Loaded Questions 3/17/22 - Art
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1. The first African-American to have a one-man exhibit in NYC in 1928, what painter is best known for his scenes of night scenes, crowd scenes, and jazz clubs?
2. "La Reve", "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust", and "Woman in Hat and Fur Collar" are all Picasso paintings depicting what model and lover?
3. Jackson Pollack's drip paintings exemplify what type of painting, the non-differential treatment of the surface of a work of two-dimensional art?
4. What clothing company sponsors a biennial art prize given by the Guggenheim foundation since 1996 for artists working in any medium? Deana Lawson was the 2020 winner of this prize.
5. From the Nahuatl for "incense", what less-expensive amber is a tree resin was used by Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica?
6. Graph paper is an example of what, a method of lines that intersect in art, which show shading?
7. A PVC kinetic sculpture blown by the wind and able to move on its own called the Strandbeest is the signature work of what Dutch artist?
8. The Orphism art movement was started in the 1910s by what husband-wife artist pair, with him creating paintings about the Eiffel Tower, and her creating "simultaneous" paintings?
9. The two long things used by glassblowers is the blowpipe and what five-letter rod, about 5 feet, used to hold an object being blown after it has been removed from the blowpipe?
10. Other than the Prado Museum, what two other art museums make up Madrid's Golden Triangle of Art? One contains "Guernica" and is named for a woman born in 1938, and the other contains historical art and is named for a German-Hungarian entrepreneur.
11. What French sculptor (1864-1943) created the artworks "The Waltz" and "The Mature Age", which were influenced by her relationship with Rodin?
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1. The first African-American to have a one-man exhibit in NYC in 1928, what painter is best known for his scenes of night scenes, crowd scenes, and jazz clubs? Archibald Motley
2. "La Reve", "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust", and "Woman in Hat and Fur Collar" are all Picasso paintings depicting what model and lover? Marie-Therese Walter
3. Jackson Pollack's drip paintings exemplify what type of painting, the non-differential treatment of the surface of a work of two-dimensional art? All-over
4. What clothing company sponsors a biennial art prize given by the Guggenheim foundation since 1996 for artists working in any medium? Deana Lawson was the 2020 winner of this prize. Hugo Boss Prize
5. From the Nahuatl for "incense", what less-expensive amber is a tree resin was used by Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica? Copal
6. Graph paper is an example of what, a method of lines that intersect in art, which show shading? Crosshatching
7. A PVC kinetic sculpture blown by the wind and able to move on its own called the Strandbeest is the signature work of what Dutch artist? Theo Jansen
8. The Orphism art movement was started in the 1910s by what husband-wife artist pair, with him creating paintings about the Eiffel Tower, and her creating "simultaneous" paintings? Robert and Sofia Delaunay
9. The two long things used by glassblowers is the blowpipe and what five-letter rod, about 5 feet, used to hold an object being blown after it has been removed from the blowpipe? Punty
10. Other than the Prado Museum, what two other art museums make up Madrid's Golden Triangle of Art? One contains "Guernica" and is named for a woman born in 1938, and the other contains historical art and is named for a German-Hungarian entrepreneur. Reina Sofia Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
11. What French sculptor (1864-1943) created the artworks "The Waltz" and "The Mature Age", which were influenced by her relationship with Rodin? Camille Claudel