Loaded Questions 1/24/22 - Art
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1. Used in architecture and sculpture, COR-TEN steel is also known as what?
2. A crazy horse looks at a demonic beast sitting atop a lying woman in "The Nightmare", a 1781 work by what Anglo-Swiss artist?
3. Inspired by a famous 19th century figure, what is the professional name of the Chicago-born African-American visual artist best known for 1989's "What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag"?
4. "The Number of the Beast is 666" is the fourth painting in a series of watercolors by William Blake named for "The Great Red" what?
5. What surname connects Catalan painter Jose Maria who created the mural "American Progress" and Catalan archiect Jose Luis who created the Harvard Science Center and the Miro Museum?
6. A 2013 documentary named "Finding" her is about what Chicago street photographer who took over 100,000 photos while working as a nanny?
7. In classical architecture, what name is given to a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature? One of these is named for Bernini in St. Peter's Square.
8. The founder of video art, what late Korean-American artist created "Buddha Watching TV", worked with the oft-topless cellist Charlotte Moorman, and coined the term "electronic superhighway"?
9. What Welsh illustrator is best known for his collaboration with Hunter S. Thompson, which included "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"?
10. "The Lady in Gold" is a name for a painting by Gustav Klimt depicting what woman, commissioned by her husband Ferdinand?
11. Louise Nevelson is known for large, black wooden compartmentalized sculptures with what celestial religious name?
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1. Used in architecture and sculpture, COR-TEN steel is also known as what? Weathering steel
2. A crazy horse looks at a demonic beast sitting atop a lying woman in "The Nightmare", a 1781 work by what Anglo-Swiss artist? Henry Fuseli
3. Inspired by a famous 19th century figure, what is the professional name of the Chicago-born African-American visual artist best known for 1989's "What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag"? Dread Scott
4. "The Number of the Beast is 666" is the fourth painting in a series of watercolors by William Blake named for "The Great Red" what? Dragon
5. What surname connects Catalan painter Jose Maria who created the mural "American Progress" and Catalan archiect Jose Luis who created the Harvard Science Center and the Miro Museum? Sert
6. A 2013 documentary named "Finding" her is about what Chicago street photographer who took over 100,000 photos while working as a nanny? Vivian Maier
7. In classical architecture, what name is given to a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature? One of these is named for Bernini in St. Peter's Square. Colonnade
8. The founder of video art, what late Korean-American artist created "Buddha Watching TV", worked with the oft-topless cellist Charlotte Moorman, and coined the term "electronic superhighway"? Nam June Paik
9. What Welsh illustrator is best known for his collaboration with Hunter S. Thompson, which included "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"? Ralph Steadman
10. "The Lady in Gold" is a name for a painting by Gustav Klimt depicting what woman, commissioned by her husband Ferdinand? Adele Bloch-Bauer
11. Louise Nevelson is known for large, black wooden compartmentalized sculptures with what celestial religious name? Sky Cathedral