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Baroque Art quiz

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Which painter's name became a word for curvy, full bodies?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which language gave English the term 'still life'?

    Answer: Dutch

    Why: French calls the same genre nature morte, 'dead nature', a name it adopted in the 18th century.

  2. 2 Medium

    What was Caravaggio's first name?

    Answer: Michelangelo

    Why: His name comes from Caravaggio, the small Lombard town south of Bergamo where his family came from.

  3. 3 Hard

    Whose hidden initials, found in 1893, unmasked a 'Frans Hals' as hers?

    Answer: Judith Leyster

    Why: Her monogram joined a J and an L to a star, a pun on her surname, Dutch for 'lead star'.

  4. 4 Easy

    What style grew out of the Baroque in 1730s France?

    Answer: Rococo

    Why: Rococo takes its name from rocaille, the shell-covered rock work used to decorate artificial grottoes.

  5. 5 Medium

    Who gave his name to a pointed beard style?

    Answer: Anthony van Dyck

    Why: The style is also nicknamed a Charlie, after King Charles I of England, whom Van Dyck painted wearing it.

  6. 6 Hard

    How many saint statues stand above the columns of St Peter's Square?

    Answer: 140

    Why: From two marble discs in the square's paving, the colonnade's four rows of columns line up and look like one.

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