Favourite question of the week - 6 April 2016

Paysage Fautif (or Faulty Landscape) is a work by French artist, Marcel Duchamp; which of his own bodily fluids did he use as a medium: blood, semen, vomit, urine?

Paysage fautif est une œuvre de l’artiste Français, Marcel Duchamp ; laquelle de ses propres fluides organiques utilisa-t-il comme médium : sang, sperme, vomi, urine ?

Toughest question of the week - Quiz 23 March 2016

Judging by the number of correct answers (zero), this was the most difficult question at last night's Quiz:

What is the name of the artistic technique in which only one colour is used, but diluted to produce different degrees of intensity?

À en juger par le nombre de bonnes réponses (aucune), ceci était la question la plus difficile au Quiz d'hier soir:

Quel est le nom du technique artistique consistant à n'utiliser qu'une seule couleur qui sera diluée pour obtenir différentes intensités de couleur ?

Question of the Day - 20 January

Prehistoric paintings were discovered in which cave in France in 1940?

Des tableaux peints préhistoriques furent découverts dans quelle grotte en France en 1940?

Question of the Day - 4 April 2013

Who painted The Betrayal of Images (hint: better known as "This is not a pipe")?

Qui peignit La Trahison des Images (indice: mieux connu sous le titre "Ceci n’est pas une pipe")?

Question of the Day - 16 July 2012

Who painted The Girl with a Pearl Earring?

Quel a peint La Jeune Fille à la perle?

Question of the Day - 25 June 2012

What is the name of the classical form Japanese musical drama performed since the 14th century?

Quel est le nom de la forme classique de théâtre musical japonais, qui existe depuis le 14ème siècle?

Question of the Day - 12 March 2012

How old was the Italian artist Michelangelo when he died in 1564: 48, 68, 88?
 
Quel âge l'artiste italien Michel-Ange avait-il a sa mort en 1564: 48, 68, 88?

Question of the Day - 21 February 2012

Who sculpted The Thinker?

Qui sculpta Le Penseur ?

Question of the Day - 1 February 2012

In which art gallery is Picasso’s Guernica displayed?

Dans quel musée d'art Guernica de Picasso est-il exposé ?

Question of the Day - 25 January 2012

Which artist created the character Bip, the clown?

Quel artiste créa le personnage Bip ?

Question of the Day - 18 January 2012

Who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao?

Qui conçut le Mussée Guggenheim de Bilbao?

Question of the Day - 10 January 2012

On what medium is the Mona Lisa painted?

Sur quel support la Joconde est-elle peinte?

Question of the Day - 24 August 2011

Which Unesco world heritage site was destroyed by the Taleban in Afghanistan in 2001?

Quel site classé au patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco a été détruit par les Taleban en Afghanistan en 2001?

Question of the Day - 29 July 2011

In which medium does the artist Louise Bourgeois work?

Quel est le moyen d'expression de l'artiste Louise Bourgeois?

Question of the Day - 16 May 2011

What is the name of the mechanism that controls the amount of light entering a camera?

Quel est le nom du mécanisme qui contrôle le flux lumineux qui entre dans un apareil photo?

Question of the Day - 22 April 2011

Which characters appear in a pietá?

Quels personnages figurent dans une pietá?

Question of the Day - 5 October

Whose death is depicted in a 1793 painting by Jacques Louis David?

La mort de qui est représentée dans un tableau de Jacques Louis David de 1793?

Question of the Day - 19 May 2010

Which artist said "When I was a child I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to paint like a child"?

Quel artiste a dit "quand j'étais enfant je savais dessiner comme Raphaël, mais j'ai mis toute ma vie à apprendre à peindre comme un enfant"?

Question of the Day - 18 December 2009

Who painted La grande odalisque in 1814?

Qui peignit La grande odalisque en 1814?

Question of the Day - 15 December 2009

Who is the creator of Garfield?

Qui est le créateur de Garfield?