Middle School Fine Arts

Question 1

A sculpture by this artist includes six figures walking solemnly while wearing nooses, The Burghers of Calais. This sculptor never completed his Gates of Hell, which includes a sculpture of Paolo and Francesca da Rimini embracing and one of a man pensively resting his chin on his fist. For ten points, name this French sculptor of The Kiss and The Thinker.

Answer 1

Auguste Rodin

Question 2

In this work, potted plants are visible above the left shoulder of one of the central figures, and part of a red barn can be seen on the right. Architecture in the background is in the Carpenter form of its title style. This painting’s models were the painter’s dentist and his sister, Nan. For 10 points, name this regionalist Grant Wood work that depicts a woman and her pitchfork-holding father.

Answer 2

American Gothic

Question 3

Pieter Bruegel made a painting of this type with the Fall of Icarus. The Barbizon school specialized in these paintings, like Millet’s The Gleaners. John Constable painted these works in Dedham Vale, including one of a hay wain by the river Stour. For ten points, name this style of painting, which feature wide views of forests, valleys, and other natural scenery.

Answer 3

Landscape