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Pop Quiz: All About Artistic Movements and Periods

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1.   This movement gained prominence in the 1920s and 30s, and was exemplified by the work of Salvador Dali:
    Baroque
    Surrealism
    Art Deco

2.   Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque together founded it:
    Cubism
    Abstract Expressionism
    Ash Can School

3.   This style of design and architecture became popular in 1920s Germany, and focused on plainness and functionality:
    Art Deco
    Bauhaus
    Symbolist

4.   Gustave Moreau belonged to this movement:
    Impressionist
    Symbolist
    Art nouveau

5.   Paintings by self-taught artists are often categorized as belonging to this movement:
    Autodidact
    Dadaist
    Naïve Art

6.   Vivid colors and an emphasis on wildness characterized the work of these painters:
    Fauves
    Gothics
    Minimalists

7.   Which movement was the artist Roy Lictenstein talking about when he said: “[It] looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself”?
    Photorealism
    Op Art
    Pop Art

8.   The sculpture of Naum Gabo belonged to this style:
    Rococo
    Expressionist
    Constructivist

9.   His paintings and sculpture were in the futuristic style:
    Umberto Boccioni
    Jackson Pollock
    Henri Matisse

10.   This movement of painters sought to portray urban life at its grittiest:
    Barbizon school
    Ash Can School
    The Beats

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