Art and architecture Flashcards
Which artist, Pre-Raphaelite muse and wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti modelled
for Ophelia in John Everett Millais’ 1852 painting of the character?
Elizabeth Siddal
Which Scottish artist’s model and wife of John Everett Millais had previously been
married to the critic John Ruskin, though this was annulled on grounds of nonconsummation?
Euphemia ‘Effie’ Gray
Which American pop artist was shot in an attempted murder by Valerie Solanas
at his New York studio, known as the Factory, in 1968?
Andy Warhol
What is the common English title of the Leonardo da Vinci portrait of a woman,
housed in the Louvre, and known in Italian as La Gioconda?
Mona Lisa
What is the common English title of the Leonardo da Vinci mural, housed in the
Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, depicting 13 people at a table, and
known in Italian as Il Cenacolo?
The Last Supper
In the 1810s and 1820s, John Constable created a series of paintings depicting
the cathedral in which city in Wiltshire?
Salisbury
In the 1820s and 1830s, J.M.W. Turner created a series of paintings in and
around which city in West Sussex, including two depictions of its ship canal with
the cathedral in the background?
Chichester
In classical architecture, what name is given to a pillar that has been sculpted in the shape of a female figure?
Caryatid
Name either of the two terms used in classical architecture for a pillar or support that has been sculpted in the shape of a male figure?
Telamon or Atlas
The Jacques-Louis David painting depicting a body in a bathtub is titled The
Death of… which Swiss-born French political theorist and revolutionary leader?
Jean-Paul Marat
The vividly coloured 1952 canvas Mountains and Sea is one of the best-known
works of which American abstract expressionist painter, known for her “soak
stain” techniques, applying diluted oil paint onto unprimed canvas?
Helen Frankenthaler
The Jacques-Louis David painting depicting a man sitting on a bed and speaking
to his distressed followers while reaching for a cup of poison is titled The Death
of… which ancient Greek philosopher?
Socrates
Which American abstract expressionist painter, known for works with political
and philosophical themes, produced the first of many paintings in his Elegies to
the Spanish Republic series in 1948?
Robert Motherwell
Which American feminist artist created a collage adaptation of Da Vinci’s Last
Supper called Some Living American Women Artists? The heads of the disciples
were replaced with photographs of the artists, with Georgia O’Keeffe as Jesus,
and more artists, including Judy Chicago, around the border.
Mary Beth Edelson
