Artists
Style and Technique
Women Subjects
Modern Art
Classic Art
100
Which artist famously cut off part of his ear?
Vincent van Gogh
100
What is a painting of inanimate objects called?
A still life
100
What famous painting depicts the goddess of love arriving on a giant seashell?
The Birth of Venus
100
What is the name of Edvard Munch's famous painting featuring a screaming figure?
The Scream
100
Which museum houses the Mona Lisa?
The Louvre
200
Which Mexican artist is known for her self-portraits?
Frida Kahlo
200
Cubism was a significant art movement of the early 20th century. Name one of the two artists who pioneered this style of painting?
George Braque and Pablo Picasso
200
Which life-size sculpture of a half-naked woman is believed to have been created by Alexandros of Antioch? When the piece was moved to Paris from Greece in 1820, it lost part of its arms.
Venus de Milo
200
Anish Kapoor's public sculpture "Cloud Gate," installed in Chicago's Millennium Park, is better known by what legume-y nickname?
The Bean
200
Who painted Starry Night?
Vincent van Gogh
300
Which Renaissance artist was also an inventor and scientist?
Leonardo da Vinci
300
What technique uses tiny dots?
Pointillism
300
In Renaissance and Baroque art, a particular shade of blue paint made from lapis lazuli was so expensive that it was primarily used for painting the robes of which religious figure?
The Virgin Mary
300
Which painting features a farmer holding a pitchfork beside his daughter?
American Gothic
300
Which artist painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Michelangelo
400
Which French artist is most famous for his obsession with ballerinas?
Edgar Degas
400
Which style of art, also known as Late Baroque, that focused on decorative ornamentation began in France in the 1730s?
Rococo
400
In a famous painting by Johannes Vermeer, the subject is a young woman wearing a particular piece of jewelry, after which the painting is named. What specific gemstone features both in the jewelry and the name of the painting?
A pearl (The Girl with the Pearl Earing)
400
Who created the famous Campbell's Soup Cans?
Andy Warhol
400
The Rijksmuseum—which includes masterpieces by Rembrandt and Vermeer—and the Van Gogh Museum can both be found in what country?
The Netherlands
500
What American painter and abstract expressionist caused sensations in the 1940s and 1950s with his elaborate drip paintings?
Jackson Pollock
500
Which French term that means “advanced guard” refers to novel, unusual, or experimental art?
Avant-Garde
500
Which character from Hamlet is depicted drowning in an 1852 work by John Everett Millais?
Ophelia
500
Named "Girl With Balloon" before it was partially shredded at a 2018 auction, "Love Is in the Bin" is an artwork that sold for $25.4 million in 2021 by what one-named artist?
Banksy
500
How many times has the Mona Lisa been stolen?
Once. The Mona Lisa only truly disappeared once, vanishing into thin air in 1911 and leaving the art world breathless for two unforgettable years.