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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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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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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Which artists took Pop Art to a whole new level by making everyday objects into sculptures on a superhuman scale?

Peter Fischli and David Weiss Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Broggen Gilbert and George Jane and Louise Wilson

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What is the name of Mark Dion’s artwork, which involved working with a group of volunteers to gather material in London?

Tate Thames Dig Down the River Cabinet of Curiosities Furniture

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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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What was the title of Marcel Duchamp’s readymade artwork that caused a stir in 1917?

Urinal Readymade R Mutt Fountain

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Conceptual art became popular in the 1960s and 1970s. What is the genre most concerned with?

Media and techniques The environment Ideas Abstraction

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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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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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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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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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