Loaded Questions 6/9/22 - Art
Paint your wagon!
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1. Abstract Expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler is best known for what painting inspired after a trip to Nova Scotia whose title includes two geographic features?
2. A type of prayer flag, what painted or embroidered linen banner originating in Tibet often depicts Buddha, Buddhist scenes, or mandala designs?
3. What famous sculpture was originally named "Francesca da Ramini", named after a 13th century Italian noblewoman who loved Paolo Malatesta, as seen in "Inferno"?
4. Adolf Hitler declared what 1920s German art movement that was a reaction against expressionism as "degenerate art"? Artists in this movement included Otto Dix, George Grosz, Max Beckmann.
5. Good news, everyone! What house designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe completed in 1951 and found in Plano, Illinois was listed as one of Illinois "25 Must See Buildings"?
6. People with crescent-shaped heads are seen in a Santeria-inspired painting called "The Jungle", a 1943 work by what Cuban painter, an influential member of the Afro-Cuban movement?
7. In 2016, who became the first woman and the first African American to win the National Portrait Gallery's Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition with her artwork "Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)"?
8. "The Fortune Teller", "Joseph the Carpenter", and "Magdalene at a Mirror" are all paintings by what 17th century French Baroque painter?
9. What name, also the same as a world capital, is another name for African wax prints, the design of colorful cotton cloths with designs created with a technique similar to batik?
10. A bowl of oranges and a Red Bass Ale appear in what 1882 painting by Edouard Manet?
11. Used by artists, what is the other name for kneaded erasers?
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1. Abstract Expressionist painter Helen Frankenthaler is best known for what painting inspired after a trip to Nova Scotia whose title includes two geographic features? Mountains and Sea
2. A type of prayer flag, what painted or embroidered linen banner originating in Tibet often depicts Buddha, Buddhist scenes, or mandala designs? Thangka
3. What famous sculpture was originally named "Francesca da Ramini", named after a 13th century Italian noblewoman who loved Paolo Malatesta, as seen in "Inferno"? “The Kiss” by Rodin
4. Adolf Hitler declared what 1920s German art movement that was a reaction against expressionism as "degenerate art"? Artists in this movement included Otto Dix, George Grosz, Max Beckmann. New Objectivity
5. Good news, everyone! What house designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe completed in 1951 and found in Plano, Illinois was listed as one of Illinois "25 Must See Buildings"? Farnsworth House
6. People with crescent-shaped heads are seen in a Santeria-inspired painting called "The Jungle", a 1943 work by what Cuban painter, an influential member of the Afro-Cuban movement? Wilfredo Lam
7. In 2016, who became the first woman and the first African American to win the National Portrait Gallery's Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition with her artwork "Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)"? Amy Sherald
8. "The Fortune Teller", "Joseph the Carpenter", and "Magdalene at a Mirror" are all paintings by what 17th century French Baroque painter? Georges de la Tour
9. What name, also the same as a world capital, is another name for African wax prints, the design of colorful cotton cloths with designs created with a technique similar to batik? Ankara
10. A bowl of oranges and a Red Bass Ale appear in what 1882 painting by Edouard Manet? A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
11. Used by artists, what is the other name for kneaded erasers? Putty rubber