Georges de la Tour
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1. Who is Georges de la Tour?
a- a
Lorraine painter from the 16th century
b- a Lorraine painter from
the 17th century
c- a Lorraine painter from the 18th century
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2. He was born in ?
a-
Vic-sur-Seille
b- Chamagne
c- Fribourg-en-Brisgau
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3. His father was?
a- a painter
b- a lawyer
c- a baker
4. Like many artists, namely Jacques Callot, de la Tour probably traveled to study painting in Holland and in
a-
Holland
b- England
c- Italy
5. In 1638 he might have become court painter for which king?
a-
Louis XV
b- Louis XIV
c- Louis XIII
6. Many scenes seem to take place at night, which is a style of painting from the painter Caravaggio called....?
a-
black and white
b- chiaroscuro
c- contrasts
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7. Forgotten, Georges de la Tour was rediscovered after ?
a-
100 years
b- 200 years
c- 300 years
8. Which subjects dominate the works of de la Tour ?
a-
religious scenes
b- portraits of kings
c- landscapes
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9. Unlike in Caravaggio's paintings, the light source in de la Tour's paintings is nearly
always ?
a-
from the outside
b- from the inside
c- difficult to
pinpoint
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10. These three paintings are called ?
a-
Dreams
b- Prayers
c- Madeleine
