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Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Ultimate Test for Art and Archaeological Aptitude - "ArtArchApt" Shows Your "ArtArchAptness"

This is the "ArtArchApt Test", the "ultimate" Test for Art and Archaeological Aptitude-- in which we use a framed photographic test clip referred to as "the artwork". This "artwork" is copyrighted by a copyright owner known to us and may not be used by anyone for any commercial purpose.

Your answers to the following questions are important not only for this test but also for the postings which subsequently follow.

First, however, let us warn you in advance not to drag and drop the image below into Google image search to find visually similar images, for which we disclaim any and all liability because we have no control over that technology. Use it at your own risk, as you may get offensive material. Not our fault! And it will not help you find the origin of this artwork....

"THE ARTWORK"
(copyrighted, no commercial use)

The Artwork

The following art and archaeology aptitude questions relate to the above "artwork". Each question has only ONE right answer, but multiple answers may build that right single answer, i.e. "multiple choice".

QUESTION 1
What is the provenance of the "artwork" clip pictured in the image above?
1) webby award Earth Sky art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
2) a rediscovered classic vase portrayal scene now found at the Louvre in Paris
3) some popular nouveau art featured at the Naive Art Museum in Moscow
4) modern art exhibited at "the Tate" galleries (London, Liverpool and Cornwall)
5) a bas-relief from a famed copper amphora in the British Museum in London
6) a Musée d’Orsay Auguste Renoir on display at the Hermitage
7) a piece from Gustav Klimt at MOMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York
8) King Arthur with shield and sword in a German Nebra Sky Disk production
9) None of the above.
Note your answer. The "artwork" will be identified later.
Click on the "artwork" to see it as a larger image.

QUESTION 2
What content does the "artwork" have? (multiple answers are possible)
1) Person
2) Animal
3) Fish
4) Plant
5) Artefact viz. artifact
6) Shard
7) Textile
8) all of the above
9) none of the above

QUESTION 3
Who created this artwork?
1) Pablo Picasso emerged from Lascaux, saying art since had learned "nothing"
2) Marc Chagall the murals! the windows!
3) Claude Monet of seasonal changes could have painted this, but did he?
4) Andy Warhol and his will, veritably, "to advance the visual arts"!
5) Salvador Dali in surrealistic, "pure, boundless creativity"
6) Damian Hirst challenges "boundaries between art, science & popular culture"
7) Keith Haring "my drawings don't try to imitate life, they try to create life"
8) Wolfgang Fischer, aka known as Wolfgang Beltracchi "our greatest painter ?"
9) none of the above

QUESTION 4 
Do you see any of the following particulars in the "artwork"?
1) a man
2) a woman
3) a child
4) a human head with two eyes
5) a wall tapestry
6) a metal shield
7) a serpent
8) all of the above
9) none of the above

QUESTION 5
Based on your view of "the scene" portrayed in "the artwork",
which of the following statements is true?
1) the man is standing
2) the woman is sitting
3) the woman is holding a child
4) all of the above
5) none of the above

QUESTION 6
In what "medium is" / "mediums are" the "artwork" created?
1) Oil painting
2) Water colour viz. water color viz. aquarelle painting
3) acrylic painting
4) all of the above
5) none of the above

You are now ready to gain insight into your ArtArchAptness!
See the next posting.

THIS POSTING IS Posting Number 62 of
The Great Mound, Petroglyph and Painted Rock Art Journey of Native America 


The Ultimate Test for Art and Archaeological Aptitude - "ArtArchApt" Shows Your "ArtArchAptness"