Quiz 12 – Europe is the home of some of the greatest works of art. Taking the time to appreciate the Masters from days gone by can be very rewarding.
This week’s quiz offers you a work of art to view. Your task is:
a) Identify the artist for 5 points
b) Identify where you would view this work of art for 5 points
** If you click on the picture it will enlarge for easier identification
(I also reveal the name of the artwork, but no points awarded just pat yourself on the back for a job well done.) Good Luck
This week’s quiz offers you a work of art to view. Your task is:
a) Identify the artist for 5 points
b) Identify where you would view this work of art for 5 points
** If you click on the picture it will enlarge for easier identification
(I also reveal the name of the artwork, but no points awarded just pat yourself on the back for a job well done.) Good Luck
– El Greco – “The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest”
– The Prado - Madrid Spain
– Johannes Vermeer – “The Milkmaid”
– Rijksmuseum – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
– “Lorenzo Ghiberti - Gates of Paradise, The Story of Adam and Eve”
– The East Doors of Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni) – Florence, Italy
– Gustav Klimt – “The Kiss (Lovers)”
– Belvedere Palace - Vienna, Austria
– Donatello – “The Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata”
– Piazza del Santo - Padua, Italy
– Leonardo da Vinci – “The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne”
– Louvre – Paris, France"
– Salvador Dalí – “Metamorphosis of Narcissus”
– Tate Modern – London, England
– Edvard Munch – “The Scream”
– National Gallery – Oslo, Norway
Edvard Munch painted four versions of The Scream. The Munch Museum holds one of the oil versions and one in pastel in Oslo Norway. The National Gallery in Oslo, has the painted version, and that was the one shown in the quiz. The fourth one, also a pastel, is in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
– Claude Monet – “Water Lilies, Evening Effect”
– Musée d'Orsay – Paris, France
