The Fascinating World of Modern Art Quiz

Answer: Stained glass

When I think of Chagall's work I imagine people floating above odd looking landscapes, something like a dream. In fact, Chagall's often bizarre paintings were often inspired by dreams. I sometimes consider his work to be even more surreal than the work of the self-named Surrealists...

Answer: Erictheum

The Erictheum is one of the ancient Greek temples to be found upon the Acropolis in Athens...Christo has not considered wrapping that ancient temple. He did however 'wrap' a long swath of the Australian coast, not to mention Pont Neuf and the Reichstag. Christo's last name is Javacheff, he was born in Bulgaria but eventually made his way to U.S. citizenship. Perhaps his most spectacular project was his 24-mile fabric fence in Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, which eventually ran into the sea.

Answer: Wooden boxes

Cornell specialized in wonderful little assemblages contained within wooden boxes. These little 'menageries' were often made up of random objects with no special relationship, but when assembled together the objects seemed to resonate as a greater whole.

Answer: Degenerate

They were all denounced as 'degenerate' artists by the fascist Nazis when they came to power in Germany. These artists, among others, were repressed and even struggled against at various times. Kokoschka did his famous 'Portrait of a Degenerate Artist' in honor of this regrettable period of art history.

Answer: Jean Dubuffet

Art Brut means 'crude art' and is used to describe non-establishment art, as created by the mentally unstable or by children or other non-professionally trained individuals.

Answer: Eric Fischl

Fischl created a stir in 2002 with a bronze sculpture of a nude woman helplessly falling, in memory of the destruction of the WTC on 9/11/01. The woman is represented as if she had jumped from the top of one of the towers, as many people sadly did to escape the smoke and fire during 9/11.

When Fischl's work was displayed in New York City it drew angry complaints and protests, and the work was finally removed from public viewing.

Answer: Camphor

His work has a nice, fragrant smell I'm sure! The camphor tree is a sacred tree in Japan.

Answer: Bicycle

This is one of John Heartfield's anti-Nazi propaganda posters for which he became famous during the 1930s. By the end of the 30s his anti-fascist and anti-nationalistic works got him tossed out of his native land, he lived out the last 12 years of his life in London.

Answer: fibreglass

Eva Hesse's work is fascinating, her forms are not representational but are visually appealing and texturally multi-faceted.

Answer: soil

Not your most common sight in a large city like New York, this exhibit created a sensation, which many modern artists are wont to do.