Who painted the Mona Lisa?
AnswerLeonardo da Vinci
Leonardo worked on it in the early 1500s.
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7 fact-checked facts about art, artists and art history, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
What are the three traditional primary colors in painting?
AnswerRed, yellow and blue
Mixing these gives the secondary colors.
Going deeper
Claude Monet is a leading figure of which art movement?
AnswerImpressionism
The movement takes its name from his painting 'Impression, Sunrise'.
Which Spanish artist co-founded Cubism?
AnswerPablo Picasso
Picasso developed Cubism with Georges Braque.
Who painted 'The Persistence of Memory', with its melting clocks?
AnswerSalvador Dali
Dali painted it in 1931.
Expert level
Which Dutch artist painted 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'?
AnswerJohannes Vermeer
Vermeer painted it around 1665.
Which pigment was historically made by grinding lapis lazuli?
AnswerUltramarine
Ultramarine was once more costly than gold.
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