Art history
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So you think you know dates...
100
Where were the oldest "works of art we will consider" discovered, and what time period are they from?
Chauvet Cave, France/Old Stone Age (c 30,000 bce)
100
The Ghent Altarpiece was made in what medium?
Oil Paints
100
This is one of the oldest examples of Islamic architecture
What is Dome of the Rock?
100
Sarah Tisdale died in this method. (Specifics)
Suicide by sleeping pills
100
What year was Pablo Picasso born?
1882
200
Name three out of the six elements of Art
Line, Composition, Color, Shape and Form, Perspective and Texture
200
On average how long would intricate embroidery on silk robes take?
About 2 and a half years
200
Which of these was not be classified as an Abstract Expressionist artist; Rosenburg, Kadinsky, Krasner, Kline..
Harold Rosenburg was an art critic, not artist.
200
Walt Whitman held what two explorers as personal heroes?
Columbus and da Gama
200
The Arnolfini Portrait was finished in what year?
1434
300
Name 2 different column types used by Classical Greeks and Romans
Doric, Ionic and Corinthian
300
The foundation for the Florence Cathedral was laid in what year and who was in charge of that?
1296, di Cambio
300
Painted wares found in china date back to what millennium?
4th millennium bce
300
The Aeolian Harp is from what classic work?
Homer's Odyssey
300
What year and using what means did Walt Whitman first publish Leaves of Grass?
He self published it in 1855
400
The reference to Nubia in the art packet held what information about the kingdom's art?
That the small amount of Nubian art work might soon change as revision of art history continues
400
What were the five colors that the decor on the Carson, Pirie, Scott building.
red, green, gold, black and gray
400
Why is there more historic Benin art found European museums, then museums in Nigeria?
The British, 1897 raid on the royal palace
400
What two water gods were references in Woodsworth's "The World is Too Much With Us"
Proteus and Triton
400
In what year did the cities of Sumer came under rule of Sargon of Akkad
2334 bce
500
The Persians were mentioned for this specific art from and example.
What is architecture and the palace at Persopolis
500
What is the name of the first Chinese maker of paper mentioned in writing?
Ts'ai Lun
500
What art group, dissatisfied with the IR, tried to return to pre-Renaissance art?
Pre-Raphaelites
500
What was Edwin Muir's most notable translation of a German work into english?
the fiction of Franz Kafka
500
Who is one of the first people who sought to analyze art, and during what time did he live?
Pliny the Elder (23-79)
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