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The questions start off easy and get harder as they progress. This weeks quiz is especially challenge. Good Luck! You'll need it! 1 In 1876, one of the most infamous robberies of a painting
took place. Adam Worth, alias Henry J. Raymond, with two accomplices
broke into the gallery of Thomas Agnew & Sons on Old Bond Street in
London at midnight and walked off with the portrait of Georgiana, Duchess
of Devonshire who, in 1787 when the portrait was made, was celebrated
as the fairest and wickedest woman in Georgian England. Who painted
the portrait? 2. What famous painting was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia in 1991
and hidden under his bed for a year? 3. What painting was featured in the movie "Titanic" as part
of the luggage carried by the character played by Kate Winslet and her
character's fiance, a painting which, in fact, did not sink to the bottom
of the ocean but which is currently hanging in the Museum of Modern
Art in New York. 4. This painting by William-Adolpe Bougereau titled "The Abduction
of Psyche" and painted in 1895 shows Psyche being carried away by the
which mythological figure?
5. "The Garden of Allah" by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966). What
was this artist's nationality?
6. What Russian-born painter was said to have laid the foundation
for the modern art form known as Abstract Impressionism? 7. Which of the following painters was not a member of the Canadian
"Group of Seven"? 8. Painting can be described as the creating of an impression
by building up color and line. What term describes the pasting together
of heterogeneous materials? 9. What type of painting is concerned with the realistic depiction
of scenes from everyday life? 10. The Greek word "keramos" meaning "potter's clay" gives us
the root word for which type of folk art?
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