Final Quiz Modern and Contemporary Still Life – Art of the Everyday

Which landmark did Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap as their last piece of work in 2021?

Trafalgar Square's column in London The Vatican Church in Rome A Pyramid in Giza The Arc de Triomphe in Paris

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Which of the following artists pioneered using found objects like newspapers and wallpaper to make collages?

Pablo Picasso Andy Warhol Dorothea Tanning Leonardo da Vinci

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What filming technique was used by Sam Taylor-Johnson over several days when she made Still Life (2001)?

Timelapse Stop motion animation Fast motion video 3D animation

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What does ‘Natura Morta’, the Italian word for Still Life, mean?

Everyday life Dead Nature Quiet life Dead animals

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By including everyday materials and subjects like comics, movies and product packaging, Pop artists were trying to:

Break down the boundaries between high and low art Make people read comics Write pop songs Show an imaginary world

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Artists such as Damien Hirst still make artwork about death and mortality. They are modern day versions of the still life theme...

Readymades Genre painting Vanitas and Memento Mori Found objects

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What items did Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap to draw people’s attention to their everyday surroundings?

Plants Buildings, bridges and landmarks Food Presents

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When artists such as Picasso and Braque showed objects from different perspectives at the same time in the same picture this was called...

Post-impressionism Impressionism Cubism Dadaism

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Where were these paintings of fruit, bread, eggs and fish found in Ancient Egypt around 1400 BCE?

In a Book of the Dead On Tutankhamun’s mask In an ancient marketplace On the walls of the Tomb of Menna

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What are the objects in Singapore-born artist Simryn Gill’s artwork Channel #23?

Shells from the Malaysian mangrove shoreline Seaweed from the Malaysian mangrove shoreline Starfish from the Malaysian mangrove wetlands Rubbish from the Malaysian mangrove Forest

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What is surprising about this pile of socks photographed by German-born photographer Wolfgang Tillmans in 2003?

They really smell He stole them None of them fit him The arrangement of them is carefully staged

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The name Dada comes from the French term for

Hobby Horse Nonsense Nothing Surreal

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