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Botticelli's Venus and Mars
Botticelli's Venus and Mars
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A quiz for nwa's art history class on Botticelli's Mars and Venus
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Who is depicted in this painting?
Mars and Venus
Mars and Venis
Marz and Venuss
Marz and Venus
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What are the creatures surrounding Mars and Venus called?
Goat-Humans
Satirs
Satyrs
Satyres
3
This painting is...
Oil on Canvas
Tempera on Canvas
Fresco on Church Wall
Tempera on Panel
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When was this painting completed?
1493
1463
1473
1483
5
The swarm of wasps that are hovering around Mars' head in the foreground represent what?
The hardships of war
That love is often accompanied with pain
That wasps are a symbol of the Vespucci family
Productiveness
6
The painting is now housed where?
The Louve
The London Nation Gallery
Te Papa
The Ufizi Gallery
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In the distant background we can see what?
You can't see the distant background
The sea from which Venus emerged
Some hills
More forest
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What is the setting for the painting?
A haunted forest
A magic forest
A forest
A jungle forest
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Who may have commissioned this piece?
The Medici Family
The Sforza Family
Margaret of Navarre
The Vespucci Family
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The painting was commissioned to be displayed where?
A Medici family residence
A Church wall
For the back of a wooden sofa or lettuccio
As a gift for Simonetta Vespucci
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Who painted this masterpiece?
Sandro Botticelli
Leonardo Botticelli
Luciano Botticelli
Roxano Botticelli
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What classical sources is this painting based on?
Poliziano's Stanze 122
Zeus and Hera
The marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxana
The Bible
