Do You Know These Unique Facts Behind These Extraordinary Paintings?
Do You Know These Unique Facts Behind These Extraordinary Paintings?
These works of art are exquisite; can you say the same about your score?
These works of art are exquisite; can you say the same about your score?
A picture does tell a thousand words, but your score on this quiz reveals just how much you know these world-famous masterpieces and the artists who painted them. The stories and history behind some of these artworks are truly incredible.
In 1911 when Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre, this artist was a prime suspect.
Lisa del Giocondo (née Gherardin), the wife of Florentine merchant, Francesco del Giocondo, is said to be the subject of...
In the Portrait of Madame X by John Singer Sargent, the painter had to repaint the subject’s ____ because he originally painted it falling off and was considered to be scandalous.
____ began working on Irises during his first week at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, France.
Salvador Dalí Thought He Was His Dead Brother.
Leonardo da Vinci took ___ to complete the Mona Lisa.
Now regarded as one of the world’s greatest artists, long-standing lore holds that Vincent van Gogh actually managed to officially sell just ___ painting during his lifetime.
This painting done by da Vinci was at the request of the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza.
Edvard Munch’s most famous work, The Scream has technically ___ painted through the years.
The Persistence of Memory painted by Dali was an allusion to…
The Girl With The Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer was originally called..
The most famous painting work by ____ known as The Night Watch, portrays a group portrait of a militia company.
Da Vinci’s The Last Supper originally included ____, which was cut off when the builders cut into the mural.
The iconic American Gothic painting by Grant Wood actually portrays…
The marble slab that was turned into Michelangelo’s David was actually cut 43 years earlier for an artist named Agostino di Duccio, who wanted to turn it into a statue of ____.
In Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, _____ abstract depiction of five Barcelona prostitutes was considered scandalous and immoral when the artist debuted it.
Dutch artist Piet Mondrian famous work, Broadway Boogie Woogie is based on…
In Edvard Munch’s The Scream, the iconic figure in the foreground depicted with hands over their ears is…
Van Gogh had voluntarily admitted himself into a mental asylum after he…
The painting, ‘Whistler's Mother' by James Abbott McNeill Whistler is often called the…
Raphael's great masterpiece, which adorns the walls of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, and features figures like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Zoroaster, Raphael himself is called…
____ The Birth of Venus was the first full-length, non-religious nude since antiquity, and was believed to be made for Lorenzo de Medici.
Commissioned by Manuel de Godoy, Spain’s Prime Minister, The Naked Maja that got the artist into trouble with the Spanish Inquisition was painted by…