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Art Quiz Revisited

Now that we’ve completed the entire 60-questions from the “Art Quiz” feature, I wondered how well I’d do if I … More

Art Quizzes, Encyclopedia Britannica, Visual Arts

Art Quiz: The Answer is Herat School

The “Herat school” of art was a 15th-century style of miniature painting that developed in the city of Herat in … More

Herat School of Art, Persian Art, Persian Music

Art Quiz: Question 60

Today we come to the end of our “Art Quiz”. Here is the final question: What school of painting flourished … More

Art Quiz, Shah Rokh, Timurid

Degenerate Art

It’s always interesting to me to see how one thing can lead to another. As I learn about art and … More

Adolf Hitler, Degenerate Art, Nazi Party

Art Quiz: The Answer is Charlemagne

The Encyclopedia Britannica is the source for all questions I’ve shared in the Art Quiz feature. From their website comes … More

Art History, Art Quiz, Carolingian Art, Charlemagne, Palatine Chapel

Art Quiz: Question 59

We getting close to the finish line! We’ll be wrapping up the Art Quiz feature next Sunday with the final … More

Art History, Art Quiz, Carolingian Art

Art Quiz: The Answer is 1905

Here is a bit of information taken directly from Wikipedia: The Brücke (Bridge), also Künstlergruppe Brücke or KG Brücke was a group of German expressionist artists formed … More

Die Brucke, Dresden, Erich Heckel, Expressionists, Fritz Bleyl

Art Quiz: Question 58

We’re getting near the end of this Art Quiz feature. How have you been doing? Only three questions remaining in … More

Art Quiz, Die Brucke

The Russian Avant-Garde

Today’s post is short and to the point. I’m intrigued by avant-garde art, especially art created by artists such as … More

Avant-Garde art, Ekster, Goncharova, Kandinsky, Larionov, Lissitzky, Malevich, Popova, Puni, Rodchenko, Russian art, Tatlin

Art Quiz: The Answer is China

I guessed correctly on this one, but I had no idea what gongbi or baimiao were, so I had to do a … More

Asian Art, Baimiao, Chinese art, Gongbi

Art Quiz: Question 57

Only a few more question to go in our “Art Quiz” feature! Here’s today’s quiz question: In which country are … More

Art History, Art Quiz, Baimiao, Gongbi

Art Quiz: The Answer is Amarna Style

I had no idea on this “art quiz” question, but once I began researching the answer I found it quite … More

Akhenaten, Amenhotep IV, Aton, Bust of Nefertiti, Egyptian art

Art Quiz: Question 56

Only a few more “art quiz” questions to go! Here’s today’s question: What Egyptian art style did Amenhotep IV create? … More

Amenhotep IV, Egyptian art

Art Quiz: The Answer is Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov

I’d never heard of Rayonism before… which is hardly surprising. I don’t have much background in art history, and what … More

Avant-Garde art, Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, Rayonism, Russian abstract art

Art Quiz: Question 55

I’m going to say this… it seems to me that the longer this “Art Quiz” goes on, the harder the … More

Art History, Art Quiz, Rayonism

The Zorn Palette

I first heard of the “Zorn” palette through one of our area art clubs. Our HFAA group recently put on … More

Anders Zorn, Limited palettes, Zorn Palette

Art Quiz: Question 54

Happy Mother’s Day! Even as you’re celebrating today and honoring the women in your life, here’s an art quiz question … More

Art History, Art Quiz, Orphism

Art Quiz: The Answer is Rajasthan

What little I’ve learned of art history has focused on European and American art, so I’ve been introduced to a … More

Hindu gods and goddesses, Indian Art, Kishangarh, Krishna, Radha

Art Quiz: Question 53

Here’s today “Art Quiz” question, and I had no idea on this one. Do you know the answer? The Kishangarh … More

Art History, Art Quiz, Kishangarh

Art Quiz: The Answer is Kakemono

Even though I love Japanese art, I wasn’t familiar with the term kakemono. According to Wikipedia, the word means hanging thing, and it … More

Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Hanging Scrolls, Kakejiku, Kakemono, Nomura

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