christian Wolff
    • Karl Marx
    • Arthur Schopenhauer
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  36. To which art movement does Vincent van Gogh's work belong?
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    • Post-impressionism.
    • Constructivism.
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  37. To which play did Michelangelo exclaim "Why don't you speak?" when he finished it?
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    • Moses
    • David
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  38. To which play of William Shakespeare does the phrase "To be or not to be, that is the question" belong?
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    • Macbeth
    • Hamlet
    • King Lear
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  39. Umberto Eco is the author of "Foucault's Pendulum": True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  40. Under what name did Vincent insist on signing and cataloguing his work?
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    • Van Gogh.
    • Vincent.
    • Gogh.
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  41. Van Gogh died of:
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    • Old age.
    • Poisoning.
    • Injuries caused by a firearm.
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  42. Van Gogh was deeply atheistic, hated religion with all his heart: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  43. Vincent van Gogh was a native of:
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    • France
    • Netherlands
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  44. Vincent was given the same name that had been given to a stillborn brother exactly one year earlier: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  45. Vitruvian Man is a drawing of Leonardo: True or false?
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    • True.
    • False, is the Vignola Man.
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  46. Voice between soprano and contralto.
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    • Mezzosoprano
    • Baritone
    • Countertenor
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  47. What about this one? The Nefertiti Bust, one of the most captivating works of Egyptian art from the ancient period, is exhibited in what museum?
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    • Neues Museum, Berlin
    • Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo
    • Louvre Museum, Paris
    • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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  48. What artist executed the painting “Las meninas” (1656) in the Spanish Golden Age, now exposed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid?
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    • Francisco Zurbarán
    • Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
    • Francisco Ribalta
    • Diego Velázquez
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  49. What artistic style is "La Gioconda"?
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    • Baroque
    • Renaissance
    • Romanticism
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  50. What collection in Paris is displayed in a former train station turned into an art museum?
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    • The Centre Pompidou
    • Musée d’Orsay
    • Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais
    • Musée des Arts et Métiers
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