Hard Painting Knowledge Challenge
A rigorous set of eight multiple-choice items probing deep aspects of fine-art painting.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
Which Italian Renaissance master developed the sfumato technique to achieve soft tonal transitions?
- 2
Which artist is credited with creating one of the earliest known oil paintings on canvas in the early 16th century?
- 3
In traditional color theory, which pigment is a complementary color to ultramarine blue?
- 4
Which movement is characterized by flat areas of color and an emphasis on decorative pattern, exemplified by Henri Matisse's "The Red Room"?
- 5
When conservators remove varnish from a 19th-century oil painting, which solvent is most commonly employed?
- 6
Which ratio best approximates the dimensions of the classic golden rectangle often used by painters?
- 7
The "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is attributed to which Dutch Golden Age painter?
- 8
Which pigment, discovered in the 19th century, provides a vivid, light-fast magenta and replaced the earlier madder lake?
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