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

What period was this painting by Dutch artist Clara Peeters made?

Baroque The Dutch Golden Age The Renaissance The Dark Ages

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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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Which organisation established the hierarchy of painting genres (in which Still Life came last) in the 17th century?

Académie des Beaux-Arts British School in Rome The Bauhaus Royal College of Art, London

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What is installation art?

An environment which surrounds the viewer and unifies a whole space A marble statue When something is installed somewhere forever It’s a kind of painting

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What is the name of this artwork by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss, made in 1987?

A chain reaction The Way Things Go Whoosh! The Kettle’s Boiling!

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British artist Cornelia Parker transforms everyday objects so we can look at them in with fresh eyes. She often does this through...

An act of violence or destruction Making copies of objects Hiding objects Writing about them

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Which of the following is not a category of still life?

Flower paintings Portraits Food and drink Household objects

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What kinds of things did not inspire Pop artists?

Old landscape paintings Hollywood films Billboards Television

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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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According to Marcel Duchamp and likeminded artists, anything could be used to make art because...

They hated using paint It was cheaper If they said it was art, it was art Other people said it was not art

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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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Surrealism was an art movement which was interested in exploring...

Land art How the human body works The unconscious mind Politics

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