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1. The Scrovegni Chapel, also called the Arena Chapel, in Padua, Italy, features a remarkable series of frescoes by Giotto di Bondone. Among these celebrated works is the scene shown here. What is its title?
2. Which Flemish painter created the 'Portinari Altarpiece', an oil-on-wood triptych (center panel shown here) in 1476?
3. Which 17-foot (5.2-meter) statue, featuring the head pictured here, was sculpted from Carrara marble by Michelangelo in the early 16th century?
4. Which artist, born in Candia (present-day Crete), painted the 'View of Toledo' around 1600, one of only two existing landscapes from this Renaissance painter?
5. Which Dutch master is mostly widely known for his landscapes, often integrating architecture into them as in 'The Jewish Cemetery' pictured here?
6. What is the name of this 1787 painting by French Rococo artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard?
7. Who was the architect of the Baltimore Cathedral completed in 1821, pictured here in 2006?
8. Who created the lithograph entitled 'The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon, Mounts Toward Infinity' in 1882?
9. You know the painting. Can you name the artist? What's the name of 20th century artist who painted 'American Gothic' in 1930?
10. Which artist is known for his 'zip paintings' such as 'Newmen-Onement I' (1948), 'Vir Heroicus Sublimis' (1950-1), and 'Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue I?' (1966, digital recreation pictured here)?
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