Ancient Egyptian artists were usually employed to decorate the walls of tombs or pyramids. They did this by...
  • painting people, animals and symbols onto the walls to protect the person buried there
  • draping the tomb with ribbons and balloons
  • leaving some paints inside the tomb by mistake
  • writing a long letter about why they loved art
An art movement in the 1950s focused on using photographs, comics and images from popular culture in unusual ways. This was known as...
  • Pip art
  • Crackle art
  • Snap art
  • Pop art
Many artists throughout history have been famous for their landscape painting. Landscapes are...
  • paintings which always have people in them
  • always painted in watercolours
  • always done in black and white
  • paintings or pictures of scenery or the environment
Some modern artists painted pictures of strange items in unusual settings. They were known as...
  • bizzaretists
  • unusualists
  • strangers
  • surrealists
Art history is important because:
  • it's nice to read a book about art
  • art helps historians learn about lifestyles, fashions and events through history
  • historians love looking at paintings
  • it helps historians decide what colours they like best
Pablo Picasso was a famous Spanish artist who painted in an abstract style. This was called:
  • cubism
  • squarism
  • trianglism
  • circlism
Very early art was created by cavemen. Often, they would...
  • design intricate jewellery which they wore to parties
  • paint portraits of people who were famous at the time
  • make sculptures from marble
  • paint simple pictures onto their cave walls
Some ancient churches are decorated with beautiful artwork. Which of the following would you not expect to see in a church?
  • Detailed stained glass windows portraying bible stories or saints
  • Large fancy benches shaped like animals
  • Intricate carved stonework
  • Hanging murals or painted ceilings
Historians can compare works of art by the same artist in order to...
  • learn more about what sort of music people listened to at the time
  • decide which was the artist's favourite colour
  • work out where they lived when they painted
  • understand how the artist's life changed and which events might have influenced him or her
Even very early artists painted portraits of people. How do these portraits help historians?
  • By showing them which colours the artist liked best
  • By telling them more about fashion, wealth and lifestyles at the time of the painting
  • By showing them which was the most popular eye colour in history
  • By telling them what the subject of the portrait was thinking while they were being painted
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