Art History Trivia

Read all about it! From the newspaper headlines and a brief description can you work out which artists are being ripped off?

Discover how art has evolved through history, reflecting human creativity, culture, and innovation. Test your knowledge of the styles that shaped the world and moved us to feel something through them.

10 questions about artists and objets d'art in the Western Tradition from the 14th through the 20th century. That's right, kids, this adopt-a-quiz is all about art, that thing you pretend to like so you seem cultured. Enjoy!

In 1990 two thieves gained entrance to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole 13 masterpieces. The location of the stolen art remains a mystery. This quiz covers this theft and others from private collections and museums.

In 408 CE Emperor Honorius moved the capital of the Western Roman Empire from Rome to Ravenna. Over the next 150 years the city was rebuilt, with many ecclesiastical buildings housing awe-inspiring mosaics. Eight are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Art has never met with polite indifference. Art has inspired and enraptured, but also provoked, shocked, and even created public uproars. This quiz focuses on some of the most famous scandals in art history.

Humans have created art as long as they have existed. Here are ten questions about different artists and works.

The Gothic style flourished in Europe between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries and saw the creation of some of the most beautiful works of art ever created. Every selection in this challenge quiz has a connection with the word 'egg' in the title.

The making of figures of people has gone on throughout history. See how many of these you can get right.

In 1913, an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and decorative objects by American and European artists startled its viewers with new definitions of art. See if you know some of the "Armory Show" artists and their works.