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Free Art History Flashcards
A dozen movements and their headline artists unlock most museum walls and every pub-quiz art round. These cards cover the periods, painters, and paintings that come up again and again.
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QWho painted the Mona Lisa?
ALeonardo da Vinci (c. 1503)
QWho painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
AMichelangelo (1508–1512)
QWhich movement did Claude Monet lead, named after one of his paintings?
AImpressionism ("Impression, Sunrise", 1872)
QWho painted The Starry Night?
AVincent van Gogh (1889)
QWhich Spanish artist co-founded Cubism?
APablo Picasso (with Georges Braque)
QWho painted The Persistence of Memory (the melting clocks)?
ASalvador Dalí (1931) — Surrealism
QWhat characterizes Baroque art?
ADrama, motion, and strong light-dark contrast (Caravaggio, Rembrandt)
QWho painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?
AJohannes Vermeer (c. 1665)
QWhich movement is Andy Warhol associated with?
APop Art
QWho painted The Scream?
AEdvard Munch (1893)
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- One fact per card. Pair every artist with ONE signature work in the same recall — names without paintings don't survive a museum visit.
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