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Praxis Fine Arts 2

Subjects : praxis, fine-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What Spanish artist painted 'Maids of Honor?'






2. This American artist pioneered the 'action painting' genre.






3. This American artist painted 'Breaking Storm' and 'Gulf Stream.'






4. This actor won an Academy Award for his starring role in 'The King and I.'






5. This artist is best known for his frescos on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.






6. This Giuseppe Verdi opera's title translates to 'The Lost One.'






7. This composer wrote 'Holberg Suite.'






8. What French composer wrote 'Damnation of Faust?'






9. What pair wrote the musical 'The King and I?'






10. What instrument is Pablo Cassals famous for playing?






11. He composed the operas 'Billy Budd' and 'Peter Grimes.'






12. This man directed the movies 'Maltese Falcon' and 'African Queen.'






13. What is the name of the only opera that Beethoven composed?






14. What Russian composer wrote the opera 'Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk?'






15. What famous songwriter wrote 'Alexander's Ragtime Band?'






16. This artist painted the famous 'At the Moulin Rouge.'






17. This songwriter wrote 'Beautiful Dreamer.'






18. Who composed the opera 'The Marriage of Figaro?'






19. This man directed the classic movie 'Birth of a Nation.'






20. What artist painted 'Nude Descending a Staircase?'






21. This Italian composed the operas 'Tosca' and 'La Boheme.'






22. He composed the operas 'Orfeo' and 'The Return of Ulysses.'






23. What instrument did Larry Adler popularize in the classical music scene?






24. This Greek actor was the actor to be known by name.






25. This artist is best known for his paintings of Campbell's Soup Cans.






26. This American artist famous for her Southwestern landscapes married photographer Alfred Stieglitz.


27. This songwriter composed 'Maple Leaf Rag.'






28. What Jazz musician was nicknamed 'Satchmo?'






29. Rogers and Hammerstein wrote the musical 'Showboat' with the help of what famous songwriter?






30. What Russian composer wrote the ballets 'The Wedding' and 'The Firebird?'






31. Who composed the 'Moonlight Sonata?'






32. What composer wrote the opera 'Benvenuto Celini?'






33. What is the nickname of musician William Basie?


34. What is the more famous name of the painting 'Arrangement in Gray and Black?'


35. This man composed 'The Beggars Opera.'






36. This man composed the opera 'Hansel and Gretel.'






37. What American composer wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning 'Appalachian Spring?'






38. Picasso was influential in this geometric art style of the early 20th century.






39. What is the subtitle of Anton Dvorak's Symphony Number 9?






40. This man wrote the lyrics to Leonard Bernstein's 'West Side Story.'






41. What Russian composed 'Peter and the Wolf?'






42. What French composer wrote 'Nocturne' and 'La Mer?'






43. Who composed the musicals 'Candide' and 'On the Town?'






44. This Russian composer wrote the '1812 Overture.'






45. What was the last name of famed artist Michelangelo?






46. This artist painted the 'Haywain.'






47. This kind of sculpture is slightly raised from its flat background and literally translates as 'low relief.'






48. This man composed the opera 'Boris Godunov.'






49. He composed the opera 'Einstein on the Beach.'






50. This composer wrote the operas 'Lohengrin' and 'Tannhauser.'