Titian's "Flaying of Marsyas"

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1. The central action of the painting is the skinning alive of the character Marsyas. What offense has he committed? He made advances to one of Apollo's favorites. He wanted to be made fully human. He dared to challenge Apollo to a contest on the flute. He wanted to join the gods on Mount Olympus.

2. Marsyas is not the only character in the picture who is being punished. Who is the elderly gentleman on the left with buskins and the ears of an ass? Minos Midas Sisyphus Tantalus

3. The characters in the the painting exhibit facial expressions that can best be described by which adjectives? shocked and horrified cheerful and delighted grieved and mourning contemplative and absorbed

4. Marsyas is what kind of figure from Greek myth? centaur satyr demigod syrinx

5. Approximately how old was Titian when he painted this picture? 75 85 65 55

6. Who is the figure to the far right playing the viol? Apollo uncertain Orpheus St. Cecilia

7. Who is the figure to the left, holding a bucket? Another unspecified satyr An avatar of the god Aries A palimpsest of Marsyas Pan

8. The character who is actually doing the flaying is wearing a characteristic cap which gives away the location of the story. Where would that be? Achaea Crete Phrygia Dalmatia

9. The style of the painting is strikingly different from most earlier works of Titian. However, the absence of clear outlines in the figures is characteristic of a few late paintings, including one of what frequently depicted saint? Sebastian Francis of Assisi Cecilia Jerome

10. One reason the "Flaying" may lack fame is that its home is not in a great museum city, but what relatively obscure central European town? Wadowice in Poland Bratislava in Slovakia Kromeriz in the Czech Republic Dubrovnik in Croatia