Art Quiz (PRELIMS) conducted as part of Artipelago '18, the annual fest of the Fine Arts Society, St. Stephen's college.

1. MANET FOR NOTHING, MATISSE FOR FREE
- AN ART QUIZ
By Adil Jacob
& Rabin Jacob

2. RULES
20 Questions.
Every 4th question is starry night-marked, and will be considered in case of a tie.
Top 6 teams go into the finals.
All the best :)

3. 1
FITB.

4. FINE ART

5. 2
The following album artwork was created by John Pasche, an English art designer.
What is his most famous creation, which was inspired by the size of a body part of
a certain frontman?

6. THE ROLLING STONES TONGUE

7. 3
Those familiar with the artists may initially feel the relationship incongruous with their
legacies: X as the showy, egoistic painter, compared to Y as the more cerebral “father
of conceptual art.”
Their relationship demonstrates a seldom-admitted truth about artists’ lives, suggests
Hank Hine. “There’s an idea that artists are always looking after their own careers and
their own place in art history,” he explains, “but there was tremendous affection
between these two people.”
“People tend to just talk about artists in isolation, as if they don’t live in the world, and
in fact they do,” William Jeffett adds. “All these people knew each other.”
Y and X shared a deep interest in subjects such as philosophy, religion, science,
transgressive ideas—and puns. Impish and provocative, “they loved play, to play with
words and to play with images,” Hine explains. “Y’s interest in puns and linguistic
double images rhymes with X’s interest in visual double images.”
Id X and Y.

8. X - SALVADOR DALÍ; Y - MARCEL DUCHAMP

9. 4
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Artists Hendrik Beikirch (L) and Anpu Varkey (R), examples of whose works in other
parts of the city have been shown below, came together for a project in 2014.
What project?

10. GANDHI MURAL ON THE DELHI POLICE HQ

11. 5

12. 5
Amy Sherald's paintings are primarily portraits of people - exclusively black figures,
usually strangers she meets on the street.
"I may call them the next week, or six months later. I keep a Rolodex of people! And
then, I photograph them, after I've taken the time to consider what I want to style them
in - sometimes stuff from their closet. It's intimate, 'cause we're strangers, and I'm like,
'Can I come to your house? And can I go into your bedroom? And can I open your closet
and pull stuff out? Can I touch your clothes?'" she laughed.
"They place a lot of trust in me. And I just let the magic happen. It's feels very
serendipitous. So, I photograph them, and from that photograph I start to make the
painting. I usually start with a red background on a stretched canvas after it's been
gessoed, and draw the figure in charcoal. And then, render it with the paint.”
Who is her most famous muse?

13. MICHELLE OBAMA

14. 6
“The idea came from enjoying the subtle differences in the blue of a sky in a
particularly brutal ______ ______, I found that without the presence of image detail to
help locate a <component> I was relying only on an intuitive sense of colour, and this
was much more satisfying to do than the areas with image details.
What is strange is that unlike ordinary _______ where you are in effect redrawing a
specific picture from a reference you have a sense of where every <component>
belongs compared to every other <component>. There is a real logic in the doing that
is weirdly soothing, therapeutic, it must be the German coming out in me. As each
<component> clicks perfectly into place, just so, it’s a little win, like a little pat on the
back.”
The creator of the 1000 Colours ______, Clemens Habicht, suggests that his creation is
actually easier than traditional image-based versions.
What is this creation?

15. 1000 COLOURS JIGSAW PUZZLE

16. 7
Shown below are a pair of paintings by by Giovanni Paolo Panini, titled Ancient Rome
(L) and Modern Rome (R). These are an example of pairs of paintings, compositionally
and thematically related, intended to be hung beside each other – often on either
side of a fireplace or window.
What term, which you may more commonly associate with jewellery, are such
pairs denoted by?

17. PENDANTS

18. 8
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The Kerala Lalithakala Akademi paid tribute to someone in 2014 by setting up a
museum in their honour in their hometown, Kayamkulam in Alappuzha.
Constructed in the typical Nālukettu architectural fashion, the museum spreads over
15000 sq ft and houses an expansive collection of works drawn throughout the artist’s
lifetime, along with his drawing materials and tools.
Who is it dedicated to? What first of its kind in the country is it?

19. SHANKAR; FIRST CARTOON MUSEUM IN INDIA

20. 9
Name all pies.
(+1 for all 4)
(+0.5 for 2)

22. 10
A Subtlety (also known as the Marvelous _____ Baby) is a 2014 installation by Kara
Walker at the defunct Domino Refinery in Brooklyn.
Its central piece is a white sculpture depicting a woman with African features in the
shape of a sphinx, 75 ft long and 35 ft high, and was constructed from 330
polystyrene blocks covered in nearly 40 tons of _____ donated by Domino, a substance
so precious that it was used to justify the human slave trade in the 17th through 19th
centuries.
Ms. Walker has written: “_____ crystallizes something in our American Soul. It is
emblematic of all Industrial Processes. And of the idea of becoming white. White Being
equated with pure and ‘true’ it takes a lot of energy to turn brown things into white things.
A lot of pressure.”
What is the material which coats the sphinx?

24. SUGAR

25. 11
Shown here is Logic’s 2017
album Everybody.
The album’s cover art was
painted by Sam Spratt and
features Logic’s family,
friends, associates, people
involved with the album
and more.
What 1563 painting is it a
homage to, depicting a
Biblical first?

26. THE WEDDING FEAST AT CANA (BY PAOLO VERONESE)

27. 12
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Among the many parodies of a Pulp Fiction scene, the Minions version perhaps best
reflects a modification applied in Banksy’s take on the scene. This modification was
made as the scene was deemed too violent for the streets and as having an
augmenting influence on crime rates.
What modification are we talking about?

28. REPLACED THE GUNS WITH BANANAS

29. 13
_____’s Marble Legs are a pair of novelty leggings sold on RageOn, which have gained
some traction on social media. The website Dangerous Minds describes them as follows:
“If you’re looking for something, shall we say? classical yet fashionably eye-catching,
then you probably couldn’t do much better than a pair of leggings featuring the most
recognizable ____ in all of history plastered all across the crotch.
Instagram user jessie.pridemore’s post (which was the catalyst to its popularity) read:
“Yesterday I received an amazing present from @aliciamariebody
that @rageonofficial makes. I couldn't be happier to make people uncomfortable.”
What is the inspiration for this product?

30. DAVID

31. 14
This is Riley, a volunteer at the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston.
He uses his nose to sniff out threats to the
artworks which may be invisible to the naked
eye – helping keep the museum’s collection of
paintings and artifacts in prime condition –
especially textiles, wood, or other organic
materials.
How exactly does Riley help the museum?
Considering what he does, it might be a good
idea to keep him away from a few Damien Hirst
works.

32. SNIFFS OUT INSECTS

33. 15
Saavn’s recent ad campaign saw them collaborate with Pakistani-Canadian artist
Maria Qamar. The Instagram celebrity (influencer?) makes cheeky pop art that draws
from relatable everyday banter - especially antagonistic aunties, has garnered her a
loyal audience amongst South Asians worldwide.
How do we better know Maria? Whose work inspired her style?

34. HATECOPY; ROY LICHTENSTEIN

35. 16
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The word comes from Late Latin encaustum, meaning "burned in.“
In ancient times, it denoted a kind of painting practised by the ancients, in which the
crayon was dipped in wax of various colours. Encausto pingere is to practise this art,
paint in encaustic or enamel.
Encaustum afterwards came to signify something for the purpose of writing; and the
“sacrum encaustum" of Justinian's Code was used by Roman Emperors for imperial
subscriptions. It was of the imperial colour, reddish purple, and was prepared by
burning some ground remains of certain shellfish (the notion of burning is still retained).
The Latin for this is atramentum literally "anything that serves to dye black,"
from ater "black“ + the Greek word melas "black." The Old English word for it
was blæc.
What word?

36. INK

37. 17
Teach Beside Me is a website focused on educating children in hands-on, creative ways.
One of these is a Piet Mondrian-inspired activity that helps children learn about a
concept - all while simply drawing boxes and colouring them in.
What concept, which first appeared in a 1202 book called Liber Abaci?

38. FIBONACCI SERIES

39. 18
They are an artisan community present chiefly in West Bengal, Oddisha, Bihar and
Jharkhand. Their name comes from the corruption of the Bengali word ‘pota’ for
engraver. Even with a majority of Muslim members, they specialize in scroll painting,
image making and even making idols of Hindu gods and goddesses.
Which community is this, also known by a word commonly used for any painter?

41. PATUA/ CHITRAKAR

42. 19
X have been a feature of Burning Man ever since its inception but in recent years the
festival has been forced to limit the number of vehicles allowed . As such they have
restricted the vehicles that are licensed to what are known as Y.
According to X artist and X Fest organizer Philo Northrup, X are "street-legal vehicles
that have been permanently transformed into mobile sculptures".
The Burning Man DMV describes Y "radically, stunningly, (usually) permanently, and
safely modified motorized vehicles.”
A rule of thumb followed is that if you can still easily tell what kind of a vehicle it was
created from, it's probably an X. If it can't be legally driven in city streets, it's probably
a Y.
Give X and Y

43. X

44. Y

45. X- ART CARS
Y- MUTANT VEHICLES

46. 20
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Give the origin of this meme template and what is being referenced here?

47. BAYEUX TAPESTRY; BABY GOT BACK

48. A
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W
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S
1. Fine Art
2. Rolling Stones Tongue/logo
3. X – Salvador Dali, Y – Marcel
Duchamp
4. Gandhi Mural on Police HQ*
5. Michelle Obama
6. 1000 Colours Jigsaw Puzzle
7. Pendants
8. Shankar; First Cartoon Museum in
India*
9. A – Leo, B – Mikey, C – Don, D – Raph
10. Sugar
11. Wedding Feast at Cana
12. Replaced guns with bananas*
13. David
14. Sniffs out insects
15. Hatecopy; Roy Lichtenstein
16. Ink*
17. Fibonacci Series
18. Patua/Chitrakar
19. X – Art Cars; Y – Mutant Cars
20. Bayeux Tapestry; Baby Got Back*