Loaded Questions 4/25/22 - Art
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1. "At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women" is a 1988 book by what American photographer, known for her pictures of young children?
2. The 1891 painting "Tiger in a Tropical Storm" by Henri Rousseau is also given what one-word name?
3. What Egyptian scribe who lived around 1350 BC is the subject of a tomb now located in the British Museum?
4. Which pope was the subject of a Diego Velazquez portrait, which Francis Bacon created a "screaming" version of?
5. Possibly a good color to paint your restaurant, what very dark shade of grayish brown with a French name was also called "soot brown"?
6. From the Japanese for "mud dumpling", what Japanese art form is a sculpture made of earth and water to create a shiny billiard ball-sized sphere?
7. James Hampton, an African-American outsider artist from DC but born in Elloree in SC, was a janitor who made a work made from scavenged materials named "___ of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly". What word is missing?
8. "Cubo-Futurism" was a movement created by what Russian female painter, a founder of the Jack of Diamonds and the Donkey's Tail movements, whose paintings include "Picking Apples" and "The Flowers"? She was married to Mikhail Larionov.
9. What photographer is best known for his 1984 National Geographic photograph "Afghan Girl"?
10. What 1929 painting by Magritte features a large eye, with clouds instead of an iris? The Magritte painting “Not to Be Reproduced” arguably features one of the title objects.
11. What green pigment is obtained by applying acetic acid to copper plates, or is the natural patina when copper or brass is weathered? The Statue of Liberty is this color.
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1. "At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women" is a 1988 book by what American photographer, known for her pictures of young children? Sally Mann
2. The 1891 painting "Tiger in a Tropical Storm" by Henri Rousseau is also given what one-word name? Surprised!
3. What Egyptian scribe who lived around 1350 BC is the subject of a tomb now located in the British Museum? Nebamun
4. Which pope was the subject of a Diego Velazquez portrait, which Francis Bacon created a "screaming" version of? Innocent X
5. Possibly a good color to paint your restaurant, what very dark shade of grayish brown with a French name was also called "soot brown"? Bistre
6. From the Japanese for "mud dumpling", what Japanese art form is a sculpture made of earth and water to create a shiny billiard ball-sized sphere? Dorodango
7. James Hampton, an African-American outsider artist from DC but born in Elloree in SC, was a janitor who made a work made from scavenged materials named "___ of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly". What word is missing? Throne
8. "Cubo-Futurism" was a movement created by what Russian female painter, a founder of the Jack of Diamonds and the Donkey's Tail movements, whose paintings include "Picking Apples" and "The Flowers"? She was married to Mikhail Larionov. Natalia Goncharova
9. What photographer is best known for his 1984 National Geographic photograph "Afghan Girl"? Steve McCurry
10. What 1929 painting by Magritte features a large eye, with clouds instead of an iris? The Magritte painting “Not to Be Reproduced” arguably features one of the title objects. The False Mirror
11. What green pigment is obtained by applying acetic acid to copper plates, or is the natural patina when copper or brass is weathered? The Statue of Liberty is this color. Verdigris