This is a Gen-Art Quiz - Art Quiz

Gen – Art Quiz
Aayushman | Abhinav
12th November 2018

The principles of true art
is not to portray, but to
evoke.

Among the planets of the
arts, architecture is the dark
side of the moon.

Rules
42 Questions, 4 Rounds
IB/IP 1 | WR 1 | IB/IP 2 | WR 2
Bounce X/0 | Pounce X/-0.5X
Partial Pounce is allowed, Bounce chanced will be skipped
Disqualification on use of electronics

◈ Chitra ______ is a New York based artist who tries to fight sexism,
misogyny and other gender based issues through her art.
◈ Her most recent work is inspired from a 1905 feminist utopian story,
_______’_ _____ in which the main character wakes up and finds herself in
a beautiful world led by women. There are flying cars and women scientists
have discovered a way to trap solar power.
◈ What is the inspiration behind Chitra’s work? (20)
◈ What is Chitra’s last name, very apt considering this is the first question of
the quiz? (10)
1

◈ Chitra Ganesh, Sultana’s Dream
1

◈ Joseph Ducreux was quite a strange artist who made several very informal
self portraits. He was “premier peintre de la reine”and made several paintings
for the court.
◈ For some reason he had to leave his job in 1792 or should I say, his job
ceased to exist and he became the last person to do something.
◈ After 1792, he made a series of very informal self portraits and almost
everyone of you might’ve seen it in a totally different context.
◈ Where have you seen one of his self portraits? (20)
◈ What is special about this work of his which he painted in 1792?
(description works) (20)
2

◈ Last portrait of Louis XVI, Archaic Rap Meme(description will work)
2

◈ In the next slide, you’ll see ‘Young Man with a Skull’ (1626) by the Dutch Golden
Age painter Frans Hals.
◈ The painting was first documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910 who descibed
it as a life-size half-length potrait of ______.
◈ This interpretation was questioned and rejected because the presense of
something had not been recored in Northen Netherlands in 1620s.
◈ It is now considered to be a vanitas i.e. a reminder of the precarious nature of
life and the inevitability of death.
◈ What was the earlier interpretation all about? (10)
◈ If the first interpretation was correct where, very close to home, would one
have seen this work around 2014? (10)
3

◈ The painting (1420) in next slide depicts a scene from a very famous love story,
one of the most prominent works of Arab literature and later that became
particularly popular in the later version by the Persian poet Nizami.
◈ In the scene, the protagonist, ______ (meaning “madman” in Arabic) becomes
mad and withdraws into the solitude of the desert where he lives among the
wild animals.
◈ This story and his unstable love life inspired a musician to write a love song
around 5 and a half centuries later, with the title sharing its name with the
female protagonist of the story.
◈ Which love story is this? (10)
◈ Which song by which musician? (10)
4

◈ Layla and Majnun, Layla by Eric Clapton
4

◈ Nise da Silveira was against the prevalent methods used in the field, so she
created Museu de Imagens do Inconsciente in 1952.
◈ She thought art might be a great way to help a certain set of people. The
people were free to express themselves through art.
◈ She was a student of Carl Jung and was the first person to introduce Jung to
Brazil.
◈ Following are some artwork created by these people.
◈ Who are these artists? (20)
5

◈ Sometime around 1941 or ’42, a 59 year old artist was walking in New York
City with a handheld sketchbook when he sketched a man wearing a suit
and a fedora.
◈ He sketched another man from behind, sitting on a counter, several times.
◈ After years of search, it was found that the artwork was not inspired by a
single place. It was a composite of intersections around Greenwich avenue
and its curving prow is believed to be inspired by the Flatiron Building.
◈ Which painting is discussed above? (20)
6

◈ Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks
6

◈ In S05E10 of Dr Who, Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet someone who
is being tormented by an invisible alien who is only visible to the person.
◈ When they go back in time, they find him at the local café with sort of orangey
lights, chairs and tables outside.
◈ After spending some time with him, they(Dr and Amy) realize that he is
obsessed with a church and is waiting very eagerly to paint it.
◈ In the same meeting they discover that he is not actually obsessed with
_________ but finds them very complex, somewhere between living and dead.
◈ Who does Dr and Amy meet? (20)
7

◈ The following artwork is a part of the “Black Border” album by an artist
who was deeply affected by the events happening around him. He didn’t
publically vocalize his thoughts but he made several paintings, some of
which were part of this album.
◈ In the artwork on next slide, you can see a wealthy gentleman, probably
himself, making an offensive gesture to the people behind him.
◈ He didn’t think much of the people at the back and that can be seen by the
massive height difference between them.
◈ What events were the subject of this artwork? (20)
◈ Who was the artist? (20)
8

◈ Napoleon’s attack on Spain, Francisco Goya
8

◈ What is happening in this video? / What are they trying to recreate? (20)
9

◈ Night Watch by Rembrandt
9

◈ Belgian citizens were given a chance to name some streets, alleys and
squares around the industrial zone of Tour & Taxis in Brussels.
◈ Out of the 1,400 suggestions, the officials have chosen ____ _’___ ___ ___
___ as one of the street’s name, commemorating one of the city’s most
famous citizens who lived in Brussels around 90 years back.
◈ The tongue-in-cheek gesture is sure to be a tourist draw to the developing
area—even if it leads to a few lost taxicabs.
◈ What name is given to the street? (English translation will work) (20)
10

◈ Ceci n’est pas une rue (This is not a street), Rene Magritte
10

◈ A Russia based architect Sasha Shtanuk has proposed that the organizers use a
100x100 meters reflective silver blanket is to create an intimate, chilly space.
◈ Made of 3.350 NASA space blankets held together with 40 km of reinforced
tape, the ultralight polyester canvas will constantly change its shape into
surreal silhouettes of waves, mountains, and any other gigantic form your
imagination can think of.
◈ Sasha thinks that since we share a blanket with our loved ones, this huge
blanket will bring strangers closer.
◈ Sasha explains that the silver-colored side of the blanket reflects up to 97% of
the radiated heat, which provides a comfortable and fresh resting area under
the installation during the daytime.
◈ Where has Sasha proposed this blanket to be used? (20)
11

◈ In the following slides, you can see images of Willis Tower located in
Chicago.
◈ The design of the skyscraper was inspired by something coming out of its
box. There are 9 tubes of different heights resembles something pushed out
of the box.
◈ What was the inspiration behind the design of the building? (20)
12

◈ For his portrait he wanted less grey hair and tried to negotiate smaller ears
but none of these were fulfilled.
◈ The portrait shows him floating in vegetation which carry a very special
meaning: the chrysanthemums references the official flower of Chicago;
the jasmine evokes Hawaii, where he spent the majority of his childhood;
the _______ blue lilies stand in for his late father.
◈ The artist wanted to depict him on a throne, holding a sceptre or perhaps
even riding a horse but the subject didn’t want to look like Napoleon.
◈ Who was the subject of this portrait? (20)
13

◈ There were 22 illustrations made by a large team of artists, mainly from
Shantiniketan. The illustrations might remind one of Ajanta murals and are
rendered in miniature style.
◈ They represent different periods of the Indian subcontinent ranging from
Mohenjodaro in the Indus Valley, the Vedic period, the Gupta and Maurya
empires and the Mughal era to more recent ones too.
◈ In many ways, the illustrations, as a work of exquisite aesthetic expression,
represents one of the triumphs of Shantiniketan and Kala Bhavan.
◈ Where can one find these specific illustrations? (20)
14

◈ The original Constitution of India
14

◈ In a roundabout in Athens, one can find this sculpture representing a male
figure with sharp wings and shoulder colliding with a pyramid.
◈ The seven-meter figure was completed in 2000 and a modern take on it is
that it is dedicated to the aviators who lost their lives while on duty.
◈ Some people believe that the sculpture represents a fallen angel but the
artist was trying to depict someone else.
◈ Who/What was the actual inspiration behind the monument? (20)
15

◈ Antoine Bourdelle was an influential and prolific French sculptor, painter,
and teacher.
◈ Auguste Rodin became a great admirer of his work and by September 1893
Antoine Bourdelle joined Rodin as his assistant.
◈ In the next 2 slides, you’ll see 2 sculptures by Bourdelle.
◈ Identify the subject of both the paintings. (10+10)
16

◈ Hercules, Gustave Eiffel
16

Written Round I
Colors
5 Questions | Points on slide | 10 points bonus

◈ Because of its good transparency, this color was used for glazes, shadows,
flesh tones and shading.
◈ However, in addition to its tendency to crack, it was extremely variable in
its composition and quality, and since it contained ammonia and particles
of fat, was likely to affect other colors with which it was used.
◈ By 1915, one London colorman claimed that he could satisfy the demands
of his customers for twenty years from one ________ _____.
◈ The production of the color ceased when the African supply of the source
depleted.
◈ Which color is this? / What was the source of this color? (20)
1

◈ A 2011 research by Sapienza University in Rome argued that the famous
theory about this color painted on the walls of this city is false.
◈ This shade of red was considered to be the major color on the walls but
experts were always skeptical because red was considered to be a color of
luxury.
◈ The new report says that the color was initially yellow and the prolonged
reaction with gases turned it into this shade of red.
◈ What is considered to be the source of this color? (20)
2

◈ Coquelicot is a shade of red. The term was originally a French vernacular
name for the wild _____, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its
bright red color, and orange tint.
◈ It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a color based upon
the flower.
◈ In the next slide you’ll see a painting of a field of flowers by a French
painter.
◈ The flower of which plant does this color represent? (20)
◈ Which French artist’s painting can be seen in next slide? (10)
3

◈ Falu red is a dye that is used in a deep red paint, well known for its use on
wooden cottages and barns.
◈ The pigment is named after the Swedish city of Falun, which is very famous
for a certain type of establishment where the pigment was first found.
◈ The year 2001, the city, the ______ ____ and _____ areas of Falun were
added to the list of world heritage sites by the United Nations.
◈ Where was the color first found? / What gives the color its red shade? (20)
4

◈ _____ is a reddish-brown color, named after the rich brown pigment
derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish of the same name.
◈ This color was used in a project around 80s years ago to represent the
transition from the boring world to the vibrant one.
◈ People now a days will be more familiar with this color through the various
social media and camera apps.
◈ Which color is this? (10)
◈ What project is talked above? (10)
5

◈ About Signora Gherardini’s life, little is known and much is
speculated. Married in her teens to a cloth and silk merchant who
later became a local official, she was mother to five children.
◈ Not long after childbirth in the year 1503, she undertook an
“arduous task” at the will of her husband.
◈ After his death, Gherardini became a nun. She died in 1542 at the
age of 63 and was said to be buried near the Sant'Orsola convent's
altar.
◈ How do we better know Signora Gherardini? (20)
1

◈ Shown in the following set of illustrations are artworks by a famous
personality, most renowned for his wizardry in another art form.
◈ These fantasy artworks were recently exhibited at Bodleian Libraries and
appeared for the first time in print in a new book that beholds over 300
illustrations, handwritten letters, and personal photographs of the artist.
◈ Who’s the illustrator? (20)
2

◈ As if to testify to the volatility of the 1960s, six artworks (Image next slide)
found their way into a very unusual place owing to something that happened
in the late 60s. An artist by the name of Forrest Myers was so eager to make this
happen that he pleaded with someone to help him out, but his requests were
turned down making him use some illicit ways.
◈ The artists who contributed to this artwork are Robert Rauschenberg, David
Novros, John Chamberlain, Claes Oldenburg, Forrest Myers, and X (who created
the top left piece, supposedly a stylized version of his initials).
◈ Where does this unusual art piece finds itself? (20)
◈ Identify X. (20)
3

◈ Moon
◈ X – Andy Warhol
3

◈ When artists like Vincent van Gogh first saw this painter’s prints, with their
vivid colours and startling points of view, it sparked a revolution in their own
art. And even more so, art history is replete with examples of famous artists
directly borrowing from this painter.
◈ One such clear relationship can be seen in Paul Cezanne’s “Monte Sainte-
Victoire” (Image on next slide), which wears the influence from the painter in
question’s most famous work(s) quite boldly on its sleeve.
◈ What seminal work(s) is the aforementioned painting (Image on next slide)
inspired by? (20)
◈ Who is the painter? (20)
4

◈ 36 views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai
4

◈ Olympia is a painting (Image on next slide) by the masterful painter X, considered a
link between realism and impressionism. First exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon, it
agitated audiences due to its provocative and confrontational nature. Journalist
Antonin Proust later recalled, "If the canvas of the Olympia was not destroyed, it is
only because of the precautions that were taken by the administration."
◈ Although, what is interesting to note is that Olympia is often cited in the fashion
world for depiction of a trend that is all the rage now. The subject matter and the
provocative nature of the painting is also credited for sexual connotations of this
fashion trend.
◈ What is the fashion trend being talked about? (10)
◈ Who’s X? (20)
5

◈ Choker
◈ Édouard Manet
5

◈ Paul Gauguin was a French post–impressionist artist, criminally unappreciated until after
his death but now widely acclaimed for inspiring the French avant-garde movement as well
as associated movements like Cubism.
◈ Recently, a new theory has been proposed by German academics which debunked the
earlier theories around a controversial event, involving Gauguin, that is now a bonafide
legend.
◈ The theory argues that, Gauguin was living in the south of France in 1888 when his
altercation with a “madman” blew out of proportion and to defend hisself from the
agitated “madman”, he drew out his weapon and being a skilled fencer, caused serious
damage to his adversary.
◈ The theory is supported by the fact that the “madman” wrote the following to his brother,
"Luckily Gauguin ... is not yet armed with machine guns and other dangerous war
weapons.“
◈ Who is the “madman” and what is the popular legend? (10+10)
6

◈ Vincent van Gogh
◈ Self-Mutilation of Left ear
6

◈ Broadway Boogie Woogie (Image on next slide) is a painting by the iconic
Dutch artist X, completed in 1943 after he had moved to New York in 1940.
Although famous for creating abstract art for most part of his life, this
painting was inspired by clear real-world examples.
◈ One of the artist’s most recognizable works, the painting now hangs in the
Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
◈ What is the painting inspired by? (20)
◈ Who is X? (10)
7

◈ Iconic Grid layout of New York City
◈ Piet Mondrian
7

◈ Before French King Philip II left for the Crusades in 1190, he ordered the fortification of
the Seine area along the western border of Paris against any antagonists. Crowning the
structure was a castle that featured a moat and defensive towers; it also housed a prison
for undesirables. Over time, other construction urbanized the area, reducing the need
for a combat-ready tower. Now we know the castle as a popular tourist spot which even
claims to have an app to find the exit.
◈ In the early 19th century, when Vivant Denon was appointed head of the tourist spot in
question, he suggested a name for it that could have stuck around till this date if
something tragic hadn’t happened a decade later. The story goes that Denon
commented, "There is a frieze over the door awaiting an inscription: I think that ‘Musée
X’ is the only one that suits it.”
◈ Which popular tourist site’s humble beginnings? (10)
◈ Who’s X? (10)
8

◈ Musée du Louvre
◈ X - Napoléon
8

◈ If one walks into the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy to
dote on Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper (Image on next slide),
something odd is quite noticeable. This odd feature owes to something that
happened in 1652. While installing a doorway in the refectory where the
painting is on view, builders cut into the bottom-center of the mural,
irrevocably altering it.
◈ What was lost forever in the alteration? (20)
9

◈ Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer and recipient of a National
Book Award (1970) and two O. Henry awards among other accolades.
◈ She has tried to condense the scenario depicted in an iconic
painting from 1942 in the form of a poem (On next slide).
◈ Two parts – Give the painting. (20)
10

The three men are fully clothed, long sleeves,
even hats, though it’s indoors, and brightly lit,
and there’s a woman. The woman is wearing
a short-sleeved red dress cut to expose her arms,
a curve of her creamy chest; she’s contemplating
a cigarette in her right hand, thinking that
her companion has finally left his wife but
can she trust him?
10

◈ Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
10

◈ L'Origine du monde ("The Origin of the World") is an 1866 painting by the
French artist Gustave Courbet that has been on display in the Musée
d'Orsay, Paris since 1995. The painting is famous for its sensational and
rebellious nature, now considered a monolith in the French Realism art
movement.
◈ On 29 May 2014, a Luxembourg performance artist, Deborah De Robertis,
raised eyebrows after she did something in front of this painting. Her
actions resulted in security guards closing the room and arresting her.
◈ What does the painting depict? What did Deborah do to invite such a
reaction? (20 + 20)
11

◈ Female Genitalia
◈ She recreated the pose in the painting
11

◈ Frida Kahlo, now hailed as one of the greatest painters of all time, was a Mexican artist
known to have led a very solitary and disruptive life due to severe injuries from an
accident that she suffered at an early age. Her marriage to Diego Rivera (another great
Mexican artist) was tumultuous and highly volatile leading both of them to indulge in
adultery. Frida is known to have had some high profile lovers. One of them was X, who
had scurried off his motherland to find shelter in Mexico in the year 1936. Kahlo created
a painting to commemorate her brief affair (On next slide).
◈ Coldplay band leader, Chris Martin, said that he found the phrase (an album of theirs) in
a Frida Kahlo painting and that’s what inspired him to take up that project.
◈ Give X. (20)
◈ Which phrase? (10)
12

◈ X – Leon Trotsky
◈ Viva la Vida
12

◈ L.H.O.O.Q. is a work of art by Marcel Duchamp first conceived in 1919 and the highlight of his
“ready-mades” series, or more specifically a rectified readymade. Duchamp used a cheap
postcard reproduction of a famous painting onto which he drew in pencil and appended the
title.
◈ The French pronunciation of the title is a pun translating to “She is hot in the arse”, or “She
has a hot ass”.
◈ Francis Picabia, in an attempt to publish L.H.O.O.Q. in his magazine 391 could not wait for the
work to be sent from New York City, so with the permission of Duchamp, drew it himself
(forgetting an important detail). Two decades later, Duchamp corrected the omission on
Picabia's replica, later found at a bookstore. Duchamp drew on it in black ink with a fountain
pen, and wrote "Moustache par Picabia / barbiche par Marcel Duchamp / avril 1942".
◈ Which famous painting was the object for this readymade? (10)
◈ What was corrected by Duchamp? (20)
13

◈ He drew a goatee to fit his original drawing
13

◈ The talents of this painter were first discovered on the walls of his family's home.
Around age 7, he began drawing animals and scenes of daily life on the walls of
Kilimanoor Palace with charcoal. He grew on to be one of the greatest painters that the
country produced.
◈ The painter’s fame burgeoned and he painted portraits of many members of the Indian
aristocracy as well as British officials during a short span. There was such a great
demand for his art that it said that Kilimanoor Palace was compelled to open a Post
Office due to the countless painting requests.
◈ As a tribute to the painter’s art, about 30 weavers spent 7 months making something for
Chennai Silks. The grandiose of this project was even recognised by the Limca Book of
World Records.
◈ What is this project’s claim to fame? (10)
◈ Who’s the artist? (10)
14

◈ The most expensive Sari in the world weighing 15 pounds and valued at
$100,000.
◈ Raja Ravi Varma
14

◈ The journey of this sizeable (pun intended) artwork began when an artist
named Agostino di Duccio, ordered for a slab of marble planning to turn it
into a statue of Hercules. Di Duccio abandoned his sculpture, which was
originally to be installed in a Florentine cathedral, and the marble was
unused for 10 years until another sculptor, named Antonio Rossellino,
decided to work with it. Rossellino also abandoned his work because he
found marble too difficult to sculpt, and eventually X began work on his
masterpiece in 1501.
◈ Identify X and his masterpiece in question. (10+10)
15

◈ “Male and Female” is a painting (Image on next slide) by popular abstract
artist X, completed in 1943. This painting holds the distinction for being
the first by the artist to feature his iconic drip technique.
◈ The artist, a legend in his own respect, has received his fair share of love
and hate from critics and aficionados. Due to his unique technique, he
earned the nickname - ____ ___ _______ from his detractors which was a
wordplay on the name of a famous figure in urban legend (tracing his
origins to late 19th century London), with the nickname being a reference
to his iconic technique and first name.
◈ Who is X? (10)
◈ What is the nickname? (20)
16

◈ Jackson Pollock
◈ Jack the Dripper
16

Written Round II
Science + Art
5 Questions | Points on slide | 10 points bonus

Art is meant to disturb,
science reassures.
Georges Braque

◈ The concept of turbulent flow in fluid dynamics is one of the most complex
ideas to explain mathematically and among the hardest for the human
mind to grasp.
◈ In 2004, using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists saw the eddies of a
distant cloud of dust and gas around a star, and it reminded them of
something.
◈ This motivated scientists from Mexico, Spain, and England to study the
something and concluded that it was very similar to the equation which is
considered to be quite accurate for turbulent motion.
◈ What was studied by the scientists? (20)
1

◈ In the next slide, you can see a painting, ‘An Experiment on a Bird in the
Air Pump’ by Joseph Wright.
◈ The painting depicts a natural philosopher, a forerunner of the modern
scientist, recreating one of ______ _____’s air pump experiments, in which
a bird is deprived of air, before a varied group of onlookers.
◈ ______ _____ is considered to be the first modern chemist and therefore
the founder of modern chemistry.
◈ Which chemist is this whose laws have been a source of distress among 12th
graders? (20)
2

◈ In the next 3 slides, you’ll see artworks honoring Swiss scientists.
◈ Name the 3 scientists in order. (20 for each)

◈ This 18th century mathematician is considered to one be
the greatest mathematician and has several
fundamental equations named after him.
3

◈ This famous scientist had multiple nationalities during
his lifetime but he died as an American and Swiss
national.
4

◈ This Swiss born psychologist who thought labyrinth to
be a powerful archetype of the psyche and once said
“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect
has struggled with in vain.”
5

◈ Van Gogh’s Starry Night
1

◈ In the next 3 slides, you’ll see artworks honoring Swiss scientists.
◈ Name the 3 scientists in order. (20 each)

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