Valentine's Day Quiz! How Much Do You Know About the Romantic Masterpieces of Art History?

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“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” – Pablo Picasso
Celebrate Valentine's Day With the Masters!
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here’s a quiz to get you in the mood for romance. So come in and celebrate love with the greatest romantic works of art in history! This collection includes captivating paintings, prints, sculptures, and photographs from some of the most influential artists of all time, from antiquity to modern and East to West. The images depict romantic love and affection in all stages, from sweet flirtation to passionate abandon, from carefree to complex. 
Beautiful Pictures Are for Everyone!
This Valentine's Day quiz gives art history buffs a chance to show off their museum mastery. Don't know your Titian from your Thiebaud? That's ok too! If you're just a fan of beautiful pictures, you'll enjoy exploring the exquisite images on this tour of love art through the ages.
If you believe in love, come on in and try this quiz on the romantic masterpieces of art history!
Try This Love Art Quiz and Keep Going Through Our Other Art Trivia Challenges.
If you enjoyed this challenge, then be sure to check out our full collection of art and art history offerings. Art provides a window into cultures across the globe, tracing our shared human experience through the ages. Understanding how people have used images to communicate ideas and emotions through time is the foundation of visual literacy — the ability to "think through, think about, and think with pictures." In today's increasingly image-based world, the ability to speak, write and interpret visually is as essential as the ABCs. 

: Love Art Quiz Questions

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Question 1

This serene portrait of a couple in bed is by French Post-Impressionist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The artist's most famous paintings, however, are set at which Paris landmark?

  • A
    Tuileries
  • B
    Eiffel Tower
  • C
    Champs Élysées
  • D
    Moulin Rouge

Question 2

Which renowned pop artist painted the iconic Love image?

  • A
    Andy Warhol
  • B
    Claes Oldenburg
  • C
    Keith Haring
  • D
    Robert Indiana

Question 3

This Frida Kahlo self-portrait depicts the artist holding husband Diego Rivera like a mother and her baby. In fact, Rivera was older than Kahlo. What was the age difference of the notoriously tempestuous couple?

  • A
    5 years
  • B
    30 years
  • C
    20 years
  • D
    10 years

Question 4

Which Flemish artist painted the lovely but enigmatic Arnolfini Portrait (1434)?

  • A
    Peter Paul Rubens
  • B
    Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  • C
    Jan van Eyck
  • D
    Hieronymus Bosch

Question 5

Renoir's wonderfully lush Dance at Bougival (1838) captures a moment of pure, romantic escape. What style of painting is this?

  • A
    Expressionist
  • B
    Abstract
  • C
    Art Nouveau
  • D
    Impressionist

Question 6

Ancient Hindu temples were often decorated with erotic sculptures of couples (called Mithuna) such as this 13th century relic from Northern India. Which type of relief sculpture is this?

  • A
    Sunken Relief
  • B
    Low (or Bas) Relief
  • C
    High (or Alto) Relief
  • D
    Stiacciato Relief

Question 7

Marc Chagall's dreamlike painting The Birthday (1915) depicts the artist and his then-fiancée floating in a state of euphoric bliss. Where was Marc Chagall from?

  • A
    Austria
  • B
    Russia
  • C
    New Zealand
  • D
    France

Question 8

Suzuki Harunobu's Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow (c. 1765) is an example of the Ukiyo-e style of Japanese art. Which type of printmaking is this?

  • A
    Lithograph
  • B
    Woodblock
  • C
    Etching
  • D
    Engraving

Question 9

Erotic? Creepy? Confusing? Mysterious to be sure. Which Surrealist artist painted The Lovers II (1928)?

  • A
    Henri Rousseau
  • B
    Salvador Dalí
  • C
    René Magritte
  • D
    Max Ernst

Question 10

No collection of romantic art would be complete without Gustav Klimt's iconic Art Nouveau masterpiece The Kiss (1907). What nationality was Klimt?

  • A
    Swiss
  • B
    Austrian
  • C
    German
  • D
    Swedish

Question 11

Which celebrated photographer snapped this iconic image of a sailor smooching a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day?

  • A
    William Klein
  • B
    Lee Friedlander
  • C
    Alfred Eisenstaedt
  • D
    Ansel Adams

Question 12

Which scandal-ridden artist of the Austrian Expressionist movement painted this surprisingly tender self-portrait with his new wife in 1917?

  • A
    Edvard Munch
  • B
    Wassily Kandinsky
  • C
    Gustav Klimt
  • D
    Egon Schiele

Question 13

Auguste Rodin's iconic marble culture, The Kiss (1881), depicts Paolo and Francesca — characters from which essential work of the western literary canon?

  • A
    Paradise Lost
  • B
    Aesop's Fables
  • C
    The Divine Comedy
  • D
    Decameron

Question 14

Rembrandt's subdued, tender portrait is commonly referred to as The Jewish Bride. Which biblical couple do art scholars believe are pictured in this painting?

  • A
    Jacob and Rachel
  • B
    Adam and Eve
  • C
    Abraham and Sarah
  • D
    Isaac and Rebecca

Question 15

In which century did Pierre-Auguste Cot paint Le Printemps ("Springtime")?

  • A
    15th Century
  • B
    19th Century
  • C
    20th Century
  • D
    18th Century

Question 16

What is the title of this 1908 sculpture by Modernist pioneer Constantin Brâncuși?

  • A
    Love
  • B
    The Embrace
  • C
    The Kiss
  • D
    The Couple

Question 17

The Fall of Man (1616) by Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius depicts an unusually earthly and seductive Garden of Eden scene. For which visual art medium was Goltzius best known?

  • A
    Tapestry Weaver
  • B
    Filmmaker
  • C
    Engraving
  • D
    Sculpture

Question 18

Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville is undoubtedly one of the most romantic images in history. Which French photographer took this photo?

  • A
    Félix Nadar
  • B
    Robert Doisneau
  • C
    Brassai
  • D
    Henri Cartier-Bresson

Question 19

Antonio Canova's neoclassical masterpiece depicts Cupid reviving his lover Psyche, who has been tricked into ingesting poison by Cupid's own mother: _________.

  • A
    Diana
  • B
    Venus
  • C
    Juneau
  • D
    Minerva

Question 20

Fragonard's The Bolt (1777) is considered a masterpiece of which artistic style?

  • A
    Realism
  • B
    Rococo
  • C
    Renaissance
  • D
    Romanticism

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